2 Two Minutes with Turing Award Laureate Whitfield Diffie

Oxford mathematician Dr. Tom Crawford interviews Whitfield Diffie, 2015 Turing Award winner, answering three viewer-submitted questions about his work and experiences.

2 Two Minutes with Turing Award Laureate Whitfield Diffie
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9.6K views • Jun 11, 2022
2 Two Minutes with Turing Award Laureate Whitfield Diffie

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Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford sits down with Whitfield Diffie (2015 Turing Award) to ask 3 questions requested by viewers.

1. What was the first piece of code you remember writing?
2. What is your favourite number?
3. Tabs or spaces?

Interview with Whitfield Diffie recorded at the 2021 Heidelberg Laureate Forum.

Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is an Early-Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow at St Edmund Hall: https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/people/tom-crawford

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With thanks to
Whitfield Diffie
Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation
Pablo Costa

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