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Programming with Categories (Online Book Draft) [pdf]

Posted by 909832 on Thursday September 24, 2020 @02:04PM
from the brendanfong.com dept.

http://brendanfong.com/programmingcats_files/cats4progs-DRAFT.pdf

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The prestige and status of research fields within mathematics

Posted by 909832 on Monday September 21, 2020 @02:15PM
from the arxiv.org dept.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.13244

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Amazon Scholar John Preskill on the AWS quantum computing effort

Posted by 909832 on Thursday September 10, 2020 @03:15PM
from the amazon.science dept.

https://www.amazon.science/blog/amazon-scholar-john-preskill-on-the-aws-quantum-computing-effort

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Topology from the Perspective of Category Theory

Posted by 909832 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @12:02PM
from the topology.mitpress.mit.edu dept.

https://topology.mitpress.mit.edu/

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Signals and Threads, a new podcast from Jane Street

Posted by 909832 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @02:07PM
from the blog.janestreet.com dept.

https://blog.janestreet.com/announcing-signals-and-threads-index/

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Re:What the interns have wrought, 2020 edition on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:52AM (#24272590)

Does Jane Street and similar firms hire Math or CS PhDs with backgrounds in theory?

Re:Graphical Linear Algebra on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:52PM (#24201031)

ZX-calculus is a rigorous graphical language that has applications in quantum circuits.

Re:Graphical Linear Algebra on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:46PM (#24200942)

Here are some other applications. Look at: http://zxcalculus.com/ & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC-KVdB8pf0

Re:Kindergarten Quantum Mechanics on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:26AM (#24158354)

Category theory has found application in quantum theory: http://zxcalculus.com/

Re:Google's top quantum scientist explains why he resigned on Friday May 01, 2020 @08:56AM (#23041507)

Do interviews tend to include system design, if the applicant doesn't have industry experience?

Been curious about this too: do FAANG companies hire, say, professors with strong research records, but poor coding skills? I always wondered if everyone on these sort of team were all solid coders, or if there were people there that are exceptions.

Based on your experience do FAANG companies tend to be invested in basic research, or more product focused research?

Re:Google's top quantum scientist explains why he resigned on Friday May 01, 2020 @08:35AM (#23041357)

Can anyone describe what the research scientist interviews are like in a FAANG company? How are they similar or different than the SWE interviews?

Re:MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @06:52AM (#22544687)

You may be interested in Paul Tough’s “The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us”. Tough makes similar points like this throughout the book.

Re:MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:23PM (#22540472)

Some data on the economic background of MIT students: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobilit...