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Mathematics & AI Episode 5: Lan Pan

November 9, 2026 · 25 min

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Hosts Sadie Witkowski and Ian Martin return for this season of Carry the Two, where we are exploring the intersection of AI and mathematical research. In this episode, we are joined by researcher Lan Pan about her work on how we use LLMs to explore open-ended tasks.

Find our transcript here: Google Doc, or at imsi.institute

Make sure to check out more abou Andrew Lee's research:
https://ajyl.github.io/about

Follow more of IMSI’s work: www.IMSI.institute, (bluesky) IMSI.institute (instagram) IMSI.institute

Music by Blue Dot Sessions

The Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI) is funded by NSF grant DMS-1929348

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