Qubits and Quibbles On the opening day of the 8th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Scott Aaronson, winner of the 2020 ACM Prize in Computing, discussed the recent advancements in quantum computing and the impact that “quantum supremacy” could have … 22. Sep 2021 | By Khari Douglas | 1 comment
Hot Topic: The mathematics of Disease – Epidemic Modeling 22. Sep 2021 | By Constanza Rojas-Molina | 2 comments
Sketchnotes of the Laureate Lectures: Avi Wigderson on the Value of Errors in Proofs 21. Sep 2021 | By Constanza Rojas-Molina | 0 comments
Sketchnotes of the Laureate Lectures: Scott Aaronson on Quantum Supremacy 21. Sep 2021 | By Constanza Rojas-Molina | 0 comments
Why scientists should engage the public – and how to get started An important topic we don’t talk enough about. Read more 21. Sep 2021 | By Andrei Mihai | 1 comment
A personal take on the curiously one-way science communication panel at the 8th HLF This blog entry is about what the science communication panel at the 8th Heidelberg Laureate Forum wasn’t. (About, that is.) And while I’m in inverted mode, I’ll start with a disclaimer. No, I don’t have … 20. Sep 2021 | By Markus Pössel | 1 comment
The Value of Errors in Proofs Nevanlinna Prize and Abel Prize winner Avi Widgerson opened this year’s HLF with a fantastic mathematics lecture, laying out the history of proofs from the ancient Greeks through to a 2020 result on quantum proof … 20. Sep 2021 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment
Sketchnotes of the (digital) 8th Heidelberg Laureate Forum 20. Sep 2021 | By Constanza Rojas-Molina | 0 comments
Almost every protein known to science: AlphaFold’s revolution is right around the corner AI promised to change the world. It’s finally starting to make good on that promise. Read more 01. Sep 2021 | By Andrei Mihai | 2 comments