Tim Roughgarden, assistant professor of Computer Science at Stanford, illustrates two of the main themes in the field of algorithmic game theory via specific examples: performance guarantees for systems with autonomous users. (March 11, 2009)

Bill McKeeman, a Fellow at MathWorks and adjunct faculty at the Computer Science Department of Dartmouth College, reveals his goal to create the smallest extendable self-compiling compiler. (March 4, 2009)

Daniel Kreiss, a PhD candidate and the Rebele First Amendment Fellow in Stanford's Department of Communication, discusses technical infrastructures, political institutions, and social practices. (February 25, 2009)

John R. Koza, consulting professor in the Department Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, discusses the Darwinian computational technique of genetic programming to automatically design complex structures. (February 18, 2009)

Barbara Simons, a ember of the Board of Advisors of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and the Board of Directors of VerifiedVoting.org, discusses problems with and efforts to improve electronic touch screen voting systems. (February 11, 2009)

Paul Saffo, a forecaster with over two decades experience exploring technological change on its impact on business currently teaching at Stanford, discusses the growth of personal media and the changes this shift is triggering. (February 4, 2009)

Andy Rappaport, a partner at August Capital, discusses current shifts in the semiconductor industry that are changing the best targets for productive research and investment. (January 28, 2009)

Todd C. Mowry, a professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses his work on hardware and software techniques to create new technology ("pario"). (January 21, 2009)