The BMI Roundtable Podcast brings you news, insights, and lively discussion from the fast-moving world of biomedical informatics, with hosts Drs. Jason Moore and Tiffani Bright of the Department of Computational Biomedicine and the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Discussion topics include the latest informatics developments in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science with applications to biomedical and clinical big data. Get episode details at bmipodcast.org/. We would like to thank founding Co-Host Dr. Marylyn Ritchie for her contributions to episodes 0-17.
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This is episode 18 of the Biomedical Informatics Roundtable Podcast. Dr. Jason Moore hosts this episode with discussions of AI hype, tips for deep learning in the biomedical sciences, and service as a leader. This episode also features news, open data, and a journal club discussion.
Episode 17: Dealing With Failure (01:05:09)
In this episode, Jason and Marylyn are back together to discuss progress in their new leadership roles. Marylyn discusses her experience organizing and attending an in-person bioinformatics conference during the COVID-19 pandemic. The training segment covers strategies for teaching about and learning from failure. Multiple news items and other items of interest are discussed.
Episode 16: Changing Institutions (01:09:00)
In this episode, Jason flies solo and announces his new position as founding Chair of the Department of Computational Biomedicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is joined by Dr. Kevin Johnson from Vanderbilt University to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of changing institutions. News and items of interest are covered. Dr. John Holmes provides the second part of his history segment on expert systems. Jason talks about learning statistics in the training segment.
Show notes are on the podcast site: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-16-changing-institutions/
Episode 15: Writing Motivation (01:39:38)
In this episode we discuss a non-profit called New Science which is promoting change in how research is done. We also discuss methods for finding the motivation and discipline to write papers, grants, etc. We include open software and open data segments in addition to our usual news and items of interest. We also feature part one of a two-part series on the history of expert systems led by Dr. John Holmes.
Links are in the show notes: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-15-writing-motivation/
Episode 14: Cultivating an Informatics Career (01:23:24)
In this episode we discuss tips for cultivating a career in informatics. We present a number of interesting news items in addition to some open data and software tools. We end with some advice for junior faculty just starting out.
Links are in the show notes: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-14-cultivating-an-informatics-career/
Episode 13: Federated Machine Learning (01:47:50)
In this 14th episode, we discuss how to pick a journal for publication and review a paper on federated machine learning. We also talk about strategies for dealing with a senior scientist who doesn’t have your best interests in mind. We include in this episode our open data and open software segments and also present news, conference updates, and other items of interest.
Links are in the show notes at https://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-13-federated-machine-learning/
Episode 12: Informatics History (01:26:34)
In this thirteenth episode we introduce a new segment on informatics history led by Dr. John Holmes. We discuss data science training and offer advice to trainees of science networking. We also cover segments on open source software and open data in addition to our regular news and conference updates.
Show notes and links are here: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-12-inf/
Episode 11: Leadership Roles (01:41:47)
In this twelfth episode, we discuss the roles of successful data science and informatics leaders in academia. We review a paper on the challenges and opportunities of electronic health records and informatics for dealing with national emergencies. We discuss preparing graduate students for non-academic careers. We also review a number of interesting news items.
Links are available on the show's site :http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-11-leadership-roles/
Episode 10: Federated Data (01:49:35)
In this eleventh episode, we discuss federated versus centralized data for collaborative projects across institutions. We review a paper using a federated model for data analytics to address the COVID-19 pandemic and provide advice to junior faculty for hiring graduate students and postdocs. We also review a number of interesting news items.
Links to the resources and news pieces mentioned in the episode are on the podcast site: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-10-federated-data/
Episode 9: Leadership Coaching (01:38:27)
In this tenth episode, we feature guest host Dr. Kevin Johnson from Vanderbilt University who leads a discussion on the value of leadership coaching. We review a paper about teaching artificial intelligence to medical students and provide some tips for science communication via twitter during our training segment. We also review a number of news items.
Episode 8: COVID-19 Data Science (01:40:42)
In this ninth episode, we discuss the analysis of COVID-19 testing and surveillance data with guest host Dr. Jeff Morris from the University of Pennsylvania who is the founder and author of the popular COVID-19 Data Science blog. We also discuss several high-profile papers retracted from the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet for possible data fraud. Finally, we discuss different philosophical approaches to running a research lab. We include our usual news and items of interest.
Show notes and links
http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-8-covid-19-data-science/
Episode 7: Informatics Consortia (01:26:41)
In this eighth episode, we discuss the pros and cons of participating in research consortia. Our journal club segment features a paper from Nature Machine Intelligence on machine learning analysis of COVID-19 data. We present the sci-kit learning resource in our software segment and present a nice source of open data for COVID-19. We also cover a number of news items. Finally, we discuss 10 tips for giving a great scientific presentation in our training segment.
Show notes:
http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-7-informatics-consortia/
Episode 6: The Metaverse (01:30:31)
In this seventh episode, we discuss how informaticians can help respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. We present the Avida software for artificial life and the Google Dataset Search tool that gives you access to more than 25 million datasets. We offer some advice to trainees on work-life balance during the pandemic and feature Dr. Philip Payne from Washington University in our informatician spotlight. We also discuss several news items and the metaverse.
See the show notes for more details and links:
http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-6-the-metaverse/
Episode 5: Evolutionary Computation (01:41:46)
In this sixth episode, we discuss evolutionary computation and review a paper with guest host Dr. Moshe Sipper from Ben-Gurion University in Israel. In our training advice segment, we discuss tips for asking questions at scientific talks. We also present several interesting news items and mention some upcoming conferences and deadlines.
For show notes and links, see http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/evolutionary-computation/
Episode 4 - Leadership Skills (01:20:13)
In this fifth episode, we discuss strategies for motivating junior faculty and discuss a review paper on visual analytics. Finally, in our training advice segment, we discuss the qualities and skill found in effective leaders. We also present several interesting news items and mention some upcoming conferences and deadlines.
Show notes with links:
http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-4-leadership-skills/
Episode 3: Informatics Journals (01:40:15)
In this fourth episode, we discuss top informatics journals and a paper on deep phenotyping in the EHR. We also discuss the PhenX toolkit in our open data segment. Finally, in our training advice segment, we discuss “How to deal with someone else having my idea especially when they do it first”. We also present several interesting news items and mention some upcoming conferences and deadlines.
Show notes: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/informatics-journals/
Episode 2: Data Science (01:09:44)
In this third episode, we open with a discussion topic on data science. We discuss a paper in JAMIA by Dr. James Cimino on adding clinical cognition to the EHR. IN our open data segment we discuss data.gov. In our training segment, we discuss tips for writing an informatics methodology grant for the NIH. We also cover some news items and provide some discussion about the AMIA conference. Below are links to the websites we mentioned during the episode.
Show notes and links: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-2-data-science/
The discussion topic for this episode is approaches to interpreting machine learning data. We also cover our usual topics such a conferences, journal club and training advice. For more details, go to bmipodcast.org
Episode 0: Deep Phenotyping (00:53:49)
In this first episode we introduce the podcast and then open with a discussion topic on deep phenotyping. We discuss a review paper on deep learning and also provide some time management advice for trainees and young faculty. We also cover some news items and preview a few upcoming conferences.
The show notes can be found at http://bmipodcast.org
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