Lecture Reports
Below you will find reports from our lectures. Either click the title to view the report online or download a copy by clicking on the file name next to 'Download report'. Use the search box on this page to find a particular report.
A talk presented to the Cirencester Science & Technology Society by Professor Chris Budd OBE, on the current state of machine learning and artificial intelligence, weighing up the benefits and risks.
- Category: Lecture Reports
- Date: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
- Professor Christopher Budd OBE
- Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Bath
The talk discussed some of the poisons used in the plots of Agatha Christie, as described in Dr. Harkup's book "A is for Arsenic".
Dr. Harkup explained the details of three well-known poisons, Phosphorus, Strychnine and Arsenic, and showed that Agatha Christie's descriptions are accurate and detailed. At Dr. Harkup's request, only one of the poisons is included in the video.
- Category: Lecture Reports
- Date: Wednesday, 8 Mar 2023
- Dr Kathryn Harkup
The video of this lecture is in progress
- Category: Lecture Reports
- Date: Wednesday, 8 Feb 2023
- Al Colebourn
- Astroscale, Head of Spacecraft Operations
A talk presented to the Cirencester Science & Technology Society by Helen Hooker.
Helen explains the different types of flooding in the UK and the impacts of climate change on flooding.
She describes her work using satellite flood detection and weather prediction to develop a worldwide flood risk warning system, and evaluates the results.
- Category: Lecture Reports
- Date: Wednesday, 11 Jan 2023
- Helen Hooker
- Reading University