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Cambridge University Computing and Technology Society puts on talks from distinguished computer scientists and those in related fields from both academia and industry. All our talks are free to everyone. For more info see the website: http://cucats.org/

If you have a question about this list, please contact: CUCaTS Bot; Nicolas Bricknell; Swaraj Dash; Daniel Andrews; Edwin Bahrami Balani; 96580; 97417; Hannah Earley. If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser.

0 upcoming talks and 40 talks in the archive.

Lightyears ahead: How the Apollo Guidance Computer pioneered an era of reliable software

UserRob Wills (Ensoft Ltd).

HouseCUSU Lounge, 17 Mill Lane.

ClockMonday 29 October 2018, 19:30-20:30

Will Skynet win? Five ways computers write software better than you.

UserSimon Chatterjee (Ensoft Ltd).

HouseTimmy Hele Room, Queen's Building, Emmanuel College.

ClockMonday 30 April 2018, 19:00-20:00

Newton's Finger

Location changed (to CMS) | Time 7.45 pm

UserDr Conor McBride - University of Strathclyde.

HouseMR3, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

ClockTuesday 07 November 2017, 19:45-20:45

On the non-computability of conscious thinking

UserProf. Sir Roger Penrose.

HouseMill Lane Lecture Rooms, Room 3.

ClockMonday 06 March 2017, 20:00-21:00

Project Malmo: turning Minecraft into a testbed for the future of AI

UserKatja Hofmann, Microsoft Research Cambridge.

House Lecture Theatre, Trinity Hall.

ClockTuesday 24 January 2017, 20:00-21:00

An Overview of Blockchain Security

UserNicolas Courtois (University College London).

HouseMR3, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

ClockTuesday 08 November 2016, 19:30-20:30

On the road to traction - lessons learned in the startup world

Room changed

UserDan Greenfield.

HouseHarrods Room, Queen's Building, Emmanuel College.

ClockTuesday 01 November 2016, 19:30-20:30

Securing computers from highly skilled attackers

UserMatthew Garrett.

HouseQueens Building Lecture Theatre, Emmanuel College.

ClockMonday 10 October 2016, 19:30-20:30

Inside the beast: GHC’s intermediate lambda language

UserProf Simon Peyton Jones, Microsoft Research Cambridge.

House Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Meeting Room 5 (centre building, basement).

ClockTuesday 01 March 2016, 19:45-20:45

Quantum Contextuality: from paradox to computational resource

UserProf. Samson Abramsky, University of Oxford.

House Lecture Theatre, Trinity Hall..

ClockTuesday 13 October 2015, 19:30-20:30

Cambridge students starting startups

UserAmar Sood and Diggory Blake (EF).

HousePlant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 18 November 2014, 20:00-21:00

Computer Science and Social Mobility

UserPete Kemp (University of Roehampton).

HousePlant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 28 October 2014, 20:00-21:00

Long-Term Autonomy in Everyday Environments: A New Challenge for AI and Robotics

UserDr Nick Hawes (University of Birmingham).

HousePlant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 14 October 2014, 20:00-21:00

WikiData: a free knowledge base that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike

UserDr Magnus Manske.

HousePlant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

ClockThursday 27 February 2014, 19:00-20:00

Domain-specific languages and Xtext

UserDavid North and Peter Cowan (CoreFiling).

HouseThe Lightfoot Room, Divinity School, St Johns.

ClockWednesday 29 January 2014, 19:00-20:00

Computer-Based Maths: Stop Teaching Calculating, Start Learning Maths

UserConrad Wolfram (Wolfram & computerbasedmath.org).

HouseCenter for Mathematical Sciences.

ClockThursday 23 January 2014, 17:45-18:45

Personalised Recommendations in E-Commerce

UserMr Wing Yung Chan (The Hut Group).

HouseLT2, Computer Laboratory.

ClockThursday 14 November 2013, 14:15-15:15

Computer Science and Statistics in Algorithmic Trading: A Sampler

UserDr Hasan Amjad (Cantab Capital Partners).

HouseMR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

ClockTuesday 12 March 2013, 18:00-19:00

The beauty of bootstrapping and the joy of JIT

UserDr Michael Spivey (University of Oxford).

HouseMR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

ClockThursday 28 February 2013, 18:00-19:00

How is Haskell tackling the multicore problem?

UserDr Simon Marlow (Facebook).

House Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Meeting Room 5 (centre building, basement).

ClockThursday 07 February 2013, 18:00-19:00

Molecular Programming

UserProfessor Luca Cardelli (Microsoft Research).

HouseWinstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 24 January 2013, 18:00-19:00

Computing on Encrypted Data

Note change of date

UserProfessor Nigel Smart (University of Bristol).

HouseWinstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College.

ClockWednesday 21 November 2012, 18:00-19:00

Selling category theory to the masses: a tale of food, spiders and Google

UserProf Bob Coecke (University of Oxford).

HouseRoom TBC, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

ClockWednesday 07 November 2012, 18:00-19:00

Financial Technology: Algorithmic Trading and Social Media Analytics

UserProf Philip Treleaven (University College London).

HouseUmney Lounge, Robinson College.

ClockTuesday 30 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

Friction in the Machine: How Fluid Processes Allow Optimal Human-Computer Interaction

UserMr Tim Ronan (Palantir Technologies).

House Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Meeting Room 5 (centre building, basement).

ClockMonday 15 October 2012, 18:00-19:15

Meta-Morphogenesis: Evolution of mechanisms for producing minds

UserProfessor Aaron Sloman (University of Birmingham).

HouseAuditorium Lounge, Robinson College.

ClockTuesday 08 May 2012, 17:30-18:30

The Theory behind TheoryMine

UserProfessor Alan Bundy (University of Edinburgh).

HouseMong Hall, Sidney Sussex College.

ClockThursday 08 March 2012, 18:00-19:15

Intelligence and Security in a Digital Age

UserProfessor Sir David Omand (King's College London).

HouseWinstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 01 March 2012, 18:00-19:15

(Failing to) avoid success at all costs: the Haskell story

UserProfessor Simon Peyton-Jones (Microsoft Research).

HouseVenue to be confirmed.

ClockThursday 09 February 2012, 18:00-19:15

Meta-morphogenesis: Evolution of Mechanisms for Producing Minds

Due to unfortunate medical problems Prof. Sloman is unavailable to give this talk. A new speaker, Nobel laureate Prof. Brian Josephson will be giving a replacement talk, details can be found here: http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/36113

UserProfessor Aaron Sloman (University of Birmingham).

HouseSeminar Room, Wolfson College.

ClockThursday 26 January 2012, 18:00-19:15

Unsupervised Machine Learning and Linguistics

Last talk of term

UserProfessor Alex Clark (Royal Holloway, University of London).

HouseWinstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 01 December 2011, 18:00-19:15

Don't Get Your Face Stolen! A Talk on ePassport Cryptography

UserMr Jan Kjærsgaard (Cryptomathic).

HouseMong Hall, Sidney Sussex College.

ClockThursday 24 November 2011, 18:00-19:15

Imaginary Interfaces: Interacting Spatially Without Visual Feedback

UserMr Sean Gustafson (University of Potsdam).

HouseSouth Lecture Room, Department of Archaeology.

ClockThursday 17 November 2011, 18:00-19:15

Great Ideas of Computing Science: from Aristotle to Euclid

UserTony Hoare (Microsoft Research).

HouseMR3, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

ClockThursday 03 November 2011, 18:00-19:15

Photonic Quantum Information Science and Technologies

UserProfessor Jeremy O'Brien (University of Bristol).

HouseSouth Lecture Room, Department of Archaeology.

ClockThursday 20 October 2011, 17:00-18:15

Do We Really Need Pixels?

UserDr Tim Wilkinson, CUED.

HouseMong Hall, Sidney Sussex College.

ClockMonday 21 February 2011, 20:00-21:00

Telepathy: not your grandmother's communications framework

UserWill Thompson (Collabora).

HouseRiley Auditorium, Clare College Memorial Court, Queens Road.

ClockMonday 29 November 2010, 20:30-21:30

Xen and the Art of Startups

UserSteven Hand (University of Cambridge).

HouseRiley Auditorium, Clare College Memorial Court, Queens Road.

ClockMonday 22 November 2010, 20:30-21:30

Title to be confirmed

UserDR. ANDREW HERBERT OBE, Managing Director of Microsoft Research Cambridge and Microsoft Distinguished Engineer.

HouseMicrosoft Research Building, Cambridge.

ClockMonday 15 November 2010, 16:30-18:00

Chip & PIN is NOT Broken: Facing Up to Failure

UserMike Bond, CL.

HouseBristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road.

ClockTuesday 23 February 2010, 19:00-20:00

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