Mathematical Moments from the American Mathematical Society Podcast
1) Tapering AI Limits with Mathematcial Formalization
Dr. Alex Best, of Harmonic discusses AI's struggles with technical and ethical limitations like uninterpretable methods and a lack of diverse datasets make facial recognition and medical software dang...Show More
2) Unlocking the Secrets of AI
Dr. Kristen Lauter, director of FAIR (Fundamental AI Research) Labs, Meta, North America, discusses how cryptographers are using AI. Online, private information is secured using difficult-to-so...Show More
3) Modernizing Math with Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Po-Shen Loh of Carnegie Mellon University, discusses the how AI is changing the landscape of mathematics and looks ahead at what might come. As algorithms have matured, mathematicians have ...Show More
4) Smashing Particles up Against Mathematics
Dr. Abiy Tasissa of Tufts University, discusses the mathematics he and colleagues used to study particle collider data, including optimal transport and optimization. Collider physics often re...Show More
5) Supporting Wildlife with Statistics
Dr. Outi Tervo of Greenland Institute for Natural Resources, shares how mathematics helps recommend speed limits for marine vessels, which benefits narwhals and Inuit culture. Narwhals "can on...Show More
6) Explaining Wildfires Through Curvature
Dr. Valentina Wheeler of University of Wollongong, Australia, shares how her work influences efforts to understand wildfires and red blood cells. In Australia, where bushfires are a concern ye...Show More
7) Bridges and Wheels, Tricycles and Squares
Dr. Stan Wagon of Macalaster College discusses the mathematics behind rolling a square smoothly. In 1997, inspired by a square wheel exhibit at The Exploratorium museum in San Francsico, Dr. ...Show More
8) Bringing Photographs to Life
Dr. Rekha Thomas from the University of Washington discusses three-dimensional image reconstructions from two-dimensional photos. The mathematics of image reconstruction is both simpler and m...Show More
9) Giving Health Care Policy a Dose of Mathematics
Imelda Flores Vazquez from Econometrica, Inc. explains how economists use mathematics to evaluate the efficacy of health care policies. When a hospital or government wants to adjust their h...Show More
10) Using Math to Support Cancer Research
Stacey Finley from University of Southern California discusses how mathematical models support the research of cancer biology. Cancer research is a crucial job, but a difficult one. Tumors gro...Show More