Wissenschaftliche Karrieren, Chancen und Privilegien Nachdem er seinen Vortrag im Heidelberger Preisträgerforum beendet und Fragen dazu beantwortet hatte, gab David Patterson noch eine Zugabe: eine kurze Geschichte seiner ungeplanten Karriere als das, was er einen “zufälligen Berkeley-Professor” nannte. Dieser Teil … 28. Sep 2018 | By Markus Pössel | 1 comment
Unplanned careers and the role of privilege After he had finished his talk at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, and taken some questions, David Patterson gave an encore: a brief history of his unplanned career as what he called an “accidental Berkeley professor”. … 28. Sep 2018 | By Markus Pössel | 2 comments
What is the most exciting thing in computing in the next 10 years? On Wednesday afternoon, HLF got out of the lecture halls and cruise down the Neckar River. I decided to spend my time listening in on conversations and jumping in when I could and asking “what … 27. Sep 2018 | By Helen Wright | Comments Off on What is the most exciting thing in computing in the next 10 years?
Equations of Women in Mathematics Alongside the HLF this year, an exhibit celebrates female mathematicians from around Europe (written about by Gina in a post earlier this week) and includes photographs, interview quotes and beautiful mathematical equations, which come together … 27. Sep 2018 | By Katie Steckles | Comments Off on Equations of Women in Mathematics
Tetris und einfache Fragen, die nicht einfach zu beantworten sind Einer der spannenden Aspekte von Mathematik ist, dass es selbst bei Fragen, die sich sehr einfach formulieren lassen, ausnehmend schwer sein kann, die korrekte Antwort zu finden. Fragen Sie einfach Mira Shalah, eine der Nachwuchsforscherinnen … 27. Sep 2018 | By Markus Pössel | Comments Off on Tetris und einfache Fragen, die nicht einfach zu beantworten sind
Tetris and the curious case of simple questions with tough answers One of the most fun things about mathematics is that sometimes you can formulate very simple questions that turn out surprisingly hard to answer. Just ask Mira Shalah, one of this year’s Young Researchers at … 27. Sep 2018 | By Markus Pössel | 2 comments
Jeffrey Dean Wants YOU To Take A Machine Learning Class During day two of the Heidelberg Laureate Form, the term machine learning or “ML” has been popping up during talks and in conversations with young researchers and the laureates. Machine learning uses algorithms to give … 26. Sep 2018 | By Helen Wright | 1 comment
HLF 2018: Is Bill Phillips The Coolest Guy In the World? Maybe not. But Nobel physicist Phillips for sure stole the show with an explosively fun presentation at HLF 2018 today. Here’s what happened. Read more 26. Sep 2018 | By Gina Smith | 3 comments
Why you’re already an algebraic geometer The HLF included a talk today from 2018 Fields medalist Caucher Birkar. His subject area, algebraic geometry, is one of the largest fields of research within pure mathematics (over a quarter of the 60 Fields … 25. Sep 2018 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment
Leslie Lamport Thinks Your Code Is Bad At last year’s HLF, Turing Award Leslie Lamport gave us his (not wholly complimentary) thoughts on the state of proof-writing in mathematics. Since he has worked in both maths and computer science, members of the … 25. Sep 2018 | By Paul Taylor | 3 comments