One of the cleanest ways to cut down a search space when working out point proximity! Mike Pound explains K-Dimension Trees.
One of the cleanest ways to cut down a search space when working out point proximity! Mike Pound explains K-Dimension Trees.
2022x3 Metaverse is 30yrs old - Why Facebook is late to the party Episode overview
Air date
Jan 27, 2022
The Mixed Reality lab at the University of Nottingham has been studying virtual and augmented reality for decades. We chatted to Steve Benford, Paul Tennent & Edgard Bodiaj from the .. show full overview
The Mixed Reality lab at the University of Nottingham has been studying virtual and augmented reality for decades. We chatted to Steve Benford, Paul Tennent & Edgard Bodiaj from the Mixed Reality Lab & Kate Wellham from Live Cinema about their system 'Bubbles' and how it fits with the current state of VR and the benefits over Zoom & Teams meetings.
The VR environment shown in the video is not Meta/Facebook's 'Metaverse', it is a virtual environment created by the mixed reality lab at the University of Nottingham, used here to illustrate some of the benefits of VR over traditional online meetings.
Remembering a time when connections were down to 40 bits per second, and the resulting algorithms still in use today! Dr Richard G Clegg of Queen Mary University London has the details.
Remembering a time when connections were down to 40 bits per second, and the resulting algorithms still in use today! Dr Richard G Clegg of Queen Mary University London has the details.
Many will have heard the phrase 'Mythical Man Month' and assume it's simply about whether manpower and time are interchangeable - the book is really about much more. Professor Brailsford explains how this all relates to the humble byte.
Many will have heard the phrase 'Mythical Man Month' and assume it's simply about whether manpower and time are interchangeable - the book is really about much more. Professor Brailsford explains how this all relates to the humble byte.
Computer says no! What if two team members try to edit the same file in a project? Git has you covered - Dr Max Wilson explains how teams collaborate using Git.
Computer says no! What if two team members try to edit the same file in a project? Git has you covered - Dr Max Wilson explains how teams collaborate using Git.
2022x10 High Level Languages & the IBM 360 Series Episode overview
Air date
Mar 31, 2022
Continuing on from the Professor's look at the Mythical Man Month, we're talking about whether IBM could have used high level languages in their groundbreaking 360 series.
Continuing on from the Professor's look at the Mythical Man Month, we're talking about whether IBM could have used high level languages in their groundbreaking 360 series.
Could robots like this be sent into nuclear facilities to autonomously deal with toxic waste? That's the plan. Nick & Michal from Oxford Robotics Institute demonstrate & explain their .. show full overview
Could robots like this be sent into nuclear facilities to autonomously deal with toxic waste? That's the plan. Nick & Michal from Oxford Robotics Institute demonstrate & explain their automation of the familiar yellow robot 'spot.'
The project was the result of a collaboration between the Oxford Robotics Institute (particularly the DRS and GOALS groups) and Createc (createc.co.uk), and was supported by UKRI through the ISCF RAIN and ORCA Hubs, the AutoInspect project, and the EPSRC Programme Grant in Embodied Intelligence.
How do you compute a massive number raised to the power of another huge number, modulo something else? Dr Mike Pound explains the super-quick square & multiply algorithm.
How do you compute a massive number raised to the power of another huge number, modulo something else? Dr Mike Pound explains the super-quick square & multiply algorithm.
The psychic paper in the TV show "Doctor Who" displays whatever the Doctor needs it to show at any given time. The Java vulnerability Neil Madden exposed is a digital version of this. Dr Mike Pound explains.
The psychic paper in the TV show "Doctor Who" displays whatever the Doctor needs it to show at any given time. The Java vulnerability Neil Madden exposed is a digital version of this. Dr Mike Pound explains.
Zip files & error correction depend on information theory, Tim Muller takes us through how Claude Shannon's early Computer Science work is still essential today!
Zip files & error correction depend on information theory, Tim Muller takes us through how Claude Shannon's early Computer Science work is still essential today!
Even the most impressive soft robots have an external control system. What if the software could be running on soft hardware? - Associate Professor Perla Maiolino explains the soft logic in soft robots.
Even the most impressive soft robots have an external control system. What if the software could be running on soft hardware? - Associate Professor Perla Maiolino explains the soft logic in soft robots.
AI Object detection is getting better and better, but as Dr Alex Turner demonstrates, it's far from perfect, and it doesn't recognise things in the same way as us.
AI Object detection is getting better and better, but as Dr Alex Turner demonstrates, it's far from perfect, and it doesn't recognise things in the same way as us.
2022x23 Scratch? Python? C? Kernighan on Languages for Kids Coding Episode overview
Air date
Aug 02, 2022
We asked Brian Kernighan (author of 'C Programming Language') what language kids should try first.
We asked Brian Kernighan (author of 'C Programming Language') what language kids should try first.
This video features the Oxford Robotics Institute demonstrating their SLAM algorithm with their frontier device and the Boston Dynamics Spot robot. Thanks to Marco Camurri & Michal Staniaszek for their time.
This video features the Oxford Robotics Institute demonstrating their SLAM algorithm with their frontier device and the Boston Dynamics Spot robot. Thanks to Marco Camurri & Michal Staniaszek for their time.
Knowledge graphs help computers make sense of data for search, recommendations and other AI tasks, Professor Elena Simperl of Kings College London explains.
Knowledge graphs help computers make sense of data for search, recommendations and other AI tasks, Professor Elena Simperl of Kings College London explains.
Blockchain has a controversial reputation, linked as it is to cryptocurrency but Professor Peter McBurney of Kings College London thinks it's an important an invention as the web itself.
Blockchain has a controversial reputation, linked as it is to cryptocurrency but Professor Peter McBurney of Kings College London thinks it's an important an invention as the web itself.
Deterministic route finding isn't enough for the real world - Nick Hawes of the Oxford Robotics Institute takes us through some problems featuring probabilities.
Deterministic route finding isn't enough for the real world - Nick Hawes of the Oxford Robotics Institute takes us through some problems featuring probabilities.
Just how do computers synchronise clocks across the Internet? Dr Julian Onions implemented this at Nottingham after meeting the godfather of Internet time, Dave Mills!
Just how do computers synchronise clocks across the Internet? Dr Julian Onions implemented this at Nottingham after meeting the godfather of Internet time, Dave Mills!
http3 is here, but it wasn't an easy solution, Richard G Clegg of Queen Mary University London explains why he can't decide whether he loves it or hates it!
http3 is here, but it wasn't an easy solution, Richard G Clegg of Queen Mary University London explains why he can't decide whether he loves it or hates it!
2022x40 MDE under the Hood (Model Driven Engineering) Episode overview
Air date
Dec 20, 2022
How does Model Driven Engineering work? Dr Steffen Zschaler, Reader in Computer Science at Kings College London takes us through it.
How does Model Driven Engineering work? Dr Steffen Zschaler, Reader in Computer Science at Kings College London takes us through it.
