If you would prefer to read this email, or previous issues, online please use this link, or paste the address into your browser: www.oxon.bcs.org/eBCSOxon.php Dear %Field:Title% %LastName%; Welcome to the November 2006 edition of the BCS Oxfordshire newsletter. This month we include a couple of non-BCS items which we think might be of interest to members - scroll down for more details. We hope to see you at our November meeting on extending applications for mobile use, and please put 7 December in your diary for what should be an excellent Christmas lecture. And don't forget to tell any school age children you know to make sure that their school signs-up for a no-obligation information pack about the 2007 Oxfordshire Schools Web Competition. 16 November: Extending existing applications for secure mobile use - how tough can that be? Industry analyst research reflects that mobile working is a key priority for European enterprises this year. Stef Coetzee, Senior VP International, NetMotion Wireless, will cover the many challenges which include performance and reliability, network coverage - and keeping those corporate bean-counters happy..          ...more 15 November: Royal Institution lecture: William Shockley - creator of the electronic age It's 50 years since William Shockley won a Nobel prize for inventing the transistor. But he is also remembered for one of the most vicious controversies in modern science. In this lecture at Science Oxford, drawing on unique archive access, veteran technology historian and journalist Joel N Shurkin gives an unflinching account...          ...more OSS Watch Research Officer (Software Development) Have you presented at open source and/or user group events? Have you had a hand in organizing or running them? Do you have a track record of writing HowTos, FAQs and/or user guides? Do you regularly respond to queries on public mailing lists and/or bulletin boards? If your answers are yes and you have a computer science degree or equivalent experience you may be interesting in this opening for a Research Officer at OUCS.          ...more 7 December Branch Christmas Lecture 2006: The Machine That Enjoys Christmas: Whither Machine Consciousness? Our Christmas lecturer, Professor Igor Aleksander, is emeritus professor of Neural Systems Engineering at Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College and frequently appears on radio and televion interviews. He will demonstrate some of his own work on visual consciousness based on brain modelling. This includes a consideration of emotions - so the machine might indeed enjoy Christmas! Click on the image for a copy of the poster.          ...more Regards Adrian Adrian Walmsley Webmaster and email co-ordinator BCS Oxfordshire Branch

Coming Events etc 15 November: William Shockley: creator of the electronic age 16 November: Extending existing applications for secure mobile use- how tough can that be? 7 December: BCS Oxfordshire Branch Christmas Lecture 2006. The Machine That Enjoys Christmas: Whither Machine Consciousness? Full Branch Programme Web Competition Press Release BCS Events Calendar

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