We had a very successful visit to the Museum of Computing in Swindon, with 24 attendees, and everyone had a very enjoyable time. Jeremy Holt, the chairman, gave us some history of the Museum: t was the first physical Museum of its kind in the UK dedicated to the history of computing. This was followed… Read more »
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[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 »
BCS Prize 2011 – Best Final Year Project Awarded to Stephen Drain
It was with great pleasure that we were able to present to Stephen Drain the BCS Prize for Best Final Year Project at the Oxford Brookes University School of Technology graduation ceremonies. Stephen graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Network Computing and was presented the award by Sheila Lloyd Lyons of the Oxfordshire branch of… Read more »
[Event Summary] Extreme Parallel Computing – The Man, Machine and the Maths behind it
Dr James Anderson’s talk on Extreme Parallel Computing – The Man, Machine and the Maths behind it was well attended with many new faces. James explained the problems for computing resulting from the exceptions that occur in conventional mathematics, such as the inability to divide by zero, and put forward the alternative approach of transreal… Read more »
[Event Summary] Cryptography: From Black Art to Popular Science
10th March 2011 – Cryptography: From Black Art to Popular Science, Part 2 – Professor. Fred Piper, University of London Prof. Fred Piper returned to lead us again through the intricate and fascinating world of Cryptography. This talk was a follow up to Part 1 which was our Christmas lecture for 2009. Fred reprised the… Read more »
