Interviews

Background and Introduction: (A brief introduction, early life, background and current happenings). I was born into a circumstantial privileged wealthy family at a different time where a horse-drawn carriage was the car of today. I had a wonderful childhood with the excellence of quality upbringing by my parents. This nice...
This week we have interviewed Michael Smerconish who is an American radio host and television presenter, newspaper columnist, author, lawyer and a partner of Desk Worldwide Media Group. You started as a conservative, but then shifted more to the left. Where do you stand today, and why do you think you’ve...
Desk Worldwide sits down with crime novelist Claire McGowan to discuss the importance of dialogue and her path to publication. Claire's writing inspiration I think that I've always written most of my life. I've always been the kind of person that has a lot of ideas. I don't know if everyone...
Catherine Quinn, bestselling author of The Thief Taker, tells Writers & Artists what inspires her to write and shares her advice for writers looking to get published. A couple of easy questions to begin with…First off, what inspires you to write?  I always find these kind of questions really hard! Nothing in...
Interview with Alexander McCall Smith - deskworldwide.com
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over 60 books, including the bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. Why do you write? Like most writers, I write because I feel that I have to. It’s not exactly a compulsion, but it’s quite close to that. Writing makes sense of one’s...
Prof. Nadia Magnenat Thalmann has pioneered research into virtual humans over the last 30 years. She obtained several Bachelor's and Master's degrees in various disciplines (Psychology, Biology and Biochemistry) and a PhD in Quantum Physics from the University of Geneva in 1977. From 1977 to 1989, she was a...
Interview with Carol S. Dweck - deskworldwide.com
Carol S. Dweck is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton professor of psychology at Stanford University. She has previously worked at Columbia and Harvard universities, and at the University of Illinois. Her research examines the origins of people’s self-conceptions, their role in motivation and self-regulation, and their impact on achievement....
Professor Joachim Luther - deskworldwide
Professor Joachim Luther has spent over 30 years engaging in the physics and the development of renewable energies and is currently working at Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS). Q. How has the turmoil in the global solar PV market since SERIS' inauguration in April 2008 impacted the institute and...
Interview With Professor Buckles - deskworldwide.com.jpg
If you study at Vanderbilt, then Professor Buckles needs no introduction. But for those of you who don’t know him, Professor Stephen Buckles teaches economics at Vandy. Without a doubt, he is one of the most interesting and famous professors on campus, and if you are a prospective or...
Interview with MIT Professor Vivienne Sze - deskworldwide.com
I recently caught up with Vivienne Sze, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, to discuss the launch of a new professional education course titled, “Designing Efficient Deep Learning Systems.” The two-day class will run from March 28-29, 2018 at the Samsung Campus in Mountain View,...