Approximation theorists

Alice Roth

Alice Roth (6 February 1905 – 22 July 1977) was a Swiss mathematician who invented the Swiss cheese set and made significant contributions to approximation theory. She was born, lived and died in Bern, Switzerland. (Wikipedia).

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Barbara McClintock

Barbara McClintock: professional pre-genetics geneticist, corn-experimenter, and award-collector.

From playlist Women of Science and Math

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Source Boston 2010: Mary Ann Davidson Keynote 1/6

Clip 1/6 Speaker: Mary Ann Davidson, Chief Security Officer, Oracle Corporation Mary Ann Davidson is the Chief Security Officer at Oracle Corporation, responsible for Oracle product security, as well as security evaluations, assessments and incident handling. She represents Oracle on the

From playlist SOURCE Boston 2010

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Dorothy Horstmann: Polio Pioneer

Yale researcher Dorothy Horstmann made seminal discoveries about the course of polio that supported the ultimate development of a vaccine. Her former mentee, George Miller reflects on Horstmann's science and life. Deputy Dean Carolyn Slayman talks about Horstmann's groundbreaking role as a

From playlist Bicentennial Voices

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Stonehenge Has a Traffic Problem | Podcast | Overheard at National Geographic

The 4,500-year-old Stonehenge attracts hordes of tourists—and massive congestion. To alleviate traffic, the British government is considering a plan to build a tunnel under the monument, but historians and modern Druids alike are concerned that the development could damage artifacts critic

From playlist Podcast | Overheard at National Geographic

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Source Boston 2010: Mary Ann Davidson Keynote 4/6

Clip 4/6 Speaker: Mary Ann Davidson, Chief Security Officer, Oracle Corporation Mary Ann Davidson is the Chief Security Officer at Oracle Corporation, responsible for Oracle product security, as well as security evaluations, assessments and incident handling. She represents Oracle on the

From playlist SOURCE Boston 2010

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Donna Dubinsky: Why should philanthropists support wealthy organizations?

In this clip Donna Dubinsky talks with Maxim Thorne and Yale students in response to the questions of why people give to wealthy organizations like Yale when there are so many worthwhile organizations that need support. Ms. Dubinsky worked at Apple Computer in the 1980s before joining Jeff

From playlist Philanthropy In Action

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Aaron Roth - Individual Probability, Reference Class Problem, Model Multiplicity, Reconciling Belief

Recorded 20 July 2022. Aaron Roth of the University of Pennsylvania presents "Individual Probabilities, The Reference Class Problem, Model Multiplicity, and Reconciling Beliefs" at IPAM's Who Counts? Sex and Gender Bias in Data workshop. Abstract: Dawid gives two conceptualizations for mod

From playlist 2022 Who Counts? Sex and Gender Bias in Data

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Al Roth: 2012 Nobel Laureate in Economic Science Press Conference

October 15, 2012 - Economist Al Roth has been awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his work on market design. He shares the prize with Lloyd Shapley, professor emeritus at UCLA. Roth, a visiting professor who will become a full Stanford fac

From playlist Stanford 2012 Nobel Prize Winners

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Differential Privacy in...Considerations - Helen Nissenbaum

Differential Privacy Symposium: Four Facets of Differential Privacy Saturday, November 12, 2016 https://www.ias.edu/differential-privacy More videos on http://video.ias.edu

From playlist Differential Privacy Symposium - November 12, 2016

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Victoria Harrison - Does Philosophy Inform Religion?

What can philosophy bring to religion? Philosophy is a systematic way of thinking about ideas and concepts, often fundamental features of the world. The philosophy of religion uses philosophical methodologies to examine religion, from the existence and attributes of God to the problems of

From playlist Women in Philosophy of Religion - Curated Playlist - Closer To Truth

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Mathematics + Cooking (Interview with Alice Zaslavsky)

Originally broadcast as part of #EducationLIVE from the NSW Department of Education

From playlist Interviews & Media

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The deterministic communication complexity of approximate fixed point - Weinstein

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar Topic: The deterministic communication complexity of approximate fixed point Speaker: Omri Weinstein Date: Monday, February 22 We study the two-party communication complexity of the geometric problem of finding an approximate Brouwer fixed-po

From playlist Mathematics

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RustConf 2018 - Using Raft in Rust by Siddon Tang

RustConf 2018 - Using Raft in Rust by Siddon Tang The Raft consensus algorithm has been widely adopted in many companies to build a consistent distributed services that are highly available. This topic is about how we implemented Raft in rust to support TiKV, an open-Source distributed tr

From playlist RustConf 2018

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"Das Mädchen mit den Taschenrechnern"

Prof. Günter M. Ziegler (FU Berlin) stellte am 3. Juni 2015 auf Einladung des Hausdorff Centers in der Bundeskunsthalle Bonn Auszüge aus seinem neuen Buch "Mathematik - Das ist doch keine Kunst!" vor und erläuterte dabei die Mathematik hinter einigen weltberühmten Kunstwerken.

From playlist Hausdorff Center goes public

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13. Sparse regularity and the Green-Tao theorem

MIT 18.217 Graph Theory and Additive Combinatorics, Fall 2019 Instructor: Yufei Zhao View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/18-217F19 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP62qauV_CpT1zKaGG_Vj5igX After discussion of Ramanujan graphs, Prof. Zhao discusse

From playlist MIT 18.217 Graph Theory and Additive Combinatorics, Fall 2019

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Choosing the T-Cell Profession: Higher Education for Stem Cells - E. Rothenberg - 11/18/2015

Learn more about Dr. Rothenberg's research: https://www.bbe.caltech.edu/content/ellen-rothenberg Produced in association with Caltech Academic Media Technologies. ©2015 California Institute of Technology

From playlist Research & Science

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Roth IRAs | Finance & Capital Markets | Khan Academy

Courses on Khan Academy are always 100% free. Start practicing—and saving your progress—now: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/ap-macroeconomics/ap-financial-sector/financial-assets-ap/v/relationship-between-bond-prices-and-interest-rates Introduction to Roth IRA's. Cr

From playlist Investment vehicles, insurance, and retirement | Finance and Capital Markets | Khan Academy

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Donna Dubinsky: How did you grow your wealth?

In this clip Donna Dubinsky talks with Maxim Thorne and Yale students about her personal story and how her entrepreneurial pursuits helped her grow wealth. Ms. Dubinsky worked at Apple Computer in the 1980s before joining Jeff Hawkins to become the president and CEO of Palm in 1992. In 199

From playlist Philanthropy In Action

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Roth IRAs

Introduction to Roth IRA's

From playlist Finance

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