Strongly Connected Components

Strongly Connected Components


Latest Episodes

Strongly Connected Components Episode 35: Tom Henderson
March 28, 2011

Samuel Hansen was joined on today's episode by a guest he has long been trying to reach, the math punk himself Tom Henderson. During there conversation they talking about the Punk Mathematics Interview, how mathematics is used as control, in what ways stu

Strongly Connected Components Episode 34:Math/Maths History Teaser
March 23, 2011

Sorry everyone, but this past week Samuel Hansen was on vacation and was not able to record a new interview. This would normally mean no audio for you, but he has been putting together a series of videos about the Mathematical History of Nottingham that h

Strongly Connected Components Episode 33: Steven Rudich Part II
March 16, 2011

On today's podcast is the second part of an interview that your host Samuel Hansen conducted with Carnegie Mellon professor Steven Rudich. In this part of their discussion Professor Rudich discusses the techniques he believes make up a great technical lec

Strongly Connected Components 32: Steven Rudich Part I
March 08, 2011

On today's podcast is the first part of an interview that your host Samuel Hansen conducted with Carnegie Mellon professor Steven Rudich. In this part of their discussion Professor Rudich discusses why he went into mathematics and the problem that reallyÂ

Strongly Connected Components Episode 31: John Allen Paulos
March 01, 2011

On today's Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen phones John Allen Paulos, New York Times Best Selling Author, Professor at Temple University, and author of the "Who's Counting" column at ABCnews.com, for a conversation on mathematical storytelling,

Strongly Connected Components Episode 30: James Grime
February 22, 2011

On the newest Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen calls up James Grime the the Enigma Project Officer for the Millenium Mathematics Project at Crambridge. They discuss the Enigma Project, the importance TV can play in mathematical inspiration, and

Strongly Connected Components Episode 29: Edmund Harriss
February 16, 2011

For today's Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen is joined by Edmund Harriss, visiting Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arkansas. They discuss Edmund Harriss's rather public job search, a conspiracy designed to corrupt people into math

Strongly Connected Components Episode 28: Rebecca Goldin
February 09, 2011

For today's Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen was joined by Professor Rebecca Golding of George Mason Universty and the Director of Research for STATS. They discussed just what got her into mathematics, her work with STATS, and Samuel asked some

Strongly Connected Components Episode 27: David Spiegelhalter
February 01, 2011

On today's episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen called up the Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, as well as Senior Scientist in the MRC Biostatistics Unit, David Spiegelhalter. They discussed the true meaning of risk,

Strongly Connected Components Episode 26: Fan Chung
January 25, 2011

On episode 26 of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen called up Fan Chung of the University of California San Diego for a conversation on research in Graph Theory, her time at Bell Labs, and mathematical collaboration. To find out more about Fan