A Heidelberg dialogue: Two laureates sit down to discuss proofs The two also shared a good research direction to follow. Read more 22. Sep 2021 | By Andrei Mihai | 1 comment
Pitch Perfect It may not be your forte, but communicating your research results is an important part of the scientific process. In order to help young researchers improve their skills in this domain, the 8th Heidelberg Laureate … 22. Sep 2021 | By Khari Douglas | 0 comments
“Whether you’re a young or an old researcher – keep learning and enjoy it!” Those were the memorable words with which Alfred Vaino Aho ended his #HLF21 dialogue with Jeffrey David Ullman. The two 2020 ACM A.M. Turing Award laureates sat down for an informal talk, which was initiated … 22. Sep 2021 | By Andrei Mihai | 1 comment
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