Felienne Hermans is full professor of Computer Science Education at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.Felienne is the author of the 2021 book The Programmer's Brain, a very readable and highly insightful introduction to the cognitive science beh

Nutan Limaye: Computational complexity

Feb 18th, 2022 1h 3m

Nutan Limaye is an associate professor at IT University of Copenhagen and an internationally leading researcher in computational complexity.Nutan’s research focus is on the most prestigious and fundamental questions in computer science, namely

Mikkel Thorup: Digital Contact Tracing

Dec 14th, 2020 1h 6m

Mikkel Thorup is professor of Computer Science at Copenhagen University and an internationally leading researcher in the theory of algorithms. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he has served on the scientific board advising the Danish authorities o

Robin Hanson: The Age of Mind Uploading

Nov 2nd, 2018 2h 10m

Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University and one the world’s most influential futurists. We talk to Robin about how rigorous

Tim Roughgarden: The Price of Anarchy

Sep 17th, 2018 1h 21m

Tim Roughgarden is professor in the Computer Science and Management Science and Engineering Departments at Stanford University. He is also a very active science communicator, hosting a popular algorithms course on the Coursera online learning p

Claire Mathieu: College Admission Algorithms in the Real World

Sep 3rd, 2018 47m 48s

Claire Mathieu is a leading researcher in algorithms design and director of research at Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, France.) Claire has been involved in the 2018 redesign of the college admission procedure in F

Yves Bertot: Verifying One Million Digits of Pi

Apr 19th, 2018 1h 7m

Yves Bertot is a senior researcher that the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) in Sophia Antipolis and a leading researcher on correctness of software and the verification of mathematical proofs. Recently,

Sarah Pink: Digital Ethnography

Feb 26th, 2018 47m

Sarah Pink is a Professor of Design and Media Ethnography at RMIT University, Australia, and the author or co-editor of several books about digital ethnography.To approach this area, we get Sarah’s help with some conceptual groundwork about th

Roman Beck: Blockchain

Feb 9th, 2018 1h 5m

Roman Beck is professor of Business Informatics at IT University of Copenhagen and the head of the European Blockchain Center. We talk to Roman about blockchain, a cryptographically secure, distributed database technology sometimes called a “tr

Ivan Damgård: Secure Multi-Party Computation

Dec 6th, 2017 1h 1m

Ivan Bjerre Damgård is professor of theoretical computer science at Aarhus University, Denmark, and one of the world’s leading researchers in the foundations of cryptography. Among other things, Ivan is known for the Merkle–Damgård construction

Espen Aarseth: Game Studies from The Hobbit to Minecraft

Oct 13th, 2017 1h 6m

Espen Aarseth, professor in Game Studies, is the Head of the Center of Computer Games Research at IT University of Copenhagen and the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Game Studies. We talk to Espen about founding computer games research

Rebecca Slayton: Cybersecurity and Star Wars

Sep 20th, 2017 53m 56s

Rebecca Slayton is a professor at the Department of Science and Technology Studies and Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Cornell University. We talk to Rebecca about cybersecurity, the early history of software engineerin

Vincent F. Hendricks: The truth in digital society

Sep 19th, 2017 55m 21s

We ask Vincent F. Hendricks, professor of formal philosophy at Copenhagen University and the director of the Center for Information and Bubble Studies how to think about information, knowledge, and truth, in the internet age, where information

Olle Häggström: Technology and the Future of Humanity

Jun 29th, 2017 1h 17m

Olle Häggström is a Professor of mathematical statistics at Chalmers University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and the member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science. He is also a leading Swedish public intellectual and prolific debater in science, pse

Carsten Schürmann: Electronic Elections

May 19th, 2017 1h 15m

Carsten Schürmann is the leader of the Demtech research center, which studies the interplay between technology and democracy. Carsten is a world leading expert in computer security and critical digital infrastructure, with a background in the t

Toby Walsh: Kidneys, Cars, and Killer Robots

Mar 29th, 2017 1h 7m

Toby Walsh is a leading researcher in artificial intelligence and a prolific populariser of computer science. We talk about the mechanisms behind fair allocation of transplanted kidneys, autonomous cars, the ethics of artificial intelligence an

Troels Bjerre Lund: Poker-Playing Bots

Mar 14th, 2017 58m 27s

In early 2017, two independent research teams announced progress in artificial intelligence: Libratus from Carnagie Mellon University and DeepStack from University of Alberta. Computer programs are now able to beat the best human players in the

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