HLF 2017: This Week in Heidelberg, Aldo Spizzichino’s Math Art Beckons by Dirk Huylebrouck The late Italian physicist Aldo Spizzichino pioneered mathematical art with his gorgeous, algorithmically-based vector graphic creations. They’re on display at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF 2017). By DIRK HUYLEBROUCK and GINA SMITH … 27. Sep 2017 | By Wylder Green | 0 comments
Is this text strangely reading? The software is to blame. Is this text a bit odd? Maybe as if it wasn’t written by a native speaker? Or is it all okay, and the text reads fluently? I am not only interested in the topic of … 27. Sep 2017 | By Markus Pössel | 1 comment
Ist dieser Text merkwürdig? Schuld ist die Software! Ist dieser Text etwas merkwürdig? Nicht wie man es von einem Muttersprachler erwarten würde, aber irgendwie – aus? Wir hörten heute auf der HLF zwei Vorträge über Deep Learning. Mein Interesse an diesem Thema ist … 27. Sep 2017 | By Markus Pössel | 6 comments
Vint cerf’s press conference: in quotes Vint Cerf, who along with Robert E Kahn won the ACM Turing Award in 2004 for his work on the TCP/IP protocols underpinning the Internet, is one of the Laureates at this year’s HLF. On … 27. Sep 2017 | By Paul Taylor | 0 comments
Übersetzte Wissenschaft: Gebärdensprache beim Heidelberg Laureate Forum Um den Vorträgen beim Heidelberg Laureate Forum zu folgen bedarf es auch unter besten Bedingungen der Konzentration. Selbst von englischen Muttersprachlern wird einiges an geistiger Anstrengung verlangt, wenn von ihnen bis dahin nicht vertrauten Konzepte … 26. Sep 2017 | By Markus Pössel | 2 comments
A matter of interpretation: Sign Language at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Following the talks at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum requires concentration, with the brain fully engaged, under the best of conditions. Even most native speakers will need to stretch a bit when they come across less … 26. Sep 2017 | By Markus Pössel | 0 comments
The HLF has started! A graphic selection of the Opening Ceremony 26. Sep 2017 | By Constanza Rojas-Molina | 1 comment
A Mathematical Easter Egg To make all the HLF attendees’ lives easier this week, the organisers have put together a marvelous app which includes the programme for the event, information about the conference, a full delegate list with a … 26. Sep 2017 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments
Persistence, Patience, and Soft Skills in Selling: Part 1 of my Convo about Success in STEM with the Father of the Internet, Vint Cerf On a sunny day in Heidelberg, Germany’s Science City, I had a friendly chit chat with Vint Cerf, gentleman scholar, mathematician, computer scientist, and vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. Oh, and he’s … 26. Sep 2017 | By Alaina G. Levine | 1 comment