6 out of 200: Beautiful problems Meet Davi Obata in this Q&A series with 6 out of 200 mathematicians and computer scientists participating at the 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum, August 23–28, 2015. 26 Laureates (Abel Prize, Fields Medal, Nevanlinna Prize, Turing Award) … 18. Aug 2015 | By Beatrice Lugger | 0 comments
6 out of 200: Predicting a persons mood Meet Christina Katsimerou in this Q&A series with 6 out of 200 computer scientists and mathematicians participating at the 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum, August 23–28, 2015. 26 Laureates (Abel Prize, Fields Medal, Nevanlinna Prize, Turing Award) … 17. Aug 2015 | By Beatrice Lugger | 1 comment
Research At the Interface Between Disciplines Amanda Randles, HLF13 participant: Throughout the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, there was a strong emphasis on the role interdisciplinary research may play in the future of computing. It was the focus of lectures such as Stephen … 01. Oct 2013 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments
Ende ohne Schrecken: William Kahan und der geordnete Rückzug von Computerprogrammen In einem früheren Beitrag war ich mit William Kahan in die frühe Neuzeit der Computertechnik zurückgereist. Dabei hatte mir Kahan auch erzählt, wie er das erste Mal ein Software für eine Firma geschrieben habe – … 01. Oct 2013 | By Markus Pössel | 5 comments
I remember – A week gone – A life time spent Bushra Anjum, HLF13 participant: As I sit now in my faculty office waiting for my class to begin in an hour (I am a faculty member in Lahore, Pakistan) I think about the many fond … 30. Sep 2013 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments
Balance – How to develop a research career and a growing family? How to find a balance? How to deal with career and kids? Matthias Hagen from Weimar University, Germany, had the idea for this workshop: “Balance – How to develop a research career and a growing … 30. Sep 2013 | By Beatrice Lugger | 0 comments
Zeitreise mit William Kahan Über Merkwürdigkeiten bei der Berechnung von Fließkommazahlen hatte ich ja bereits hier geschrieben. Darauf gekommen war ich wegen der Artikel von William Kahan, selbst so etwas wie der Vater der Fließkommarechnung, von dem auch die … 30. Sep 2013 | By Markus Pössel | 2 comments
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
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