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Listen "ep14 - Cleve Moler: Numerical Analyst, First MATLAB Programmer, and MathWorks Co-Founder"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, we chat with Cleve Moler, a pioneer in numerical mathematics, creator of MATLAB and co-founder of MathWorks. We cover the birth of MATLAB, along with captivating stories about the origin of the iconic MathWorks logo, the enigmatic "why" command, the concept of "embarrassingly parallel computations," and the mysterious Pentium bug, among other. Outline00:00 - Intro 05:23 - Advice to students 05:45 - Caltech & J. Todd 07:07 - Stanford & G. Forsythe08:27 - The MathWorks logo 11:50 - ETH Zürich & Stiefel16:51 - Householder meetings 19:48 - LINPACK & EISPACK projects 26:10 - The birth of MATLAB 29:42 - Stanford course and the founding of Mathworks 38:40 - Embarrassingly parallel computing39:54 - The pentium bug 43:58 - SIAM and matrix exponentials47:19 - Future of mathematics51:36 - OutroLinksCleve’s corner - https://blogs.mathworks.com/cleve/Mathworks - https://mathworks.com/ History of Matlab - https://tinyurl.com/3dupkb7wDatatron computer - https://tinyurl.com/4kmcw95rJ. Todd - https://tinyurl.com/2s432wzcG. Forsythe - https://tinyurl.com/5583cfwxMathWorks logo - https://tinyurl.com/yc4th7sk E. Stiefel - https://tinyurl.com/ys4r2h96 J. Wilkinson - https://tinyurl.com/ye23bkdc LINPACK - https://tinyurl.com/39d7rwxk Computer solutions of linear algebraic systems - https://tinyurl.com/h9z7s342 Argonne Labs - https://www.anl.gov/ J. Dongarra - https://tinyurl.com/juzrw6y6 Embarrassingly parallel - https://tinyurl.com/yck38a4yPentium bug - https://tinyurl.com/4k7dt76p 19 dubious ways to compute the exponential of a matrix - https://tinyurl.com/yeyjy2bw Perron-Frobenius theorem - https://tinyurl.com/fa59dv32 O. Taussky - https://tinyurl.com/yckeSupport the showPodcast infoPodcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85jSpotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3cRSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4yYoutube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolPInstagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4Acknowledgments and sponsorsThis episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.
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