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 »
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[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 »
[Event Summary] Testing Agile Projects
17th February 2011 – Testing Agile Projects – Dr Stuart Reid, CTO, Testing Solutions Group Our February talk was held in the impressive setting of Sophos’s UK Headquarters based in Abingdon. Sophos laid on a superb spread of sandwiches, delicious cakes and biscuits, tea and coffee to begin the evening in the Atrium of their… Read more »
Late afternoon visit to Prodrive!
Thursday 28th April 2011, 4 for 4:30pm start Prodrive, Acorn Way, Wildmere Industrial Estate, Banbury OX16 3ER SOLD OUT Prodrive is one of the world’s largest and most successful motorsport and vehicle technology businesses with annual sales of £100 million and employing more than 500 staff in the UK, India, Australia and China. In… Read more »
[Event Summary] The Changing Face of Payments
Tim Lambertstock, Payments Consultant, was the speaker at our well-attended January meeting. Tim gave an introduction to payments and payment systems, covering both the UK and international schemes. He went on to describe how this is changing, particularly with initiatives such as the UK Faster Payments scheme and how new entrants – both new banks… Read more »
