The Byte Club Podcast

Episode 4 - Radia Perlman & Spanning Tree

Before Google, before even DOT COM, was Radia Perlman, and in this episode Beth takes us through the genius idea which was so simple that even drunken monkeys could understand it. 
Useful Links!
Hidden Heroes Article: https://hiddenheroes.netguru.com/radia-perlman
 
A helpful technical explanation of STP: https://youtu.be/GSKoQ8ZR8rw?si=Ow6suUMtYS9pTqnV
 
Radia chatting about STP and her design philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3zJuMht5Kk&t=199s
Wreck it Ralph Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUfHyutQww
 
Audio Credits Uppbeat: 
Intro: Summertime Jam by All Good Folks
Transition: Music Is by Pryces
End Credit: I Don't Need Your Love by Adi Goldstein

Episode 3 - Hedy Lamarr & Frequency Hopping

In this exciting new episode, Akshaya takes us into the exciting double life of Hedy Lamarr, starlet by day, inventor by night (or any spare time she had)! Tune in to know more about Hedy's rollercoaster ride of a life and take away some valuable lessons. 
Hedy & George's Infamous Patent:
https://www.history.com/news/hedy-lamarr-inventor-frequency-hopping-wifi 
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story by Alexandra Dean:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa_AA_byQ58
Audio Credits Uppbeat: 
Intro: Summertime Jam by All Good Folks
Transition: Music Is by Pryces
End Credit: I Don't Need Your Love by Adi Goldstein
 

Episode 2 - Katie Bouman & CHIRP

In this episode, Beth takes us through the mind of Katie Bouman, who, with her team of researchers, made it possible to take the first-ever picture of the Black Hole. 
 
All Things Katie!
 
Bouman’s TED Talk
https://youtu.be/BIvezCVcsYs?si=h7-GcT3VZDwQRXNB
 
Bouman’s Caltech Lecture/Symposium
https://youtu.be/UGL_OL3OrCE?si=sZ-VtBEAz_1X5tCJ
 
Bouman’s PhD Thesis
https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/113998
 
Some useful videos about The Black Hole: 
 
Veritasium’s video ‘How to Understand What Black Holes Look Like:
https://youtu.be/zUyH3XhpLTo?si=lZeKs9EVacaLtsXk
 
The Computational Cameras website:
https://computationalcameras.org/
 
Audio Credits Uppbeat: 
Intro: Summertime Jam by All Good Folks
Transition: Music Is by Pryces
End Credit: I Don't Need Your Love by Adi Goldstein
 

Episode 1 - Karen Spärck Jones & TF-IDF

In this episode, Akshaya takes us through the life and times of Karen Spärck Jones, whose ground-breaking algorithm discovered in the 70s drives the mechanisms of search engines like Google even today. 
 
Here are some articles that will help you understand TF-IDF! 
1) https://www.semrush.com/blog/tf-idf/ 
2) https://monkeylearn.com/blog/what-is-tf-idf/
 
Check out Karen's lectures!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwpo8Kz86W8
 
Audio Credits Uppbeat: 
Intro: Summertime Jam by All Good Folks
Transition: Music Is by Pryces
End Credit: I Don't Need Your Love by Adi Goldstein

Episode 0 - What Is Byte Club

Welcome to Byte Club! In this episode, Beth Curran and Akshaya Parthasarathy will be taking you through a quick tour of themselves, the origin of Byte Club and what to look forward to! 
 
Audio Credits Uppbeat: 
Intro: Summertime Jam by All Good Folks
End Credit: I Don't Need Your Love by Adi Goldstein