Not long ago, computers started solving mathematical proofs—a fact that surprised Sir Andrew Wiles. But to Wiles, who won the Silver Plaque of the IMU (1998) and the 2016 Abel Prize, the achievements of machines … Read more
Credit: © Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation / Flemming – 2016 Vladimir Voevodsky was awarded the Fields Medal in 2002 for his work on motivic cohomology leading to a proof of the Milnor conjecture. He’s here … Read more
On the rare occasion, I have found myself in a conversation with someone who somehow seemed to be from the future. Many of us in the tech business naturally find ourselves occupied with near-term priorities, … Read more
In 1984, the legendary Alexander Grothendieck released one of the greatest mathematical texts of the century: “Esquisse d’un Programme.” It became a viral hit. Like an epic novel, it painted a sweeping vision of the … Read more
Was die Frage nach den negativen Folgen technischer Neuerungen angeht, hat die deutsche Gesellschaft ja nun den Ruf, eher besonders skeptisch und negativ zu sein. (Siehe aber z.B. auch diesen Beitrag mit einem Technikphilosophen, der … Read more
Maschinelles Lernen hat mit lernen gar nichts zu tun. Man sollte von diesem Begriff überhaupt ganz abkommen und es das nennen, was es ist: Statistische Parameteroptimierung. Das meinte Noel Sharkey, einer der Teilnehmer der Podiumsdiskussion … Read more
Meet Johanna Pirker, one of our featured young researchers in a series about some of the women attending this year’s Heidelberg Laureate Forum in September 2016. Credit: Photo by Matthias Rauch Johanna is a PhD … Read more
Credit: © Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation / Flemming – 2016 Sir Michael Atiyah is here at the 4th Heidelberg Laureate Forum both as a Fields Medalist (1966) and a winner of the Abel Prize (2004). … Read more
Bedeutend wird man in Mathematik (und Informatik) natürlich nicht, indem man einem bestimmten Rezept folgt. Und, ja, es ist immer wieder beeindruckend, wie oft Menschen Ratschläge bekommen und dann doch denjenigen Fehler machen, der … Read more
Becoming a great mathematician, or computer scientist, is not a matter of following career recipes. And yes, it is amazing how many people manage to listen to advice, and then go on to make the … Read more