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Past events at BCS Oxfordshire. For a list of coming events visit our Programme page.
The Once and Future Turing (Strachey Lecture)
18:00 31st October 2016 The Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford In 1951, Christopher Strachey began his career in computing. He did so as a colleague of Alan Turing, who had inspired him with a ‘Utopian’ prospectus for programming. By that time, Turing had already made far-reaching and futuristic innovations, from the definition of computability and… Read more »
[Event Summary] Computing for a World Water Speed Record
[Event Summary] A Future in 3D
Cultural Heritage Preservation – looking to the future Dr Alexy Karenowska began her talk by describing how important our buildings are to us. Our emotional response can be as strong as any aesthetic consideration. A loss of our cultural heritage can be deeply wounding. Alexy gave the example of the Old Town Market Place in… Read more »
