How Does Google Google? The Math Behind the Internet
- Date: 01/17/2013
Speaker(s):
Margot Gerritsen, Stanford
Location:
University of Calgary
Topic:
We all Google. You may even have found this talk by Googling. What you
may not know is that behind the Google’s and other search engines is
beautiful and elegant mathematics. In this talk, I will try to explain
the workings of page ranking and search engines using only rusty
calculus.
This lecture is available on mathtube.org.
Schedule:
Science B Room 103
Other Information:
This is part of the Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 initiative.
