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2 weeks ago | 
wsj.com | Siobhan Roberts
“All the world’s a stage, / And all the men and women merely players.” That line, from Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” comes to mind while reading the delightfully nerdish “Dots and Lines: Hidden Networks in Social Media, AI, and Nature”—and long before the author, Anthony Bonato, refers to it about halfway through the book. What Shakespeare meant, Mr. Bonato observes, is “that each of us plays a role in a larger story, much as characters in his plays do.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
news.nestia.com | Siobhan Roberts |Jeremy White |Sean Catangui |Antonio De Luca |ANTONIO de LUCA
‘Don’t Think, Just Solve’ ‘Don’t Think, Just Solve’ Max Park is a longtime speedcubing world record holder — for the 3x3x3 cube, his best official time is 3.13 seconds. Let's show you how he does it. By Siobhan Roberts, Jeremy White, Sean Catangui and Antonio de Luca …… Read full article on The New York Times-Science Other
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Siobhan Roberts |Jeremy White |Sean Catangui |Antonio De Luca |ANTONIO de LUCA
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Mar 15, 2025 | 
businessandamerica.com | Siobhan Roberts
Ingrid Daubechies, a mathematician at Duke University, is an expert on many matters, not least the baking of cookies in the shape of pi, the mathematical constant that equals the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, or roughly 3.14159. A sugar cookie recipe works fine, Dr. Daubechies says. But she prefers a savory version with cheese (Parmigiano-Reggiano) and herbs (thyme and marjoram).
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Siobhan Roberts
Ingrid Daubechies, a mathematician at Duke University, is an expert on many matters, not least the baking of cookies in the shape of pi, the mathematical constant that equals the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, or roughly 3.14159. A sugar cookie recipe works fine, Dr. Daubechies says. But she prefers a savory version with cheese (Parmigiano-Reggiano) and herbs (thyme and marjoram).
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
telegraphindia.com | Siobhan Roberts
An interview of Alessio Figalli about a 250-year-old discipline known as optimal transport and how it makes the seemingly impossible possible Siobhan Roberts Published 03.03.25, 05:29 AM The words “optimal” and “optimise” derive from the Latin optimus or “best”, as in “make the best of things”. Alessio Figalli (in pic right), a mathematician at the university ETH Zurich in Switzerland, studies optimal transport: the most efficient allocation of starting points to end points.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
texarkanagazette.com | Siobhan Roberts
The words "optimal" and "optimize" derive from the Latin "optimus," or "best," as in "make the best of things." Alessio Figalli, a mathematician at the university ETH Zurich, studies optimal transport: the most efficient allocation of starting points to end points. The scope of investigation is wide, including clouds, crystals, bubbles and chatbots. Figalli, who was awarded the Fields Medal in 2018, likes math that is motivated by concrete problems found in nature.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
ias.edu | Siobhan Roberts
Alessio Figalli, Member in the School of Mathematics, recently sat down with frequent IAS Director's Visitor Siobhan Roberts to discuss his work on optimal transport, a field with applications ranging from meteorology to machine learning. Figalli described math as a “creative process and a language to describe nature.” His work focusing on optimization seeks to describe nature through finding the most efficient allocation of starting to end points.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
ekathimerini.com | Siobhan Roberts
The words “optimal” and “optimize” derive from the Latin “optimus,” or “best,” as in “make the best of things.” Alessio Figalli, a mathematician at the university ETH Zurich, studies optimal transport: the most efficient allocation of starting points to end points. The scope of investigation is wide, including clouds, crystals, bubbles and chatbots. Figalli, who was awarded the Fields Medal in 2018, likes math that is motivated by concrete problems found in nature.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Siobhan Roberts
2 hours agoThe Chinese start-up used several technological tricks, including a method called “mixture of experts,” to significantly reduce the cost of building the technology. Last month, U.S. financial markets tumbled after a Chinese start-up called DeepSeek said it had built one of the world’s most powerful …
