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Carry the Two

Carry the Two

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Carry the Two pulls back the curtain to reveal the mathematical and statistical gears that turn the world. We’re the show for people who enjoy discovering hidden elements that impact our lives in the most unexpected ways, and math is certainly one of those! We are a curiosity-driven podcast that looks to find unique perspectives from the fields of mathematics and statistics. We use stories to convey how mathematical research drives the world around us, with each episode tackling a different topic. This can be anything from modeling how bees in a swarm make group decisions to how we can use textual analysis to reveal surprising changes in policy documents. You can also find Carry the Two on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Carry the Two is hosted by Sadie Witkowski and Ian Martin. Audio production by Tyler Damme. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions.© 2022 IMSI Mathematics Science
Episodes
  • Emerging Technologies Episode 6: Digital Twins
    Oct 13 2025

    Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats is helping scientists, engineers, and industry develop new and emerging technologies. This episode is all about Digital Twins. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by Karen Willcox professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, Director of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, and external faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute and Anna Michalak founding Director of the Climate and Resilience Hub at the Carnegie Institution for Science and professor at the Stanford-Doerr School of Sustainability.

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    Toward predictive digital twins: From physics-based modeling to scientific machine learning Application of Digital Twins to Large-Scale Complex Systems Digital Twins Long Program Foundational Research Gaps and Future Directions for Digital Twins Digital twins in mechanical and aerospace engineering

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    Music by Blue Dot Sessions

    The Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI) is funded by NSF grant DMS-1929348

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    33 mins
  • Emerging Technologies Episode 5: Computation Imaging
    Sep 25 2025

    Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats is helping scientists, engineers, and industry develop new and emerging technologies. This episode is all about Computation Imaging. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by Rebecca Willett the Worah Family Professor of Statistics and Computer Science in the Wallman Society of Fellows at the University of Chicago, Stanley Chan Elmore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Statistics Purdue University, and David Lindell Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Computer Science.

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    Panel Discussion: Computational Imaging: Who cares?

    Wavefront Estimation: How to Prescribe Glasses for your Telescope?

    Imaging Anytime Anywhere: Capturing Dynamic Scenes from Seconds to Picoseconds

    Follow more of IMSI’s work: www.IMSI.institute, (bluesky) IMSI.institute (instagram) IMSI.institute

    Music by Blue Dot Sessions

    The Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI) is funded by NSF grant DMS-1929348

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    47 mins
  • Emerging Technologies Episode 4: Materials Science
    Sep 11 2025

    Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats is helping scientists, engineers, and industry develop new and emerging technologies. Our first episode is all about Computation Medicine. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by Danny Perez, a staff scientist at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico, Logan Ward, a PhD computational scientist, and Jason Hattrick-Simpers, a professor of material science and engineering at the University of Toronto and a research scientist at Natural Resources Canada, CMAT Materials.

    Find our transcript here: Google Doc or .txt file

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    Diverse data generation for machine learning potentials

    The Importance of Publishing Everything, and How MDF Can Help

    Understanding and Mitigating Bias in Autonomous Materials Characterization and Discovery

    Follow more of IMSI’s work: www.IMSI.institute, (bluesky) IMSI.institute (instagram) IMSI.institute

    Music by Blue Dot Sessions

    The Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI) is funded by NSF grant DMS-1929348

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    48 mins
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