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#150 - Francisco Hernandez: Algebraic Geometry, Non-Convex Optimisation

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#149 - Robert Ghrist: Applied Algebraic Topology, Cohomology For Homotopy, Sheaf Neural Networks, Lattice Theory

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#148 - Zach Adams: The Hidden Power Of Algebraic Combinatorics

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#147 - Aryeh Kontorovich: Rigorous Probability And Statistics, Game Theory, Lean Prover

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#146 - Thomas Britz: How Combinatorics Unlocks New Perspectives To Problem Solving

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#145 - Jack Mayo: Machine Learning Theory, Multi-Armed Bandit RL, Adaptive Learning

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#144 - Donato Quiccione: Algebraic Topology, Topological Data Analysis For MRIs, Category Theory

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#143 - Colin Roberts: Differential Algebraic Topology, Sheaf Theory, Combinatorics, Cohomology

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#142 - Grant Stenger: Hyperbolic Graph Embeddings For A* Shortest Path, Game Theory, Discrete Math

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#141 - Kristaps Balodis: Sheaf Theory, Algebraic Topology, Geometry

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#140 - Chris Rock: DEFCON Mercenary Hacker For Govs And CEOs, Digital Forensics, Zero Day Marketplace

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#139 - Mark Worrall: Self Studying Math, Quant Finance Statistics, ML/AI, Edtech Startups

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#138 - Chris Sutherland: Learn Quantum Physics Without School, Creating Infntysci, Automating Math Education

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#137 - Justin Skycak: Learning Math Is Hard, Proof Writing, Which Order To Learn Math

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#136 - Lida Kanari: Algebraic Topology To Map Out Neocortex Neurons, Leading Blue Brain Computational Neuroscience

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#135 - Abhimanyu Nag: Markov Chains, Complex Dynamical Systems, Chaos Theory

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#134 - James Shakarji: Orderbook Game Theory, Stochastic Calculus, Itos Lemma, Markov Chains

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#133 - Marco Francischello: Stochastic Analysis, Financial Math, The Importance Of Math Intuition

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#132 - Baran Cimen: Ensemble Financial Machine Learning, Combining Market Effects, Statistical Mechanics

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#131 - Nicole Königstein: Head Of Quantmate AI Explains Breaking Into Financial Machine Learning

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#130 - 0xcacti: Set Theory, Incompleteness Theorem, Options MEV, Convex Optimisaiton

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#129 - Colin Roberts: Clifford Analysis, Topology vs Geometry, Non-Euclidean Geometry

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#128 - Aryeh Kontorovich: Witnessing Discoveries At Bell Labs, Markov Chains, NLP, Proving Theorems Form Scratch

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#127 - DeepThrill - Evolutionary Algorithms, AI Mutations, Medical Computer Vision To Find Cancer

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#126 - MevQuant: Stochastic Calculus, Measure Theory, Itos Lemma, Discretisation

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#125 - Nick Spizzirri - Reverse Engineering Math w/ Stochastic Differental Equations

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#124 - David Yenicelik - The AI Search Space Problem, NLP, Semantic Meaning

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#123 - Degeneral: Proving A 4-Year Long Proof Unexpectedly, The Beauty Behind Pure Math

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#122 - Tom Burns: Digital Neurosience, Fully Autonomous Agents, AI Safety + Control

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#121 - Everado Olide: Building Batteries From Scratch, Material Science, Differential Equations

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#120 - Iolo Jones: Riemannian Diffusion Geometry, Geometric Data Analysis, Markov Chains

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#119 - Alisa Wu: Selling An AI-Tutor Bootstrapped Startup At 21, B2C to B2B, Fractal Math

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#118 - Leo Fan: ML Cryptography, Designing ZKProof Hardware, Building A Hardware Company

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#117 - Pablo Sabbatella: Tracking Crypto Blackhats Hackers, Wallet Drainers, Rugpulling

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#116 - Justin Skycak: Essential Math For Machine Learning, Math Intuition + Creativity, Proof Vs Computation

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#115 - Jason Roberts: The Fastest Way To Learn Math Up To Machine Learning In History

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#114 - Bastian Grossenbacher-Rieck: Topological Machine Learning + Topological Data Analysis Professor

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#113 - Jonathan Whitmore: Ad Auction Game Theory, Astrophysics, Learning Math Effectively

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#112 - Jeffrey Scholz: Computatial Complexy + Optimization Theory, Math After University, Zero Knowledge Proofs

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#111 - Ruben du Burck: Understanding Math, Agebraic Geometry, Category Theory

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#110 - GoKanni: Chaotic Signal Processing, Weather Forecasting ML, Information Theory

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#109 - Noah Silverman: Complex System Statistical Modeling, Decisions Under Uncertainty, Probabilities Of Probabilities

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#108 - Dan Palombi: Applied Topos, Category, Synthetic Domain, Type Theory, Multi-Agent Game Theory, Compsci Mathematician

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#107 - Justin Skycak: Proof Writing, Discovering Math, Expert Systems, Learning Math Like A Language

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#106 - MevQuant: Stochastic Differential Equations, HFT/MEV Machine Learning, Algebraic Topology

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#105 - Crisp Heaney: Co-founding Drift Protocol, Solana Defi, Delta Neutral Strategies

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#104 - Kevin Heavey: Solana MEV, Mrgn Research, Furtarchy, MangoDAO Hack

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#103 - Paul-Henry Kajfasz: Pro Footballer To Core Developer At Starknet And Polygon Miden

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#102 - Justin Skycak: Learning Mathematics Like An Athlete

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#101 - Alejandro: From Solo Auditing In College To Immunefi Triaging

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#100 - Harsh Patel: Building Solana's 1st Light Client, Tinydancer

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#99 - Kenmio: Hexen's CTO Automates Crypto Smart Contract Audits

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#98 - Kankodu: How Immunefi's Ranked #16 Whitehat Earned $1M USD

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#97 - Mikolaj: The Ramifications of MEV And Blockchain Exploits

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#96 - Dr. Nick: Physics PhD Builds AI Swarm-Based Governance Using Blockchain DAOs

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#95 - Eugene Chen: Decentralised Solana Orderbook, Programmable Liquidity, AMMs vs Orderbooks

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#94 - Murat Lite: Blockspace Options w/ MEV Commit, Atomic Bridging MEV, Game Theory

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#93 - Doug Colkitt: Ambient Finance, Dex Innovation, Hybrid Liquidity Pools

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#92 - XtremeTom: SEO, Serial Founder, Chrome Extensions, Out-streaming Ninja

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#91 - 100proof: Discovering Kyberswap Exploit, Negotiating Bug Bounties, Pre vs Post Smart Contract Auditing

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#90 - Simpdigit: Solana Validator Voting MEV + Stakeweight QOS

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#89 - Matt Solomon: Blockchain Layer 2 Infosec At Optimism, Maintaining Forge Standard Library

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#88 - Michael Moser: ChorusOne, Solana MEV Validator, Ethereum PBS Timing Games, Orderbook MEV

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#87 - Max Kaplan: Solana Validator Stake Weight QoS, Dev-Ops, Liquid Staking, Team Management

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#86 - Jeffrey Scholz: Rareskillz, How To Teach, Research and Learn Optimally, Burnout

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#85 - Greg Cusack: Solana Validator Gossip Protocol, Decentralized Networks, Gaming Gossip

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#84 - AlphaKey: Poolshark, Building An AMM, Cover Pools, Liquidity Provision

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#83 - Andrew Fitzgerald: Designing Solana Validator's 1.18 Scheduler, Transaction Games

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#82 - Nat: Static & Dynamic Analysis, Formal Verification, Trail Of Bits Auditing, Stateful Testing

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#81 - Zac Williamson: Aztec, PLONK, zkSNARKs, zkProofs, Cryptography, Provers, Schedulers, Narratives

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#80 - Seg: Solana's Jito Validator Client, Jito's Bundle Creator + Processor, MEV, 1.18 Scheduler

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#79 - ChaseTheLight: #1 Crypto Infosec Bot Racer, Static Analysis, Dynamic Analysis

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#78 - Eito Miyamura: GPU-EVM, Game-Based Reinforcement Learning, Parallel Simulations

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#77 - Joe Caulfield: Solana's Program Runtime V1 & V2, SVM, TPU, Anza's Agave Client

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#76 - HypoNyms: Mrgntrade, Solana MEV Techniques, Validator Optimization + Infosec, HFT

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#75 - 0xmons: GAN Generated NFTs, Sudoswap, Pricing NFTs w/ LPs

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#74 - Shazow: Generating UIs, OSS, Reverse Engineering, EVM Emulation, Static Analysis

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#73 - Lucas Bruder: Jito Client, Solana 1.18 Validator, MEV, Sandwiching & Spam Techniques

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#72 - CarryWorm: Solana Cybersecurity, Neodyme's Riverside, Simulating Mutated Transactions

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#71 - Gerard Persoon: Discovering 44 Critical Exploits In Web3, #6 Auditor On Code4rena

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#70 - Adrian Hetman: Day In The Life Of A Web3 Smart Contract Infosec Triager

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#69 - Mark Richardson: How BancorDAO's Lead Dev Automated Blockchain Trading Strategies

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#68 - Kustrun: MEV Searcher Team Breaking Into Block Building

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#67 - Goncalo Sa: Blockchain Cybersecurity w/ Consensys Dilligence Cofounder

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#66 - Connor: Unifying Web3's DeFi With Enso's Transaction Intent Aggregator

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#65 - Fabrizio Genovese: Perfect Blockchain Finality Validation Using Quantum One Shot Signatures

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#64 - Palina Tolmach: Smart Contract SMT Formal Verification, Symbolic Execution & Fuzzing

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#63 - ChaoFan: Fuzzing $8M Of Zero-Day Exploits; AI Fuzzing Smart Contracts

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#62 - 0xonaroll: Cross-Chain Stat Arb, Solana MEV Searching, Block Building

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#61 - Hildobby: Heuristically Finding 30B In NFT Wash Trading & MEV Strategies w/ Blockchain Data

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#60 - 0xTaker: How A Web3 Solo Searcher Discovers Long Tail MEV Strategies

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#59 - MariusVanDerWijden : Ethereum Client Fuzzing And Merkle-Patricia Trie Optimisation

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#58 - Libevm: How An Ethereum MEV Searcher Began Building Blocks As PenguinBuilder

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#57 - AlphaRush: Designing A Crypto Smart Contract Fuzzer From Scratch

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#56 - Emo.eth: Building OpenSea's Seaport Smart Contracts With Assembly

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#55 - Rand Hindi: ZamaAI Homomorphic Encryption, Genetic Engineering, Societal Deepfake AI Threat

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#54 - Jake Lee: Automatically Detecting Crypto Token Vulnerabilities w/ RugAI

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#53 - Oisín Kyne: Future-Proofing Ethereum: Exploring Distributed Validator Technology

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#52 - Techno99: Kickstarting A Crypto Cybersecurity Career At Trail Of Bits

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#51 - kassandraETH: Automating Uniswap Strategies: Providing Liquidity Has No Benefit?!