https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/laurence-tratt--4628781enTechnologyCopyright Laurence Tratthttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/551006e685395268965594a09c1c1c94.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/laurence-tratt--4628781Thu, 25 May 2023 16:41:26 +0000Laurence TrattLaurence Trattfeeds@spreaker.comPodcast based on Laurence Tratt's blogcleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-might-generative-ai-change-programming--53764974https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2022/how_might_generative_ai_change_programming.htmlThu, 15 Dec 2022 08:00:00 +0000Laurence TrattThe use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) techniques, specifically ML (Machine Learning) and its various sub-fields, is changing many fields and undoubtedly will change more in the coming years. Most of us are at least generally familiar with the idea...1158cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chance-luck-and-risk--53874446https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2022/chance_luck_and_risk.htmlWed, 15 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0000Laurence TrattEvery so often, I'm asked to talk about my "career", generally to people younger than I am. I realised early on that the path I'd taken was so full of unexpected turns that it would be ludicrous to talk about it as if it was the result of hard work...540cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-makes-a-good-research-proposal--53998573https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2022/what_makes_a_good_research_proposal.htmlWed, 08 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0000Laurence TrattResearch is rarely quick: it takes time, people, and (in most cases) equipment to complete. To convince those in control of the purse strings that we should be given the necessary resources to tackle a research problem, we create a research proposal....1271cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/multiplicity-choices-are-hard-to-model-and-change--53845075https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2022/multiplicity_choices_are_hard_to_model_and_change.htmlThu, 26 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000Laurence TrattProgramming involves continually making choices, whether we realise we are doing so are not. We hope that each choice advances us towards our intended goal of making a program that does what its users will want it to do. However, because the problems...676cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/programming-style-influences--53804805https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2022/programming_style_influences.htmlTue, 10 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000Laurence TrattIf you ever talk to, or read an interview with, a musician, they will inevitably, and quickly, end up talking about their influences. While there is an element of nostalgia to this, perhaps even of acknowledging debts, I see its main purpose as...424cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-do-research-problems-come-from--53759672https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2022/where_do_research_problems_come_from.htmlThu, 28 Apr 2022 08:00:00 +0000Laurence Tratt"Research" is a much broader term than most of us who consider ourselves to be researchers realise. My occasional interactions with people in very different disciplines (e.g. biology) have tended to involve a series of culture shocks to both parties....641cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/practising-programming--53737948https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2022/practising_programming.htmlWed, 20 Apr 2022 08:00:00 +0000Laurence TrattWhen we see a world-class musician flawlessly play challenging music, it can be tempting to imagine that they were always able to do so. A moment's thought makes it obvious that they must have had to spend huge amounts of time practising basic...437cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-evolution-of-a-research-paper--43010184that I've been involved with and detail the human story behind them and their
underlying research. You may also wish to look at the accompanying animations
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1IgtLLPL9GY and
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JCamO4P10NY]]>https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/entries/the_evolution_of_a_research_paper.htmlTue, 19 Jan 2021 08:00:00 +0000Laurence TrattHow do research papers end up looking the way that they do? I take two papers that I've been involved with and detail the human story behind them and their underlying research. You may also wish to look at the accompanying animations...that I've been involved with and detail the human story behind them and their
underlying research. You may also wish to look at the accompanying animations
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1IgtLLPL9GY and
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JCamO4P10NY]]>977cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stick-or-twist--41548528should continue down our current path or change to another.
As a researcher, I often face a constrained
version of this problem: should I continue on my current research path
or change to another? For a long time I wasn't aware that I was being faced
with such decisions; and, when I did become aware, I wasn't sure how best to
make a decision. Over time I've realised that a simple "stick or twist?"
heuristic mostly works well for me. I don’t claim that anything in this article is
novel, nor do I think I'm describing an approach that’s applicable to every
situation - but it might provide some useful food for thought.]]>https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/entries/stick_or_twist.htmlWed, 07 Oct 2020 08:00:00 +0000Laurence TrattAll of us have points in our lives where we have to decide whether we should continue down our current path or change to another. As a researcher, I often face a constrained version of this problem: should I continue on my current research path or...should continue down our current path or change to another.
As a researcher, I often face a constrained
version of this problem: should I continue on my current research path
or change to another? For a long time I wasn't aware that I was being faced
with such decisions; and, when I did become aware, I wasn't sure how best to
make a decision. Over time I've realised that a simple "stick or twist?"
heuristic mostly works well for me. I don’t claim that anything in this article is
novel, nor do I think I'm describing an approach that’s applicable to every
situation - but it might provide some useful food for thought.]]>783cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alternative-sources-of-advice--41548529or something similar. Let us put aside worries about this sign of my increasing
decrepitude or the poor taste that some people show in those from whom they
seek advice. The brutal truth is that most of the advice that I've received as
an adult - nearly all of which has been well intentioned - has not been right
for me. I therefore assume that any advice I might give others would be equally
wrong, and so I try and avoid doing so. In this blog post, I will try to
enumerate the problems I have with advice as it is commonly given and look at
one way that we can do things differently.]]>https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/entries/alternative_sources_of_advice.htmlWed, 06 May 2020 08:00:00 +0000Laurence TrattWith slowly increasing frequency, I am asked for my advice on life or careers, or something similar. Let us put aside worries about this sign of my increasing decrepitude or the poor taste that some people show in those from whom they seek advice. The...or something similar. Let us put aside worries about this sign of my increasing
decrepitude or the poor taste that some people show in those from whom they
seek advice. The brutal truth is that most of the advice that I've received as
an adult - nearly all of which has been well intentioned - has not been right
for me. I therefore assume that any advice I might give others would be equally
wrong, and so I try and avoid doing so. In this blog post, I will try to
enumerate the problems I have with advice as it is commonly given and look at
one way that we can do things differently.]]>989cleanfull