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PGR Seminar with Zihan Zhang + Berné Nortier

The next PGR seminar is taking place this Friday 4th April at 2PM in JC 1.33a Below are the Titles and Abstracts for Zihan and Berné’s talks – Please do come along if you are able. Zihan Zhang Title: FedOptima: Optimizing Resource Utilization in Federated Learning Abstract: Federated learning (FL) systems facilitate distributed machine learning PGR Seminar with Zihan Zhang + Berné Nortier

Distinguished Lecture Series 2025

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

SACHI Seminar, Stavroula Pipyrou – Radical Imagination: Knowledge Through Generations

We are pleased to share our upcoming SACHI seminar this week by Dr Stavroula Pipyrou, a Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews and Founding Director of the Centre for Minorities Research. 📅 Wednesday 2nd April  | 🕛 13:00 – 14:00 PM | 📍 JCB, Room 1.33A Title: Radical Imagination: Knowledge SACHI Seminar, Stavroula Pipyrou – Radical Imagination: Knowledge Through Generations

PGR Seminar with Joe Loughney

The next PGR seminar is taking place this Friday 28th March at 2PM in JC 1.33a Below are the Title and Abstract for Joe’s talk – Please do come along if you are able. Title: Flexible-Order Symmetry Breaking in the Subgraph Isomorphism Problem Abstract: The Subgraph Isomorphism Problem has many applications, including bioinformatics, computer vision and PGR Seminar with Joe Loughney

Repairing a Commodore PET 4032

Jason Jaques explains the various repairs needed on the Commodore PET 4032 in his YouTube video  The computer was reported to be exhibiting a troubling screen wobble, an intermittent keyboard, and a broken cassette unit. However, on initial inspection, the unit was actually entirely non-functional. As the machine had been imported from the USA, the Repairing a Commodore PET 4032

SACHI Seminar, Mark Zarb – Bridging Minds and Machines: Redefining Computing Education

We are pleased to share our upcoming SACHI seminar by Dr Mark Zarb, an Associate Professor based within the School of Computing, Engineering and Technology at RGU: 📅 26th March | 🕛 13:00 – 14:00 PM | 📍 JCB, Room 1.33A Title: Bridging Minds and Machines: Redefining Computing Education Abstract: Since 2009, Dr Zarb has been exploring the SACHI Seminar, Mark Zarb – Bridging Minds and Machines: Redefining Computing Education

Fabrizio Capobianco (The Liquid Factory) Speaker on Friday 28th March

Speaker: Fabrizio Capobianco (Partner, The Liquid Factory) Date: Friday 28th March Time: 3:00 Venue: Jack Cole 1.33A/B The Liquid Factory (www.theliquidfactory.com). At The Liquid Factory, they support the next generation of European entrepreneurs in successfully bridging the gap to Silicon Valley. They achieve this by investing in talent through a 4M EUR fund, which sponsors Fabrizio Capobianco (The Liquid Factory) Speaker on Friday 28th March