Sometimes you’re just minding your own business, trying to get a little science done, and a little art pops out at you all unexpected.
What?!? You want to know where this comes from? All is revealed beneath the fold…
Tags: evolution, evolutionary computation, genetic programming, graphics, Mathematics, Research, Science, symbolic regression
It actually took me a second to get it - how annoying that a web comic would actually be subtle enough to challenge a little :-).
Tags: bias, discrimination, Education, feminism, Mathematics, ScienceA wonderfully nerdly performance of mental arithmetic. I found his use of word mnemonics to remember large numbers quite cool.
Tags: Mathematics, performance, TED, VideoThis wonderful little video (produced by some U of M Twin Cities mathematicians) has apparently been viewed over 1 million times now, which is a lot more views than it would ever get in class. I frequently run into faculty that are very intent on holding on to their teaching ideas and techniques, and certainly not sharing them openly with the world. They see those ideas as “their property”, to be guarded and controlled as much as possible. It’s a weird attitude, because almost none of them will ever see any money from those ideas, and the potential for wider viewing and usage is just so much greater if they open up (as in this case).
A good video like this takes a lot of time to produce, but faculty often put in huge hours on their lectures, labs, and demonstrations. Get it out there!
Tags: Creative Commons, Education, Mathematics, open education, open source, teaching, University of Minnesota, Video
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