Since its first documented appearance about four millennia ago, the number π (pi) has become not just an oft-encountered constant in mathematics and physics but a cultural phenomenon, with numerous appearances in books, artworks, TV shows, and films. This talk will discuss a handful of these somewhat recreational aspects of pi, each of which turns out to have non-trivial connections to serious mathematics and/or computer algorithms. Among our topics will be curious features of pi’s digits, memorizing the digits using a human-based algorithm, pi in graphic design, the most beautiful digit-computing algorithm, and the wonders of Pilish: a constrained dialect of English in which the number of letters in successive words matches the digits of pi. Speaker(s): Mike Keith, Bill Agress Room: 006 (lower level), Bldg: Friend Center, 79 William St, Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 08544, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/439050