HLFF Spotlight: 9th HLF Inspiring Women in STEM – Celia Rubio Madrigal The Heidelberg Laureate Forum has a single purpose: To provide some of the brightest minds in mathematics and computer science with the space and time to make … 25. Aug 2022 | By Lena Sophie Schwenker | 5 comments
Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size Unless you have skipped a lot of school, or work, or both – or you live in the USA – you have probably used an A4 sheet of paper before now. Have you ever wondered … 24. Aug 2022 | By Ben Sparks | 31 comments
Beyond Chess and Go: Why AI Mastering Games Could Be Good News For Everyone Lee Sedol, one of the best Go players of of all time, wasn’t expecting much of a challenge when he faced the AI AlphaGo in 2016. But despite playing excellently, he was handed a serious … 17. Aug 2022 | By Andrei Mihai | 11 comments
The Fields Medal in Statistics One of the prizes whose laureates are regulars at the HLF is the Fields Medal – awarded by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) every four years since 1950, and celebrating the very pinnacle of mathematical … 10. Aug 2022 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment