Netzwerke sind für das Heidelberg Laureate Forum das A und O. Zum einen im zwischenmenschlichen Sinne: mit dem HLF als Chance für junge Forscher, mit Preisträgern aus ihren Fächern und untereinander zu diskutieren, Erfahrungen auszutauschen … Weiterlesen

The Heidelberg Laureate Forum is all about networking. Mostly in the usual sense of the word, of course: a chance for young researchers to meet laureates in mathematics and computer science, to interact with some … Weiterlesen

Das Heidelberg Laureate Forum hat jedes Jahr einige wirklich inspirierende und coole (letzteres mal mit, mal ohne Flüssigstickstoff) Vorträge zu bieten, und dieses Jahr bildet da keine Ausnahme. Aber das ist natürlich längst nicht alles. … Weiterlesen

There are some really inspiring and really cool (with or without liquid nitrogen) lectures at a Heidelberg Laureate Forum, and this year is no exception. That is not all, of course. During the coffee breaks, … Weiterlesen

The 2017 Turing Award winner, Dave Patterson, from the University of California, Berkeley, presented on Thursday morning of the HLF a talk called “The Past is Prologue: A New Golden Age for Computer Architecture.” He … Weiterlesen

GINA SMITH has been collecting some of the more memorable quotes and quips from math and computer science laureates at this week’s Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF 2018) in Heidelberg. Here’s a running list … Weiterlesen

For the Wednesday afternoon of HLF, the entire conference gets on a (very large) boat and heads off for a gentle cruise down the river, drink in hand and ready to enjoy the scenery. The … Weiterlesen

Nachdem er seinen Vortrag im Heidelberger Preisträgerforum beendet und Fragen dazu beantwortet hatte, gab David Patterson noch eine Zugabe: eine kurze Geschichte seiner ungeplanten Karriere als das, was er einen “zufälligen Berkeley-Professor” nannte. Dieser Teil … Weiterlesen

After he had finished his talk at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, and taken some questions, David Patterson gave an encore: a brief history of his unplanned career as what he called an “accidental Berkeley professor”. … Weiterlesen

On Wednesday afternoon, HLF got out of the lecture halls and cruise down the Neckar River. I decided to spend my time listening in on conversations and jumping in when I could and asking “what … Weiterlesen

Alongside the HLF this year, an exhibit celebrates female mathematicians from around Europe (written about by Gina in a post earlier this week) and includes photographs, interview quotes and beautiful mathematical equations, which come together … Weiterlesen

Einer der spannenden Aspekte von Mathematik ist, dass es selbst bei Fragen, die sich sehr einfach formulieren lassen, ausnehmend schwer sein kann, die korrekte Antwort zu finden. Fragen Sie einfach Mira Shalah, eine der Nachwuchsforscherinnen … Weiterlesen

One of the most fun things about mathematics is that sometimes you can formulate very simple questions that turn out surprisingly hard to answer. Just ask Mira Shalah, one of this year’s Young Researchers at … Weiterlesen

During day two of the Heidelberg Laureate Form, the term machine learning or “ML” has been popping up during talks and in conversations with young researchers and the laureates. Machine learning uses algorithms to give … Weiterlesen

Maybe not. But Nobel physicist Phillips for sure stole the show with an explosively fun presentation at HLF 2018 today. Here’s what happened. Weiterlesen

The HLF included a talk today from 2018 Fields medalist Caucher Birkar. His subject area, algebraic geometry, is one of the largest fields of research within pure mathematics (over a quarter of the 60 Fields … Weiterlesen

At last year’s HLF, Turing Award Leslie Lamport gave us his (not wholly complimentary) thoughts on the state of proof-writing in mathematics. Since he has worked in both maths and computer science, members of the … Weiterlesen

Is your 2-year-old smarter than your computer? Yes, simply because she is human. While she might not know how to read or do simple addition, she has the uniquely human ability to rationalize. She can … Weiterlesen

HLF 2018 — “Don’t you know? Mathematics isn’t feminine.” It’s the kind of backward, old-fashioned comment one can imagine a little girl getting in the midst of a 1950s elementary school math competition. But Nilanjana … Read more

Der mit Spannung erwartete Vortrag von Sir Michael Atiyah über einen (möglichen) Beweis für die berühmte Riemannsche Vermutung gestern morgen war durchaus lebhaft. Die Details hatte ich Folie für Folie live getwittert; sie sind durch … Weiterlesen