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Switzerland

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Simplifying academic research.

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English


Episodes
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Ep. 12 - Prof. Stefan Hell: Inside the mind of a Nobel laureate | Simplifyd

6/4/2017
In the final episode of Season 1, we met Prof. Stefan Hell - a Nobel prize winning physicist who in his own words was "forced into becoming an applied physicist." (!) He is known for developing a technique of optical microscopy that broke the 125 year reign of Abbe's limit and today allows us to look down at the molecular scale with just a simple microscope. We talked to him about what kept him motivated, about his views on how present-day science works, and much more! If you're a budding...

Duration:00:24:05

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Ep. 11 - Dr. David Garcia shows what's behind the veil of social media | Simplifyd

5/28/2017
Shadow profiles? User behaviour? Utility function?! Dr. David Garcia breaks down his research in computational social science for us. There is more to social media than what meets the eye. More info: http://simplifyd.xyz/blog/ep-11-david-garcia We publish a new episode every week. Follow us to stay updated!

Duration:00:30:59

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Cool Stuff Ep. 6 - Daniel Längle on pumping blood into med-tech startups | Simplifyd

5/21/2017
We spoke to Daniel Längle, CEO of 1nfusion, a med-tech startup trying to change the way blood infusion pumps work. A graduate engineer from ETH Zurich, Daniel tells us about their innovative new technology and goes on about all the work that goes into building a successful med-tech startup. Check out 1nfusion here: http://1nfusion.com/ More details: http://simplifyd.xyz/blog/cool-stuff-ep-6-daniel-langle We publish a new episode every week.

Duration:00:33:05

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Cool Stuff Ep. 5 - Tobias Joos on enabling farmers and the perils of trading | Simplifyd

5/14/2017
Tobias Joos' start-up, Crowd Container, lets you order high quality food ingredients like spices and oils directly from the farms where they are grown. In his conversation with us he makes the case for seasonal availability of ingredients and drops the ball on all that is opaque about the food certification sector. More details: http://simplifyd.xyz/blog/cool-stuff-ep-5-tobias-joos We publish a new episode every week.

Duration:00:34:33

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Ep. 10 - Prof. Vijay Natarajan on visualizing scientific data | Simplifyd

5/7/2017
Prof. Vijay Natarajan from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, joined us to talk about data visualization. He works with what he calls "scientific data" - data that comes from imaging devices and satellites and such, not the kind that Facebook is collecting on you. His work he explains is to create such visualizations so that the experts can draw conclusions from it. More details on our website: http://simplifyd.xyz/blog/ep-10-vijay-natarajan We publish a new episode every week.

Duration:00:25:29