Looking back at my own PhD defense and those of former colleagues in graduate school, I remember that the questions went on and on until the candidate said "I don't know." At that point one of the professors remarked "If you had said that half an hour ago, we would have been finished." You need to show a mastery of your chosen research but the faculty always want to remind you that you don't know everything. On a more serious note, by the time you are ready to defend your dissertation you should be the leading expert on your chosen topic. If you aren't then you are in for a difficult time.

The mark of a great technical communicator is when the uninitiated (ahem, moi) hear their presentation and then say to themselves, "Gee, that's not so hard, *I* could do that!" Joel Spolsky, a software developer writes and presents the same way, so lucidly that groundlings are able to get an actual glimpse into the dark magic of the modern world.

One of the things I learned from this presentation was that Jacques thoroughly enjoyed the entire research work and was eager to share her passion with her audience. Also, being a great communicator helped her a lot.

Amazing piece of work and excellent delivery. Congratulations is definitely in order. Well done, Natasha!

I've been interested in machine learning as of the time in my undergraduate studies. really liked that this popped up in my recommended. i'm now seeing how a PhD student presents work in Machine Learning and am hopeful for that pathway in my life in the future!

Excellent work and presentation! You were flawless in your delivery and tackling questions. Also, you make it seem effortless by developing a sort of natural, progressive understanding of these complex topics. There is a lot to learn here for a graduate student like myself. Thank you so much for posting this.

wow, I am currently during my MSc in computer science (UCL) and just wow. Im so motivated by this to go for a PhD

I’m a high school student who clicked on this presentation out of sheer curiosity. With absolutely no idea or expectation as to what I would learn, I can absolutely say that Natasha flawlessly delivered her thesis defence in such a clear way, that I was able to grasp the ideas and concepts of her thesis. Very well done and very inspiring.

Well great presentation, the coverage of the knowledge content was magnificent. you explained things beautifully. Thumbs up

The media lab is such an exceptional place. Bridging the nature pf being human with our scientific and technological capabilities. Fantastic!

Wow! Excellent, exceptional research! Kudos to you for such a vast coverage of the body of knowledge in this domain! Love and hugs 🤗 from a final year PhD Scholar in Cognitive Psychology from India!

Really cool work - it proves that passion is key to success

Dear Natasha Jaques, I’m fortunate enough to attend your defense and was thoroughly impressed by your exceptional presentation skills, as well as the depth and breadth of your knowledge on the subject matter. Additionally, your defense was truly extraordinary and one of the coolest I have ever witnessed. The way you presented your research with such clarity, precision, and passion was truly inspiring. Your ability to engage the audience and communicate complex ideas in a clear and concise manner is a testament to your exceptional academic skills and expertise.

This is incredible work Doctor, I find this subject so interesting! I am a junior computer science and stats major and all of this is my focus!

Impressive. Thank you for sharing.

The passion- the passion of this young lady is of a true scholar.

That is a great presentation, you have demonstrated expertise in your area of research. I also like the way you keep the audience engaged

Quick and easy steps! Love it! 👌📝

Extraordinary PhD defense!!!!Hats off

Great research and well articulated to audience in the more intuitive way

Great work. Learning a lot as i prepare for this journey

This is fantastic! You’re an amazing presenter :))

great work and awesome presentation. I enjoyed my time to watch it

I'm impressed by the immersed preparation and skillset displayed in your presentation.

Brilliant presentation!

Thank youThis encourage me to do my thesis coming years

Just passed my PhD history defense. 320 pg Dissertation. Congratulations

Great research work in AI Social Learning from Humans. Congrats. Best wishes for your future endeavors !

Wow ! What a great presentation! It is not my research area but I like the way she defended her research. Excellent communication! Hats off! I will definitely inspire from this presentation to prepare my speech for my thesis defense in March 2023.

It was an amazing presentation by Natasha Jaques. Young lady what I appreciate and mainly I learn a lot from you. Thank you so much!

Excellent Natasha, Congratulation!

Really amazing thought ever, really fantastic and more motivational. I really want to help in my PhD defense .

PhDs aren't for me but always amazing to see how much work goes into it

What an excellent presentation

Great findings.. Super positive presentation

Excellent Natasha - You are a star!!!

Nice Presentation and Defence as well. Congratulations 👏👏👍

Dear all great gentle Very sweet good morning 🌞🌞🌄🌄🌄 Very great news about the PhD. Thank you very much 🙏🙏

Awesome work. Proud of you 😊

This an excellent thesis defense awesome work Natasha

What a great presentation.

whenever i need some motivation in my PhD i just come back to this

可以说是presentation的典范了，真的很优秀啊👍

I am currently in Msc cybersecurity, and you motivate me to ongoing to PhD

so beautiful, so powerful

Some people were just blessed with brains... I didn't understand a shit but I'm just a bus driver...

Inspiration for me as shortly I will be defending my thesis of PhD too. And Subject is almost same.

wow, i am so impressed by you. im "only" doing my bachelor's degree, but i feel inspired to continue my studies in AI and machine learning after seeing your wonderful presentation. thank you -debbie from the netherlands

In your dictionary of counter are you playing a defensive structure meaning you see into the accident or after the accident happens then you start learning some of that you have to continuously put it in place to continuously learn about it

so excellent and confident, I really admire the state of you at that time.

Nice work, nice personality...I'm just going through the ML/DL Research work.

Gracias por el video, bro. Funciona de forma excelente.

Bellman and its equation will be proud of you 😆 great work 😊

Terrific Thesis Defense! Learn a lot. Thanks!

In that concept thinking of agnostic and argumentative is that cypher or something pretty similar played inside out or back and forth looking at the name concepts or alternating the rotation of inner heat particles then stealing somebody's barcode and blueprints or even a lottery concepts of when lost structures

wow she is amazing I hope I could present like her in my master dissertation defense

learned from you ! so great, thanks!

nice presentation, hopefullty i will continue my master degree.

Remarkable the number of actual advantages to gain from ever expanding world of AI. Which is rapidly changing our communication patterns, ways and means of interaction among the public. With a bit of luck us homo sapiens shall remain in total charge of our own faculties for a foreseeable to prevent any cyborg revolution.

u go girl, impressive presentation

Hi, Natasha I watched your presentation and thank you very much for sharing it. I read in your introduction that you can access invisible emotional signals, so I was wondering if some kind of signal combined with the content of the exchange could be used to infer if the other person is lying, etc. Why is this question being asked? I've been doing research using natural language processing recently and with the development of generative AI technology, it's having an impact on the way we work worldwide. Remote working in corporate recruiting has become a nice spot for companies, then recruiting can be done at any time from geography to any country around the globe. Thinking how to develop a model of an intelligent interviewer using the method you mentioned to refer to the HR department by outputting a trustworthy report. Hope you can reply if possible, thanks.

This is some great work

For the people outside academia, usually there are a maximum of 20-30 audience in a defence.. Most of them are from the same lab or colleagues.... Here the room is not only housefull, but have so many views on KZfaq.... It's something else!

Our defense in the UK was by an external and internal examiner in a viva. It was a closed session.

Exceptional presentation

Great Session

To present for 1hour + , babe is too good!!!!

amazing job!

This is such an interesting thesis!

great presentation! very interesting :)

Good Job; congratulations.

Congratulations on your defense !

Excellent explanations 💐🙏🏽

Congratulation Natasha

Very nice work.

Congratulations!!!

I am slightly confused, in some web pages i see WHAT ELSE MOTIVATES PEOPLE and in others WHAT ELSE MOTIVATE PEOPLE......What is correct?

Excellent Defense

do you think the network of Alexas' can be trained to communicate among themselves in order to better understand the needs of their individual human interactions.

Fascinating talk, and congratulations!

Well done, doctor

This is awesome

It should be Effective artifical intelligence?

45 minutes is crazy. In Germany it's usually just 20-30 minutes, we barely can afford to crack a joke at this time, since the work of 5-7 years is summerized in this short period of time, which is almost imposible. But you made it look easy :)

Great job 👍

Thnkyou So much!.

Incredible work, nice job

congratulations!!

Wow! Great job Natasha Jaques👏👏👏👏👏👏

Awesome!

45 minutes is so generous. Here at Simon Fraser University math dept the length is only 25 minutes

honor to see you in internet

Awesome

Congratulations！

Interesting work

Can you pleaseclarify the "undie" question/statement?

its faboulas good academic skill and expertise in your field a great communicator helped her a lot.

Wow very interesting

Hi Natasha, I really loved your Ph.D., defense and the information you imparted. Although I am not a technology or AI student, I was able to understand many of the areas you highlighted but not those formulae you displayed, unfortunately. I was wondering if I could do my Ph.D., in some areas that deal with the integration of technology in education, if not entirely in technology or AI. I have recently completed my master's in Teaching English to Students of Other Languages (TESOL). Would appreciate your opinion. Thanks!

Is there manipulation of data to include non-IRB approved deprivation?