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SUMMARY:Should we Automate? - Professor Duncan McFarlane\, Professor of In
 dustrial Information Engineering and Head\, Distributed Informaiion and Au
 tomation Laboratory\, Department of Engineering
DTSTART:20220214T183000Z
DTEND:20220214T193000Z
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CONTACT:Beverley Larner
DESCRIPTION:Originally a term used almost exclusively in the industrial do
 main\, automation is now being applied in most aspects of life. Yet the ra
 tionale for automating and its implications is often not clearly understoo
 d. This talk will explore the origins of automation and examine what is en
 compassed by the term today. It will explore the rationale\, benefits and 
 downsides of automating - including implications for the future workforce 
 - and will attempt to provide some signposting around whether we should au
 tomate\, and if so when and where. A range of industrial automation develo
 pments from more than thirty years experience will be used to support this
  presentation.
LOCATION:Babbage Lecture Theatre\, New Museums Site\, Downing Street\, Cam
 bridge
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