FutureTech Podcast

Feb 28, 2020

Denise Ruffner, Chief Business Officer, Cambridge Quantum Computing, discusses quantum computing.

Denise Ruffner, as Chief Business Officer at Cambridge Quantum Computing, is a valuable member of the company’s executive leadership. Ruffner coordinates and oversees Cambridge Quantum Computing’s business...

Feb 27, 2020

Guillermo A. Cecchi, Research Staff Member, Computational Neuroscience at IBM, discusses his background and the current state of computational neuroscience research.

Podcast Points:

• What can we learn from neuroimaging?
• Is it possible to predict psychotic outbreaks?
• An update on new ALS research

   

Dr. Cecchi has an...

Feb 24, 2020

Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson is an expert on global climate models and created one of the first.

In this podcast, he describes

• how modeling took on more complexity over  the years and what its potential uses are,
• why measuring electric car payback is also about health effects, not just an emissions versus production...

Feb 21, 2020

Mark Pipher is the Vice President of FacilityConneX, a company that aims to reduce energy consumption through equipment optimization and smart building ideas. 

He discusses the following:

• Why it can be so difficult for large companies to identify which pieces of equipment are using the most energy
• By what percentage...

Feb 19, 2020

Christopher Chapman, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of Bariatric and Metabolic Endoscopy, Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago, provides an overview of his research, specifically detailing the area of gastroenterology, and his work with patients.

Podcast Points:

• What are the medical...