Can We Trust Autonomous Systems and Seeing the Classics at the Technik Museum Speyer In Tuesday’s opening lecture at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), Joseph Sifakis, 2007 Turing Award winner, discussed whether we can trust autonomous systems and considered the interplay between the trustworthiness of the system – the … 25. Sep 2019 | By Khari Douglas | 2 comments
Willkommen zu einer interessanten Nicht-ganz-Diskussion über wissenschaftliches Publizieren Mit Diskussionsrunden ist das so eine Sache. Zu Beginn der Diskussionsrunde des Heidelberg Laureate Forum zum Thema wissenschaftliches Publizieren sah es so aus, als hätten die Organisatoren die Diskussionspartner recht einseitig zusammengestellt. Gerard Meijer (Direktor … 24. Sep 2019 | By Markus Pössel | 9 comments
Welcome to the interesting not-quite-debate on scientific publishing Debates are a tricky thing. At the beginning of the debate about Scientific Publishing at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Today, it looked very much as if the organisers had forgotten to invite parties from the … 24. Sep 2019 | By Markus Pössel | 4 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
Ein gewisser Reifegrad: Eröffnung des Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2019 Ist es wirklich schon sieben Jahre her, seit das erste Heidelberg Laureate Forum stattfand? Es gibt keinen Grund, an der offiziellen Zählung zu zweifeln, und ich habe auch während der diesjährigen Eröffnungsfeier des Heidelberg Laureate … 23. Sep 2019 | By Markus Pössel | 0 comments
A certain maturity: Opening the Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2019 Has it really been seven years since the first Heidelberg Laureate Forum? I have no reason to doubt the official count, and I did find indications, throughout this year’s opening ceremony for the Heidelberg Laureate … 23. Sep 2019 | By Markus Pössel | 0 comments
HLF 2019 Kicks Off with a Q&A with ACM President Cherri Pancake (plus La La Lab and the Science of Music) The 7th annual Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) has officially begun! Yesterday (September 21st) was the opening ceremony, which included a “science slam” on the history and founding of HLF from Andreas Reuter, Scientific Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate … 23. Sep 2019 | By Khari Douglas | 0 comments
10 out of 200: Escaping the dependency hell – Fernando Chirigati improves computational reproducibility Meet Fernando Chirigati (on the righthand side in the above photo, together with the ReproZip team), computer scientist and one of this year’s 10 out of 200 young researchers participating in the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum from September 22nd … 19. Sep 2019 | By Jens-Steffen Scherer | 0 comments
10 out of 200: From classical ballet to modern mathematics – Dragana Radojičić makes sense of stock markets Meet Dragana Radojičić, mathematician and one of this year’s 10 out of 200 young researchers participating in the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum from September 22nd – 27th, 2019. What are your name and nationality?My name is Dragana Radojičić, … 16. Sep 2019 | By Jens-Steffen Scherer | 0 comments
10 out of 200: From diagrams to formulas via computers – Ricardo Buring loves teaching math Meet Ricardo Buring, mathematician and one of this year’s 10 out of 200 young researchers participating in the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum from September 22nd – 27th, 2019. What are your name and nationality?My name is Ricardo Buring and … 12. Sep 2019 | By Jens-Steffen Scherer | 2 comments