INI

The Isaac Newton Institute: Creating eureka moments

One of the most exciting places in the mathematical world is the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (INI), an international research centre and our neighbour here on the University of Cambridge's maths campus.
The INI attracts leading mathematical scientists from all over the world, and is open to all. We are proud to be collaborating with the INI to bring the cutting edge mathematics that is being done there to the general public. The following content is part of this collaboration.

The magic of shuffling

Want to shuffle like a professional magician? Find out how to shuffle perfectly, imperfectly, and the magic behind it.

The mathematics of shuffling

A journey into the maths of card shuffling gives us a great insight into how mathematicians work.

AI, babies, and agency

In this podcast we find out why true artificial intelligence will only become possible once machines have something that babies are born with: agency.

Unlocking the workforce

How can we all get back to work safely in the face of a lingering pandemic?

The agent perspective

How do we learn and understand the world? What separates us from machines? Yoshua Bengio believes it all comes down to our agency.

Building meaning: dog or ostrich

How do we build our models of the world? Yoshua Bengio explains how deep learning will help machines act to understand the world in a similar way.

Artificial intelligence takes on COVID-19

Mathematicians are helping to develop an AI tool to help with diagnosing COVID-19 and making prognoses for infected patients.

Maths in a minute: Differential equations

Change is the only constant in our lives — which is why differential equations are so useful.

Maths in a minute: Entropy

Is it about energy? Is it about disorder? Or is it about information? It's all three!

Maths in a minute: The information paradox

Explore a mystery that intrigued Stephen Hawking until the end of his life.

Maths in a minute: The Sydney Opera House

The mathematical puzzle behind the iconic structure.

The dynamics of crowds

Human beings are wilful and don't always act rationally. Yet, mathematical models of the behaviour of crowds are surprisingly accurate.