The 3rd HLF – Through the Looking Glass Wylder Green, HLFF press team member: Atmosphere defines interaction, and the 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum did not allow that truth to evade it. The cornerstone of the HLF is creating an informal environment for scientific … 16. Sep 2015 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments
Stepping Off the “Innovation” Bandwagon Rosalind Reid, guest blogger at HLF15: I believe I’ve heard the word “innovation” spoken only once during the 2015 Heidelberg Laureate Forum. For an event that gathers together the inventors of today’s computing and the … 01. Sep 2015 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments
Remembering Passwords like a Pro – Interview with Jeremiah Blocki Andrew Carmichael, guest blogger at HLF15: Jeremiah Blocki is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. Jeremiah completed his PhD at Carnegie Mellon University focusing on Usable and Secure Human … 31. Aug 2015 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments
Beyond what we imagined – Interview with Peter Naur Andrew Carmichael, guest blogger HLF15. I am lucky to have had the opportunity to speak with Peter Naur, who was awarded the Turing Award for “fundamental contributions to programming language design and the definition of … 27. Aug 2015 | By Guest blogger | 2 comments
Managing Credit Risk in Nigerian Banks Ifeyinwa Ajah, HLF15 participant. A functional bank credit system is the key that unlocks the possibilities of economic progress. Credit is very important in wealth creation and is the main business activity for most commercial banks. … 26. Aug 2015 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments
Acknowledging a great man I have never met Ahmed Ali-Eldin, HLF15 participant. Yesterday, I sat down around a table for dinner with Leslie Valiant, the inventor of machine learning, Tony Hoare, one of the fathers of programming languages and the inventor of quick sort, … 26. Aug 2015 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments
Finding the meaning in data Calliope-Louisa Sotiropoulou, HLF15 participant. I first heard about the Heidelberg Laureate Forum from an email by the Association of Computing Machinery. I read all the available information and it immediately triggered my curiosity and interest. … 24. Aug 2015 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments
Do what you think is fun Ahmed Ali-Eldin, HLF15 participant. This week, I am in Heidelberg, a lovely city in Germany, home to the oldest University in Germany, and the fifth oldest in Europe. I have been one of a few … 24. Aug 2015 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments
Of nodes and edges Mayank Kejriwal, HLF15 participant. The best advice that I’ve ever been given as a Ph.D. student was by my advisor (of course!), who told me in my first year, “Science is a social process.” At … 22. Aug 2015 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments
Vint Cerf on being forgotten or remembered Anna Valmero, participant #hlf14: Humans of today will be ghosts in history unless the challenge of digital preservation is addressed. This was the challenge posed to attendees of this year’s Heidelberg Laureate Forum by Turing … 26. Sep 2014 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments