Efficiency, Resilience, & Robustness With Moshe Vardi - 77th Conversation

About this episode

Moshe Vardi discusses robustness and resilience in computer science, engineering, and society.

Moshe Vardi ( 🔗 , 🔗 , 🔗 ), the Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering at Rice University, and a multi-award-winning force in theoretical computer science, joins Michael and Dave in a wide-ranging conversation about robustness and resilience in computer science, engineering, and society at large. Moshe's talk " Lessons from Texas, COVID-19, and the 737 Max " is online ( 🔗 , 🔗 ). [Cover based on an image used by permission of Moshe Vardi] Episode Note: This conversation was recorded in August 2024 but is only becoming available now. Computing Up regrets and apologizes for the extended delay!

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Ackley, Michael

Guest: Moshe Vardi

Topics covered

• computer science
• engineering
• resilience
• robustness
• society
• COVID-19

Keywords

• efficiency
• resilience
• robustness
• computer science
• engineering
• COVID-19
• society

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rice University

Books & works: Lessons from Texas, COVID-19, and the 737 Max

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