Meanwhile, in an alternate universe, I'm probably watching biologist Mike Pound explain photosynthesis on Naturephile.

This man is single-handedly responsible for 80% of computerphile's subscribers.

He could read Vogon poetry and I would watch it anyway.

Dr. Pound should've setup his own channel already. He's a legendary lecturer.

Computerphile: "What got you into CS?" My brain: "What Mike plays Counter Strike?"

Timestamps: 0:00 - What got you into CS 1:12 - How did you specialise / what do you specialise in 2:39 - Why would you do a PhD 3:55 - How do you learn about new topics 5:50 - How are deep learning networks designed 6:38 - Formal Methods 6:55 - Cryptography book recommendations 7:46 - Keeping up with current research in academia 10:02 - Image processing tools, libraries, languages 11:18 - Favourite encryption algorithm / cipher 11:38 - Line between national security and privacy 12:45 - Does Signal and encryption in general have government backdoors 14:27 - First project you were really proud of, and worst piece of code you've ever written 16:06 - Getting started in a data science or machine learning career 16:53 - Should IT specialists get certifications and follow standards 17:46 - Will encryption always outpace decryption 18:44 - Best website for computer security research

Pound for pound, the best guest on here

We need Q&A with the cameraman.

One of Mike's videos helped me with an MSc exam. Yes really. A concept I was struggling with, watched one of his videos on here and it made all of the more in-depth stuff come together. Beer was appropriately sent to Nottingham :) Love this channel, great people on here.

I have no idea how Mike manages to grab my attention every time he talks. The way he says things is really gripping.

I sincerely like how enthusiastic Mike is about Computerphile as well, it took him not even a second to wonder if he did a subject for Computerphile and switch over to oh yeah I'll do a video on that.

He could talk about the most boring thing in the universe and i would be entertained as well

I could've watched this Q&A for 10 hours.

Best guy on Computerphile in my opinion.

Finally, peter parker revealed his secret.

His mom must be really proud of him.

Hes looks like if toby maguire what actually something of a scientist

He always explains things in a matter that is easier to understand and he has a very interesting way of delivering information that makes you want to pay attention and listen closely.

Glad he touched on the "haphazard" code of research scientists. Definitely a pain I have felt trying to make use of research code in practice.

Love the security related video’s

I love it when he says "probably"

List of things to read/watch/follow recommended by Dr Mike Pound in this video: - Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems - Ross Anderson - Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications - Niels Ferguson - Introduction to Cryptography - Christof Paar - CVPR (Conference) - OWASP Foundation - Ross Anderson's blog - Bruce Schneier's blog

from listening to music, and from having ideas from people that actually have nothing to tell, this man, and this channel, has made me have a pleasure to come back and to check for a new video. im trying to learn css and javascript it's kinda hard, i learned pascal when i was little but now i go to work im trying to do everything, but what i wanna say is, yeah, we should all learn and do something new and better.

This was a great insight. Interesting questions and even more interesting answers. As someone who is currently starting his PhD in the field of security, hearing this interview was quite inspiring.

I am grateful for your sharing of knowledge throughout the years. Keep up the good work.

Dr. Pound = The best!

I liked the video before it loaded. He is by far my favorite on computerphile.

Best professor for understanding fundamentals of computer secufity

This is guy is awesome

Thanks Mr.Pound! That's very incouraging to hear from a fresh undergrad student's perspective :D

Didn’t even know I needed this till I saw it. Great work as usual

Thanks for doing this Mike! Love your videos and insight

Thank you, these videos are so interesting!!

great insight into Dr. Mike's background and thoughts. A few shrugs but no grabbing of left shoulder by left hand today probably meaning he wasn't too intellecutally troubled by the interview. He seemed a bit more conciliatory on government snooping than I would have given him credit for however? Some more grilling on this subject is in order, possibly with some of the other security types on Computerphile! A government-vs-privacy roundtable?

Thanks for the answer. I will look into the papers.

Thank you for the answer!

People ask what celebrity you’d like to meet in person... Mike, you sir are a legend.

Woww, this is awesome, it's great to see you!

Still waiting for the logjam video! Logjam has been one of the most fascinating things I have ever read. You should definitely make a video on it and it's implications.

Cool to hear that you recommend the book from my professor ("Introduction to Cryptography" by Christof Paar) . Can absolutely recommentd his lecture too :)

Interesting! I have been using a plant identification app on my phone for a while now which I find really helpful on hikes and such. I’m routinely amazed at the accuracy of the identifications given I’m just using a cell phone camera and considering how closely many plants resemble one another in terms of leaf structure, fruits etc. I wonder if any of Mike’s work went into these apps?

Dr. Pound looks like Rory from Doctor Who, the resemblance is too strong! Happy to learn more about you Mike, your videos and eloquent yet simple explanations are a great way to start getting interested in some topic.

damn his voice accent the way he explain things... i cant get enough of it

That was really useful. Thanks.

Charisma and brains inspiring ✨ 👏

He and Rob Miles are my favourite computerphiles

Mike Pound is a legend

I will now forever pronounce it “progrumming” in his honour

If I remember correctly, that question in 17:45 is what the problem of P vs NP is about, or at least, related somewhat.

Great guy .

fantastic.

Fun fact : I did two tentative in Biology at the university before going to computer sciences. I was already programming a bit for 4-6 years before that but never a lot. When I used that as a backup plan, I went really into it :-D really nice but since I work I lost a lot of that motivation for hobby program :-(

cant wait for that logjam video

YES

I did the opposite - started with biology and then got into CS! But that was 45 years ago when doing programming at home was ‘tricky’!

do a video on log jam!

I've seen so many videos with him, but only now am I learning his name.

ah my favourite computerphile dude!

A video on the probalistic parser and maybe Mike's Phd would be interesting.

Up next: A tour of Mike’s back garden!

That bit about R&D code, lol. Some of the papers I've read in undergrad were eye-bleeding to look at. That translates to industry pretty well. Whenever we have a PhD they usually write absolute garbage code and generally underperform but they know the specialty (I'm speaking specifically with respect to video encoding) with amazing amount of in-depth knowledge at a conceptual & mathematical level.

Finally!!!

Awesome

This guy is ridiculously smart

He could host an opera and I’d still watch it!

Petition for Dr.Mike Pound to make his own channel

So as a sysadmin i go home and then play with other sysadmin stuff..... i am glad its not just me that takes sad computer stuff home :D

Make sure you all pound the like button for Dr Mike

No wait, I have a new question! What was in the working from home tank? Axolotl?

What is the disadvantage of threema vs signal?

I was a bit late to tweet my question but does any one knows: Can (Has) AI or neural network be(en) used to test encryption algorithms? Can we make an AI to do our encryption? (In genral) Has AI ever been integrated to encryption or cyber security?

The guy is very impressive.

Many biologists do programming, especially in the field of cryoEM

i see mike, i click like

My fav guy 9n computerphile❤❤❤❤

What a legend

I was expecting keras as his DL library.

he should have his own channel lol very inteligent guy

Caption?

12:47 The "Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act" hasn't been passed, much less implemented.

This is so cool

He is like a Richard Feynman of computer science

Wow, we had a very similar start to CS. When I went it collage I wanted to be a physics major but when I took my intro to c class I was hooked on coding. I was never interested in biology though =P

Serious Question: what if we take an Ki and give him all philosophical and ethical books we have. Shouldn't he develop some kind of moral based on this?

Isn't it pronounced Mike Sharp?

Will Mike Pound talk about Dnssec in an upcoming video maybe?

Love the channel

Wow a month per day is a lot

Do you need help in subtitling your videos?

The man in the background sounds like every narrator on the discovery channel

At 9:10, hap-hazard with software development? I’ll have you know I’m fully reckless with my code.

Mike #

I never write bad code. My code is _prefect_ o.o

I just want to know if he's done any hacking on the side. If you watch his videos, he gets the most excited about things like DNS Cache Poisoning and DDOS attacks.

How spiteful and envious do you have to be to dislike any video of Dr. Pound?

💯?

15:10 "you don't get jobs in industry for acting like that" lol maybe not in AI/ML/Security but I've come across (and perpetrated) some similar things.

Was it his real dog in the steganography vid and does he think his car would have been stolen if they'd known how much of a youtube superstar he is?

I guest most Computer Scientist must coded before university, especially if they are British and rich :D

A momentous occasion.