Solving the Hardest Problems with Daniel Spielman (Nevanlinna Prize 2010) 

University of Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford talks to Professor Daniel Spielman of Yale University about his career so far, including what it was like to win the 2010 Nevanlinna Prize. Learn more about Discrepancy Theory with the Maple Learn worksheet here: learn.maplesof...
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Recorded at the 2023 Heidelberg Laureate Forum. Find out more about the event at www.heidelberg...
The Nevalinna Prize (now renamed the Abacus Medal) is awarded by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) every 4 years for outstanding contributions in Mathematical Aspects of Information Sciences. Daniel received his prize in 2010 "for smoothed analysis of Linear Programming, algorithms for graph-based codes and applications of graph theory to Numerical Computing."
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Links to Daniel's talks at the 2023 HLF.
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Links to the two publications mentioned in the video.
Spielman: arxiv.org/abs/...
Spencer: www.jstor.org/...
Link to interview with Daniel at HLF5: • 5th HLF - Laureate int...
With thanks to:
Daniel Spielman
Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation
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