What's a Random Number? (ft. Peva Blanchard)

Random numbers play a central role in today's cryptography, and thus in our everyday world, as they guarantee the security of financial transactions and private Facebook or Google accounts. But are they random? What's a random number? Turns out, these are fascinating mathematical questions.

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This video features Peva Blanchard, a postdoctoral researcher in IC School at EPFL:   / peva-blanchard-aa288324  
This video was made possible thanks to the support of the IC School at EPFL: http://ic.epfl.ch/

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