Category Archives: SciState

SciState is Scott Baldridge’s and my attempt to create a space where world-class scientists can discuss their latest research. We’ll be keeping the discussion at the general interest level. We’ll be posting two series of videos, one collection accessible to precocious high-schoolers and another for beginning graduate students.

Meet Mathematician Moshe Cohen

Intended Audience: Everyone, and especially teachers who want to show to their students a mathematician explaining research mathematics

In this episode we meet Moshe Cohen, a mathematician who studies ways to arrange planes in 4-dimensional space. The interview starts with an easier question that can be answered by any student in any grade. Enjoy! Continue reading →

Meet Mathematician Thomas Lam

Intended Audience: Everyone, and especially teachers who want to show to their students a mathematician explaining the motivation behind their own research.

In this episode we meet Thomas Lam, professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan, who studies electrical networks (among other topics).  Thomas gives a great introduction to one of the main problem in electrical networks as well as an application of electrical networks to medicine. Continue reading →

Meet Mathematician Aaron Lauda

Intended Audience: Everyone, and especially teachers who want to show to their students a mathematician explaining the motivation behind their own research.

In this episode we meet Aaron Lauda, a mathematician from the University of Southern California, who shows us how to represent complicated expressions and equations using pictures. Enjoy! Continue reading →