PAST DIDSBURY SCIBAR EVENTS
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UnSupervised is a new project and concert series created by the Machine Learning for Music (ML4M) Working Group – a community of composers and audiovisual artists exploring the creative use of emerging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies. It combines expertise from The University of Manchester (NOVARS, AMBS and Computer…
Defending the coast from flooding is a challenging job, especially with the uncertainty of climate change and rising sea level. To improve coastal flood hazard forecasts and how our coastal schemes are designed, we need to be able to observe the sea as it crashes against sea walls. A…
Since the human lineage split from out closest ape relatives some 7-8 million years, the evolutionary history of our species has seen major changes in all aspects of our biology showing increasing adaptability to very different environments. In this talk, we will explore the transformation, selective pressures and trade-offs…
In 2020 the Royal Astronomical Society celebrated its 200th anniversary. From the first meeting, when fourteen gentlemen sat down to dinner at the Freemason’s Tavern in London in January 1820, the Society has grown to a diverse membership of more than 4000 geophysicists and astronomers, both amateur and professional.…
Social media often is a large part of our daily lives and psychologists have been increasingly interested in understanding how it affects us. This session gives an overview of the scientific research on social media. This includes exploring how psychologists actually measure social media use, how social media use…
Imagine the face of a familiar person: can you form a mental picture of them? Can you imagine seeing their smile, maybe even “see” them standing next to you? Or perhaps you have no picture in your head at all. The ability to imagine in pictures is called “visual…
