Mathematical Moments From The American Mathematical Society
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Sinopsis
The American Mathematical Societys Mathematical Moments program promotes appreciation and understanding of the role mathematics plays in science, nature, technology, and human culture. Listen to researchers talk about how they use math: from presenting realistic animation to beating cancer.
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Picturing Powehi
23/09/2019 Duración: 04minFumie Tazaki talks about creating the first image of a black hole and its shadow, which relied on Fourier transforms. About the work to make the image, she says, "Our collaboration has 200 members and we did it with all of our efforts."
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Unmasking Deepfakes
23/09/2019 Duración: 04minHany Farid talks about fighting fake videos: "Mathematically, there's a lot of linear algebra, multivariate calculus, probability and statistics, and then a lot of techniques from pattern recognition, signal processing, and image processing."
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Making Beautiful Mathematics
23/09/2019 Duración: 04minRob Schneiderman talks about the metaphorical connections between math and music
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Keeping People Alive Part 2
19/08/2019 Duración: 04minSteven Strogatz and Mary Bushman talk about math's role in controlling HIV and understanding malaria, respectively. Mary Bushman says, "It's really cool to try and use math to nail down some questions that have gone unanswered for a really long time."
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Keeping People Alive Part 1
19/08/2019 Duración: 04minSteven Strogatz and Mary Bushman talk about math's role in controlling HIV and understanding malaria, respectively. Mary Bushman says, "It's really cool to try and use math to nail down some questions that have gone unanswered for a really long time."
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Making the Earth Flat
12/06/2019 Duración: 04minTom Patterson and Bojan Savric discuss the Equal Earth projection map that they created with Bernhard Jenny.
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Screening for Autism
10/06/2019 Duración: 04minResearcher: Jordan Hashemi, Duke University Description: Jordan Hashemi talks about an easy-to-use app to screen for autism.
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Unbunching Buses
09/06/2019 Duración: 04minResearchers: Vikash V. Gayah and S. Ilgin Guler, Pennsylvania State University Description: Gayah and Guler talk about mitigating the clustering of buses on a route.
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Winning the Race
02/06/2019 Duración: 04minResearcher: Christine Darden, NASA (retired) Description: Christine Darden on working at NASA.
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Revolutionizing an Industry
17/09/2018 Duración: 04minResearchers: Christopher Brinton, Zoomi, Inc. and Princeton University, and Mung Chiang, Purdue University Moment: http://www.ams.org/samplings/mathmoments/mm139-netflix.pdf Description: Christopher Brinton and Mung Chiang talk about the Netflix Prize competition.
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Going Into a Shell
17/09/2018 Duración: 04minResearcher: Derek Moulton, University of Oxford Moment: http://www.ams.org/samplings/mathmoments/mm138-shells.pdf Description: Derek Moulton explains the math behind the shapes of seashells.
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Keeping the Roof On
17/09/2018 Duración: 04minResearcher: Stefan Siegmund, TU-Dresden Moment: http://www.ams.org/samplings/mathmoments/mm137-hurricane.pdf Description: Stefan Siegmund talks about his an invention to protect homes during hurricanes.
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Scoring with New Thinking
17/09/2018 Duración: 04minResearcher: Andy Andres, Boston University Moment: http://www.ams.org/samplings/mathmoments/mm136-baseball.pdf Andy Andres on baseball analytics.
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Generating Patterns Part 2
22/08/2017 Duración: 04minResearcher: Michel C. Molinkovitch, University of Geneva Description: Michel C. Milinkovitch used math, physics, and biology for an amazing discovery about the patterns on a lizard's skin.
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Generating Patterns Part 1
22/08/2017 Duración: 04minResearcher: Michel C. Molinkovitch, University of Geneva Description: Michel C. Milinkovitch used math, physics, and biology for an amazing discovery about the patterns on a lizard's skin.
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Hunting for Planets
22/08/2017 Duración: 04minResearcher: Konstantin Batygin, Caltech Description: Konstantin Batygin talks about using math to investigate the existence of Planet Nine.
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Designing Better Bicycles
10/05/2017 Duración: 04minResearcher: Jim Papadopoulos, Northeastern University Description: Jim Papadopoulos talks about his years of research analyzing bicycles.
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Maintaining a Balance Part 2
11/10/2016 Duración: 04minResearcher: Daniel Rothman, MIT. Dan Rothman talks about how math helped understand a mass extinction.
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Maintaining a Balance Part 1
11/10/2016 Duración: 04minResearcher: Daniel Rothman, MIT. Dan Rothman talks about how math helped understand a mass extinction.
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Trimming Taxiing Time
11/10/2016 Duración: 04minResearcher: Hamsa Balakrishnan, MIT. Hamsa Balakrishnan talks about her work to shorten airport runway queues.