My name is Luis. I&#39;m a mathematician and cryptographer. Over the years I have had the chance to meet a large number of very interesting people. In this podcast I attempt to reconnect with them, pick their brains in their topics of interest and expertise, and motivate a conversation where we explore and challenge our opinions. Disclaimer: What you are about to hear represents the thoughts and opinions of the participants at the moment of recording. We reserve the right to change our minds.

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What can you do with a degree in mathematics, besides being a profesor or a math teacher?This episode is a conversation with Hector Tellez, someone who has been there and done it.

Episode 11. Hector Tellez

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Esperanto is a language created with the purpose of being widely spoken and connecting people all around the world. However, this role has being filled by the English language. This can be seen particularly reflected in science and academia. The usefulness and importance of having a common language to communicate cannot be denied. Nonetheless, this also comes with its own set of problems. In this episode, Julia Maristany talks to us about an article she wrote for voicesofacademia.com, where she explains some of the different problems that non-native speakers face in science and academia. Link to Julia&#39;s article: https://voicesofacademia.com/2020/10/09/the-words-we-say-by-julia-maristany/

Episode 10. Julia Maristany

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&#34;RSA is dead&#34;. That was the word on the street on early March, when a paper titled Fast Factoring Integers by SVP algorithms was posted on eprint.iacr.org. Had this been true we would face unimaginable consequences. For some hours people were confused as to whether the claims on the paper are true. Fortunately the confusion didn&#39;t last too long. Several experts around the world immediately took the task to understand, analyze and implement the claims in said paper. One of these experts is Keegan Ryan, a PhD student at UCSD specialized in lattice methods for cryptanalysis. In this episode Keegan demystifies the contents, and explains whether or not the algorithm could be used in practice. Spoiler: RSA will live to see another day.

Cryptic conversations, Episode 2. Keegan Ryan

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We know that antibodies helps with immunity against certain pathogens, but what is really an antibody and how is it produced?Hugo Samano is a computational biologist specialized in proteins created after pathogens. If you want to learn a bit about vaccines, you can&#39;t miss this episode.

Episode 9. Hugo Samano

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In the first episode of the Cryptic conversations series, I had the pleasure of talking to my friend and colleague Jason LeGrow. If CSIDH, SIKE or side channel attacks says anything to you, this episode is for you.

Cryptic conversations, Episode 1. Jason LeGrow

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Probably you have wondered how do babies learn how to speak, or how human reasoning relates to logic, or what is the role of teachers and curriculum in education.If that is you, then you will surely enjoy this conversation with Daniel Raggi, who talked to us about his research located between computer science, mathematics and psychology.

Episode 8. Daniel Raggi

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I asked Naye if we could have black holes in our computers. Listen to the entire episode to know the answer.

Episode 7. Nayeli Rodriguez

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Remember how the stairs in Hogwarts change at will? Benjamin&#39;s vision is to make this magic happen! Well... sort of.

Episode 6. Benjamin Sanchez

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Buy a house, start a business and do high quality research. That&#39;s probably the dream for many of us but, how is it possible? In this episode Filip gives us an inside perspective of how his recent experiences where he went through all that, and explains why having three cats around is a prerequisite.

Episode 5. Filip Pawlega

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Can we consider Tottenham as favourites to win the Premier League over Liverpool?What is happening to Arsenal?In this episode, Kelvin, Alan and me don&#39;t answer those questions... We just make fun of Arsenal

Soccer banter series, Episode 2. Alan Wong and Kelvin Chan

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Tips and tricks to survive grad school and enjoy your career:<ol><li>Click on this episode.</li><li>Listen until the end.</li><li>Share it around.</li></ol>

Episode 4. Alan Arroyo

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Is it possible to put oneself into the shoes of a flat earther? In this episode, Randy and I try to use some dark number theory to prove that the curvature of the earth is actually zero.

Episode 3. Randy Yee

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Two mathematicians talk about soccer. The result: Laughs 3 - Intelligent conversations 0.

Soccer banter series, Episode 1. Kelvin Chan

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If you suddenly found out that your favourite song was generated by AI, would it change your perception of the song? There is no better person to ask that question than someone who is passionate about both, music and mathematics.

Episode 2. Julian Romero

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In this episode, Jason and I talk about the transition from student to professional life, and how he has had to take the concept of &#34;working remotely&#34; to an extreme.

Episode 1. Jason LeGrow

My name is Luis. I'm a mathematician and cryptographer. Over the years I have had the chance to meet a large number of very interesting people. In this podcast I attempt to reconnect with them, pick their brains in their topics of interest and expertise, and motivate a conversation where we explore and challenge our opinions.

Disclaimer: What you are about to hear represents the thoughts and opinions of the participants at the moment of recording. We reserve the right to change our minds.