The Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) recently announced the start of the application period to attend the 8th annual HLF, which will take place September 20–25, 2020 in Heidelberg, Germany.
Organized by the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation and Klaus Tschira Stiftung, HLF brings together laureates in compute science and mathematics with young researchers in the fields in “a one-week event combining scientific, social and outreach activities. The recipients of the most prestigious awards in mathematics and computer science, the Abel Prize, ACM A.M. Turing Award, ACM Prize in Computing, Fields Medal and the Nevanlinna Prize are invited to participate in the Forum. They will give lectures on subjects of their choosing which are primarily directed at the participating young scientists…the Heidelberg Laureate Forum is not a classical scientific conference but a networking event meant to motivate and inspire the next generation of scientists.”
Per the HLF website: “The application period for the 8th HLF runs from November 14, 2019, until February 14, 2020. Young researchers at all phases of their careers (undergraduate/pre-master, graduate PhD or postdoc) are encouraged to complete and submit their applications by February 14 (midnight at the dateline).”
In 2018, CCC Senior Program Associate Helen Wright attended the 6th HLF and blogged about her experience. This year fellow Senior Program Associate Khari Douglas attended the forum, which includes lectures on topics like how we can build trust in autonomous systems, the case for a CERN for climate change, and artificial intelligence and the challenge of modeling the brains behavior. Khari also recorded two Catalyzing Computing podcast episodes with laureates Shwetak Patel and Vint Cerf.
You can read the all blogs from HLF here, and learn more about HLF and how to apply to attend the 2020 meeting on their website.
