Jobs: Igor Trapeznikov, neuroscientist, project leader «vOICe - sound vision"
Workplaces Work And Study / / December 25, 2019
Igor Trapeznikov
Project leader «vOICe - sound vision." Neuroscientist, futurist, explores brain neuroplasticity, sensory substitution and human sleep. Graduate student of the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Speaker TEDx.
What do you do in your work?
Now my work is closely connected with the Russian Transhumanist Movement (RTD) and scientific work - with IVNDiNF RAS.
I am the leader of the project «vOICe - sound vision." It is a system that allows a blind person to get a surrogate vision, orientation in space and move independently. Our team has successfully attracted the financial support of the project on kraudfandingovoy Boomstarter platform, implemented the preparatory stage of the project: Modified a convenient device for the surrogate view and trained several blind to see the world through vOICe. Now we attract investment for expansion project, recruit a new group of users vOICe among blind and trainers for their training. We also invite experts in the field of PR and finance and simply not indifferent to the fate of blind people to assist in the project, including how to volunteer.
To develop the project "Digital downloading of consciousness to an artificial carrier" ( "digital immortality", the Central Bank) and is a member of the project RTD "Functional implants." Interested in the development of systems, enhance intelligence and cognitive abilities.
What is your occupation?
The first education in the vocational school in the distant 1995 - the operator PC. It has helped me to take quick start - find a good job at the university after the army.
The first higher education was on the specialty "Marketing". Already then I became the director of the Internet-center, and it became necessary to economic knowledge.
I am currently a graduate student majoring IVNDiNF RAS "neuroscientist." This knowledge has been used successfully for the development of vOICe and CB projects.
Constantly attending courses, workshops, seminars, developing my strengths and the necessary capacity at the moment.
I am happy when I find and acquire new knowledge that can help other people.
What should know and be able to a person working in your field?
My area - is project management and people in high-tech fields. A person working in this area must be able to dream, to transform dreams into plans and to implement them.
That is to say, Mr. "solve all the issues." That is, you first need to have a vision of the future, and only then to find a like-minded team, volunteers, investment in the project, coworking and so on. The main thing with this - to be a virus ideas to infect surrounding them.
Another very important to be able to learn to produce high-quality information, the one that gives the answers to these questions, do not be distracted by spam. Also helps to achieve the result the ability to take a punch external circumstances, to recover quickly and to proceed.
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
Thinking outside the box, crisis management, leadership - these are the qualities that help to move forward and achieve goals.
Weaknesses attribute lack of concentration on one thing, a wide range of interests and curiosity.
In our fast paced world to focus I have to make a lot of effort. For example, the constant sounds unobtrusive melody or the sounds of nature in my office, mail is checked several times a day at a certain time, work is carried out by a given algorithm - it structures and allows us to keep the focus on task.
How does your workplace?
The workflow uses the principle of "the cloud." Information should be available on any device, so it is better to place first on the Internet, for example, Dropbox and Google Drive, and then get on a laptop and a smartphone. When all the data is synchronized with the cloud, not afraid to lose a valuable device. I try to duplicate the device: I have two smartphones, one spare - communication is always needed.
I use organizer ThinkingRockImplementing the principles of GTD. This allows you to put things in order, to take every thought under control. Main feature of GTD is to free your mind from remembering the current challenges, unloaded them and remind them to external media. So I do not think that should be done, and concentrate on the tasks themselves.
Also in use:
- mail Gmail;
- meeting organizer Doodle;
- design WiKi PbWorks;
- mind maps Mindjet;
- taymtreker TimeSheet;
- Dropbox storage, and invested in it Google Drive c documents and spreadsheets;
- TeamViewer for remote access to laptops, and servers.
The main program in the project - vOICe, a program for the education of blind basic algorithms convert sounds into a picture. With it, we train and test user, I'm one of them.
Is there a place in your paper work?
Paper in my life - it's a draft on the desktop for immediate unloading lit up my ideas or notes during a telephone conversation. The term of his life - no more than days.
With a normally wear a mini-notebook for recording thoughts and incoming messages.
Good books give to friends or leave the cafe.
How do you organize your time?
There are typical tasks: planning, processing incoming emails and calls. I combine them into blocks and is most often placed at the beginning of the day, at peak performance.
Meeting - and in the evening, if unexpected in the middle of the day. For me, irrationals, inefficient hard to plan your day, so 50-70% of the time booking a flexible task.
The achievement of results at the same time helps to control performance and mood, timely switch to a different activity. To better understand this approach, I recommend "Time management for slobs».
GTD methods help to more clearly see the future, to the point that needs to be done in the next 25 years. But detailed planning not do, only plans for the year and more in the quarter - the world is changing too fast.
During the day, alternating work and rest every hour and a screensaver is activated five minutes off my monitor. During the break, I do something hands: navozhu order, make calls or to make tea.
To achieve the objectives delegate powers to his colleagues of projects to give the task "for growth" - give independence, is guided by the result, time and budget. Due to this, each participant vOICe can realize their potential, and it attracts new members to the project.
What's your daily routine?
Smart Service helps to start the day, waking up on sleep phase. Morning can begin at 4-6 am. The awakening is followed by a mini-charge, light breakfast, coffee, Nootropics and vitamins. Often includes sound neyroprogrammy, resulting in optimal brain rhythm. Sometimes it stimulates the brain transcranial electrical device Foc.us.
The algorithm working in the morning looks like this: look and fill the personal daily report, charging for the mind when CognyFitParsing incoming and planning the day.
Early in the morning, up to 9-10 hours - the most productive time. Then comes the planning and delegating tasks to colleagues, calendar adjustment.
But in order to work well, it is necessary to have a good rest. An important part of relaxation - it sleep. I declare as a professional.
Always want to be a vigorous, fresh, rested and full of energy for a new day. hour of sleep before midnight is two hours of sleep after 00:00. So sometimes I go on an alarm clock. Good sleep requires preparation: a contrast shower, fresh air, darkness and silence. I turn on the sounds of nature, such as an ocean sunrise or whales singing.
How to pass the time in traffic jams?
In my Organizer has a special tab - "Need to think in a way." Also, use downtime to listen to audio books, training, at least - of classical works. From the last - "State" Plato.
What's your hobby?
My favorite hobby - it is to learn new things. If you have no idea how to spend the time usefully and have a rest, go to the website zovem.ru, Choose the event and plunge into the atmosphere, which was created by the organizers to participate actively and meet people.
I am inspired by the Milky Way, which crosses Highway Star night sky, and the history of great deeds of the true representatives of humanity.
Permanent hobbies - travel, mountains, diving.
What place sport occupies in your life?
Do morning exercises, go to yoga, I love active sports: snowboarding, roller skates, ice skates.
I ride on blisks. This is a mobile unit for operative movement in the city. Often I take it with you and get off, for example, to a seat on the plane.
Layfhakerstvo from Igor Trapeznikova
Handbook for me - "Life strategy of creative personality" Genrich Altshuller.
To books-motivators attribute "As the Steel Was Tempered"Nikolai Ostrovsky and"The Story of a Real Man"Boris Polevoy.
Books-transformers - all at Strugatsky, especially "The Time Wanderers».
From business books I recommend "To hell with flaws! How to use your strengths"Marcus Buckingham and"Funky Business. Capital dancing to the tune of talent"Nordstrom and Ridderstråle. For advanced readers - "The structure of reality. The science of parallel universes"David Deutsch.
From podcasts advise Kurzweil AI of the latest news from the world of technology. Also I recommend to subscribe to the mailing list and transhumanist groups in social networks.
Video: "Theory of everything from Aton», «For all mankind»; the film Christopher Nolan "Remember».
What is your life motto?
Two of them.
The only way to achieve success in any field - to develop their intelligence.
Solution absolutely any problem can be solved by changing his "I".