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Das kleinste Unendliche ist schon ziemlich groß
Zu den großen Erkenntnissen der von Georg Cantor (1845–1918) begründeten Mengenlehre zählt die Tatsache, dass es das Unendliche in verschiedenen, wohlunterscheidbaren Größen gibt. Geläufig sind einerseits das „abzählbar Unendliche“, für das die natürlichen Zahlen das …
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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 …
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Jack Dongarra – A Not So Simple Matter of Software
Jack Dongarra is the recipient of – among many other prestigious prizes – the 2021 ACM A.M. Turing award, which he received “for pioneering concepts and methods which resulted in world-changing computations.” Hearing him talk …
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A Hot, Hot Topic Hits the Stage at #HLF22: Deep Learning
Few fields of maths and computer science have received as much attention in the past decade as deep learning. To non-practitioners and the general audience, deep learning seems to carry an almost mystical aura around …