Hello World on the Sega Megadrive/Genesis - its quite an involved process to write Hello World on a machine that doesn't even have an operating system. Matt Phillips, of Big Evil Corp demostrates the 'wonky R'
Hello World on the Sega Megadrive/Genesis - its quite an involved process to write Hello World on a machine that doesn't even have an operating system. Matt Phillips, of Big Evil Corp demostrates the 'wonky R'
Fun comes in many forms - playing puzzles, or writing programs that solve the puzzles for you. Professor Thorsten Altenkirch on a recursive Sudoku solver.
Fun comes in many forms - playing puzzles, or writing programs that solve the puzzles for you. Professor Thorsten Altenkirch on a recursive Sudoku solver.
Bring Donkey Kong home! - The unenviable task given to Masayuki Uemura by Nintendo bosses in the early '80s. Unimpressed by Atari's 2600 they set out to bring a true videogame arcade experience into the home.
Bring Donkey Kong home! - The unenviable task given to Masayuki Uemura by Nintendo bosses in the early '80s. Unimpressed by Atari's 2600 they set out to bring a true videogame arcade experience into the home.
As we contemplate life after lock-down, what technology could help the health services to work out how viruses can spread? Dr Mike Pound & Dr Steve Bagley chat to Sean.
As we contemplate life after lock-down, what technology could help the health services to work out how viruses can spread? Dr Mike Pound & Dr Steve Bagley chat to Sean.
Coding Partial Derivatives in Python is a good way to understand what Machine Learning "secret sauce" has to do. Professor Thorsten Altenkirch explains what it means, and then demos in Python.
Coding Partial Derivatives in Python is a good way to understand what Machine Learning "secret sauce" has to do. Professor Thorsten Altenkirch explains what it means, and then demos in Python.
What's in an eBook file? Dr Steve Bagley delves inside 'Beautiful Code' to find out. As we used "Beautiful Code" as our example, here's a link to the publish...
What's in an eBook file? Dr Steve Bagley delves inside 'Beautiful Code' to find out. As we used "Beautiful Code" as our example, here's a link to the publish...
Virtual Backgrounds and grainy webcams - what else can we do to improve video conferencing? Dr Max Wilson on a couple of innovations you can try today.
Virtual Backgrounds and grainy webcams - what else can we do to improve video conferencing? Dr Max Wilson on a couple of innovations you can try today.
Computer Scientists had to make choices for what system to use for different student use cases. Professor Brailsford on whether to choose Algol 68 or Pascal. Or both.
Computer Scientists had to make choices for what system to use for different student use cases. Professor Brailsford on whether to choose Algol 68 or Pascal. Or both.
2020x46 The Knapsack Problem & Genetic Algorithms Episode overview
Air date
Oct 01, 2020
Tournament selection, roulette selection, mutation, crossover - all processes used in genetic algorithms. Dr Alex Turner explains using the Knapsack Problem.
Tournament selection, roulette selection, mutation, crossover - all processes used in genetic algorithms. Dr Alex Turner explains using the Knapsack Problem.
Breaking the unbreakable loop. More on how self-modifying code can be a neat hack, that's almost unmaintainable. Dr Julian Onions recalls the "Real Programmer" story that circulated in the early '80s.
Breaking the unbreakable loop. More on how self-modifying code can be a neat hack, that's almost unmaintainable. Dr Julian Onions recalls the "Real Programmer" story that circulated in the early '80s.
Millions of lines of code - how do you keep them bug free? Facebook's Professor Peter O'Hearn talks us through "Infer" their code checker which dallies with the idea of undecidability.
Millions of lines of code - how do you keep them bug free? Facebook's Professor Peter O'Hearn talks us through "Infer" their code checker which dallies with the idea of undecidability.
It's absolutely everywhere, but what is TLS and where did it come from? Dr Mike Pound explains the background behind this ubiquitous Internet security protocol.
It's absolutely everywhere, but what is TLS and where did it come from? Dr Mike Pound explains the background behind this ubiquitous Internet security protocol.
How does your computer arrange with a server to start talking in code? Dr Mike Pound explains the TLS handshake where the server and client organise everything.
How does your computer arrange with a server to start talking in code? Dr Mike Pound explains the TLS handshake where the server and client organise everything.
Demonstrating how complex systems can arise from simple rules, random boolean networks also have some surprising properties... sometimes! Dr Alex Turner generates some.
Demonstrating how complex systems can arise from simple rules, random boolean networks also have some surprising properties... sometimes! Dr Alex Turner generates some.
Underpinning the Internet are countless network routers - how do they work out the route to send your data along? Dr Richard G Clegg of Queen Mary University London explains the Bellman Ford distance vector algorithm.
Underpinning the Internet are countless network routers - how do they work out the route to send your data along? Dr Richard G Clegg of Queen Mary University London explains the Bellman Ford distance vector algorithm.
Program Correctness is incredibly important in computing - particularly in hardware design. Professor Graham Hutton takes us through a simple example using arithmetic.
Program Correctness is incredibly important in computing - particularly in hardware design. Professor Graham Hutton takes us through a simple example using arithmetic.
When Sun added network abilities to a messaging feature, one user managed to contact more people than he'd bargained for. Dr Julian Onions takes us through the rwall incident of 1987.
When Sun added network abilities to a messaging feature, one user managed to contact more people than he'd bargained for. Dr Julian Onions takes us through the rwall incident of 1987.
How do you verify that someone is who they say they are? Dr Mike Pound on digital signatures.
How do you verify that someone is who they say they are? Dr Mike Pound on digital signatures.
2020x57 Brute Forcing The Countdown Numbers Game Episode overview
Air date
Dec 18, 2020
Billions of possibilities - Dr Alex Turner borrowed some cluster time to obtain all of the potential results from all the possible games of Countdown's Numbers Game.
Billions of possibilities - Dr Alex Turner borrowed some cluster time to obtain all of the potential results from all the possible games of Countdown's Numbers Game.
Used by millions every day we're dissecting mice today. Dr Steve Bagley takes us through the workings, starting with a ball-powered rodent.
Used by millions every day we're dissecting mice today. Dr Steve Bagley takes us through the workings, starting with a ball-powered rodent.
2020x59Season finale ALOHAnet: Grandfather of All Computer Networks Episode overview
Air date
Dec 30, 2020
How do you share a 1960's computer across a bunch of islands? Wireless networking of course - although, like Norman Abramson & his team, you'd have to invent it first. Dr Steve Bagley on Hawaii's Aloha Net.
How do you share a 1960's computer across a bunch of islands? Wireless networking of course - although, like Norman Abramson & his team, you'd have to invent it first. Dr Steve Bagley on Hawaii's Aloha Net.
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