Why Multi-Threaded Code Can Sometimes Misbehave (Weak Memory Concurrency) - Computerphile

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Learn more and apply to Jane Street’s WiSE program in New York, London or Hong Kong: https://jane-st.co/Computerphile-WiSE-2026 (episode sponsor) Professor Azalea Raad leads the Veritas Lab at Imperial College London... More information about this video in the full description below. This video is about how Weak Memory Concurrency can cause multiple threads to do unexpected things! Azalea Raad: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/azalea.raad Learn more and apply to Jane Street’s WiSE program in New York, London or Hong Kong: https://jane-st.co/Computerphile-WiSE-2026 Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com

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