Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast
by Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
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A family of group theorists - Episode #75
May 13, 2026
27m 05s
Revealing the secrets of Sanskrit mathematics with Prof Clemency Montelle - Episode #74
Apr 24, 2026
36m 50s
#73 Building digital hearts
Nov 24, 2025
25m 06s
#72 Céline Broeckaert and Frank Verstraete
Nov 12, 2025
26m 32s
#71 Moustapha Fall
Oct 22, 2025
24m 32s
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| 5/13/26 | A family of group theorists - Episode #75 | Send us Fan Mail A father, two of his children, and a family friend — all mathematicians — made progress on a long-standing problem in group theory by coming together at the Isaac Newton Institute. Listen as Plus Magazine editors Rachel Thomas and Marianne Freiberger interview Roman Sauer, and Uri, Saar, and Shaked Bader to find out more about their research and paths to mathematics. The Operators, Groups, and Graphs programme was in residence at the INI from July to December 2025: https://ww... | 27m 05s | ||||||
| 4/24/26 | Revealing the secrets of Sanskrit mathematics with Prof Clemency Montelle - Episode #74 | Send us Fan Mail We talk with Professor Clemency Montelle all about her work decoding the mathematics of ancient manuscripts. In a wide-ranging discussion, we cover some of the concepts that first arose in India, hear about a mentor who hosted meals based on ancient recipes, and learn how important cultural and historical context is for the questions that mathematicians ask. While she was at the INI, Professor Montelle delivered the Kirk Lecture for the Modern History of Mathematics Programme... | 36m 50s | ||||||
| 11/24/25 |  #73 Building digital hearts | Send us Fan Mail Imagine if your doctor had a digital model of your heart, personalised to you and updated with your latest medical information. This isn't science fiction – this revolutionary healthcare is being tested now. In this podcast we speak to Steven Niederer, who leads the CVDNet project developing and testing these ideas, and his colleague Richard Wilkinson, from the University of Nottingham. Richard is one of the organisers of the long research programme, Representing, calibrating... | 25m 06s | ||||||
| 11/12/25 |  #72 Céline Broeckaert and Frank Verstraete | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Living Proof, we speak with Céline and Frank about their book: Why nobody understands quantum physics - and everyone needs to know something about it. They share insights into their writing journey and how each of their backgrounds contributed to the final project. We met Céline and Frank at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge, where Frank is co-organising the research programme Quantum field theory with boundaries, impurities,... | 26m 32s | ||||||
| 10/22/25 |  #71 Moustapha Fall | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Living Proof podcast we're delighted to meet Moustapha Fall. Moustapha is the Center President of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Senegal and winner of a prestigious Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries. He also plays an important role on the international stage as Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union. Moustapha talks to us about about the amazing insti... | 24m 32s | ||||||
| 10/15/25 |  #70 Codina Cotar and some amazing mathematical art | Send us Fan Mail Earlier this year the the anomalous mathematical patterns sci-art competition attracted some jaw-dropping entries. The competition was held in connection to the Stochastic systems for anomalous diffusion research programme which took place at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (INI) in Cambridge last year. In this episode of Living Proof, we talk to Codina Cotar, who co-organised the INI programme and helped put on the competition. Codina explains the ... | 23m 14s | ||||||
| 7/9/25 |  #69 Ekaterina Eremenko on Olga Ladyzhenskaya’s Life in Math | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Living Proof, we speak with renowned filmmaker Ekaterina Eremenko about her film "Portrait of Olga Ladyzhenskaya", which tells the story of the legendary Russian mathematician celebrated for her groundbreaking work in partial differential equations and fluid dynamics. Ekaterina shares what inspired her to bring Ladyzhenskaya’s life to the screen, explores the creative process behind the film, and reflects on the powerful intersection of art and science. The... | 17m 10s | ||||||
| 7/2/25 |  #68 Hunting through higher dimensions with Zhouli Xu | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode of Living Proof, our podcast produced in collaboration with Plus.maths.org– you can find all the content from the collaboration here. On May 30th 2024 seminar goers at Princeton University witnessed a thrilling moment. The mathematician Zhouli Xu of the University of California, LA, announced that, together with colleagues he had sorted out the 126th dimension. Not in general, but in regards to a problem that has taunted mathematicians since the ... | 34m 10s | ||||||
| 6/11/25 |  #67 The meaning is in the arrows with Adina Goldberg | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode of Living Proof, our podcast produced in collaboration with Plus.maths.org In this podcast we hope to give you some interesting information. This information is encoded in terms of 0s and 1s – the classical bits in your computer or phone. But what if instead we were using a quantum computer? Then we'd be dealing with quantum bits, or qubits, opening up exciting new possibilities. And quantum information theory is the area of mat... | 22m 26s | ||||||
| 4/23/25 |  #66 A conversation with Sarah Hart | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode of Living Proof, our podcast produced in collaboration with Plus.maths.org In this episode we spoke to Sarah Hart, a mathematician interested in not just the maths itself, but also its connections to other areas of literature and art. She's done an amazing number of things throughout her career — from research in pure mathematics and heading up a maths department, to being the first woman Gresham Professor of Geometry and President of the British... | 24m 39s | ||||||
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| 4/9/25 |  #64 Communicating mathematics with the INI and Hannah Fry | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode of Living Proof, our podcast produced in collaboration with Plus.maths.org In this episode, we dive into the importance of communicating mathematics to a broader audience, a growing priority within the maths community. Sara Khan, Communications Manager at the Isaac Newton Institute, shares how the INI is championing mathematics communication. Then, Rachel Thomas and Marianne Freiberger, editors of Plus.maths.org, revisit their conversation with H... | 28m 40s | ||||||
| 4/8/25 |  #65 Diving into maths with Emmy Noether | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode of Living Proof, our podcast produced in collaboration with Plus.maths.org In this episode, we talked to famous Maths historian, David E. Rowe, who provided scientific advice for the play Diving into math with Emmy Noether, which was staged as part of the Modern History of Mathematics research programme and the Inclusivity in the Mathematical Sciences workshop at the INI. We dive deep into the life and work of Emmy Noether, and about what i... | 29m 02s | ||||||
| 10/7/24 |  #63 Exploring anomalous diffusion: an interview with Aleks Mijatovic and Codina Cotar | Send us Fan Mail In the latest episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speaks to Aleks Mijatovic (Warwick, Alan Turing Institute) and Codina Cotar (UCL) about the Stochastic systems for anomalous diffusion programme. They’ll be speaking about the theme and challenges of their highly interdisciplinary six-month research project, but the conversation starts with comments on some truly remarkable headwear… Stochastic systems for anomalous diffusion programme: https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/ssd/ Submi... | 28m 46s | ||||||
| 10/3/24 |  #62 Exploring Twistor Theory - an interview with Lionel Mason and Maciej Dunajski | Send us Fan Mail In the latest episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speaks to Professors Lionel Mason (Oxford) and Maciej Dunajski (Cambridge) of the Twistor Theory programme (https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/twt). Over the 30 minutes, they share their experiences of the scale and challenges of this far-reaching topic that - amongst other things - aims to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics. 00:00 - Introduction 00:42 - Welcome 01:48 - “I have been excited about this programme for 40... | 30m 05s | ||||||
| 9/25/24 |  #61 Organising an INI Satellite Programme: an interview with Professors Mark Blyth and Sasha Korobkin | Send us Fan Mail In the latest episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speaks to Professors Mark Blyth and Sasha Korobkin, organisers of the INI Satellite Programme “The mathematics of multiphase flows with applications” (https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/mfa/). In the conversation, Mark and Sasha explain the programme’s research themes and share their insights into the challenges and rewards of organising an INI programme at your home institution - in their case the University of East Anglia in Norw... | 33m 19s | ||||||
| 9/25/24 |  #60 Exploring 'Mathlib' and the digitisation of mathematics: an interview with Professor Kevin Buzzard | Send us Fan Mail In the latest episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speaks to Professor Kevin Buzzard of Imperial College London. Inspired by a lecture given by Thomas Hales at INI’s Big Proof (https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/bpr/) programme in 2017, Kevin has spent the past seven years working alongside fellow enthusiasts on the “Maths Library” project. In this conversation he explains the project in detail, touching on why the programming language of Lean was chosen, and how it interacts with ... | 55m 35s | ||||||
| 8/30/24 |  “Meet the…Simons Postdoctoral Fellows” mini series #12 Dr Luke Davis | Send us Fan Mail Established in 2021, the INI Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mathematics scheme enables “exceptional early career researchers in the mathematical sciences” to gain “experience, independence and new connections on their way to a successful academic career”. In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speaks to Dr Luke Davis to learn about his journey through mathematics so far, and to find out what being awarded this Fellowship – which involves spending six months on the INI resear... | 18m 53s | ||||||
| 4/24/24 |  #59 Meeting the three mathematics medalists from the STEM for Britain awards 2024 | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel is joined by three guests: Daniel Gardham (Surrey), Katherine Benjamin (Oxford), and Francisco de Melo Virissimo (LSE), all of whom won medals as podium finishers at the 2024 STEM for Britain awards at the UK parliament in March. The conversation covers their success in the highly competitive poster exhibition, how it felt to present their mathematical research to politicians and the public, and what the future holds for each of them... | 32m 58s | ||||||
| 3/15/24 |  “Meet the…Simons Postdoctoral Fellows” mini series #11 Dr S. J. Kole | Send us Fan Mail Now in its third year, the INI Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mathematics scheme enables “exceptional early career researchers in the mathematical sciences” to gain “experience, independence and new connections on their way to a successful academic career”. In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speak to Dr Swapnil Jaideo (SJ) Kole to learn about her journey through mathematics so far, and to find out what being awarded this Fellowship – which involves spending three m... | 8m 13s | ||||||
| 3/7/24 |  #58 Linking Cambridge with Africa: how to co-host an international research workshop | Send us Fan Mail From 8-12 January 2024, the "Equivariant methods in geometry" took place in INI's main seminar room in Cambridge, UK. So far, so routine procedure. However, this workshop had the unique twist of being run in parallel with a team at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Linked by audio-visual streaming connections, the two events were remotely connected and operated as one throughout the week. Following successful interactions across continents (on top of the usual co... | 22m 22s | ||||||
| 2/14/24 |  #57 Cambridge Festival | Prof Ben Allanach previews his talk: "The Force Awakens: Quantum Collisions" | Send us Fan Mail In this short episode, Dan Aspel speaks to Professor Ben Allanach (Cambridge, CERN) about his talk "The Force Awakens: Quantum Collisions" which he'll be delivering in INI's main seminar room for this year's Cambridge Festival. Taking place on Saturday 23 March at 11:00, the talk is in fact now sold out. However, if you'd like to join the waiting list for any cancelled tickets you can do so here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-force-awakens-quantum-collisions-tickets-81... | 9m 59s | ||||||
| 1/30/24 |  #56 Voices from Ukraine: Olena Domanska of the Solidarity for Mathematicians programme | Send us Fan Mail Episode published 30/01/24 In February 2022, Olena Domanska and her family left their home in Ukraine. The ongoing Russian invasion has meant that they are yet to return to the world they left behind. However, through her engagement with INI's Solidarity for mathematicians programme, she and her family are currently based near the University of Manchester where she is continuing her work on neural networks "at the intercept of artificial intelligence and differenti... | 19m 44s | ||||||
| 11/20/23 |  “Meet the…Simons Postdoctoral Fellows” mini series #10 Dr Samuel Stark | Send us Fan Mail Episode published: 20/11/23 Thanks to the generous support of the Simons Foundation, the INI-Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mathematics is now in its second year of enabling “exceptional early career researchers in the mathematical sciences” to gain “experience, independence and new connections on their way to a successful academic career”. In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speak to Dr Samuel Stark to learn about his journey through mathematics so f... | 4m 40s | ||||||
| 10/10/23 |  “Meet the…Simons Postdoctoral Fellows” mini series #9 Dr Zhao-He Watse Sybesma | Send us Fan Mail Episode published: 10/10/23 Thanks to the generous support of the Simons Foundation, the INI-Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mathematics is now in its second year of enabling “exceptional early career researchers in the mathematical sciences” to gain “experience, independence and new connections on their way to a successful academic career”. In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speak to Dr Zhao-He Watse Sybesma to learn about his journey through mathemati... | 10m 30s | ||||||
| 10/9/23 |  “Meet the…Simons Postdoctoral Fellows” mini series #8 Dr Paul Pruzina | Send us Fan Mail Episode published: 09/10/23 Thanks to the generous support of the Simons Foundation, the INI-Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mathematics is now in its second year of enabling “exceptional early career researchers in the mathematical sciences” to gain “experience, independence and new connections on their way to a successful academic career”. In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speak to Dr Paul Pruzina to learn about his journey through mathematics so far... | 5m 29s | ||||||
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17 placements across 16 markets.
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17 placements across 16 markets.