AI Meets DNA: Small Models, Big Data, Huge Impacts

In this episode of the Shared Everything podcast, Derrick Harris speaks with Oxford Nanopore VP of Machine Learning Mike Vella about the company’s relatively unique approach to doing AI in the fast-moving field of genomics. From hand-programming CUDA kernels to dealing with the gigabyte per second of data coming off its DNA sequencers, Vella explains how his team balances the promise of fast, inexpensive sequencing with the realities of edge computing.