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Strachey Lectures
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Strachey Lecture: The Computer in the Sky

The talk will emphasize the diversity of mathematical tools necessary for understanding blockchain protocols and their applications
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Can robots be made creative enough to invent their own language?

Luc Steels delivers the 2012 Simonyi lecture and asks can machines be creative enough to invent their own language?
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

'Artificial Intelligence' part 2 - How to create machines that learn

Professor Nando de Freitas explains that understanding how our brains work has helped us create machines that learn, and how these learning machines can be put to completing different tasks.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

'Artificial Intelligence' part 1 - Using artificial intelligence to spot patterns

Professor Stephen Roberts explains how machines, whose job it is simply to learn, can help researchers spot scientific needles in data haystacks, which will help us solve some grand challenges.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

What is a Quantum Computer?

How does a quantum computer work? Why is a quantum computer so much better than a traditional computer? This talk will give you an insight into the strange features of the quantum world that we can exploit to develop a super fast quantum computer.
Oxford Sparks: bringing science to life

Rogue planet

Oxford Sparks presents a journey around the planets. Find out more and read about the science behind the animation at www.oxfordsparks.net/planet.
Oxford Internet Institute

OII Internet and Society Awards: Raspberry Pi

Victoria Nash, talks to Pete Lomas, Founder and Trustee at Raspberry Pi, recipients of an Internet and Society Award in 2012 from OII, in recognition of their exemplary efforts in using the Internet for the public good in Britain.
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences at the Department for Continuing Education

Can robots be made creative enough to invent their own language?

Luc Steels delivers the 2012 Simonyi lecture and asks can machines be creative enough to invent their own language?
Oxford Physics Public Lectures
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Quantum Paradoxes

Prof. Vlatko Vedral on the mind-boggling and paradoxical nature of quantum mechanics and its consequences on modern technology - the possibilities of superfast computing and teleportation.
Oxford Physics Public Lectures
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Consciousness and Computability

Prof. Sir Roger Penrose on the idea of artificial intelligence and whether consciousness can be replicated by a computer - a discussion of new physics which may take us closer to explaining the mind.
Oxford LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) History Month Lectures

Alan Turing: The One Who Became a Zero

Andrew Hodges (author of Alan Turing: The Enigma) delivers a lecture on Alan Turing, the founder of modern computer science. This is the third annual lecture for LGBT history month.
Wadham College

Alan Turing: The One Who Became a Zero

Andrew Hodges (author of Alan Turing: The Enigma) delivers a lecture on Alan Turing, the founder of modern computer science, as part of LGBT month.
Christmas Science Lectures

Why Should Robots Play Football?

Dr Stephen Cameron (Department of Computer Science) explains why thousands of people from across the world are busy trying to teach robots to play football.
Alumni Weekend

What is Public in the Digital Age?

Use of the internet has raised major public issues around the definition of public and priavte information. Director of the Oxford Internet Institute Professor Bill Dutton examines how we can best reconcile the risks and opportunities presented.
Oxford Internet Institute

What Will A Companionable Computational Agent Be Like? (Lovelace Lecture 2010)

Yorick Wilks explores the state of the art in modelling realistic conversation with computers over the last 40 years, and asks what we would want in a conversational agent (or 'Companion') designed for a long-term relationship with a user.

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