ExchangeMeet

Building bridges, one slice at a time

You're at a conference, surrounded by people you don't know. How do you approach someone, particularly someone working in a different domain, and start a conversation about research?

As a PhD student, much of your early years are spent focused on your own work and lab, with limited interaction with researchers outside your field (at least that’s been my experience!).

This is the inspiration behind `ExchangeMeet`—a casual meetup for students from different labs, each working in diverse domains such as systems, machine learning, signal processing, or even a different field such as physics or mathematics. The more diverse, the better! Limiting the discussion to just two labs keeps the conversation intimate and focused.

The goal of this meetup is simple: get some food (usually pizza), have a relaxed discussion about your research, and get feedback on how other people perceive your research and learn to explain better.