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Spark sessions are blocks that include several short plenary "Spark Talks" (15-20 minutes) by laureates. Here they give insights into their current research projects, discuss their work and spark inspiration for new ideas and problem-solving approaches.

Moderator: Tom Crawford

Leslie Lamport: Coding is not Programming
László Lovász: Discrete or Continuous: Two Worlds of Math?
David A. Patterson: A Pragmatic View of the Impact of AI
Raj Reddy: The Promise and Perils of AI
Leslie G. Valiant: Educability: A Model of Human Cognition

The 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum took place from September 22–27, 2024. #HLF24

The Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) is an annual networking conference where 200 carefully selected young researchers in mathematics and computer science spend a week interacting with the laureates of the most prestigious awards in their disciplines: the Abel Prize, ACM A.M. Turing Award, ACM Prize in Computing, Fields Medal, IMU Abacus Medal and Nevanlinna Prize.

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