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SUMMARY:Technology Development - Dr Hermann Hauser\, Amadeus Capital Partn
 ers
DTSTART:20150306T173000Z
DTEND:20150306T183000Z
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nThe Darwin lecture on Technology Development will 
 start with an overview of General Purpose Technologies which changed the w
 orld economy 24 times. It will then home in on the 6 waves of computing an
 d show how each of the waves developed its own characteristics and lead co
 mpanies. It is remarkable that the lead company in one wave has never beco
 me the lead company in the following wave. The 6th and so far last wave of
  computing is completely different in nature as it is based on Machine Lea
 rning\, an Artificial Intelligence technology which could transform \nnot 
 just our economy but every aspect of our future lives. It is man's most po
 werful but also the most unpredictable technology. Aspects of the speed wi
 th which this change will happen will be discussed together with the conse
 quences it may have for employment and how likely it is that Superintellig
 ences will emerge and when.\n\n\nBiography\n\nSerial Entrepreneur and Co-f
 ounder of Amadeus Capital Partners\, Dr Hermann Hauser CBE has wide experi
 ence in developing and financing companies in the information technology s
 ector. He co-founded a number of high-tech companies including Acorn Compu
 ters which spun out ARM\, E-trade UK\, Virata and Cambridge Network. Subse
 quently Hermann became vice president of research at Olivetti. During his 
 tenure at Olivetti\, he established a global network of research laborator
 ies. Since leaving Olivetti\, Hermann has founded over 20 technology compa
 nies. In 1997\, he co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners. At Amadeus he inve
 sted in CSR\, Solexa\, Icera\, Xmos and Cambridge Broadband.\n\nHermann is
  a Fellow of the Royal Society\, the Institute of Physics and of the Royal
  Academy of Engineering and an Honorary Fellow of King's College\, Cambrid
 ge. In 2001 he was awarded an Honorary CBE for ‘innovative service to th
 e UK enterprise sector’. In 2004 he was made a member of the Government
 ’s Council for Science and Technology and in 2013 he was made a Distingu
 ished Fellow of BCS\, the Chartered Institute for IT. In 2015 he was award
 ed an KBE for services to engineering and industry.\n\nHermann has honorar
 y doctorates from the Universities of Loughborough\, Bath\, Anglia Ruskin 
 and The University of Strathclyde.\n
LOCATION:LMH\, Lady Mitchell Hall
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