Yoga for Mathematicians The 9th Heidelberg Laureate Forum marked a return to the city of Heidelberg after two years online. The key features of the forum were back: the in-person lectures and panels, the boat trip, the dinner … 22. Oct 2022 | By Sophie Maclean | 1 comment
Strong Components via Depth-First Search Robert Tarjan at the 9th HLF. © Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation / Flemming The laureates recognised at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum include very recent prize winners, and people who were awarded prizes for work some … 21. Sep 2022 | By Katie Steckles | 2 comments
HLFF Spotlight: 9th HLF Responsible AI – Laeticia Onyejegbu The Heidelberg Laureate Forum has a single purpose: To provide some of the brightest minds in mathematics and computer science with the space and time to make connections and find … 15. Sep 2022 | By Lena Sophie Schwenker | 0 comments
HLFF Spotlight: 9th HLF The Pleasure of Abstract Structures – Paul Siewert The Heidelberg Laureate Forum has a single purpose: To provide some of the brightest minds in mathematics and computer science with the space and time to make … 08. Sep 2022 | By Lena Sophie Schwenker | 1 comment
HLFF Spotlight: 9th HLF Inspiring Women in STEM – Celia Rubio Madrigal The Heidelberg Laureate Forum has a single purpose: To provide some of the brightest minds in mathematics and computer science with the space and time to make … 25. Aug 2022 | By Lena Sophie Schwenker | 5 comments
The Fields Medal in Statistics One of the prizes whose laureates are regulars at the HLF is the Fields Medal – awarded by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) every four years since 1950, and celebrating the very pinnacle of mathematical … 10. Aug 2022 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment
The Logic of Space and Number: Dennis Sullivan’s quest for simplicity You’re always a bit nervous when talking to a laureate, but as I was running with Dennis Sullivan in the hallway of a hotel in Oslo, my worries quickly vanished. In about two hours’ time, … 06. Jul 2022 | By Andrei Mihai | 1 comment
Proving Between the Lines Unsolved puzzles, unproven conjectures, and open-ended questions are fascinating to mathematicians – both because they present the tantalising possibility of solution, and because they remind us about how much we don’t already know. Much of … 18. May 2022 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment
Dennis Sullivan, 2022 Abel Prize Laureate The Abel Prize for 2022 has been awarded to Dennis Sullivan, ‘for his groundbreaking contributions to topology in its broadest sense, and in particular its algebraic, geometric and dynamical aspects‘. I’m excited to hear this, … 13. Apr 2022 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment
HLFF Spotlight: Alumni in Action Bridges between numbers and literature Underlying the week of the HLF is a single purpose: Provide some of the brightest minds in mathematics and computer science with the space and time to make connections and … 02. Mar 2022 | By Wylder Green | 0 comments
