Blockchain’s potential
Dan Tapscott’s 2016 TED talk about how blockchain is changing monetary transactions and business contracts.
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Can an AI detect emotion?
On 2nd July 2021, I gave a talk for The Open Data Institute about whether or not an artificial intelligence can detect emotion.
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Spotify’s strategy for machine learning
On June 10, 2021, Google hosted an Applied ML seminar with an opening keynote by Tony Jabara, VP of Engineering and Head of Machine Learning at Spotify. Jabara presented some fascinating insights into Spotify’s current strategy for machine learning and their growing use of reinforcement learning.
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What is time?
In 3 June 2021, the New Scientist hosted an online talk by Sean Carroll, Research Professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology, titled ‘How Time Works’…
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A Platform for situated intelligence
In April 2021, Microsoft Research hosted a two-day workshop introducing their platform for situated intelligence (PSI). The workshop was recorded and videos are available online at YouTube, also embedded here with notes.
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Rethinking economics with doughnuts
A great podcast with Kate Raworth discussing the need for new economic models for the 21st century and a proposed approach: doughnut economics.
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Look who’s talking…
Deeply-held beliefs can be hard to overcome, no matter the evidence. But they should still be challenged when there is data available. Which gender is most likely to interrupt and dominate the conversation in meetings…?
Cosmos, Voyager and the Golden Record
Soundbites from a wonderful and inspiring conversation between Professor Brian Cox and prolific science communicator Ann Druyan on the cosmos and the role of science in the continuity of life
Affective computing in the workplace
In the June 2020 I had an article published ‘Affective computing in the modern workplace’ examining the growing use of emotion detection in data.
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Modelling socio-spatial dynamics
The near-pervasive adoption of mobile devices and the growing use of sensors embedded in physical environments are enabling a new generation of models for studying human-environment interactions.
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