Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2579: Music and Mathematics
Posted on · Episode: 2579 Music and Mathematics. Today, UH Math Professor Krešo Josić talks about music and mathematics.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2557: The Google Ranking System
Posted on · Episode: 2557 Linear algebra, the mathematics behind Google’s ranking algorithm. Today, let's talk about how Google ranks your search results.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2553: Complexity and Emergence
Posted on · Episode: 2553 Emergence and complexity in virtual and living systems. Today, let's talk about emergence.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2544: Face Recognition
Posted on · Episode: 2544 How humans and computers recognize faces. Today, UH math professor Krešo Josić recognizes your face.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2514: Linear Algebra and Netflix
Posted on · Episode: 2514 How Netflix uses linear algebra to determine what movies you will like best. Today, UH math professor Krešo Josić talks about math and your movie choice.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2502: Computer Proofs
Posted on · Episode: 2502 Computer-assisted proofs: How machines extend our mind’s reach. Today, let's ask how computers help us see mathematical truths.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2487: Von Neuman, Computers, & Brains
Posted on · Episode: 2487 John von Neumann’s ideas on the similarities and differences of computers and brains. Today, UH math professor Krešo Josić talks about brains, computers, and John von Neumann.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3139: Maryam Mirzakhani
Posted on · Episode: 3139 Maryam Mirzakhani: A life in Mathematics. Today, let’s talk about the Iranian-American mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3109: Aumann’s Theorem
Posted on · Episode: 3109 Mathematics says that we should never disagree, but we still do. Today, let’s talk about what I know that you know.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3274: Newcomb’s Paradox
Posted on · Episode: 3274 Newcomb’s Paradox. Today, a paradox that puts into question free will.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3273: The P vs NP Problem
Posted on · Episode: 3273 The biggest unsolved question in computer science. Today, questions with answers that are hard to find, but easy to check.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3107: Expectations of Brilliance
Posted on · Episode: 3107 Why it matters that we expect boys to be brilliant and girls to work hard. Today, let's talk about who we expect to be brilliant.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3072: William Gosset
Posted on · Episode: 3072 The brewer, chemist and statistician William Sealy Gosset. Today, a master brewer and a statistician.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3071: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
Posted on · Episode: 3071 The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Sciences. Today, the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3044: Randomized Clinical Trials
Posted on · Episode: 3044 Randomized Clinical Trials. Today, statistics, evidence and medicine.