Notes from Friday: I look at science as trying to figure out…. “I look at science as trying to figure out, what hair balls are.” Alan Kay Ivan Edward Sutherland’s first graphic system (Kay showed nice old movies) 50th Birthday of sketchpad. Work was done in 1962 … 29. Sep 2013 | By Beatrice Lugger | 0 comments
Mathematical Foresight Hitesh Gakhar, HLF13 participant: As both an undergraduate student and budding researcher, I am unsure as to how to express my immense gratitude towards being selected for HLF 2013. Even before the event had started, … 29. Sep 2013 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments
A problem with heights The view from Heidelberg Castle is stunning, if you don’t have a problem with heights. This evening the HLF had a final reception at the Heidelberg Castle. I talked with one of the young … 28. Sep 2013 | By John D. Cook | 0 comments
The Talk That Wasn’t Today I had the real privilege of hearing Manuel Blum‘s talk at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum. It was about… “Wait a minute!” I hear you saying. “Manuel Blum didn’t give a talk at the forum!” … 27. Sep 2013 | By Dana Mackenzie | 1 comment
A very busy man During the boat trip yesterday, I chatted briefly with Cédric Villani. The conversation was brief because he was in great demand, having arrived just the day before and leaving that evening. “Two days!” he said. … 27. Sep 2013 | By Julie Rehmeyer | 0 comments
Ratschläge für das richtige Runden Donnerstag morgen endlich hielt William Morton Kahan seinen Vortrag, auf den ich schon sehr gespannt war. Der Titel “Desperately needed remedies for the undebuggability of large-scale floating-point computations in science and engineering”, der gut als … 27. Sep 2013 | By Benjamin Hiller | 4 comments
The creation of the Internet, privacy, and a geek joke: Interview with Vint Cerf Giving in to a sudden impulse of vanity, the above is what I believe to be the first selfie I’ve ever posted online. To be fair, we share responsibility for posting this picture on the … 27. Sep 2013 | By Markus Pössel | 0 comments
Digitale Globalisierung: Ein Gedankenaustausch mit D. R. Reddy Nach meinem Gespräch mit Stephen A. Cook am Dienstag stand heute mit Dabbala Rajagopal (“Raj”) Reddy ein zweiter Turing-Preisträger auf meiner HLF-Interviewliste. Es entspann sich ein für mich sehr interessantes Gespräch, in dem Reddy sich … 27. Sep 2013 | By Tarek R. Besold | 3 comments
Das nächste „big thing“ – Teil 1 Wir alle wissen, dass Mathematik schwierig und kompliziert sein kann. Dass das allerdings nicht zwingend so sein muss, habe ich bereits in einem meiner Beiträge diskutiert. Es gibt sogar eine Liste von sieben besonders schwierigen … 27. Sep 2013 | By Tim Conrad | 2 comments
A Happy Mathematical Birthday During yesterday’s boat ride on the Neckar River, I had the chance to interview one of the youngest participants in this year’s Heidelberg Laureate Forum: Lisa Sauermann, an undergraduate at the University of Bonn, who … 27. Sep 2013 | By Dana Mackenzie | 0 comments
