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 | 1 comment
Mathematical Metaphors As part of the 8th HLF, we were treated to a panel discussion titled “Scientists Get Creative to Engage the Public with Science”, hosted by science writer and mathematician Susan D’Agostino, and featuring ACM A.M. … 23. Sep 2021 | By Katie Steckles | 2 comments
Doing maths on the internet Right now it might feel like a lot of us have been doing pretty much everything on the internet – even if your job doesn’t involve hours of brain-sapping video calls and online meetings, you … 14. Jul 2021 | By Katie Steckles | 3 comments
