Too Lazy to Read the Paper

Too Lazy to use Claude Code for Research (with YY Ahn)

In this video I talk to YY Ahn about using Claude Code for Research.  Normally in Too Lazy to Read the Paper, somebody explains a paper to me, because reading papers is

David Lazer - The Extremely Early Mover

I am super excited to have David Lazer (1,2) on the pod today.  David Lazer needs no introduction. But here at lazypod we’re polite, so he get’s one anyway. David Laz

Brennan Klein - Teleology, Perception, Complex Systems

Holy cow, it was great to chat with Brennan Klein (1). It’s another renaissance person on the Pod. In his research, Brennan attempts to understand how complex systems a

Erik Hoel - Letting the Creative Rivers Run Free

Today we’re in for something a little bit different. Our guest is “Erik Hoel”, who’s not only a scientist, but also an exciting writer of books and essays. I read his fan

Laura Alessandretti - The Deep Power of Programming

Today on the Pod we are lucky to have Laura Alessandretti (1) visiting us. Laura is an Assistant Professor in Modelling of Human Dynamics at the Technical University of

Esteban Moro - Collaborating with the Competition

Hey Everyone, Today, we have another amazing guest. It’s Esteban Moro (1)! Esteban is a researcher, data scientist and professor at Universidad Carlos III (UC3M) in Sp

Baruch Barzel - Doesn’t Need an Agent!

Today’s guest on the pod is Baruch Barzel (1). Baruch has a wikipedia page (2), which summarizes his work very nicely. It says that he’s known for his work in the resear

Piotr Sapiezynski - Explaining the Filter Bubble!

Today’s guest on the pod is Piotr Sapiezynski! Piotr (1) is an Associate Research Scientist at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. My interview with Piotr is part tw

Aniko Hannak - The Path to Complexity and Beyond

Today’s guest is Aniko Hannak. But for reasons I forgot to ask her in the podcast, everyone calls her Ancsa. Anyway, Ansca is an Assistant Professor at the computer scie

Rosemary Braun - It's Physics All the Way Down

Today's guest is Rosemary Braun, an associate professor at the Department of Molecular Biosciences at Northwestern University. Rosemary works at the interface betwe

Tina Eliassi-Rad - Dark Side of the Moon

It's a new season! And LazyPod is back with a strong line-up of guests. Today on the pod, for the inaugural episode of season 2, is Tina Eliassi-Rad. Tina is an

Too Lazy to Read the Book: Episode 10 with Dashun Wang

It’s Episode 10 and season finale time. But not to worry, #LazyPod will be back after the summer break. Today on the pod is Dashun Wang!  Dashun is an Associate Profess

Too Lazy to Read the Paper: Episode 9 with Marta Sales-Pardo and Roger Guimera

Today on the pod is Marta Sales-Pardo & Roger Guimera. What a great talk. We could have gone on for hours. Peer review, power-laws, becoming scientists, Bayesian statist

Too Lazy to Read the Paper: Episode 8 with Martin Rosvall

Big talk on the pod today. My guest is Martin Rosvall. A network science legend. The creator of the InfoMap community detection algorithm (1). Martin’s group (2) studies

Too Lazy to Read the Paper: Episode 7 with Alice Schwarze

Today on the Pod is Alice Schwarze. We talk about Alice’s paper "Motifs for processes on networks". Super exciting work! Before we get to the paper, we also talk about me

Too Lazy to Read the Paper: Episode 6 with Gourab Ghoshal and Petter Holme

I’ve got a treat for you today. Today’s author’s are Gourab Ghoshal and Petter Holme, who are here to talk about a classic paper. A paper they co-authored and published i

Too Lazy to Read the Paper: Episode 5 with Renaud Lambiotte

Today’s guest is Renaud Lambiotte  Renaud is an associate professor at the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University, investigating processes taking place on large net

Too Lazy to Read the Paper: Episode 4 with Leidy Klotz

Today’s guest, Leidy Klotz, is a professor at the University of Virginia. He studies the science of design: how we transform things from how they are - to how we want the

Too Lazy to Read the Paper: Episode 3 with Dirk Brockmann

Via the response to the first couple of episodes I realized that not only my science-friends listen to the podcast, but many other people. So while I want to keep this p

Too Lazy to Read the Paper. Episode 2 with Roberta Sinatra

This time we meet with physicist, expert on science of succes, and all-round amazing person, Roberta Sinatra. She talks about her recent paper "Success and luck in creati