Viruses and Malware, How many more threats are there? Our speaker was Stuart Taylor (right), head of the UK centre of SophosLabs™ Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Stuart briefly discussed the history of Sophos starting in 1985 and the early years of anti-virus protection products. He then went on to discuss the scale of the threat and the… Read more »
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2007 Oxfordshire Schools Web Competition Downloads
Competition Poster A3 competition poster (921KB) A3 competition poster (Hi-Res) (2885KB) Competitors’ Pack Welcome letter, rules and marking scheme(695KB) as posted to schools who signed up for the 2007 competition Letters to Schools October 2006(110KB) Competition Launch January 2007(155KB) second letter
BCS Oxfordshire Branch Christmas Lecture Thursday 7 December 2006: The Machine That Enjoys Christmas: Whither Machine Consciousness?
The Machine That Enjoys Christmas: Whither Machine Consciousness? Our speaker was Igor Aleksander (right), Emeritus Professor in the Intelligent Systems and Networks Group at Imperial College. Igor gave us a great evening. His talk was stimulating, thought provoking and funny. He used lots of pictorial aids to express his ideas. He started by discussing what… Read more »
Thursday 16 Nov: Extending existing applications for secure mobile use – how tough can that be?
Extending existing applications for secure mobile use – how tough can that be? Our speaker was Stef Coetzee, Senior VP International, NetMotion Wireless. Stef described the challenges of running applications from mobile wireless devices, where the signal strength and data rate can vary widely and sometimes drop completely as the user moves between wireless hotspots… Read more »
Thursday 26 Oct: Climate Change and Digital Preservation
This meeting was held jointly with the BCS Chester and North Wales Branch over a video link between two CCLRC labs: the Rutherford and Appleton lab near Chilton in Oxfordshire and the Daresbury lab in Cheshire. Joint meeting Dr. Brian Day, secretary of BCS Oxfordshire branch, introduced the evening to branch members and guests at… Read more »
