How HLF changed my life: Fernando Chirigati The COVID-19 pandemic forces us all to pause, reflect, and adapt. While the 8th Heidelberg Laureate Forum has been postponed to September 2021, this year’s Virtual HLF will take place from Monday, September 21 until … 28. Aug 2020 | By Jens-Steffen Scherer | 0 comments
How HLF changed my life: Pantea Pooladvand The COVID-19 pandemic forces us all to pause, reflect, and adapt. While the 8th Heidelberg Laureate Forum has been postponed to September 2021, this year’s Virtual HLF will take place from Monday, September 21 until … 25. Aug 2020 | By Jens-Steffen Scherer | 0 comments
An AI walks into a bar, and it writes an awesome story “I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours,” quipped famous writer and humorist Jerome K. Jerome, more than a hundred years before he wrote an essay on using … 24. Aug 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 2 comments
Der Blätterteig und das Chaos Man nehme ein Stück Teig, rolle es mit dem Wellholz auf die doppelte Länge aus, schneide es dann in zwei Teile und lege diese übereinander, so dass wieder ein Stück Teig mit der ursprünglichen Länge … 19. Aug 2020 | By Christoph Pöppe | 26 comments
The Mathematics of Distancing Lately, we’ve all been made acutely aware of distances. Whether it’s two metres, one metre, six feet, or the UK government’s nebulous ‘one metre plus’, we’ve all been looking at the spaces between ourselves and … 10. Aug 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 4 comments
How social media can forecast the economic impact of natural disasters — including pandemics This type of technology could help direct support where it is most needed. Read more 21. Jul 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 1 comment
Die Mathematik des Quintenzirkels Wenn es um die Beziehungen zwischen Mathematik und Musik geht, kommt unweigerlich die Rede auf die Entdeckung, die den Pythagoräern der Antike zugeschrieben wird: dass nämlich zwei gleichartige, gleich gespannte Saiten dann besonders angenehm („harmonisch“) … 15. Jul 2020 | By Christoph Pöppe | 5 comments
An Elaborate Construction When I was at school, we were given a required list of stationery to buy and bring in to school with us. This included a Maths Set – obviously, essential kit if you want to … 14. Jul 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments
New AI is amazing at depixelating images — but it also highlights the problem of data bias As it so often happens, AI brings immense promise, but things are far from perfect. Read more 07. Jul 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 4 comments
The Five Bridges Puzzle There are times when I feel like I’m in a big forest and don’t know where I’m going. But then somehow I come to the top of a hill and can see everything more clearly. … 15. Jun 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments
