Lakshmi Chandrasekaran
@lakshmic.bsky.social
Freelance science writer covering technology, math, computer science- https://lakshmichandrasekaran.contently.com/. Words in @quantamagazine.bsky.social, @sciencenews.bsky.social & others.
Blog: https://scieye.wordpress.com/
Blog: https://scieye.wordpress.com/
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When a perigee and full moon collide, this bold, beautiful lunar event can rise. This week’s word is supermoon. https://www.snexplores.org/article/scientists-say-supermoon-definition-pronunciation
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
When a perigee and full moon collide, this bold, beautiful lunar event can rise. This week’s word is supermoon. https://www.snexplores.org/article/scientists-say-supermoon-definition-pronunciation
My latest blog covers how scientists Ewin Tang, John Wright and colleagues derived inspiration from studies in #linguistics to estimate #quantum states: scieye.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/f...
Thanks to @simonsinstitute.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk to researchers about this exciting work!
Thanks to @simonsinstitute.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk to researchers about this exciting work!
From Butterflies and Shakespeare to Estimating Quantum States
It is expected that any complex calculation performed on an error-prone quantum computer will result in an output in the form of a random quantum state. This random state itself is a probabilistic …
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November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My latest blog covers how scientists Ewin Tang, John Wright and colleagues derived inspiration from studies in #linguistics to estimate #quantum states: scieye.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/f...
Thanks to @simonsinstitute.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk to researchers about this exciting work!
Thanks to @simonsinstitute.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk to researchers about this exciting work!
It was a pleasure chatting with Yael and Daniele about several developments in #cryptography! Thank you @simonsinstitute.bsky.social for this opportunity!
In this episode of Polylogues, @lakshmic.bsky.social sits down Yael Tauman Kalai and Daniele Micciancio to discuss developments in lattices and FHE, the gap between theory and practice, and the unique culture of crypto as a field.
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Yael Tauman Kalai & Daniele Micciancio | Polylogues
YouTube video by Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
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October 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It was a pleasure chatting with Yael and Daniele about several developments in #cryptography! Thank you @simonsinstitute.bsky.social for this opportunity!
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John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre microscopic quantum effects can infiltrate our large-scale, everyday world
This Year’s Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to Three Scientists for Work in Quantum Mechanics
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre microscopic quantum effects can infiltrate our large-scale, everyday world
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October 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre microscopic quantum effects can infiltrate our large-scale, everyday world
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1/2 How can one make sense of dolphin vocalizations and behavior? First, "use machine learning to rediscover human words by just watching unlabeled videos of people talking about things," said @mit.edu's Mark Hamilton, speaking at the Simons Institute. Video: simons.berkeley.edu/talks/mark-h...
September 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
1/2 How can one make sense of dolphin vocalizations and behavior? First, "use machine learning to rediscover human words by just watching unlabeled videos of people talking about things," said @mit.edu's Mark Hamilton, speaking at the Simons Institute. Video: simons.berkeley.edu/talks/mark-h...
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1/2 While in Hawaii during the pandemic, Markus Freitag realized he should take whale language translation seriously. "I really fell in love with whales. You could just lay in the water and you could hear them singing," he said at the Simons Institute. Video: simons.berkeley.edu/talks/markus...
September 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
1/2 While in Hawaii during the pandemic, Markus Freitag realized he should take whale language translation seriously. "I really fell in love with whales. You could just lay in the water and you could hear them singing," he said at the Simons Institute. Video: simons.berkeley.edu/talks/markus...
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I had fun speaking today at the Quantum World Congress panel on Demystifying Quantum: How to Communicate Cutting Edge Science to Diverse Audiences. Alongside the fantastic moderator @csrday.bsky.social and esteemed panelists @nicoleyh11.bsky.social and Ben Stein #QWC2025
September 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I had fun speaking today at the Quantum World Congress panel on Demystifying Quantum: How to Communicate Cutting Edge Science to Diverse Audiences. Alongside the fantastic moderator @csrday.bsky.social and esteemed panelists @nicoleyh11.bsky.social and Ben Stein #QWC2025
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Early-bird reg. discount for ScienceWriters2025, the annual conference for science journalists and science writers, ends next Weds (Oct 1). I plan to attend SciWri, as usual. It's always great. Let's all attend to re-energize, learn, make job connex & hang out in Chicago. sciencewriters2025.org
Welcome - ScienceWriters2025
ScienceWriters is an annual conference for professionals and students who produce material about science, health, engineering, and technology for the public.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Early-bird reg. discount for ScienceWriters2025, the annual conference for science journalists and science writers, ends next Weds (Oct 1). I plan to attend SciWri, as usual. It's always great. Let's all attend to re-energize, learn, make job connex & hang out in Chicago. sciencewriters2025.org
I was intrigued to find out what are "Mechanical #quantum memories" & listened to this latest episode @newquantumera.com! It was fun & I enjoyed learning about how to extend a quantum state of a #qubit!
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The New Quantum Era - innovation in quantum computing, science and technology: Mechanical Quantum Memories with Mohammad Mirhosseini. Have a listen:
Mechanical Quantum Memories with Mohammad Mirhosseini
Assistant Professor Mohammad Mirhosseini (Caltech EE/APh) explains how...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I was intrigued to find out what are "Mechanical #quantum memories" & listened to this latest episode @newquantumera.com! It was fun & I enjoyed learning about how to extend a quantum state of a #qubit!
Here's my latest blog alert on sublinear #algorithms and #differentialprivacy in a wide-ranging conversation with @ccanonne.github.io!
scieye.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/e...
#randomness #BigData #SciComm @simonsinstitute.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au
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#randomness #BigData #SciComm @simonsinstitute.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au
Exploring algorithms and privacy in big data with clément canonne
In this age of identity theft and privacy invasion, could you order a bowl of chips online, without giving away your mother’s maiden name? Gathered in a local pub in Sydney, computer scientist Clém…
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September 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Here's my latest blog alert on sublinear #algorithms and #differentialprivacy in a wide-ranging conversation with @ccanonne.github.io!
scieye.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/e...
#randomness #BigData #SciComm @simonsinstitute.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au
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#randomness #BigData #SciComm @simonsinstitute.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au
Thank you @simonsinstitute.bsky.social! I enjoyed this conversation with Moni!
#cryptography #AI #encryption #complexity
#cryptography #AI #encryption #complexity
In this episode of Polylogues, @lakshmic.bsky.social sits down with Moni Naor for a wide-ranging discussion of Naor’s path in the field, intersections of cryptography and complexity, the cryptographic technology behind CAPTCHA, and highlights of his own research.
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Moni Naor | Polylogues
On August 1, 2025, Simons Institute Science Communicator in Residence Lakshmi Chandrasekaran sat down with Moni Naor, one of the participants in this summer’s research program on cryptography, for a wide-ranging discussion of Naor’s path in the field, intersections of cryptography and complexity, the cryptographic technology behind CAPTCHA, and highlights of his own research.
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September 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Thank you @simonsinstitute.bsky.social! I enjoyed this conversation with Moni!
#cryptography #AI #encryption #complexity
#cryptography #AI #encryption #complexity
We are happy to feature Mihyun's story today! Please check it out to learn about Mihyun's #math journey and her research that spans interdisciplinary fields #Combinatorics #StatisticalPhysics #NetworkScience and others!
“Although maths may appear too abstract (…), everybody has been exposed to (…) digital security or artificial intelligence, which (…) rely (…) in mathematics. I (…) believe that maths is invaluable to our society (…).” - Mihyun Kang
➡️ hermathsstory.eu/mihyun-kang/
@randomstructures.bsky.social
➡️ hermathsstory.eu/mihyun-kang/
@randomstructures.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We are happy to feature Mihyun's story today! Please check it out to learn about Mihyun's #math journey and her research that spans interdisciplinary fields #Combinatorics #StatisticalPhysics #NetworkScience and others!
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🎉 We’re back! After a refreshing summer break, Her Maths Story is returning with more powerful and personal insights into the lives of women in mathematics. (1/5)
#HerMathsStory #WomenInMaths #MathsInTheWorld #WomenInSTEM #STEMStories #InspiringWomen
#HerMathsStory #WomenInMaths #MathsInTheWorld #WomenInSTEM #STEMStories #InspiringWomen
September 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🎉 We’re back! After a refreshing summer break, Her Maths Story is returning with more powerful and personal insights into the lives of women in mathematics. (1/5)
#HerMathsStory #WomenInMaths #MathsInTheWorld #WomenInSTEM #STEMStories #InspiringWomen
#HerMathsStory #WomenInMaths #MathsInTheWorld #WomenInSTEM #STEMStories #InspiringWomen
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Our team member and co-founder @joanagrah.bsky.social was invited to take part in a discussion round with Women in Vision Siegen. What a great initiative! 🫶 Looking forward to following your activities!
#WomeninMaths #WomeninComputerScience #WomeninVision
#WomeninMaths #WomeninComputerScience #WomeninVision
It was a great pleasure to take part in a discussion round hosted by the #WomenInVision Siegen initiative, which aims to encourage more women to study computer science & computer vision: sites.google.com/view/women-i..., to share my own experiences and talk about @hermathsstory.bsky.social. 😊
August 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Our team member and co-founder @joanagrah.bsky.social was invited to take part in a discussion round with Women in Vision Siegen. What a great initiative! 🫶 Looking forward to following your activities!
#WomeninMaths #WomeninComputerScience #WomeninVision
#WomeninMaths #WomeninComputerScience #WomeninVision
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August 27, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Enjoyed this latest episode of @newquantumera.com podcast that discussed milestones in #neutralatom systems, significance of public-private research partnerships and the next 5-year goals for #quantum systems!
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The New Quantum Era - innovation in quantum computing, science and technology: From Exascale to Quantum Advantage with Bert de Jong. Have a listen:
From Exascale to Quantum Advantage with Bert de Jong
In this episode, Sebastian Hassinger sits down with Bert de Jong, a...
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August 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Enjoyed this latest episode of @newquantumera.com podcast that discussed milestones in #neutralatom systems, significance of public-private research partnerships and the next 5-year goals for #quantum systems!
New blog alert! Here's my latest on how to locate unentanglement via an efficient #algorithm:
scieye.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/a...
Thanks to John Wright for talking to me about this work! Thank you to @simonsinstitute.bsky.social for this opportunity!
#QuantumComputing #Science #Cryptography
scieye.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/a...
Thanks to John Wright for talking to me about this work! Thank you to @simonsinstitute.bsky.social for this opportunity!
#QuantumComputing #Science #Cryptography
Algorithmically untangling evidence of quantum entanglement
Entanglement is a complex, yet fundamental property of quantum mechanics where the fate of particles are intertwined with each other irrespective of the distance separating them. This quantum pheno…
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August 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New blog alert! Here's my latest on how to locate unentanglement via an efficient #algorithm:
scieye.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/a...
Thanks to John Wright for talking to me about this work! Thank you to @simonsinstitute.bsky.social for this opportunity!
#QuantumComputing #Science #Cryptography
scieye.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/a...
Thanks to John Wright for talking to me about this work! Thank you to @simonsinstitute.bsky.social for this opportunity!
#QuantumComputing #Science #Cryptography
How #machinelearning could help #astronomers better understand the universe, in my latest for @astronomymag.bsky.social - www.astronomy.com/science/coul...
#cosmology
#cosmology
Could AI help us better understand the universe?
Machine learning can help tighten constraints on the overarchingFor almost as long as humans have existed, we have been trying to make sense of the cosmos. What started as philosophical musing has, fo...
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June 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
How #machinelearning could help #astronomers better understand the universe, in my latest for @astronomymag.bsky.social - www.astronomy.com/science/coul...
#cosmology
#cosmology
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If you work in any #scicomm field, you probably rely on the invaluable resources of @theopennotebook.bsky.social. But they can only stay free and open if those who rely on TON support it. Please give now, today, to support tools to enable evidence-based journalism. 🙏
June 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you work in any #scicomm field, you probably rely on the invaluable resources of @theopennotebook.bsky.social. But they can only stay free and open if those who rely on TON support it. Please give now, today, to support tools to enable evidence-based journalism. 🙏
I’m excited to attend the upcoming #obfuscation workshop at the @simonsinstitute.bsky.social
as the Science Communicator in Residence! simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/ob...
Look forward to meeting the experts & learning about advances in obfuscation #quantumcryptography & #theoreticalcomputerscience
as the Science Communicator in Residence! simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/ob...
Look forward to meeting the experts & learning about advances in obfuscation #quantumcryptography & #theoreticalcomputerscience
Obfuscation
Obfuscation is an immensely powerful tool that enables us to construct essentially any other cryptographic primitive one can dream of. This workshop will focus on recent progress in obfuscation, inclu...
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June 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I’m excited to attend the upcoming #obfuscation workshop at the @simonsinstitute.bsky.social
as the Science Communicator in Residence! simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/ob...
Look forward to meeting the experts & learning about advances in obfuscation #quantumcryptography & #theoreticalcomputerscience
as the Science Communicator in Residence! simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/ob...
Look forward to meeting the experts & learning about advances in obfuscation #quantumcryptography & #theoreticalcomputerscience
Harnessing factorization – beyond its use to crack #encryption - to evaluate the power of a #quantumcomputer. My latest blog: scieye.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/b...
Many thanks to Seyoon Ragavan for chatting with me about the topic & his work!
Many thanks to Seyoon Ragavan for chatting with me about the topic & his work!
Beyond cryptography: the use of factorization to evaluate the power of a quantum computer
Last year at a cryptography conference in the University of California, Santa Barbara, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, a computer scientist from MIT gave a talk on the hardness of factoring integers in the f…
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June 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Harnessing factorization – beyond its use to crack #encryption - to evaluate the power of a #quantumcomputer. My latest blog: scieye.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/b...
Many thanks to Seyoon Ragavan for chatting with me about the topic & his work!
Many thanks to Seyoon Ragavan for chatting with me about the topic & his work!
In my latest for SIAM news, I enjoyed writing about how a #math model offers insights into what makes populations conform or disagree with crowd behavior - www.siam.org/publications...
#socialnetwork, #evolution
#socialnetwork, #evolution
Mathematical Framework Explains Evolutionary Dynamics of Behavior | SIAM
An enhanced mathematical framework enables a nuanced exploration of the spread of cultural phenomena—like traits and beliefs—within a population.
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June 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
In my latest for SIAM news, I enjoyed writing about how a #math model offers insights into what makes populations conform or disagree with crowd behavior - www.siam.org/publications...
#socialnetwork, #evolution
#socialnetwork, #evolution
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We welcomed a merry band of cryptographers to the Institute this week!
Check out their boot camp, now underway — with a focus on obfuscation, proof systems, and secure computation. Register to view the livestream or gain early access to recordings.
simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/cr...
Check out their boot camp, now underway — with a focus on obfuscation, proof systems, and secure computation. Register to view the livestream or gain early access to recordings.
simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/cr...
May 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
We welcomed a merry band of cryptographers to the Institute this week!
Check out their boot camp, now underway — with a focus on obfuscation, proof systems, and secure computation. Register to view the livestream or gain early access to recordings.
simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/cr...
Check out their boot camp, now underway — with a focus on obfuscation, proof systems, and secure computation. Register to view the livestream or gain early access to recordings.
simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/cr...
Very excited to share @laura-lewis.bsky.social #math journey on @hermathsstory.bsky.social! Check out her story, where she highlights how her love of #math has led to her career path in #QuantumInformation
hermathsstory.eu/laura-lewis/
#TheoreticalComputerScience, #WomenInQuantum
hermathsstory.eu/laura-lewis/
#TheoreticalComputerScience, #WomenInQuantum
Laura Lewis
Born in China • Studied mathematics and computer science at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in USA • Master’s in mathematics from University of Cambridge in UK • Lives in USA • Quantum in...
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May 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Very excited to share @laura-lewis.bsky.social #math journey on @hermathsstory.bsky.social! Check out her story, where she highlights how her love of #math has led to her career path in #QuantumInformation
hermathsstory.eu/laura-lewis/
#TheoreticalComputerScience, #WomenInQuantum
hermathsstory.eu/laura-lewis/
#TheoreticalComputerScience, #WomenInQuantum
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Happy Women in Maths Day! 🥳 🎊 🙌 Today we celebrate all the incredible women like Maryam Mirzakhani that paved the way for new generations and everyone who supports women in maths today! #womeninmaths #womeninstem #celebratewomen #mathsisbeautiful #womeninscience #hermathsstory 1/7
May 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy Women in Maths Day! 🥳 🎊 🙌 Today we celebrate all the incredible women like Maryam Mirzakhani that paved the way for new generations and everyone who supports women in maths today! #womeninmaths #womeninstem #celebratewomen #mathsisbeautiful #womeninscience #hermathsstory 1/7