Top 5 algorithms that changed the world
Mark gets mathematical with bayesian mathematician Sophie Carr.
Sophie describes herself as an “accidental mathematician”, getting into the subject after studying to be an engineer. She got her PhD on the job, and transitioned from fluid mechanics to Bayesian statistics.
Here’s the piping speech from Patriot Mark mentioned.
- (00:00) - Introduction
- (08:58) - Sophie's pick: Turbo codes
- (11:34) - Mark's pick: LZ 77 compression
- (14:04) - Sophie's pick: UUIDs
- (18:16) - Mark's pick: RSA
- (22:26) - Sophie's pick: PageRank
- (25:04) - Mark's pick: Proof of work
- (27:32) - Sophie's pick: Proportional integral derivative control
- (29:52) - Mark's pick: Reinforcement learning
- (31:40) - Mark's pick: Dynamic range compression
- (35:00) - Interlude
- (39:58) - Building the final list
- (41:50) - Baystastic
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Creators and Guests
Host
Mark Steadman
My mum thinks I’m an internet thought leader. I haven’t had the heart to tell her I just have a microphone and some good intentions.
Guest
Dr Sophie Carr
VP for education and statistical literacy at the Royal Statistical Society, winner of Women in STEM of the year, owner of Bays Consulting, lover of Bayesian statistics.
