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 »

What does the Turing Test actually tell us?

Thursday 20th June 2013 – 7:15pm Oxfordshire Branch Prestige Summer lecture Professor Kevin Warwick, Reading University Venue: Sophos Plc, The Pentagon, Abingdon Science Park, Abingdon OX14 3YP, United Kingdom Location map: http://www.sophos.com/en-us/about-us/contact-us/united-kingdom.aspx This is the highlight event of our year and is again kindly hosted by Sophos in their global headquarters in Abingdon. As summer… Read more »

Discrete Linear Dynamical Systems

Professor Joël Ouaknine, University of Oxford Thursday 16th May 2013 – 7:30pm Oxford e-Research Centre, 6 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG In his talk for us last year on real-time systems, Prof. Ouaknine gave his audience a deeper understanding of a complex topic, which was very well received. For his return visit, expect more of… Read more »

Bristol Branch – Restoring the world’s oldest working digital computer

Start: 15/04/2013 – 19:30 End: 15/04/2013 – 21:00 Speaker: Kevin Murrell Venue: City of Bristol College Please register for this event here. 7:00pm Refreshments, 7:30pm Main Talk The recently restored Harwell Dekatron Computer is a typical project conducted by the Computer Conservation Society. Starting with the author’s vague memories of the machine being a museum… Read more »