Interview at CIRM : Maria Chudnovsky

Maria Chudnovsky is a professor in the department of mathematics at Princeton University. She grew up in Russia and Israel, studying at the Technion and received her Ph.D. in 2003 from Princeton under the supervision of Paul Seymour. She moved to Columbia after being a Clay Mathematics Institute research fellow and assistant professor at Princeton. Chudnovsky's contributions to graph theory include the proof of the strong perfect graph theorem with Robertson, Seymour and Thomas characterizing perfect graphs as being exactly the graphs with no odd induced cycles of length at least 5 or their complements. Other research contributions of Chudnovsky include co-authorship of the first polynomial time algorithm for recognizing perfect graphs and of a structural characterization of the claw-free graphs.

Interview : Stéphanie VAREILLES

[orinpemulus]

I don't know how to explain it, but something about her explanation about the process of discovery was profound to me. Maybe it's the look in her eyes that say "worth it".

[snt_gulab]

I've seen her first in that NOVA documentary on mathematics. And then I saw her again when I searched for prominent female mathematicians. It's nice to have a prominent female mathematician role model as a girl who plans on pursuing mathematics.

[j.pesquera]

She's very accomplished and brilliant and I'm not taking away from that but I find her incredibly beautiful, it makes me even that more immersed into what she has to say. I find listening and learning from her even better because of her beauty

[michaelgolec]

Maria Chudnovsky is beautiful & brilliant.. she's a perfect combination! ❤

[bhartendu_kumar]

It’s so great, that she could really define her feelings working on problems. Want to attend the lectures!

[gregg]

"The food is good." Lol, mathematicians are humans too, I guess.

[roger]

The bio ended at about 1:14 .. about the exact time I finished reading. I have the Perfect speed I guess!

[queky]

Maria you are such an inspiration and a role model. This is why Math is my favorite thing ever!

[leif]

How can she work day after day for years or even months on the same problem? Doesnt she get bored and distracted and depressed and want to do something else?

[hameddastangoo]

"...study mathematics requires the least spoken human language". That was interesting justification to read mathematics!

[TheFuktastic]

Maria is a beautiful woman. Always nice and smiley.

[Lewis]

You are brilliant Dr. Chudnovsky, and I assume you never have problems doing your taxes either. Lol
Lewis Hales, M.A., M.A/CEO

[aiseop]

background music is stolen from a Bollywood song called tera

[mathstoinfinityclassinTamizhla]

I was explaining the same graph coloring example to my boyfriend before watching this video 😒

[SG-kjuy]

Ah, i don’t understand her example because I have no friends.

[catsaresocute]

Hmmm YouTube be both understanding me and also not understanding I am very stupid

[oxcrzoz]

god proof formula sn=n/3[3a+(n^2_1)2d] mf mohamed mathani mba

[stearin]

A have a theorem to prove: if you are russian jew than you are mathematician.

[ramankumar-rlrl]

dear sister you should live in india .indians likes mathematicians women