Hosting and Appearances
HLF 2022: Hot Topic
In 2022 Katherine organized and moderated the Heidelberg Laureate Forum’s Hot Topic Session which focused on Deep learning with some of the foremost experts in the field.
BBC World Service
In 2021 Katherine co-hosted an episode of The BBC World Services’ Compass series with Sue Nelson.
Vector Institute
In 2019 Katherine lead a live interview with Professor Geoffrey Hinton and Eric Schmidt at the Vector Institute’s Celebration of Professor Hinton’s ACM A.M. Turing Award.
NeurIPS EXPO
In 2019 Katherine served as the MC and curator for the Neural Information Processing Systems conferences’ EXPO.
IBM Think
In 2019 Katherine participated in the panel “Culture Shock: Is Your Business Ready for AI?” with IBM Watson CMO Michelle Boockoff-Bajdek and Ritika Gunnar, IBM vice president.
In 2018 Uber produced a series of videos to explore how the principles at Uber come to life in their products.
reporting and production
The numbers of sexual assaults in the military is staggering. In this in depth piece which aired nationally on Here and Now we look at the scope of the issue and current legislation.
Unemployment Benefits Run Out For 1.3 Million Americans
In late December of 2013 1.3 million Americans lost their long term unemployment benefits. For this piece which aired nationally on Here and Now, which was paired with an interview with NPR's Tamara Keith I arranged an interview with Tammie Heazlit, a Michigander who lost her benefits.
Ukrainian Opposition Leader: ‘We Are Disgusted By Leaders’
For months Ukrainian protestors filled the streets of Kiev, speaking against President Yanukovych's move toward making the countries trade ties with Russia stronger. In this piece which aired on Here and Now hear from Olga Bielkova, member of the Ukrainian Parliament from the opposition party UDAR, the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance For Freedom.
Questions Remain After Final Report On Hotshot Deaths
On June 30, 2013 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite wildfire fighting team, were killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire. Months later an investigative report on their deaths was released. Here and Now spoke with Kyle Dickman, a former hotshot and an associate editor of Outside magazine who is writing a book about the Yarnell Fire, and Darrell Willis, wildland division chief and a co-founder of the Granite Mountain Hotshots about just what happened to the hotshots and what their deaths mean for the future of firefighting.