Who is Eva Vertes?

Posted on August 11, 2007 by | 6 Comments

I have linked to and posted pictures of Eva Vertes from SciFoo before and you may ask: “Who is she? Why was she invited there?” The Wikipedia page I linked to earlier is a short stub and full of errors. So, to make it clear, see this page as well as comments on this talk she gave two years ago when she was 17:

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6 responses to “Who is Eva Vertes?”

  1. Mario Pineda-Krch | August 11, 2007 at 4:38 pm |

    Was this talk actually filmed at SciFoo? Either way, great and fascinating talk…, and it’s prob an undergrad! Very impressive.

  2. coturnix | August 11, 2007 at 5:17 pm |

    Nope, this is two years old. She was in high school!

  3. Tanja Sova | August 11, 2007 at 6:03 pm |

    WOW! Thanks for this one! Very inspirational young lady!

  4. Ex Patriot | August 12, 2007 at 2:27 am |

    Fantastic talk, from a young lady who is going to go far and do some great things for mankind. I hope we have many more like her coming up in the furture

  5. Richard Akerman | August 12, 2007 at 6:19 pm |

    Your math is off. She was 19 when she gave this talk two years ago.

  6. coturnix | August 12, 2007 at 10:03 pm |

    More bad info than bad math, really. Thank you for the correction.