Access: alumni, press

An exclusive exhibition tour followed by an informal get-together for returning alumni and members of the press.

17:00 - 18:00 – Exhibition tour

18:00 - 20:00 – Get-together

Welcome to the 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum!

Please take your seats by 14:45.

Jordan Aiko Deja & James Spann
Masters of Ceremonies

WELCOME ADDRESSES

• Jens Brandenburg
  Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Federal Minister of Education and Research
• Hans J. Reiter
  Ministerial Director and Deputy Minister at the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Arts
• Frauke Melchior
  Rector of Heidelberg University
• Rafael Lang
  Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation
  Co-President of the Klaus Tschira Stiftung
• Anna Wienhard
  Scientific Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation

MEET THE YOUNG RESEARCHERS

THE AWARD-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS

• Yannis Ioannidis
  President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Hiraku Nakajima
  President of the International Mathematical Union (IMU)
• Lise Øvreås
  President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA)

INTRODUCING THE ALUMNI

Music by the saxophone quartet Balanced Action

Access: all participants

For most of its existence, Visual Computing has been primarily focused on algorithms, with data treated largely as an afterthought. Only recently, with the advances in AI, did the field start to truly appreciate the singularly crucial role played by data, but even now we might still be underestimating it. In this talk, I will begin with some historical examples illustrating the importance of large visual data for both human and computer vision. I will then share some recent work demonstrating the power of very simple algorithms when used with the right data.

These are short, rapid-fire, one-slide talks that look at an important breakthrough from the past, a challenge or problem for the future or a piece of advice to attending young researchers.

Moderator: Tom Crawford
Dr Tom Crawford is a Mathematician at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge with over 20 million views on YouTube. He holds the position of Public Engagement Lead at the Department for Continuing Education, as well as teaching undergraduates at St Edmund Hall and Robinson College. You may also recognise him from Numberphile - the largest maths channel on YouTube - as well as through his own work with Tom Rocks Maths. To learn more about Tom’s outreach work head to tomrocksmaths.com.

• Vinton Gray Cerf: Status of the Interplanetary Internet
• Jack J. Dongarra: Today's High Performance Computing Environment for Scientific Computing 
• Martin Hellman: Wisdom of Foolishness
• John E. Hopcroft: Talent for the Information Age
• Leslie Lamport: The Byzantine Generals in 3-1/4 Minutes
• Raj Reddy: Eliminating Covid Lockdowns
• Adi Shamir: How Difficult Is It to Solve Systems of Equations over ReLU-based Deep Neutral Networks?
• Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan: Reflections on a Research Career
• Efim Zelmanov: Algebra: What’s Next?

(Speakers are listed in alphabetical order.)

Graphene and 2D materials, despite being relatively fresh materials, have already taken a firm place in research, development and applications. A number of exciting phenomena have been discovered in these crystals and they continue bringing exciting results on a regular basis. However, probably the most important characteristic about 2D materials is that they offer a possibility to form on-demand van der Waals heterostructures, where individual 2D crystals are stacked together, forming a novel, 3D structure, whose composition (and thus, its properties) can be controlled with atomic precision. This has opened a new direction of research: materials on demand. The properties of the resulting heterostructure can be designed with very high precision. The space of parameters is so large that the use of machine learning methods becomes essential. Furthermore, since individual components in such heterostructures interact through a number of channels (elastic, van der Waals, electronic, etc.) – a degenerate energy landscape is formed, leading to a number of competing phases, which opens a way to engineer particular phase transitions between different states and, thus, study also the out-of-equilibrium phenomena in such structures.

Each year, the HLFF showcases an exhibition centered on mathematics or computer science as part of the HLF program.

MAINS on Tour
Running parallel to the 11th HLF, the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation presents a selection of interactive exhibits that are on display at the Mathematics Informatics Station (MAINS) as part of the exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci: Ingenious Ideas”, created by the Mathematikum Giessen. This exhibition takes visitors on an exciting journey through Leonardo’s interest in geometric shapes, perspective, proportions and the combination of movements. Additionally, the exhibition features the “10-Minute Museum: Climate Crisis Mathematics” by IMAGINARY, which lets you explore the crucial role of math in climate research. The exhibition is open Sunday, September 22 through Thursday, September 26, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

It is located in the Senate Hall of the Old University, Grabengasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg (entrance via the University Square).

MaRDI STATION
This interactive game by the Mathematical Research Data Initiative (MaRDI) lets players explore the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) for managing mathematical research data. Players are dropped into an interdisciplinary conference in the University Quarter of “Mathhattan” and must interact with scientists from various fields and representatives from the MaRDI realm. There one must complete various quests, such as learning about the FAIR principles, solving interoperability issues, helping researchers access and share their data, and understanding metadata management!

“MaRDI Station” is located at the MAINS on Tour exhibition.

FENCE CHALLENGE
The Fence Challenge is an exciting game that tasks players with trying to solve a mathematical problem. Using some or all of the 12 pentominoes, each linked to a zodiac sign, you must try to build a gate on the square grid to enclose as much of an area as possible. Tackle this problem alone or as a team! Your answer can help us get one step closer to solving this currently open mathematical problem. 

This activity is presented by Érika Roldán Roa (MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences, ScaDS.AI Leipzig University) and is located at the MAINS on Tour exhibition.

Intercultural Science Art Project
This exhibition hosts artwork created by young researchers attending the HLF. The works are inspired by the artists’ research or scientific interests and are brought to life through the prism of the artists’ own culture. The Intercultural Science Art Project is an initiative created and managed by mathematician, science communicator and HLF alumnus Demian Nahuel Goos, who created it as a meeting point for arts and science. Co-managing the project is David Nkansah, an HLF alumnus, mathematician and PhD student from Aarhus University.

The exhibition is located on the second floor of the New University building.

The Klein Bottle and Some of Its Relatives
Mathematicians can define spaces that sometimes defy intuition. In many cases, these spaces cannot be reliably visualized in our three-dimensional world. Several models of two of these spaces (the Klein bottle and the projective plane) will be shown in this exhibition, as well as unexpected models of a space a little better known than the previous two, the Mobius strip. Moira Chas, a professor of mathematics at Stony Brook University, made these models by looping wire, a technique used by the artist Ruth Asawa.

The exhibition is located on the first floor of the New University building.

Join our HLF alumni and experts during the lunch break for an informal exchange dedicated to a specific topic.

• (Role of Computing in Achieving) Net Zero: Anish Jindal, Rafael Lang 
• Machine Learning: Irina Calciu, Arash Mehrjou 
• Women in Mathematics & Computer Science: Tanwi Mallik, Tanya Shreedhar 

What is the fastest way to get to know as many people as possible? Meet fellow participants and wire the network that could lead to connections that not only last throughout the 11th HLF but have the potential to extend beyond.

30 pre-selected young researchers have the opportunity to present their research in a condensed poster format. While the posters are continuously displayed throughout the week, the poster flash will feature young researchers presenting their work in rapid-fire two-minute presentations. During the subsequent poster session, participants can browse the various posters and directly engage with the young researchers in order to discuss their work.

30 pre-selected young researchers have the opportunity to present their research in a condensed poster format. While the posters are continuously displayed throughout the week, the poster flash will feature young researchers presenting their work in rapid-fire two-minute presentations. During the subsequent poster session, participants can browse the various posters and directly engage with the young researchers in order to discuss their work.

Access: laureates, young researchers, alumni, press, guests by invitation only

Closing out the first full day of the HLF, attendees meet for dinner at the Halle02 club, located in Heidelberg's new Bahnstadt district.

The calculus equations for the evolving volume preserving fluid motion in three-dimensional space are known practically to work very well for predicting the future behavior. This is also true theoretically, except the length of the time interval for theoretical predictions is limited by the initial conditions. 
Perhaps the evolution of some very smooth initial conditions blows up in finite time. This mystery is longstanding.
The lecture will explore this mystery by studying long compositions of theoretical fluid motions for tiny intervals of time. 

Spark sessions are blocks that include several short plenary "Spark Talks" (15-20 minutes) by laureates. Here they give insights into their current research projects, discuss their work and spark inspiration for new ideas and problem-solving approaches.

Moderator: Tom Crawford
Dr Tom Crawford is a Mathematician at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge with over 20 million views on YouTube. He holds the position of Public Engagement Lead at the Department for Continuing Education, as well as teaching undergraduates at St Edmund Hall and Robinson College. You may also recognise him from Numberphile - the largest maths channel on YouTube - as well as through his own work with Tom Rocks Maths. To learn more about Tom’s outreach work head to tomrocksmaths.com.

• Martin Hairer: Taming Infinities
• Andrei Okounkov: Partitions
• Robert Endre Tarjan: Sorting Using Partial Information
• Ken Thompson: A Technical Solution to an Everyday Problem

(Speakers are listed in alphabetical order.)

Abstracts

Master Classes
Closed smaller lectures for young researchers only, running parallel to one another.

• Lenore & Manuel Blum: Consciousness from a Theoretical Computer Science Perspective
• Martin Hairer: A Gentle Introduction to Regularity Structures 
• Andrei Okounkov: Partitions
• Adi Shamir: Polynomial Time Cryptanalytic Extraction of Neural Network Models
• Dennis Parnell Sullivan: Long Compositions of Mappings in Dimensions One and Two

Workshops
Closed Workshops: Alumni and other experts provide practical tools and guidance for young researchers only. There are a variety of workshops to choose from, all of which run parallel to one another.

• Yudhistira Andersen Bunjamin: Designing Outreach that Communicates Mathematical Thinking and Virtues 
• Irina Calciu: Machine Learning for the 99%
• Tom Geller: "Lights, Camera, Panic" - Facing the Camera and Getting Your Message Across
• André Greiner-Petter: Why ChatGPT and Its Friends Are Bad at Math
• Johanna Pirker: Science Communication
• Tanya Shreedhar: FailForward: Building Lessons from Acknowledging Negative Knowledge

Join our HLF alumni and experts during the lunch break for an informal exchange dedicated to a specific topic.

• Negative Results in Research / What is Holding You Back From Pursuing Your Most Ambitious Research Ideas?: Matjaz Leonardis, Tanya Shreedhar
• Ethics in AI /Responsible AI / Ethical STEM: Georges-Philippe Gadoury-Sansfaçon, Relinde Jurrius
• Fundamental Mathematical Concepts and Mathematical Logic: Chase Norman, Durvudkhan Suragan

How can mathematics and computer science help us understand the effects of climate change?
Both disciplines can contribute to open problems related to the climate crisis. For example:
What are the economic costs of climate change compared to emission reduction? What is the role of climate change in extreme weather events and climate hazards?

This panel discussion will debate the opportunities presented by and benefits of using mathematics and computer science in environmental science. One focus is on quantifying the impacts of climate change for society, for example due to extreme weather. Here, statistics can help to analyze the effect of human emissions on the occurrence of heat waves, heavy rainfall or storms. Special weather conditions in turn can lead to disastrous events like floods, wildfires or crop failures. To detect causes of such events, new studies have applied tools from statistics and machine learning.

Finally, the impacts of climate change affect countries around the world unequally, and recent research has tried to understand links between economic and social inequalities and climate change.
Finally, the discussion will also reflect on the role of climate science and climate scientists in society. What scientific findings are necessary to have a political or societal impact and fight the climate crisis?
 

Moderator: Maybritt Schillinger
Maybritt Schillinger is a PhD student at the Seminar for Statistics at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. With a background in mathematics, she now collaborates with climate physicists and combines methods from statistics and machine learning to predict local climate. Besides her research, she is passionate about sharing her enthusiasm for the intersection of applied mathematics and climate science with school students or the general public.

Beatrice Ellerhoff
Beatrice Ellerhoff is a physicist and did her doctorate on the modeling and analysis of temperature fluctuations to improve the predictability of extremes. As an employee of the German Weather Service, she is dedicated to the development of an integrated greenhouse gas monitoring system for Germany. She actively communicates science and has, among other things, written a book on quantum computers.

Aglaé Jezequel
Aglaé Jezequel is a climate scientist at the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD) in Paris. Her research revolves around the influence of climate on extreme weather events (mainly heatwaves and droughts) in Europe including extreme event attribution, storylines of plausible extreme events in a warming world and the link between hazard, vulnerability, exposure and impact through the crossmapping of meteorological and social datasets. Her work is multidisciplinary and she has collaborated with jurists, geographers, social scientists, impact scientists as well as artists and communicants. One of her key interests is to better understand how climate data is perceived and used outside of laboratories. She also taught at École normale supérieure and École nationale des ponts et chaussées in Paris.

Jakob Zscheischler
Following his diploma in Mathematics in 2010, Jakob Zscheischler conducted his PhD on the interface of machine learning and Earth system sciences at two Max Planck Institutes. After several years of research in Switzerland, he joined the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in 2020. Since 2023, he has held a joint professorship with TU Dresden and since 2024, he has led the Department of Compound Environmental Risks at UFZ. His main research focus is on compound weather and climate events

AI has surpassed top human players in games like chess and Go, it can learn from much more data than any human on earth and it sometimes recognizes patterns that elude experts. AI generates and translates texts at lightning speed and is on the verge of matching top radiologists in diagnoses, operating much faster and without fatigue.

However, in other areas, even toddlers outperform AI, especially in common sense, reasoning about cause and effect and learning from just a few examples. Unlike AI systems, children are naturally curious, exploring the world on their own while simultaneously learning within a social and cultural context. The paradox of today’s AI is that what is hard for humans, seems to be easy for machines, and what is hard for machines seems to be easy for humans.

In this Hot Topic panel discussion, leading scientists explore learning in humans and machines from the perspectives of computer science, mathematics and psychology. How do the learning processes of humans and machines differ? What can machines learn from humans, and what can humans learn from machines? What impact will AI systems like ChatGPT have on education in the future? Should we change how we teach math and computer science? How can we harness the advantages of intelligent machines without losing our own skills?

Moderator: Bennie Mols
Bennie Mols is a Dutch freelance science journalist, author and speaker with 25 years of experience who specializes in artificial intelligence and robotics. He has written over 700 popular science articles for various national and international media, including “Communications of the ACM”, and published 13 books, including his most recent one on artificial intelligence: “Slim, slimmer, slimst” (2023 – in Dutch). He holds degrees in Physics and Philosophy and a PhD in Physics.

Celeste Kidd
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley (USA)

Po-Shen Loh
Professor of Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, USA) 

Brigitte Röder
Brigitte Röder is a Professor of Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology at the University of Hamburg (Germany). She studies how the human brain develops and adapts through learning processes (neuroplasticity) and how this depends on individual experiences. One of her research topics is about sensitive periods in the development of the brain during which children learn particularly easily. Röder uses behavioral and electrophysiological experiments as well as structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). She has won several awards for her research, among them the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2014 and the Wilhelm Wundt Medal of the German Psychological Society in 2020.

Eric Schulz
Eric Schulz is the Director of the Institute for Human-Centered AI as part of the Computational Health Center at Helmholtz Munich. He studies human learning using tools from machine learning and improves machine learning using insights from cognitive science. He aims to develop intelligent agents that can be utilized to enhance our understanding in fields like the medical and social sciences. Schulz has a background in cognitive science, statistics and computer science. He received the Glushko award for the best doctoral dissertation in cognitive science, a Jacobs Research Fellowship and a Volkswagen AI grant. Recently, he has received an ERC Starting Grant to investigate self-motivated learning of artificial intelligence.

Access: laureates, young researchers, alumni, press, guests by invitation only

An entertaining evening at the Speyer Museum of Technology.

Laureates: Visits to local schools

YR: Science Hub Showcase
Young researchers are given the opportunity to learn about some of the renowned scientific institutes and companies in Heidelberg and the surrounding region. This helps young researchers expand their professional network and learn more about the wide range of employment opportunities for mathematicians and computer scientists.

• European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
• German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
• Heidelberg Engineering
• Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)
• NEC Laboratories Europe 
• paretos
• SAP
• Springer Nature Group
• STRUCTURES
• The Research Station Geometry + Dynamics and the Heidelberg Experimental Geometry Lab HEGL

Dock at Heidelberg Convention Center

Boarding: 13:30-14:00
Boat Trip: 14:00-18:00

Party on the boat with music by Grenzenlos Musik.

Spark sessions are blocks that include several short plenary "Spark Talks" (15-20 minutes) by laureates. Here they give insights into their current research projects, discuss their work and spark inspiration for new ideas and problem-solving approaches.

Moderator: Tom Crawford
Dr Tom Crawford is a Mathematician at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge with over 20 million views on YouTube. He holds the position of Public Engagement Lead at the Department for Continuing Education, as well as teaching undergraduates at St Edmund Hall and Robinson College. You may also recognise him from Numberphile - the largest maths channel on YouTube - as well as through his own work with Tom Rocks Maths. To learn more about Tom’s outreach work head to tomrocksmaths.com.

• Leslie Lamport: Coding is not Programming
• László Lovász: Discrete or Continuous: Two Worlds of Math?
• David A. Patterson: A Pragmatic View of the Impact of AI
• Raj Reddy: The Promise and Perils of AI
• Leslie G. Valiant: Educability: A Model of Human Cognition

(Speakers are listed in alphabetical order.)

Abstracts

The emergence of the Galois group was an essential milestone in the history of mathematics. I will survey how this crucial mathematical concept springs from the search for solutions to polynomial equations and its impact on the development of number theory until today.

Master Classes
Closed smaller lectures for young researchers only, running parallel to one another.

• Jack J. Dongarra: High Performance Computing 
• Gerd Faltings: Moduli Spaces 
• Yael Tauman Kalai 
• Jeffrey David Ullman: Big-Data Algorithms That Are Not Machine Learning
• Efim Zelmanov: Career Perspectives for a Mathematician

Workshops
Closed Workshops: Alumni and other experts provide practical tools and guidance for young researchers only. There are a variety of workshops to choose from, all of which run parallel to one another.

• Moira Chas: The Klein Bottle and Some of Its Relatives 
• Pasquini Fotsing Soh: Mathematical Modeling for Decision Making: A Tool for Policymakers 
• Georges-Philippe Gadoury-Sansfaçon: Ethical Identities in Mathematics and Computer Science: Navigating the New Landscape 
• Relinde Jurrius: Curve Stitching 
• Matjaz Leonardis: How to Pursue Interdisciplinary Projects 
• Tanwi Mallick: The Transformative Power of Foundation Models: Unleashing Potential and Understanding Risks 
• Daniel Mietchen: Open Science and Reproducibility 

Journalist Workshop

• Anna Maria Hartkopf: How Does Science Journalism Succeed in Mathematics and Computer Science? – Research and Practice at MIP.labor

Join our HLF alumni and experts during the lunch break for an informal exchange dedicated to a specific topic.

• Intersection of Mathematics and Computer Science: André Greiner-Petter, Chase Norman
• Mentoring in Academia: Tanya Shreedhar, Yael Tauman Kalai
• Being a Researcher / Work Life Balance in Academia: Yudhistira Andersen Bunjamin, Johanna Pirker

Young researchers have the opportunity to engage directly with laureates in a small group setting. These sessions are exclusive to young researchers and provide a more personal atmosphere for effective discussion.

Young researchers have the opportunity to engage directly with laureates in a small group setting. These sessions are exclusive to young researchers and provide a more personal atmosphere for effective discussion.

Please make your way to the Kulturbrauerei (address: Leyergasse 6). It is within walking distance of Heidelberg University (5-10 minutes).

Access: laureates, young researchers, alumni, press, guests by invitation only

A Bavarian Evening with folklore, dancing, as well as the tapping of the keg with the traditional cry of "O’zapft is". Featuring the Bayern- und Gebirgstrachten Verein e.V. Heidelberg.

Welcome Address: Philipp Herzig, Chief AI Officer, SAP SE

Imagine if you could take a proof and make it significantly shorter. In this talk, we will see how this can be done using cryptographic magic! We will begin with a brief overview of the evolution of proofs in computer science. We will then show how this beautiful theory, when combined with cryptographic methods, can be used to compress proofs.

Moderator: Anna Maria Hartkopf
Anna Maria Hartkopf is the project manager of MIP.labor, a research project for science journalism in the subjects of mathematics, computer science, and physics at Freie Universität Berlin. The mathematician completed her doctorate on "Science Communication in Mathematics" in 2020. She had also previously specialized in the communication of mathematics; as a research assistant at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, as a mathematics teacher at a Berlin comprehensive school, and in the Collaborative Research Center "Discretization in Geometry and Dynamics". Together with Erin Henning she is editor of the recently published "Handbook of Mathematical Science Communication".

Yudhistira Andersen Bunjamin
Yudhi is from Indonesia. He recently was awarded his PhD at UNSW Sydney and is now an Associate Lecturer in the School of Mathematics and Statistics there. His research is in combinatorics with a focus on block designs. Since 2017, Yudhi has worked with a large team including students and staff at UNSW to design and develop mathematics outreach workshops for school students that aim to convey aspects of mathematical thinking and its associated virtues. These workshops have been delivered in various contexts, including in some rural parts of Australia. Some of Yudhi’s other involvements in mathematics outreach include hosting The Neumann Talk podcast and being a former tutor of the ANU-AAMT National Mathematics Summer School in Australia.

Moira Chas
Moira Chas is a Professor of Mathematics at Stony Brook University, specializing in low-dimensional topology and the history of mathematics. She is passionate about discovering new ways to communicate mathematics and engaging diverse audiences through creative representations of mathematical ideas. Her work spans various mediums, including computer programs, pictures, knitted shapes, and wire sculptures, to make complex concepts more accessible.
She is the recipient of the Godfrey Teaching Excellence Award and won the Simons Center Science Playwriting Competition for her play The Mathematical Visions of Alicia Boole.
Moira collaborates with students at all levels, integrating computational experiments into her research, and, together with Dennis Sullivan, co-discovered and formulated string topology. Her mathematical art, inspired by the wire looping technique of Ruth Asawa, brings objects like Klein bottles into the realm of art, bridging the gap between mathematics, history, and creative expression.

Érika Roldán Roa
Érika Roldán Roa is a mathematician who integrates gamification and visualization technologies with their research in biomathematics, stochastic topology, topological and geometric data analysis, extremal topological combinatorics, discrete configuration spaces and recreational mathematics. With nearly two decades of experience in outreach and education, they have led numerous initiatives across Mexico, the USA and Europe. Their work is dedicated to fostering a deep appreciation for mathematics and its practical applications among the general public, with a particular emphasis on increasing the participation of underrepresented communities in STEAM fields, especially at the intersection of STEM and the arts. Érika is the founder of the outreach initiative BAMM at Ohio State University and the co-founder of Matemorfosis at CIMAT and Play My Math in Mexico. Currently, they lead the Stochastic Topology and Applications research group at the Max Planck Institute MiS. Additionally, they are affiliated with the Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence at Universität Leipzig, where they lead research projects in AI and machine learning, computational complexity, educational technology and learning analytics.

Coumba Sarr
Coumba Sarr holds a PhD in Number Theory from the University of Caen, Normandy. After a year as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Paris-Saclay, she moved into consulting in Cloud Computing and Generative AI at Atos France. Sarr is actively involved in science outreach with Animath (French Association for Mathematical Animation), serving on the Administrative Committee, and co-founded TerangaMath, an association dedicated to promoting mathematics and computer science in Senegal.  

Join our HLF alumni and experts during the lunch break for an informal exchange dedicated to a specific topic.

• Women in Science: Lenore Blum, Moira Chas, Jessica Fintzen, Vicki Hanson, Cherri Pancake, Ragni Piene, Yael Tauman Kalai

The Scientific Interaction session offers young researchers valuable opportunities to gain practical insights and guidance for shaping their future. Experts and Alumni from both academia and industry share their career journeys, providing a unique window into their professional experiences. In two breakout sessions, participants can engage directly with these experts, asking questions and receiving tailored advice. This year's career path discussions are split into two separate sessions to better meet the distinct needs of undergraduates and graduates, as well as PhD students and postdocs.

The session “Career Paths for Mathematicians and Computer Scientists in Academia and Industry| Undergraduates & Graduates” will be joined by Yukari Ito, professor at the university of Tokyo; Otto Schell, CEO and Founder at Institute for Global Digital Creativity and Relevance; HLF Alumnus Matjaz Leonardis; and HLF Alumna Johanna Pirker. 

The session “Career Paths for Mathematicians and Computer Scientists in Academia and Industry| PhD students &Postdocs” will be joined by Loyiso Nongxa, Founding Director at the Centre for Mathematical and Computational Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand; Katharina Schäfer, Head of University Alliances SAP; HLF Alumna Roberta Iseppi; and HLF Alumnus Enrico Catalano. 

Bios

Parallel to the Scientific Interaction, the documentary “Math Circles around the World” by Ekaterina Eremenko will be shown at the Audimax.

Access: laureates, young researchers, alumni, press, guests by invitation only

The last evening at the Heidelberg Castle serves as a grand finale after a week full of compelling exchange, networking and interaction between laureates and young researchers. The evening will feature a blend of highlights from the week as well as a look towards the future.