Moderated by Katherine Gorman, Executive Producer, Talking Machines

Dr. Andrew Ng is Chief Scientist at Baidu. He leads Baidu Research, which comprises three interrelated labs: the Silicon Valley AI Lab, the Institute of Deep Learning and the Big Data Lab. The organization brings together global research talent to work on fundamental technologies in areas such as image recognition and image-based search, speech recognition, natural language processing and semantic intelligence. In addition to his role at Baidu, Dr. Ng a faculty member in Stanford University's Computer Science department, and Chairman of Coursera, an online education platform that he co-founded. Dr. Ng is the author or co-author of over 100 published papers in machine learning, robotics and related fields. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University, MIT and the University of California, Berkeley.

Katherine Gorman is the Executive Producer of the Talking Machines podcast and the Creative Director of Tote Bag Productions. After a decade as a daily news producer for public radio, she pursued her passion for science reporting and launched the podcast with host Harvard Professor Ryan Adams. Through clear explanations of fundamental concepts and in depth interviews with those at the forefront of research, Talking Machines introduces the reality of machine learning to a wide audience. Early in its first season, the show has already become one of the most popular tech news podcasts on the global iTunes charts. http://www.thetalkingmachines.com/