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Tag Archives: computing
13th September 2021 – An introduction to Machine Learning
In our first live SciBar for 18 months, Paul Roberts, a Management Consultant who advised international Investment Banks on Artificial Intelligence is going to give a talk entitled “An introduction to Machine Learning (commonly known as Artificial Intelligence)” Paul says … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, computing, technology
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12th April 2021 (Zoom 7pm) – 5G: The Need, Technical Challenges and Impact
Professor Nigel Linge, University of Salford, School of Computing, Science and Engineering, will be talking about 5G. From his website, this is what Nigel says about his talk: “In December 2017, the world took an important step forward in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2021, Monthly Meetings, Past Events
Tagged communications, computing, technology
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7th January 2019 – The Antikythera Mechanism
For our first talk of the new year, Maurice Rushby, a retired chemical engineer with a strong interest in mathematics, will talk about the Antikythera Mechanism, which is (quoting directly from Wikipedia): “an ancient Greek analogue computer and orrery used to … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Monthly Meetings, Past Events
Tagged archaeology, computing, history
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9th April 2018 – Bitcoin: a Personal Perspective on Database Technology
Note the date of this talk – it’s the second Monday because April 2nd is Easter Monday. This talk will be led by SciBarian Adrian Fisher, who valiantly answered Chris Grice’s plea at February’s meeting for a speaker for April. … Continue reading
7th November 2016 – Big Data
Big Data – The Revolution That Will Change All Of Our Lives Dr Al Dosseter of MedChemica talked with us about “Big Data”, why it is a new buzz term thrown around in the Media and why we should care. Al explained … Continue reading
1st February 2016 – Artificial Intelligence
Dr Gavin Brown from Manchester University will talk to us about the development of artificial intelligence. We are not very far away from machines being more intelligent than humans, so we need to consider the timescales and implications of this.
Knutsford SciBar 