West Midlands: Cyber-security Information Sharing Partnership

“As part of my job with KPMG UK LLP, I’m working in conjunction with West Midlands Police promoting the Cyber-security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP).  The CiSP, part of CERT-UK, is a joint industry government initiative to share cyber threat and vulnerability information in order to increase overall situational awareness of the cyber threat and therefore… Read more »

Strachey Lecture Series: ‘Artificial Intelligence and the Future’

The University of Oxford Department of Computer Science is delighted to announce the latest lecture in the successful Strachey Lecture series. ‘Artificial Intelligence and the Future’ Dr Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, will deliver the Strachey Lecture at 17.00 on 24 February at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, OX1 3AZ Demis will draw on… Read more »

Talent Pool: take the plunge back into work – 28 February

Oxfordshire parents returning to work and other people wanting to explore flexible working are being offered the chance to network with prospective employers at Talent Pool, a one off event organised by Oxfam’s IT department with support from BCS. Three inspirational speakers, including Oxfam’s CIO, will start the event, explaining the motivations behind Talent Pool… Read more »

General Interest: XML Summer School 2013

The XML Summer School is running again this year at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, between 15th and 20th September. It’s for every­one using, design­ing or imple­ment­ing solu­tions in XML and related tech­no­lo­gies. The innov­at­ive cur­riculum com­bines formal lec­tures, prac­tical hands-on exer­cises, inter­act­ive tutori­als and panel dis­cus­sions. There is a choice of courses on offer;… Read more »