Hacking for Humanity Please join RHoK on December 3rd and 4th for a RHoK hackathon in Oxford. Throughout the weekend, we will be coding around real world problems from all over the world. RHoK has been working with subject matter experts from around the world to develop problem statements addressing real world development and humanitarian… Read more »
Category: Events
Past events at BCS Oxfordshire. For a list of coming events visit our Programme page.
[Event Summary] Washing Away Cave Paintings – A technical evolution
13th October 2011: Ian Hughes, Director, Feeding Edge Limited Following our short Annual General Meeting, Ian Hughes (known as ePredator online), Metaverse Evangelist, talked about how computer games and virtual worlds are changing the way that we look at technology and the way that we communicate in business. Ian writes an entertaining blog at www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog… Read more »
Sex, Lies and Instant Messenger and How to think about Security
Alec Muffett, Security Consultant Thursday 22 September 2011 – 7:30pm Venue: Oxford e-Research Centre, 6 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG Two talks in one! The first, an investigation into the security failures of modern communications from the perspective of adulterous liaisons, and the second, a review of security perspectives which debunk the myths of “Cybersecurity”.… Read more »
Branch AGM & Washing away cave paintings – A technical evaluation
Branch AGM, followed by Ian Hughes, Director of Feeding Edge Ltd The Annual General Meeting of the Oxfordshire Branch of BCS, which will be held on 13th October 2011 at the Oxford eResearch Centre, Keble Road. The meeting will start at 19:30, with refreshments available from 19:00. This will be followed by “Washing away cave… Read more »
Smashing IT – Data processing at Large Hadron Collider
Dr Neil Geddes, Head of e-Science at STFC, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Venue: Oxford e-Research Centre, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QG The Large Hadron Collider presents unique challenges to those involved in analysing the massive volume of information produced. In one year the Large Hadron Collider will generate roughly 15 petabytes (15 million gigabytes)… Read more »