Shows
Age of AIS10E3: How to Make Sense of DeepSeek with Ritwik GuptaSend us a textIn this episode Ritwik Gupta of the Berkeley AI Research Lab returns to talk with Chris about what DeepSeek really means for the AI Industry, Trump’s recent Stargate AI initiative, US-China AI competition, policy responses to DeepSeek, and where we should be looking for the next big disruptive event in the world of AI.Links:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.14425https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-hawley-act-threatens-ai-innovation#DeepSeek #Stargate #Policy
2025-02-1428 minAge of AIS9E5: What AI Governance gets Wrong and How to Get it Right with Ritwik GuptaSend us a textChris and Medlir talk with Ritwik Gupta about what policymakers get wrong about AI governance and what we should be thinking about when it comes to risk and regulation. Ritwik also shares his wide-ranging experience in working on AI in the context of chaotic environments in disaster response and national security. Show Notes:https://ritwikgupta.me/ https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.17216
2024-11-1030 min
Thinking About Computers#15 - Ritwik Gupta: AI Policy and Impactful AI ResearchA conversation with Ritwik Gupta, a tech director at the Defense Innovation Unit and a PhD student at UC Berkeley in Berkeley AI Research (BAIR). Ritwik's research explores applications of computer vision to real-world disaster recovery. We discuss the intersection of AI and Policy, research aimed at real-world impact, challenges of balancing a full time job with doing a PhD, and experiences starting a PhD after spending years in industry.
Ritwik's socials:
website: https://ritwikgupta.me/
twitter: https://twitter.com/Ritwik_G
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00:00 Intro
01:21 Transition from Bioinformatics to Computer Science
05:44 Working Before Grad School
12:28 Deciding to do a PhD
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2024-05-111h 15
BIC TALKSCinema Strikes 3: A Hacker CinemaIn 2015, students of the Film & Television Institute of India took the cinema to the streets with a strike. One of the first of the agitations that raged across India's universities at that time, it defined the right to make and show films as central to freedom on the campus. The names of Eisenstein and Pudovkin, John Abraham, Tarkovsky and Ghatak, recited in slogans and displayed on banners, evoked a history of political cinema that had set itself against the might of India's political establishment. This podcast series, commemorates that historic struggle, in these three episodes of John-Ghatak-Tarkovsky
2023-09-2642 min
BIC TALKSCinema Strikes 2: A Satyajit Ray Plastic BangleIn 2015, students of the Film & Television Institute of India took the cinema to the streets with a strike. One of the first of the agitations that raged across India's universities at that time, it defined the right to make and show films as central to freedom on the campus. The names of Eisenstein and Pudovkin, John Abraham, Tarkovsky and Ghatak, recited in slogans and displayed on banners, evoked a history of political cinema that had set itself against the might of India's political establishment. This podcast series, commemorates that historic struggle, in these three episodes of John-Ghatak-Tarkovsky
2023-09-2242 min
BIC TALKSCinema Strikes 1: The Cinema's Expanded AfterlifeIn 2015, students of the Film & Television Institute of India took the cinema to the streets with a strike. One of the first of the agitations that raged across India's universities at that time, it defined the right to make and show films as central to freedom on the campus. The names of Eisenstein and Pudovkin, John Abraham, Tarkovsky and Ghatak, recited in slogans and displayed on banners, evoked a history of political cinema that had set itself against the might of India's political establishment. This podcast series, commemorates that historic struggle, in these three episodes of John-Ghatak-Tarkovsky
2023-09-1835 min
VickypediaModern Love Mumbai Season 1 InterviewProduced by Pritish Nandy Communications, the new Amazon Original series will feature 6 heart-warming stories about discovering and exploring love in all its shades and emotions. The Mumbai chapter of the international franchise, inspired by the famous New York Times column, will bring home love this season with soul-stirring and uplifting stories that are rooted in the heart of the city of Mumbai. The anthology includes – RAAT RANI – directed by Shonali Bose, starring Fatima Sana Shaikh, Bhupendra Jadawat and Dilip Prabhavalkar BAAI – directed by Hansal Mehta, starring Tanuja, Pratik Gandhi and Ranveer Brar MUMBAI DRAGON – directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, starring Yeo Yann...
2022-05-0920 min
Humanitarian AI TodayRitwick Gupta and Fernando Paolo discuss AI + HADR and xView3Humanitarian AI Today’s guest host Jeremy McKane with the Ocean Currency Network speaks with Ritwik Gupta, a machine learning research scientist from the University of California, Berkeley, and Fernando Paolo, a machine learning engineer with Global Fishing Watch, about two upcoming events: AI + HADR 2021 an Artificial Intelligence for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response workshop and the xView3 Challenge prize competition to identify the best computer vision algorithms to advance the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
2021-09-1939 min
Filmi BaniyaFilmi Baniya interviews Bandish Bandits' stars Shreya Chaudhary and Ritwik Bhowmik |Amazon OriginalDelighted to share my interview with the Lead actors of "Bandish Bandits". Both Shreya (Tamanna) and Ritwik (Radhe) came across as highly motivated, grounded, and forward looking professionals. They talk of how they were selected for Bandish Bandits, their work, and their experience in working with top rate actors like Naseeruddin Shah, etc, This was a blast!..... Hope you all like it! Bandish Bandits - A new Amazon Original Series starring Naseeruddin Shah, Atul Kulkarni, Shreya Chaudhry, Ritwik Bhowmik, Amit Mistry, Sheeba Chaddha, Rajesh Tailang, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Rahul Kumar and others.
2020-09-1800 min
Filmi BaniyaFilmi Baniya interview with Anand and Amritpal , the creators of Bandish BanditsI am delighted to share my interview with Anand and Amritpal , the creators of Bandish Bandits. We spoke about how the idea of the show came, the strategy for casting, and their collaboration with Shankar Ehsaan Loy. Hope you all love it Bandish Bandits - A new Amazon Original Series starring Naseeruddin Shah, Atul Kulkarni, Shreya Chaudhry, Ritwik Bhowmik, Amit Mistry, Sheeba Chaddha, Rajesh Tailang, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Rahul Kumar and others.
2020-09-1100 min
Filmi BaniyaFilmi Baniya interview with Anand and Amritpal , the creators of Bandish Bandits | Episode - 2Delighted to share the final episode of the interaction with Anand and Amritpal of #BandishBandits! In this episode, we also talk of the rivalry between Naseeruddin Shah and his son played by Atul Kulkarni. No holds barred! Bandish Bandits - A new Amazon Original Series starring Naseeruddin Shah, Atul Kulkarni, Shreya Chaudhry, Ritwik Bhowmik, Amit Mistry, Sheeba Chaddha, Rajesh Tailang, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Rahul Kumar and others.
2020-09-1100 min
SEI Cyber TalksHuman–Machine Teaming and AI The ability to augment our abilities by partnering with an AI systems to solve complex problems is very compelling. In this Cyber Talk, SEI researchers Carol Smith, Andrew Mellinger, and Ritwik Gupta discuss the exciting challenges and opportunities for human–machine teaming and artificial intelligence.
2020-01-3122 min
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Podcast SeriesAI in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster ResponseIn 2017 and 2018, the world witnessed a record number of climate and weather-related disasters. Government agencies are increasingly interested in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to help first responders in locating survivors, identifying structures in satellite imagery, and removing debris after a disaster. Ritwik Gupta, a machine learning research scientist in the SEI's Emerging Technology Center, discusses the use of AI in humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) efforts.
2019-09-1822 min
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Webcast SeriesWhat is Ransomware? Ritwik Gupta and Elli Kanal explain what ransomware is, what it can do to your computer, and how you can help prevent infections using the concept of cyber hygiene. Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts the files on a computer, preventing the user from accessing them. The attacker then extorts the user by requesting a ransom in exchange for the key that unlocks the files. In this Cyber Talk episode, Ritwik Gupta and Elli Kanal explain how ransomware can infect a computer, and they discuss examples of how criminals have targeted single computers as well...
2019-09-1321 minSEI Cyber TalksWhat is Ransomware? Ritwik Gupta and Elli Kanal explain what ransomware is, what it can do to your computer, and how you can help prevent infections using the concept of cyber hygiene. Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts the files on a computer, preventing the user from accessing them. The attacker then extorts the user by requesting a ransom in exchange for the key that unlocks the files. In this Cyber Talk episode, Ritwik Gupta and Elli Kanal explain how ransomware can infect a computer, and they discuss examples of how criminals have targeted single computers as well...
2019-09-1321 minSEI Cyber TalksEfficient NetFlow Partitioning via Minimum CutsRitwik Gupta and Anusha Sinha discuss SEI work on NetFlow that aims to distinguish human-generated flows from machine-generated flows to identify human actors on networks and potential network threats more easily. With millions of flows on a given network a day, clustering and labeling them becomes challenging. For analysts to be able to take action on potential network threats, it is critical to label flows as quickly and efficiently as possible—often in near-real time. In this SEI Cyber Talk Episode, Ritwik Gupta and Anusha Sinha discuss SEI work on NetFlow that aims to find the most ef...
2019-07-0213 minSEI Cyber TalksWhat’s Going on with Near-Term Quantum Computing In this SEI Cyber Talk episode, Ritwik Gupta, Daniel Justice, and Jason Larkin explain what quantum computing is and how it works, and they discuss the benefits that quantum computing can offer, such as increasing the speed at which computers can solve certain algorithms. In the near term, however, quantum computing is limited because quantum computers still present high error rates. Ritwik, Daniel, and Jason explain how these computers must dedicate some of their architecture to error correction. Given this and other limitations, they discuss the kind of applications that are currently plausible for this technology, such as leveraging...
2019-05-1515 min