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The Boston Computation Club is a small seminar group focused on mathematical computer science, and computational mathematics. Its name is plagiarized from the London Computation Club. Boston Computation Club meetings occur roughly every other week, on weekends, around 5pm EDT (modulo speaker availability). The usual format is a 20m presentation followed by 40m of discussion. Some, but not all, meetings are posted on YouTube and in podcast form.
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- 5 days ago41 min
Experiments with vibecoding hardware, Lewis Coriolan
Lewis Coriolan is a hacker, inventor, and entrepreneur, with wide-ranging interests. Today he joined us to talk about his experimentation vibe-coding hardware. This was a really cool talk and a glimpse at what's possible now with frontier models in hard-tech. It was also an important geopolitical conversation, as these developments severely lower the technological advantage that developed nations have over smaller countries or less well organized adversaries.
- 1 weeks ago55 min
From percolation theory to recursive self-improvement and AI risk, Olle Häggström
Olle Häggström is a pure mathematician. Today, he joined us to tell the story of how his entire field of mathematics was essentially conquered by large language models in a short period of time, and to discuss the lessons about AI safety that he drew from this experience. This was a challenging and interesting conversation and, I think, a really compelling listen if you are not yet convinced of the imminency of AGI (or ASI).
- Sep 8, 202646 min
Sum-check protocol: categorical view, Alex Sorokin
Alex is a friend of mine and a mathematician. He did his PhD in mathematics with other Alex (Martsinkovsky), who has presented at the seminar group previously. We're huge fans of both Alexes at the Boston Computation Club and we hope you enjoy this talk as much as we did!
- Sep 8, 20261h 4m
P-stability for 3-uniform Hypergraphs, Daniel Yu
Today Daniel Yu gave a pure math talk on an extension he performed independently of work he had conducted during his math semester abroad in Budapest.
- Sep 8, 202635 min
Understanding patterns of adoption and adaptation of open models on local systems, Woohyeuk (Kevin) Lee
Today Woohyeuk (Kevin) Lee joined us to discuss local AI (and the question of just how local it really is). This is exciting work at the intersection of computer science and social science! Enjoy.
- Sep 8, 20261h 9m
Cellular automata and artificial life in the deep learning era, Casey Martin
Casey Martin is a dirtbag intellectual, local savant, and recent PhD in the Boulder metro area. He's a party favorite and today he joined us to discuss cellular automata and their generalizations. Enjoy!
- Jul 3, 202648 min
06/26/26: Tracing Introspection Across Model Depth, Zach Maas
Zach Maas is an independent AI safety & mechanistic interpretability researcher in Boulder, Colorado, funded by Coefficient Giving. Today Zach joined us to talk about some of his recent work tracing introspection across model depth. This is, I think, the first mech interp talk we've hosted other than ChessGPT, and it was a good one! We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
- Apr 18, 202658 min
An Extremely Short Proof of the Hairy Ball Theorem with Peter McGrath
Today Peter McGrathAn Extremely Short Proof of the Hairy Ball Theorem. Peter is a professor of mathematics at NC State, where he researches geometric analysis, minimal surfaces, PDEs. Today's talk was an elegant presentation of the classical result -- Peter makes it accessible, and explains each concept in a clear and transparent manner. This was a really fun talk and really back to our roots as a group, doing pure math on an iPad and loving it! We hope you enjoy the talk as much as we did!
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About Boston Computation Club
The Boston Computation Club is a small seminar group focused on mathematical computer science, and computational mathematics. Its name is plagiarized from the London Computation Club. Boston Computation Club meetings occur roughly every other week, on weekends, around 5pm EDT (modulo speaker availability). The usual format is a 20m presentation followed by 40m of discussion. Some, but not all, meetings are posted on YouTube and in podcast form.
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