Strongly Connected Components
Strongly Connected Components Episode 36: Doron Zeilberger
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(via http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/)
On this episode Samuel Hansen speaks with Professor Doron Zeilberger from Rutgers University. During a wide ranging conversation they talk about why everything is discrete, the importance of experimental mathematics, a divide and conquer approach to automatic theorem proving, the meaning of the word know, and the disjoint union issue that is plaguing mathematics. To find out more about Professor Zeilberger, or to watch some of his amazing talks, make sure to head on over to his website and while you are there check out his many opinions as well.
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Strongly Connected Components Episode 35: Tom Henderson
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Samuel Hansen was joined on today’s episode by a guest he has long been trying to reach, the math punk himself Tom Henderson. During there conversation they talking about the Punk Mathematics Interview, how mathematics is used as control, in what ways students are game theory geniuses, and the performative aspects of mathematics. To find out more about Tom Henderson and punk mathematics make sure to follow him on twitter and to pay close attention to the Punk Mathematics website.
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Strongly Connected Components Episode 34:Math/Maths History Teaser
0Sorry everyone, but this past week Samuel Hansen was on vacation and was not able to record a new interview. This would normally mean no audio for you, but he has been putting together a series of videos about the Mathematical History of Nottingham that he recorded while there last November. What you will hear on today’s podcast is a teaser from those videos. Hope you like it. Also go watch the videos(Or Watch them below the download link)
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Strongly Connected Components Episode 33: Steven Rudich Part II
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(via http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rudich/)
On today’s podcast is the second part of an interview that your host Samuel Hansen conducted with Carnegie Mellon professor Steven Rudich. In this part of their discussion Professor Rudich discusses the techniques he believes make up a great technical lecture and the wonderful summer program he runs to teach high schoolers in the Pittsburgh area about Computer Science, Andrew’s Leap. To find out more about Professor Rudich please visit his website and do not forget to check out Andrew’s Leap. Download the Episode Subscribe in iTunes(and leave us a review)
Strongly Connected Components 32: Steven Rudich Part I
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On today’s podcast is the first part of an interview that your host Samuel Hansen conducted with Carnegie Mellon professor Steven Rudich. In this part of their discussion Professor Rudich discusses why he went into mathematics and the problem that really sparked his interest in theoretical computer science. To find out more about Professor Rudich please visit his website. Don’t forget to stay tuned for the second part of this interview, available from ACMEScience next week.
Strongly Connected Components Episode 31: John Allen Paulos
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(via twitter.com/johnallenapulos
On today’s Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen phones John Allen Paulos, New York Times Best Selling Author, Professor at Temple University, and author of the “Who’s Counting” column at ABCnews.com, for a conversation on mathematical storytelling, the use of humor in communicating mathematics, and where his story ideas come from. To find out more about John Allen Paulos check out his website, and do be sure to follow him on twitter.
Strongly Connected Components Episode 30: James Grime
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On the newest Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen calls up James Grime the the Enigma Project Officer for the Millenium Mathematics Project at Crambridge. They discuss the Enigma Project, the importance TV can play in mathematical inspiration, and a certain mathematical youtube channel. To find out more about these topics check out the Enigma Project, James’s website, his twitter, and his youtube channel.
Strongly Connected Components Episode 29: Edmund Harriss
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(via http://www.mathematicians.org.uk/)
For today’s Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen is joined by Edmund Harriss, visiting Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arkansas. They discuss Edmund Harriss’s rather public job search, a conspiracy designed to corrupt people into mathematics, and the similarities between mathematics and art. Be sure to check out Harriss’s public job application and to read his very entertaining and informative twitter and blog.
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Strongly Connected Components Episode 28: Rebecca Goldin
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(via http://math.gmu.edu/)
For today’s Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen was joined by Professor Rebecca Golding of George Mason Universty and the Director of Research for STATS. They discussed just what got her into mathematics, her work with STATS, and Samuel asked some very clichéd questions to which she responded with wonderfully unclichéd answers. To find out more about Professor Goldin please check out her website or visit STATS.
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Strongly Connected Components Episode 27: David Spiegelhalter
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via http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/
On today’s episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen called up the Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, as well as Senior Scientist in the MRC Biostatistics Unit, David Spiegelhalter. They discussed the true meaning of risk, the importance of the Bayesian Method, how to get a lot of citations, and even a bit about the bookies. To find out more about Professor Spiegelhalter check out his website, look at his stained glass work, or watch him in the below video as Professor Risk.
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