The Art and Science of Mathematical Modeling
This speech was especially interesting to me because I am considering going into the ACME program, so it was great to hear about a lot of the things this program teaches. I really loved how he was able to to talk about how mathematical modeling can fit into so many different fields: economics, finance, physics, speech, etc.
It was really interesting how he talked about how even something like who survived the Titanic can be modeled. The differences between black-box, grey-box, and white-box modeling was a little difficult to grasp, but I love how there are so many applications to this subject. He made it really applicable when talking about how our human balance is just like a mathematical model, where we make small tweaks to keep us from tipping over.
My favorite quote from the talk: "All models are wrong, some are useful" =)
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