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Computer science
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0 Hall · 3 Candidates
AI & data
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Culture & media
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History & humanities
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Mathematics & science
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Work & careers
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Design & creativity
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Economics & business
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Education & learning
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1 Hall · 0 Candidates
Medicine & health
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Security & privacy
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Strongest Hall records
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The Yoda of Silicon Valley
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Sergey Brin's Resume as a Student
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Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs (1985)
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The short, tormented life of computer genius Phil Katz (2000)
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Liu Cixin's War of the Worlds (2019)
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He dropped out to become a poet – now he’s won a Fields Medal
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My dad's resume and skills from 1980
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Susan Kare designed the suite of icons that made the Macintosh revolutionary
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Where have you gone, Peter Norton? (2014)
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Science’s Pirate Queen
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The Man Who Tried to Redeem the World with Logic
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Cliff Stoll, the mad scientist who invented the art of hunting hackers
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‘It’s a superpower’: how walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier (2019)
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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Alan Kay on the Meaning of “Object-Oriented Programming” (2003)
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The Life of a Backpacker in Asia in the 1970s
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Emily Riehl is rewriting the foundations of higher category theory
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Questions for Donald Knuth
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