From Modern to Quantum Cryptography in 30 Minutes Whitfield Diffie. © Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation / Flemming On the final day of Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2022, we were treated to a panel discussion on the importance of post-quantum cryptography. The panel included some … 28. Oct 2022 | By Sophie Maclean | 1 comment
Sketchnotes of the Laureate Dialogue: Leslie Lamport and Whit Diffie talk about writing algorithms and proofs. 23. Sep 2021 | By Constanza Rojas-Molina | 0 comments
Almost every protein known to science: AlphaFold’s revolution is right around the corner AI promised to change the world. It’s finally starting to make good on that promise. Read more 01. Sep 2021 | By Andrei Mihai | 2 comments
The virtual doctor will see you now: how algorithms are getting better at diagnosing diseases Shwetak Patel saw a lot of 2020 coming. Not the pandemic itself, but the growing importance of technology in medicine. From smart sensors to diagnosis algorithms, medicine is greatly benefiting from technological advancements, and the … 16. Dec 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 4 comments
Have fun! Life and Career Advice from Sir C. Antony R. Hoare and Leslie Lamport The Virtual Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) 2020 kicked off today (September 21st) via livestream. As part of the day’s program, Sir C. Antony R. Hoare and Leslie Lamport, both winners of the ACM A.M. Turing … 22. Sep 2020 | By Khari Douglas | 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
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
How the HLF helped to pave a path to CERN Pivotal moments in life can be elusive, but when they occur, there is no denying that they will influence the future. They almost never occur in a vacuum, as most often they are links in … 23. Mar 2018 | By Wylder Green | 0 comments
The Professor with a Billion Students Ben Orlin of Math with Bad Drawings on the The Professor with a Billion Students Last September in Germany, between talks at the 4th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, I managed to catch a few minutes … 25. Aug 2017 | By Ben Orlin | 1 comment
Sir Antony Hoare — Theory and Practice As with my interview with John Hopcroft, I was most interested in what Sir Antony Hoare had to say about computer science education. He was, after all, knighted for his work in education in addition … 31. Aug 2015 | By Gail Carmichael | 2 comments
