Thursday, February 14, 2013 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an independent intergovernmental organisation supported by 34 States. It provides weather services with medium-range forecasts of global weather (up to 15 days ahead), monthly forecasts, and seasonal forecasts. ECMWF’s computer… Read more »
Author Archive: Gerry
Hertfordshire Branch – The German Enigma, The Turing Bombe and the Bombe Rebuild
Date: 12 December 19:30 -21:00 Venue: Lindop Building, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB FOC Event for both BCs and Non BCS Members Speaker: Alan Wray, retired ex-BTM, ICT, ICL, now Fujitsu. The breaking of Enigma was critical to the outcome of WW2. Alan’s talk will cover the development, adoption and operation of… Read more »
What’s happening to the car industry? Driving Jaguar Land Rover Growth with CAE and HPC
BCS Project Management Specialist Group 18:00 on Tuesday, 11th December 2012 at BCS London. Jaguar Land Rover design, engineer and manufacture luxury sports saloons, sports cars and premium 4x4s in the UK, which sell in 177 countries. The complexity, timescale and cost associated with automotive engineering and safety testing demands an advanced IT environment. This… Read more »
History of Naming on the Internet
Roy Arends, Head of Research, Nominet UK Thursday 6th December 2012 – 7:30pm Oxford e-Research Centre, 6 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG This talk highlights the growth and shows the motivation to evolve and overcome early day ad-hoc naming schemes, all the way up to the modern domain name system. The data used (old network… Read more »
What’s happening to the car industry? Driving Jaguar Land Rover Growth with CAE and HPC
BCS Project Management Specialist Group 18:00 on Tuesday, 11th December 2012 at BCS London. Jaguar Land Rover design, engineer and manufacture luxury sports saloons, sports cars and premium 4x4s in the UK, which sell in 177 countries. The complexity, timescale and cost associated with automotive engineering and safety testing demands an advanced IT environment. This… Read more »
