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15% of Goldsmiths Computing\u00a0students are women. Although that’s double the national average for\u00a0university computing departments,\u00a0it’s\u00a0nowhere near good enough. So we’re aiming for 50%.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Join us for Goldsmiths’ new Women in Computing speaker series.\u00a0These remarkable computer scientists will talk about their work – and inspire you to be part of\u00a0the next generation of\u00a0amazing women in tech.<\/p>\n Dr Kate Devlin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London. This evening she\u00a0gives a lively overview of her career and her current research on sexual companion robots.<\/p>\n Kate has a background in both archaeology and computer science and has combined these with applied perception, focusing on digital cultural heritage.\u00a0She\u00a0is an active campaigner for mental health awareness and also for raising the profile of women in computing.<\/p>\n Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Room 342, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths How can these things be computers? What can we do? Can they do things your smartphone can’t? And why are these people using such peculoar things to compute with, anyway?<\/p>\n Susan Stepney<\/a> is Professor of Computer Science at the University of York, Department of Computer Science. In this informal lecture, she discusses her career and research in non-standard computation, biologically-inspired computational models, and emergent systems.<\/p>\n Where:<\/strong> Room 342, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths Vinoba is an R&D Engineer for the BBC, working within Broadcast & Connected Systems. She thinks up new types of synchronised companion screen experiences for connected homes. Currently, this ranges from building prototypes for\u00a0new &\u00a0archived content to running exploratory studies to gauge how our audiences might react to them.<\/p>\n Previously, Vinoba Vinayagamoorthy<\/a>\u00a0focused on building prototypes that combine content on social networks with programmes being played on a connected TV.<\/p>\n Where:<\/strong> Room 342, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths More posts involving Women in Computing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 15% of Goldsmiths Computing\u00a0students are women. Although that’s double the national average for\u00a0university computing departments,\u00a0it’s\u00a0nowhere near good enough. So we’re aiming for 50%.\u00a0 Join us for Goldsmiths’ new Women in Computing speaker series.\u00a0These remarkable computer scientists will talk about their work – and inspire you to be part of\u00a0the next generation of\u00a0amazing women in tech. … Continue reading Queens of Tech: Talks by inspiring c\u2640mputer scientists<\/span>
\nThurs 16 June: Dr Kate Devlin _ My Life with the Sex Robots<\/h2>\n
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\nWhen:<\/strong>\u00a06:30 – 8pm Thursday 16 June 2016
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\nThurs 23 June: Susan Stepney _\u00a0Can slime mould compute?<\/h2>\n
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\nIf you have a PC, tablet, or smartphone, you have used a computer. But some people use billard balls, beams of light, sticks of wood, chemicals, bacteria, slime moulds, spaghetti, even black holes, as computers (although some of these only in theory!).<\/p>\n
\nWhen:<\/strong> 6:30 – 8pm Thursday 23 June 2016
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\nThurs 30 June: Vinoba Vinayagamoorthy _ Inventing the TV of the future<\/h2>\n
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\nWhen:<\/strong> 6:30 – 8pm Thursday 30 June 2016
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