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
A Discussion about Science Communication At this year’s HLF, an important tradition has been continued. Alongside lectures from distinguished laureates and chances to share and discuss research in maths and computer science, time has been set aside to discuss a … 14. Oct 2022 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment
Mathematics and Computer Science: The Challenges The first panel of #HLF22 was titled “Future Challenges in Mathematics and Computer Science”. The panel was moderated by Ragni Piene (University of Oslo) and featured Eric A. Brewer (ACM Prize in Computing – 2009), … 12. Oct 2022 | By Sophie Maclean | 2 comments
Mathematics and Computer Science: The Future The first panel of #HLF22 was titled “Future Challenges in Mathematics and Computer Science”. The panel was moderated by Ragni Piene (University of Oslo) and featured Eric A. Brewer (ACM Prize in Computing – 2009), … 12. Oct 2022 | By Sophie Maclean | 1 comment
Computing for social good: Shwetak Patel’s take on how computers can make society better The last day of the 2022 Heidelberg Laureate Forum kicked off with an engaging lecture from ACM Prize in Computing laureate Shwetak Patel, where he presented some of the ways in which computing can help … 06. Oct 2022 | By Andrei Mihai | 2 comments
Der Turing-Test, unknackbare Verschlüsselung und der ungefähre Beweis Es sieht nicht so aus, als hätten diese drei Dinge irgendetwas miteinander zu tun. Aber einem Zaubermeister namens Avi Wigderson gelingt es, eine überraschende Verbindung zwischen ihnen herzustellen. Wie war das mit dem Turing-Test? Ein … 28. Sep 2022 | By Christoph Pöppe | 29 comments
The numbers behind the young researchers – 2022 One of the many activities taking place at the HLF is a boat trip, where the laureates and young researchers (and members of the press and blog team) all pile onto a large boat, which … 23. Sep 2022 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments
Mathematics, computer science and …black holes? By now, the Lindau Lecture at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum is a treasured tradition: each HLF is joined by a Nobel Laureate talking about his or her work, and in turn, one of the mathematics … 23. Sep 2022 | By Markus Pössel | 3 comments
Mathematik, Informatik und … Schwarze Löcher? Die Lindau Lecture beim Heidelberg Laureate Forum ist mittlerweile eine liebgewonnene Tradition: Bei jedem HLF spricht ein Nobelpreisträger über seine Arbeit, und im Gegenzug hält bei jedem der Lindauer Nobelpreistreffen einer der Mathematik- oder Informatikpreisträger … 23. Sep 2022 | By Markus Pössel | 11 comments
