ep29 - Richard Bellman: The Father of Dynamic Programming

Outline
00:00 - Intro
02:42 - Early life
10:24 - WWII, Johns Hopkins, Belleville, Madison
17:17 - Princeton
20:30 - Los Alamos
24:12 - Back to Princeton
31:01 - RAND + Stanford
42:10 - Dynamic programming
46:06 - Project matterhorn
51:00 - Back to RAND
56:14 - Curse of dimensionality
1:02:41 - Divorce and remarriage
1:08:29 - Greenglass affair
1:14:21 - USC
1:18:55 - Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions
1:22:55 - Last years
1:26:08 - Outro

Links
R. Bellman: https://tinyurl.com/ydkmwexy
C. M. Bellman: https://tinyurl.com/yfbafetj
Dynamic programming: https://tinyurl.com/mtsuampr
Curse of dimensionality: https://tinyurl.com/383yads8
Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation: https://tinyurl.com/muu4ckvs
Bellman equation: https://tinyurl.com/y8bvzztm
Grönwall-Bellman inequality: https://tinyurl.com/mrwdxzd8
S. Lefschetz: https://tinyurl.com/2s39nnzv
RAND corporation: https://tinyurl.com/4bfyhp9p
Eye of the hurricane: https://tinyurl.com/bd6h84ka
G. Szegő: https://tinyurl.com/mrthmmvm
Project Matterhorn: https://tinyurl.com/5az9c3sh
D. Greenglass: https://tinyurl.com/p2kfp7cz
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions: https://tinyurl.com/3vkupdty

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This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.