A Change You Can Hear: AI Now Mimics Voices Technology is a tool, and it’s up to us to decide how we want to use it. Read more 15. Feb 2023 | By Andrei Mihai | 0 comments
Ubiquitous Computing – Shwetak Patel When Shwetak Patel was a student, he wanted to build something that would impact a million people – a lofty goal, but one that is hard to reach for a computer scientist at the start … 04. Jan 2023 | By Andrei Mihai | 1 comment
Hot Topic: Deep Learning – Applications and Implications As a communicator working in the world of artificial intelligence (AI), I am often frustrated by how much hype the topic of tools that utilize a deep learning approach receive. I think this is a … 09. Dec 2022 | By Katherine Gorman | 2 comments
How Gamified AI Outperforms Humans and Previous Algorithms in Multiplying Matrices This could make processing faster and more efficient. Read more 23. Nov 2022 | By Andrei Mihai | 3 comments
HLFF Spotlight: Alumni in Action Digital Literacy and Empowerment – Pankaj Baranwal Read more 16. Nov 2022 | By Nikolas Mariani | 5 comments
How to Keep Secrets in a Post-Quantum World The list of panelists at the “Post-Quantum Cryptography” panel at the 9th HLF read like a who’s who in computer science. The first to join the panel was Vinton ‘Vint’ Cerf, often referred to as … 02. Nov 2022 | By Sophie Maclean | 11 comments
From Modern to Quantum Cryptography in 30 Minutes Whitfield Diffie. © Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation / Flemming On the final day of Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2022, we were treated to a panel discussion on the importance of post-quantum cryptography. The panel included some … 28. Oct 2022 | By Sophie Maclean | 1 comment
Jack Dongarra – A Not So Simple Matter of Software Jack Dongarra is the recipient of – among many other prestigious prizes – the 2021 ACM A.M. Turing award, which he received “for pioneering concepts and methods which resulted in world-changing computations.” Hearing him talk … 26. Oct 2022 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments
The Imitation Game: Turing and Beyond Thanks to the eponymous film, “the imitation game” is a phrase known by many people. I must confess though, before the talk by Avi Widgerson (Nevanlinna and Abel Prize recipient), on day two of the … 21. Oct 2022 | By Sophie Maclean | 4 comments
A Hot, Hot Topic Hits the Stage at #HLF22: Deep Learning Few fields of maths and computer science have received as much attention in the past decade as deep learning. To non-practitioners and the general audience, deep learning seems to carry an almost mystical aura around … 19. Oct 2022 | By Andrei Mihai | 3 comments
