Conditionally Accepted with Ding Li
Welcome to the Conditionally Accepted Podcast! I'm your host, Ding Li. By day, I work on AI and ML research and creative tools. But here, we dive into the intersection of work, career, investment, life, and occasionally, research. Want to get in touch? Reach out to us at [email protected].
- Update frequency
- every 48 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
12. Chat with Ding at CHI
- 📧 Email: [email protected]
- 📱 Signal/WhatsApp: (+1) 206-745-2849
Let's grab a coffee and chat!
11. Building a Research Lab and Putting Students' Interests First (Toby Li, University of Notre Dame)
Hello and Welcome to Conditionally Accepted! I'm Ding Li, an AI and HCI researcher, and Conditionaly Accepted is my show about research, work, and life at the intersection of humans and technology.
T…
10. Tips on wrapping up your PhD and survive the job hunt
In this episode, we discuss strategies for wrapping up your PhD dissertation and preparing for life after grad school. I am your Host, Ding Li. and today we have Henrique and David share their experi…
9. LLMs and Robotics | How can academia engage in expensive LLM research?
Large language models and GPT are trending these days. In this episode, Henrique and I sit down with David watkins from Boston Dynamic AI institute. We talk about how LLM is transforming robotics res…
8. PhD Survival Guide: Top Lessons I Wish I Knew Earlier
If you are still working towards your PhD degree, this episode is for you!
In this week's episode, we dive deep into the challenges and opportunities facing early PhD students. From navigating idea g…
7. Will you take a fully in-person job? Let's talk about hybrid and remote work!
Since 2020, many people at different tech companies have switched to a hybrid and remote work style, myself included and the same for many friends. Although this is already more or less true even bef…
6. Physical and Mental Fatigue at Work | Social Exhaustion
- 0:00 intro and work fatigue
- 6:05 work life balance & setting boundaries
- 15:54 when to ask question?
- 23:30 using chat bot at work
- 32:47 meeting versus building
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5. Different roles for Researcher in Small/Medium/Large Companies
A listener emailed me asking what to expect when switching from big tech to be a research lead at a smaller company. This inspires me to record this episode to share my thoughts on different roles re…
4. What makes a good research internship? Spoiler: it's more than just a paper.
What makes a good research internship?
- 0:00 Intro
- 1:16 Two types of goals
- 2:23 Type 1: Measurable outcomes: patents, papers, tech transfers
- 5:17 Type 2: Hard to measure outcome: do I want to work he…
3. Why become a professor in UK? Is UK more chill? (with Zahra Montazeri)
Zahra and I talked about her recent move from SF to Manchester UK and becoming a professor.
She also shared about her experience leaving Disney Research and her thoughts around industry versus academ…
2. Layoff, Hiring Freeze, and what we can do (with Cat Chen)
Cat and I discuss about the layoff trend in the current recession. And more importantly, what can we all do when many companies have hiring freezes and layoffs.
1. Publish paper or build product? (with Henrique Maia)
Henrique and I chat about how I view publishing academic papers versus producitzing cutting edge research. Research engineers and research scientists are both popular job titles that PhD graduates ch…