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“It is cheaper to pay mathematicians and computer scientists to design algorithms that will eliminate webspamming, rather than to pay lawyers to do lawsuits.”

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Jennifer Tour Chayes

Jennifer Tour Chayes is an accomplished mathematician currently serving as a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Washington. Her research interests lie in combinatorial mathematics, graph theory, and computational complexity theory. Chayes has made significant contributions to the field of theoretical computer science and is highly regarded in the academic community. more

“I described to my patent lawyer our new algorithm-that I was hoping to patent- about detecting clustering, that involved three probabilities α , β, γ that add-up to 1, and mentioned that it is like "a three-sided coin". A few days later he came up with a patent application for a "three-sided-coin".”

Science Three Involved Mathematics Add Lawyer Application Probability Coins Patents Algorithms

Author:Jennifer Tour Chayes

“I don't know whether guys are more promiscuous or just bigger liars.”

Knows Science Guy Bigger Mathematics Liars Promiscuous

Author:Jennifer Tour Chayes

“Always try to innovate. If you lose your old fitness, you lose out to Bose-Einstein condensation. I am sure that companies that go under would feel better if they knew that they were victims of Bose-Einstein condensation.”

Ifs Feels Trying Science Loses Company Mathematics Victim Feel Better Condensation

Author:Jennifer Tour Chayes

“My work on prime gaps lead to lots of media coverage, some good, some bad, some ugly, and some merely ridiculous. For example, a reporter of our university newspaper, who admitted that he is still learning English, wrote that "Prof. Goldston solved one of the most controversial problems in the prime number theory last month with support from his Turkish partner."”