Herb Dershem

At many points in the development of the field of computer science debates have arisen over the direction of the field. One such debate was over how to represent data. Today we take for granted that computers represent data using the binary positional system. In this talk we will explore the alternatives that were considered,… Continue reading Great Debates in Computer Science: Data Representation

How do we determine that a given number is random? In fact, once it is given, how can it be considered random? This talk explores what it means for a number to be random, following the lead of Gregory Chaitin’s algorithmic randomness. We will explore the consequences of this view of randomness and look at… Continue reading An Interesting Talk about Uninteresting Numbers