This years Distinguished Lecture series was delivered yesterday ( Tuesday 1st April) by Professor Arthur Zimek, University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark. In his talk on, ‘Data Mining and the “Curse of Dimensionality”’ he considered the challenges of the “curse” from the perspective of data mining. In Talk 1, he discussed the “curse” in … Distinguished Lecture Series 2025
Tuesday 1st April Booth Lecture Theatre, School of Medicine Schedule: Talk 1: 10:00 – 11:30 Lunch: 12:00 – 13:00 Talk 2 : 13:00 – 14:30 Coffee break: 14:30 – 15:00 Talk 3: 15:00 – 16:30 We look forward to welcoming Professor Arthur Zimek, University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark, who will talk about Data … Distinguished Lecture Series: Data Mining and the “Curse of Dimensionality”
This years Distinguished Lecture series was delivered yesterday ( Tuesday 12th March) by Professor Neil Lawrence, University of Cambridge In his talk on, ‘The Atomic Human Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI’ he gave an overview of where we are now with machine learning solutions, and what challenges we face both in the near … Distinguished Lecture series 2024
Tuesday 12 March Booth Lecture Theatre, Medical Sciences Building. We look forward to welcoming Prof Neil Lawrence, Cambridge who will talk about ‘The Atomic Human: Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI’. A vital perspective is missing from the discussions we are having about Artificial Intelligence: what does it mean for our identity? Our fascination … Distinguished Lecture Series: The Atomic Human: Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI
Thank you to Professor Gordon Blair for delivering this year’s distinguished lecture on Computer Science and the environment. The series of talks explained the role of computer science in addressing the massive challenges associated with a changing climate. Feedback was positive and the series was enjoyed by all! From Left to Right: Jonathan Lewis, Blesson … Distinguished Lecture Series: Computer Science and the Environment
Professor Gordon Blair Prof. Gordon Blair is Head of Environmental Digital Strategy at UKCEH. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Distributed Systems at Lancaster University where he holds a part-time post (20%). He is also Co-Director of the Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science (CEEDS), a joint initiative between UKCEH and Lancaster University. … Distinguished Lecture Series: Computer Science and the Environment -14 March 2023
As part of the schools Distinguished Lecture Series we look forward to welcoming Prof. Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo on Tuesday 9 November. Prof. Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo received her Ph.D. in Software Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 1999. After spending two years at CERN (the European Center for … Welcoming Prof. Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo for our DLS on Tuesday 9 November
Speaker: Stephen Brewster (University of Glasgow) Venue: The Byre Theatre Timetable: 9:30: Lecture 1: The past: what is multimodal interaction? 10:30 Coffee break 11:15 Lecture 2: The present: does it work in practice? 12:15 Lunch (not provided) 14:15 The future: Where next for multimodal interaction? Speaker Bio: Professor Brewster is a Professor of Human-Computer Interaction … DLS: Multimodal human-computer interaction: past, present and future
Biography: Jane Hillston was appointed Professor of Quantitative Modelling in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh in 2006, having joined the University as a Lecturer in Computer Science in 1995. She is currently Head of the School of Informatics. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Member of … Distinguished Lecture Series: Formal Approaches to Quantitative Evaluation
Venue: The Old Course Hotel (Hall of Champions) Timetable: 9:30 Lecture 1 10:30 Break with Coffee 11:15 Lecture 2 12:15 Break for Lunch (not provided) 14:15 Lecture 3 15:15 Discussion Lecture 1: Introduction to Scalable Intelligent Systems Lecture 2: Foundations for Scalable Intelligent Systems Lecture 3: Implications of Scalable Intelligent Systems Speaker Bio: Professor Carl … DLS: Scalable Intelligent Systems by 2025 (Carl Hewitt)