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Marc Abrahams
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Marc Abrahams
Marc has a degree in applied mathematics from Harvard College, spent several years developing optical character recognition computer systems, and later founded Wisdom Simulators, which used computers to give people experience in making tough decisions. Marc is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study called “Marc Abrahams: Annals of an Improbable Entrepreneur”. Marc is the editor and co-founder of Annals of Improbable Research, and the founder and master of ceremonies of the annual Ig Nobel Prize celebration. He was formerly editor of the Journal of Irreproducible Results.
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The Ig Nobel Prize is a satiric prize awarded annually since 1991 to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research, its stated aim being to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." The name of the award is a pun on the Nobel Prize, which it parodies, and on the word ignoble. Organised by the scientific humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), the Ig Nobel Prizes are presented by Nobel laureates in a ceremony at the Sanders Theater, Harvard University, and are followed by the winners’ public lectures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Improbable Research editorial board of more than 50 distinguished scientists includes many Nobel Laureates, several Ig Nobel Prize winners, IQ record holder Marilyn Vos Savant, and a convicted felon. In this College Tour Special, Marc will hold a short talk about the world renowned Ig Nobel prizes, followed by a moderated Q&A session.