Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Sanjeev Arora received the 2011 ACM Prize in Computing for his work in computational complexity. Here, he tells the story of how he ranked 1st in India on the JEE Exam in 1986.

Watch part 2 where Sanjeev talks more his current research on "The Superhuman AI Mathematician" here: youtube.com/watch?v=HKj2KCsuCYs

Interview with Dr Tom Crawford, a mathematician at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

Recorded at the 2025 Heidelberg Laureate Forum.

HLF 12 Spark Session: youtube.com/watch?v=q9MJWfo3DCE

Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is Public Engagement Lead at Oxford University Lifelong Learning: conted.ox.ac.uk/profiles/tom-crawford

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