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24 In 2012, the Klaus Tschira Stiftung tackled a new challenge by organizing the Heidelberg Laureate Forum. In hosting the event, the Klaus Tschira Stiftung boosted its activities in promoting the disciplines of mathematics and computer sci- ence. The Foundation established the HLF to reach out to highly talented computer scientists and mathe- maticians from all over the world. The outstand- ing scientists from both disciplines, their bodies of research and their accomplishments for our modern, technolo- gy-based society are pre- sented and talked about. This new project that is the HLF raises the bar. For the goal is to increase awareness for the two disciplines that are gene- rally considered to be abstract and peculiar. Moreover, the objective is to establish the HLF as a recurring event with a new format in the two scientific communities. About the Forum In the HLF, the Foundation focuses on the two academic disciplines mathematics and computer science and the researchers who work in them; these disciplines have had little publicity in the public eye thus far. How many of us are aware that computer science and mathematics are revolutionizing our society faster than any other field? Computer scientists and mathe- maticians are considered to be solitary and grumpy hermits who focus on numbers. “Mathe- matics is so valuable precisely be- cause there are so many enormous- ly difficult problems to be solved, the Himalayas of mathematics,” says Alain Connes, French mathe- matician and winner of the Fields Medal. “Once we reach this summit, we’ll have a fantastic view.” Connes is, of course, talking about the unsolved millennium problems in mathematics published in 2000 by the Clay Mathematics Institute, yet it is easy to see how omnipotent the oldest sci- ence in the world is. It has joined forces with one of the youngest scientific disciplines, computer “The book of nature is written in mathematical characters.“ Galileo Galilei Within Two Disciplines