Thursday, October 1, 2015

BBC show on algorithms and kidney exchange (tv documentary)

David Manlove writes from Scotland:

"BBC4 have just shown a documentary on algorithms, which featured the Gale-Shapley algorithm and kidney exchange in the UK.  In particular, it shows an excerpt of you and Lloyd Shapley receiving the Nobel Prize.

The programme was shown on 24 September – see http://www.bbc.co.uk/algorithms.  Viewers outside the UK probably cannot watch the footage, but I noticed that someone has posted the programme on YouTube.  It can currently be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itvwa85YkEg.  The stable marriage part starts at 20:50 and the kidney exchange part follows (from 25:40).  You and Lloyd Shapley are shown at 21:35.

In general I reckon they did a great job of making a complex subject accessible - and I thought that Marcus du Sautoy in particular was very engaging.”
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 David's work on kidney exchange in the UK is featured in the video, which you can also see below


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2 comments:

  1. CDOctober 1, 2015 at 7:38 AM

    Hi Dr. Roth,

    Enjoyed reading your book. Just saw this news which reminded me of the dating site part:

    http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/10/01/tinder-takes-the-super-like-worldwide/

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  2. Al RothOctober 1, 2015 at 5:27 PM

    Nice--signals on Tinder...

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