Netflix's interactive film 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' included an Easter Egg. Dr Bagley uses it to explain how computers used to store data on audio cassettes.
Netflix's interactive film 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' included an Easter Egg. Dr Bagley uses it to explain how computers used to store data on audio cassettes.
Nottingham Hackspace, or Nottinghack has starred in the background of numerous Computerphile videos, but what is a hack-space? We asked 'Fire-pong' and 'Laser-cut Pipe Organ' maker & Nottinghack Trustee Ian Dickinson for a tour.
Nottingham Hackspace, or Nottinghack has starred in the background of numerous Computerphile videos, but what is a hack-space? We asked 'Fire-pong' and 'Laser-cut Pipe Organ' maker & Nottinghack Trustee Ian Dickinson for a tour.
Snake-like locomotion has all sorts of possible applications for robots. Dr Henry C. Astley from the Biomimicry Research & Innovation Center at the University of Akron, USA shows us their robo-snake.
Snake-like locomotion has all sorts of possible applications for robots. Dr Henry C. Astley from the Biomimicry Research & Innovation Center at the University of Akron, USA shows us their robo-snake.
Swarm robotics involve multiple robots cooperating. Researchers at Kirstin Petersen's Lab at Cornell are looking at soft robots as an affordable option. Grad Student Steven Ceron showed us some of the projects in the lab.
Swarm robotics involve multiple robots cooperating. Researchers at Kirstin Petersen's Lab at Cornell are looking at soft robots as an affordable option. Grad Student Steven Ceron showed us some of the projects in the lab.
2019x15 Floating Point Numbers (Part1: Fp vs Fixed) Episode overview
Air date
Mar 01, 2019
How much does a floating point processor improve floating point operations? Dr Bagley installed one to find out - and explains how computers store the bits.
How much does a floating point processor improve floating point operations? Dr Bagley installed one to find out - and explains how computers store the bits.
2019x16 Floating Point Numbers (Part2: Fp Addition) Episode overview
Air date
Mar 05, 2019
Continuation of Dr Bagley's explanation of Floating Point Numbers: https://youtu.be/f4ekifyijIg
Continuation of Dr Bagley's explanation of Floating Point Numbers: https://youtu.be/f4ekifyijIg
Wires, chips, hand-written key caps, somehow this early version of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum survived. Jason Fitzpatrick of the Centre for Computing History demonstrates.
Wires, chips, hand-written key caps, somehow this early version of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum survived. Jason Fitzpatrick of the Centre for Computing History demonstrates.
Commodore was a massive US computer company, but this machine was almost unknown outside a few European countries. CCH's Adrian shows us the 116, part of his personal collection.
Commodore was a massive US computer company, but this machine was almost unknown outside a few European countries. CCH's Adrian shows us the 116, part of his personal collection.
Who's in control? The real difference between programming for command line, or programming for GUI. Dr Steve Bagley introduces the differences between the two.
Who's in control? The real difference between programming for command line, or programming for GUI. Dr Steve Bagley introduces the differences between the two.
On the "C16," Commodore slashed costs while other manufacturers added RAM - This didn't stop marketing from selling the machine though. Software houses had to do their best....
On the "C16," Commodore slashed costs while other manufacturers added RAM - This didn't stop marketing from selling the machine though. Software houses had to do their best....
Password1 is a terrible password, but how can I remember different secure passwords for each login? Use a password manager. Dr Mike Pound explains how they work.
Password1 is a terrible password, but how can I remember different secure passwords for each login? Use a password manager. Dr Mike Pound explains how they work.
After a recent collaboration with an artist, Professor Moriarty is exploring whether the physics within patterns and art can be exploited for computation.
After a recent collaboration with an artist, Professor Moriarty is exploring whether the physics within patterns and art can be exploited for computation.
Plausible text generation has been around for a couple of years, but how does it work - and what's next? Rob Miles on Language Models and Transformers.
Plausible text generation has been around for a couple of years, but how does it work - and what's next? Rob Miles on Language Models and Transformers.
GPT-2, the Language model that shocked the world with its entirely fictitious story about the unicorns inhabiting a secret South American valley. Rob Miles explains
GPT-2, the Language model that shocked the world with its entirely fictitious story about the unicorns inhabiting a secret South American valley. Rob Miles explains
Dr Mike Pound introduces a ten videos on data analysis: From 0-9.
Dr Mike Pound introduces a ten videos on data analysis: From 0-9.
2019x41 Data Analysis 0: Introduction to Data Analysis Episode overview
Air date
Jul 09, 2019
Big Data does not equate to Big Knowledge - unless you use data analysis. This is part 0 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
Big Data does not equate to Big Knowledge - unless you use data analysis. This is part 0 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
What is data? Dr Mike Pound begins to formalise this much used word. This is part 1 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
What is data? Dr Mike Pound begins to formalise this much used word. This is part 1 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
Seeing is believing - Dr Mike Pound helps us understand how to turn our datapoints into Powerpoints. This is part 2 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
Seeing is believing - Dr Mike Pound helps us understand how to turn our datapoints into Powerpoints. This is part 2 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
A clean sweep. How to get rid of the unnecessary clutter in your data 'house' - Dr Mike Pound on Data Cleaning. This is part 3 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
A clean sweep. How to get rid of the unnecessary clutter in your data 'house' - Dr Mike Pound on Data Cleaning. This is part 3 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
A litre of fuel but a pint of milk - time to get all your data in the right units. Don't let Dr Mike's measuring habits put you off! This is part 4 of the Data Analysis Learning .. show full overview
A litre of fuel but a pint of milk - time to get all your data in the right units. Don't let Dr Mike's measuring habits put you off! This is part 4 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
Too much data? Dr Mike Pound on how best to reduce your dataset. This is part 5 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
Too much data? Dr Mike Pound on how best to reduce your dataset. This is part 5 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
2019x47 Data Analysis 6: Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Episode overview
Air date
Jul 09, 2019
PCA - Principle Component Analysis - finally explained in an accessible way, thanks to Dr Mike Pound. This is part 6 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
PCA - Principle Component Analysis - finally explained in an accessible way, thanks to Dr Mike Pound. This is part 6 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
Grouping similar things together - either users with similar habits, or products in an online shop. Dr Mike Pound on Clustering. This is part 7 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: .. show full overview
Grouping similar things together - either users with similar habits, or products in an online shop. Dr Mike Pound on Clustering. This is part 7 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
For your eyes only! Classifying data isn't a spy trick. Dr Mike Pound creates a decision tree automatically from a data set. This is part 8 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: .. show full overview
For your eyes only! Classifying data isn't a spy trick. Dr Mike Pound creates a decision tree automatically from a data set. This is part 8 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
Real life doesn't fit into neat categories - Dr Mike Pound on some different ways to regress your data. This is part 9 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
Real life doesn't fit into neat categories - Dr Mike Pound on some different ways to regress your data. This is part 9 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba
Multitasking is a hoax - clever techniques mean that your CPU is shuffling between lots of tasks, but doing them one at a time. Dr Steve Bagley regenerates his clones to explain...
Multitasking is a hoax - clever techniques mean that your CPU is shuffling between lots of tasks, but doing them one at a time. Dr Steve Bagley regenerates his clones to explain...
2019x57 Almost All Web Encryption Works Like This (SP Networks) Episode overview
Air date
Aug 14, 2019
Substitution-permutation networks are the basis for almost all modern symmetric cryptography. Dr Mike Pound explains.
Substitution-permutation networks are the basis for almost all modern symmetric cryptography. Dr Mike Pound explains.
We've been asking "What's your favourite (favorite) shortcut key?" as a soundcheck question (this slightly overlapped the "What's your favourite programming language" question) for the last year.
We've been asking "What's your favourite (favorite) shortcut key?" as a soundcheck question (this slightly overlapped the "What's your favourite programming language" question) for the last year.
Scanning objects for use in VR is one thing - but how do you get that haptic feel? Print the object and skin it in VR. Dr Dimitrios Darzentas shows us the kit.
Scanning objects for use in VR is one thing - but how do you get that haptic feel? Print the object and skin it in VR. Dr Dimitrios Darzentas shows us the kit.
No need to understand Turing machines to comprehend the halting problem. Professor Thorsten Altenkirch has a way of using Python to demonstrate the issue.
No need to understand Turing machines to comprehend the halting problem. Professor Thorsten Altenkirch has a way of using Python to demonstrate the issue.
Smart speakers & voice controlled assistants are used more and more, but just how do those systems work? Dr Stuart Reeves of Nottingham's Mixed Reality Lab explains
Smart speakers & voice controlled assistants are used more and more, but just how do those systems work? Dr Stuart Reeves of Nottingham's Mixed Reality Lab explains
2019x79 One Encryption Standard to Rule Them All! Episode overview
Air date
Nov 20, 2019
We look at where the ubiquitous AES came from. Dr Mike Pound introduces the Rijndael algorithm.
We look at where the ubiquitous AES came from. Dr Mike Pound introduces the Rijndael algorithm.