Solving the Hardest Problems with Daniel Spielman (Nevanlinna Prize 2010)

University of Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford talks to Professor Daniel Spielman of Yale University about his career so far, including what it was like to win the 2010 Nevanlinna Prize. Learn more about Discrepancy Theory with the Maple Learn worksheet here: https://learn.maplesoft.com/doc/8n4hf5eiaw/discrepancy-theory Sign-up for Maple Learn Premium using the code TOMROCKSMATHS for a discounted subscription. Head to https://getlearn.maplesoft.com/ for more information. Recorded at the 2023 Heidelberg Laureate Forum. Find out more about the event at https://www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/ The Nevalinna Prize (now renamed the Abacus Medal) is awarded by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) every 4 years for outstanding contributions in Mathematical Aspects of Information Sciences. Daniel received his prize in 2010 "for smoothed analysis of Linear Programming, algorithms for graph-based codes and applications of graph theory to Numerical Computing." Links to Tom's other interviews with Laureates in Maths and Computer Science. Whitfield Diffie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaanzpCkc8c Lesley Lamport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPVvReKyhmw Alessio Figalli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oob466Ia9f4 Martin Hairer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6XP3n-Sjiw Michael Atiyah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alujy8SVIDM Links to Daniel's talks at the 2023 HLF. Lightning Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euWWcuGdCwM Sparks Session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHEfrVrYQSI Links to the two publications mentioned in the video. Spielman: https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.03071 Spencer: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2000258 Link to interview with Daniel at HLF5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoVRmfFrnhs With thanks to: Daniel Spielman Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation Photograph of Commodore PET by Rama, Wikimedia Commons, Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr Photograph of Notebooks by Brandon Schulman for Quanta Magazine Tom Geller Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is Public Engagement Lead at the Oxford University Department of Continuing Education: https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/ For more maths content check out Tom's website https://tomrocksmaths.com/ You can also follow Tom on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @tomrocksmaths. https://www.facebook.com/tomrocksmaths/ https://twitter.com/tomrocksmaths https://www.instagram.com/tomrocksmaths/ Get your Tom Rocks Maths merchandise here: https://www.beautifulequation.com/collections/tom-rocks-maths