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Donald Knuth: Algorithms, TeX, Life, and The Art of Computer Programming

Posted December 30, 2019 • 01:46:13

Donald Knuth is one of the greatest and most impactful computer scientists and mathematicians ever. He is the recipient in 1974 of the Turing Award,...

Melanie Mitchell: Concepts, Analogies, Common Sense & Future of AI

Posted December 28, 2019 • 01:53:07

Melanie Mitchell is a professor of computer science at Portland State University and an external professor at Santa Fe Institute. She has worked on...

Jim Gates: Supersymmetry, String Theory and Proving Einstein Right

Posted December 25, 2019 • 01:35:28

Jim Gates (S James Gates Jr.) is a theoretical physicist and professor at Brown University working on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory....

Sebastian Thrun: Flying Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, and Education

Posted December 21, 2019 • 01:19:01

Sebastian Thrun is one of the greatest roboticists, computer scientists, and educators of our time. He led development of the autonomous vehicles at...

Michael Stevens: Vsauce

Posted December 17, 2019 • 00:58:55

Michael Stevens is the creator of Vsauce, one of the most popular educational YouTube channel in the world, with over 15 million subscribers and over...