Strongly Connected Components

Strongly Connected Components


Latest Episodes

SCC 54: Kristin Lauter
March 11, 2015

  - On today's episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen talks to President of the AWM and Research Manager of the Cryptography Group and Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Kristin Lauter.

SCC 53: Colin Adams(And Zombies)
February 25, 2015

  - On today's episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen talks to Williams College professor and author Colin Adams. They discuss zombies, calculus, how calculus can help save you from zombies, and some other math stuff like knots,

SCC 52: Cathy O’Neil
February 11, 2015

  - On today's episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen speaks with Cathy O'Neil about her work as a mathematician, data scientist, author, and blogger. They discuss why title are not, or maybe are, important,

SCC 51: The Digits
December 11, 2012

On today's episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen speaks with Scotty Iseri about The Digits. The Digits are the greatest unknown rock band in the galaxy, and the stars of the app/live action video series that helps teach children about mat

SCC 51: The Digits
December 11, 2012

On today's episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen speaks with Scotty Iseri about The Digits. The Digits are the greatest unknown rock band in the galaxy, and the stars of the app/live action video series that helps teach children about ...

SCC 50: Flatland: The Movies
December 04, 2012

On today's episode Samuel Hansen speaks with the Director/Writer/Animator, Dano Johnson, and Producer, Seth Caplan, of the animated mathematics movies Flatland: The Movie and Flatland 2: Sphereland. If you want to watch the movies head on over to their w

SCC 49: Dana Mackenzie
November 21, 2012

 On today's episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen rings up the recipient of the 2012 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Communications Award, Dana Mackenzie. He speaks with the author about stealth mathematics, the generalism he has been

SCC 48: Sergei Tabachnikov
November 14, 2012

On today's episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen has a conversation with Sergei Tabachnikov, Professor at Penn State University and Director of their Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters(MASS) program. Their conversation ranges from mathe

SCC 47: Frank Morgan
October 10, 2012

 On today's episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen has a conversation with Frank Morgan, the Atwell Professor of Mathematics at Williams College. They speak about Soap Bubbles, the importance, and usefulness, of conducting research with s

SCC 46: Timothy Lanzone
May 17, 2012

 On today's episode of Strongly Connected Components I am joined by Timothy Lanzone the writer and director of the forthcoming movie, Travelling Salesman. The movie is an intellectual thriller about four mathematicians tasked with solving the hardest pro