Can we track the coronavirus outbreak without sacrificing privacy? Decisions we take now could change how we view privacy for many years to come. Read more 26. May 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 3 comments
Quantum computers are knocking on our door Quantum computers promised to take the world by storm, and take computation power (and security) to new heights. Have they delivered? Read more 16. Apr 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 1 comment
Women Pioneers of Mathematics This month is Women in History Month, and 8th March was International Women’s Day. In celebration of all the brilliant women who’ve made mathematics what it is, here’s a celebration of mathematical firsts – pioneers … 25. Mar 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 4 comments
How Data Science Can Help Us Understand (and Fight) Wildfires The 2019-2020 Australian wildfires burned an estimated 186,000 square kilometers (72,000 square miles), ravaging the country and killing up to 1 billion animals. In California, the 2019 wildfire season ravaged over 1,000 square kilometers, often … 17. Mar 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 0 comments
Podcast Interview with “Father of the Internet” Vint Cerf Vint Cerf, known as one of the “fathers of the internet” and a recipient of the 2004 ACM A.M. Turing Award, was a participating laureate at this year’s Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF). Cerf currently acts as a … 14. Oct 2019 | By Khari Douglas | 2 comments
Intercultural Science-Art Project – The Artworks Here you can take a look at all the artworks created by the Young Researchers who participated in the Intercultural Science-Art Project. Akinade Mary Oluwabunmi (Nigeria) “Nkan tio ba kọjaa mathematics, o kọjaa eniyan”(Yoruba)“Whatever … 11. Oct 2019 | By Demian Goos | 0 comments
Intercultural Science-Art Project ‘Magritte Meets Science’ The Idea Once the 200 Young Researchers who would participate in the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) were already chosen, they were all invited to participate to an Intercultural Science-Art Project entitled ‘Magritte Meets Science’, … 10. Oct 2019 | By Demian Goos | 1 comment
John Hopcroft, über die Gegenwart und Zukunft der Lehrtätigkeit John Hopcroft ist Preisträger des ACM A.M Turing Award, den er 1986 zusammen mit Robert E. Tarjan für grundlegende Errungenschaften im Design und in der Analyse von Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen erlangte. Er zeichnete sich besonders … 03. Oct 2019 | By Demian Goos | 2 comments
Podcast Interview with ACM Prize in Computing Winner, Shwetak Patel Shwetak Patel, the 2018 ACM Prize in Computing winner and Professor in Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington, was a participating laureate at this year’s Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF). During his presentation at HLF, … 30. Sep 2019 | By Khari Douglas | 0 comments
Artificial Intelligence and the Challenge of Modeling the Brain’s Behavior Yesterday morning at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) laureates Yoshua Bengio (2018 Turing Award), Edvard Moser (2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), and Leslie G. Valiant (1986 Nevanlinna Prize and 2010 Turing Award) each … 24. Sep 2019 | By Khari Douglas | 3 comments
