Abstract: We are increasingly living in our digital bubbles. Even when physically together – as families and friends in our living rooms, outdoors and public places – we have our eyes glued to our own phones, tablets and laptops. The new generation of ‘all about me’ health and fitness gadgets, that is becoming more mainstream, … Should Technology be more mindful? by Yvonne Rogers, UCL.
Abstract: Dialogue is a dynamic social activity. Research has consistently shown that our dialogue partners impact our speech choices whereby we converge (or align) on aspects such as lexical choice and syntax. With the development of more natural computer dialogue partners and the increase of speech as an interaction modality in many devices and applications, … How human-human dialogue research can lead us to understand speech behaviours in human-computer dialogue: The case of lexical alignment by Benjamin Cowan, University of Birmingham.
Abstract: Touch input and two-handed interaction were intensively studied in the mid 80′s but it’s taken 20 years for these ideas to emerge in the mainstream, with the advent of multi-touch interfaces. Gaze has been studied for almost as long as interaction modality and appears on the brink of wider use. This talk will present … Ubicomp, Touch and Gaze by Hans Gellersen
Dr. Roy Dyckhoff will give a talk titled, “Geometrisation of first-order logic”. Abstract: We show that every first-order theory T has a conservative extension G_T that is a geometric theory. Reasoning problems in T can therefore be replaced by problems in G_T, where the methods of geometric (aka ‘coherent’) logic are applicable. We discuss related … Geometrisation of first-order logic
Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure, or ‘how to break into a nuclear power station for fun & profit’ Dr Richard Gold, Cisco Systems, UK Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructures such as the power grid, oil & gas pipelines and dams has become a hot topic since the Stuxnet malware attack against the nuclear enrichment centrifuges in … Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure
Live webcast – iVTuesday with Jamie Graves, CEO of Zone Fox Drinks and nibbles from 6.10pm. Please register here: http://liveivtue18.eventbrite.com
As the Internet becomes increasingly important to all aspects of society, the consequences of disruption are increasingly severe. Thus it is critical to increase the resilience and survivability of the future networks in general, and the Internet in particular. We define resilience as the ability of the network to provide desired service even when the … Evaluation of Network Resilience and Survivability: Analysis, Simulation, Tools, and Experimentation by James P. G. Sterbenz, ITTC, University of Kansas
Three-Hour Research Tutorial by Peter Christen, Australian National University Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage (PPRL) is an increasingly important topic in data management, data engineering, and data mining, as organizations in both the private and public sectors are under pressure to share, integrate, and link their data in order to allow analysis that is not possible on … Techniques for Scalable Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage
Talk by Quintin Cutts, University of Glasgow Fed up with talking at students in one-hour chunks? Fed up with them not turning up, or falling asleep, or not remembering anything you said? Alternatively, are you fed up going to seminars where you get talked at for 55 minutes with only 5 minutes to ask questions? … An Experience of Peer Instruction
Anna Clements, Head of Research Data and Information Services, University of St Andrews. Open Science’ seems to be one of the hottest topics around with organisations and funders from the G8 downwards stressing the importance of open data in driving everything from global innovation through to more accountable governance; not to mention the more direct … Evolution of our existing institutional research information infrastructure : a facilitator for Open Science?