Interviews
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New steps in photonic computing - an interview with Dr. Francesco Da Ros
Could you please introduce yourself and your area of research? Francesco Da Ros: I am an associate professor at the Technical University of Denmark, focusing on the synergies between machine learning and photonics. I both work to solve photonic problems with machine learning – modelling, inverse... -
Carolina Peñalva Lapuente on innovations for tackling food waste
Food and technology scientist Carolina Peñalva Lapuente works at Aitiip Centro Tecnológico in Zaragoza, Spain. She is the project coordinator of the Horizon 2020 funded SISTERS project. This projects works on systemic innovations for a sustainable reduction of European food waste. Why is food waste... -
Prajal Pradhan on food loss and waste: ‘Our current food systems are broken’
Dr Prajal Pradhan is an expert in climate change, food systems, and sustainable development goals. He is an assistant professor at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and a visiting senior scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Germany). You were a lead author of... -
Clara Cicatiello on innovations for tackling food waste
Clara Cicatiello is an assistant professor of agricultural economics at the University of Tuscia, Italy. Her research covers the sustainability of food systems and the prevention of food loss and waste in food supply chains. You are the coordinator of the EU-funded LOWINFOOD project, which aims to... -
Professor Andrea Emilio Rizzoli : ‘We should not be too worried about artificial intelligence and creativity’
Interview with Professor Andrea Emilio Rizzoli, Director of the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Switzerland and co-chair of the Scientific Advice Mechanism’s working group on the uptake of artificial intelligence (AI). As such, he helped provide independent scientific advice to the... -
Professor Nicole Grobert: 'It’s quite clear that AI will speed up our discovery processes in science'
Interview with Nicole Grobert, Professor of Nanomaterials, Department of Materials, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, and Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission (part of the Scientific Advice Mechanism). As such, she helped provide independent scientific advice... -
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Diego Peñaloza on textile and the environment
Diego Peñaloza is a senior life cycle assessment researcher at RISE, Sweden’s research institute. He works mainly with textiles and garments, biobased materials and construction products. Diego is part of the EU-funded New Cotton project that uses novel technology to recycle textile waste into a fibre... -
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Paulien Harmsen on textile and the environment
"We really should value textiles more as durable products, only then the system will become more sustainable," says Paulien Harmsen. She is a senior scientist and technical lead for the Sustainable Textiles Programme at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands, working on circular and sustainable...