Amin Shokrollahi: Kandou’s Mastermind

It was in 2006, at the height of the FIFA World Cup in Germany, that the air travels of a young Iranian mathematician, and his assistants and their willingness to watch the soccer game during the flight posed a challenge to the world of technology. Despite the fact that high-end airplanes had access to the Internet at the time, the TV network that broadcasted the world cup couldn’t be accessed.