title: Katya Ivshina: Applied Math PhD @Harvard • Geometric Machine Learning
author: Thomas Clark
contenttype: article
publication: Modus Mirandi Podcast with Thomas Hikaru Clark
published: 2024-02-20T22:55:06+00:00
sourceurl: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/modusmirandi/episodes/Katya-Ivshina-Applied-Math-PhD-Harvard--Geometric-Machine-Learning-e2fvv8l
word_count: 90
Katya Ivshina is a PhD student in Applied Mathematics at Harvard studying geometric machine learning Katya's Instagram: @katya.ivshina Katya's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KatyaIvshina YouTube канал Кати на русском: https://www.youtube.com/@ekaterinaivshina Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (1:16) Katya’s research explained at two different levels (23:25) What excites you about the future of this field? (29:20) Katya’s journey to doing a PhD at Harvard (42:20) Cultural differences in the US (54:22) What do you do outside of research and academics? (1:03:20) Advice for current and prospective grad students (1:14:05) Closing question: Topological data analysis explained simply