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5th HLF – Interview with journalists: Guillermo P Curbera

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5th HLF – Interview with journalists: Guillermo P Curbera
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So tell me who you are and who you work for and why you're here. Okay, so I am a mathematician. I'm related to the International Mathematical Union. Although I'm carrying this white badge that points me as a journalist, I'm an undercover mathematician.
I'm here because the International Mathematical Union is the institution granting the Fields medals. And I am the archivist of the Union, hence, I take care of all the discussions related to Fields medals and just being here as a participant, being a muse of all the
activity that is here. So will you be writing anything? I should. Right now I don't have an idea, but basically this reminds me of the academia, Platos academia, the older with the younger, sitting around speaking. I think that's a nice viewpoint. So this is your second year, right? Yes, right. Why do you come back?
Well, it is an interesting experience and somehow beyond the talks, I mean, it's not the content. Some, I mean, the talks, some are interesting, some are more or less depending on your field of expertise, but the atmosphere is interesting, the mixture of people and somehow you
encounter people that you would not encounter in your regular activity. For example? For example, you. No, for example you, for example, come talking with some type of computer science, which are very far away from me. In that sense,
mathematicians are the less interesting people for me here because I'm close to them in that group. Being aware of other groups and interacting with them is part of the big idea that is here. So have you met any laureates that you always wanted to meet? Well,
really no, because the laureates, which are mathematicians I knew, and the other laureates, which were not mathematicians, I've been amazed with them, but I was not aware of their existence. So somehow has been a double surprise. Have any of them surprised you or particularly impressed you? Yeah, the list is long. I mean, I think I will make a long list. It's impressive just to listen to Vint Cerf,
his way of gently unbuilding the world, for example. No, it's just to mention an example. How about the students? Are there any particular students who jump out in your mind? Not names, but yes, attitudes.
I like attitudes of the students. I think they really come with a very nice attitude, because it's not only that they want to become laureates. That's not the point. They want to listen to everything, and that's nice. I've enjoyed sometimes at a table more with students that were seniors. Anything else you'd care to add?
I don't know. This is so well-crafted. I would maybe add some classical music to the game just to round it. Soften the edges. Yes, that's it. Well, thank you very much.