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TAICHIP Vodcast Episode 4 "PhD Studies at TalTech" - with Mahdi Taheri and Mohammad Hasan Ahmadilivani

Guests:  

  • Mahdi Taheri, TalTech, EE
  • Mohammad Hasan Ahmadilivani, TalTech, EE

Host: 

  • Maksim Jenihhin, TalTech, EE

TalTech PhD graduates reflect on their PhD journeys, research challenges and achievements, life in Estonia, and more. 
- How did you end up doing a PhD at TalTech?
- What were your first impressions of TalTech and Estonia when you arrived?
- Why is reliability such a significant concern when running AI on edge devices?
- How does DeepVigor make resiliency analysis fast vs. weeks-long fault injection, and why do open-source tools/benchmarks help?
- How can near-/zero-overhead methods like AdAM establish fault tolerance?
- What were the biggest challenges or setbacks you encountered during your research?
- What advice would you give to someone starting a PhD, something you wish you knew at the beginning of your journey? 

Recorded: June 2025, TalTech, Tallinn 

Published: September 2025