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Plus at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2025

Every year in September the German city of Heidelberg hosts the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF). It's an amazing experience — around 200 young researchers from around the world meet with the laureates of some of the most important prizes in maths and computer science, as well as a range of other experts from both fields.

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The Abacus Medal 2022: Mark Braverman

Mark Braverman has won the Abacus Medal for developing the theory of information complexity. He told us about the role of communication in computation, and why a mathematical view can help you understand how to solve problems while sharing as little information as possible.