Hash Sets in Python work a little bit like the index of a book, giving you a shortcut to looking for a value in a list. Dr Mike Pound explains how they work and demos with some code.
Hash Sets in Python work a little bit like the index of a book, giving you a shortcut to looking for a value in a list. Dr Mike Pound explains how they work and demos with some code.
A graphical problem seems intuitive to a human, but how do you explain something formally to a machine? Dr. Mohammad Abdulaziz, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, King's College London
A graphical problem seems intuitive to a human, but how do you explain something formally to a machine? Dr. Mohammad Abdulaziz, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, King's College London
Just how simple can a web server be? Laurence Tratt, Shopify / Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Language Engineering at Kings College London builds it up.
Just how simple can a web server be? Laurence Tratt, Shopify / Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Language Engineering at Kings College London builds it up.
With Large Language Models becoming used across all areas of computing, security researcher Dr Tim Muller explores how they can be used for all kinds of unintended purposes.
With Large Language Models becoming used across all areas of computing, security researcher Dr Tim Muller explores how they can be used for all kinds of unintended purposes.
How do CPUs make the most efficient use of their compute time? Matt Godbolt takes us through the pipeline - allowing the CPU to do work as many ticks of the system clock as possible!
How do CPUs make the most efficient use of their compute time? Matt Godbolt takes us through the pipeline - allowing the CPU to do work as many ticks of the system clock as possible!
With the explosion of AI image generators, AI images are everywhere, but how do they 'know' how to turn text strings into plausible images? Dr Mike Pound expands on his explanation of Diffusion models.
With the explosion of AI image generators, AI images are everywhere, but how do they 'know' how to turn text strings into plausible images? Dr Mike Pound expands on his explanation of Diffusion models.
How CPUs that are capable can manage to complete tasks simultaneously without the program knowing. Matt Godbolt continues his series on how processors work.
How CPUs that are capable can manage to complete tasks simultaneously without the program knowing. Matt Godbolt continues his series on how processors work.
Nearly nine million Windows machines were taken out by the Crowdstrike problem in July 2024, but why was the impact so problematic? Dr Steve Bagley and Dr Mike Pound of the University of Nottingham discuss the problem.
Nearly nine million Windows machines were taken out by the Crowdstrike problem in July 2024, but why was the impact so problematic? Dr Steve Bagley and Dr Mike Pound of the University of Nottingham discuss the problem.
2024x22 A Helping Hand for LLMs (Retrieval Augmented Generation) Episode overview
Air date
Sep 01, 2024
Mike Pound discusses how Retrieval Augmented Generation can improve the performance of Large Language Models.
Mike Pound discusses how Retrieval Augmented Generation can improve the performance of Large Language Models.
2024x23 Nobel Prize in Physics (& Computer Science?) Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 2024
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”.
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”.
You say "bye" first! - no, you say "bye" first! - how do you know when to close the connection? Dr Richard G. Clegg of Queen Mary University London talks us through this frustrating network problem.
You say "bye" first! - no, you say "bye" first! - how do you know when to close the connection? Dr Richard G. Clegg of Queen Mary University London talks us through this frustrating network problem.
Malleable encryption means you can flip a bit in the encrypted message and the corresponding bit is flipped in the unencrypted plain text. Dr Tim Muller gives us some examples.
Malleable encryption means you can flip a bit in the encrypted message and the corresponding bit is flipped in the unencrypted plain text. Dr Tim Muller gives us some examples.
2024x27 Modern CPUs Assign Registers To Speed Up Your Code Episode overview
Air date
Nov 12, 2024
Modern CPUs manage to speed up even the simplest code, Matt Godbolt explains how there's a lot of juggling going on even in the simple use of registers.
Modern CPUs manage to speed up even the simplest code, Matt Godbolt explains how there's a lot of juggling going on even in the simple use of registers.
What's in a language? Dr Laurie Tratt breaks it down by creating a brand new programming language by writing an interpreter in a few lines of code.
What's in a language? Dr Laurie Tratt breaks it down by creating a brand new programming language by writing an interpreter in a few lines of code.
2024x29 Using Bayesian Approaches & Sausage Plots to Improve Machine Learning Episode overview
Air date
Nov 28, 2024
Bayesian logic is already helping to improve Machine Learning results using statistical models. Professor Mike Osborne drew us some sausage plots to explain the idea.
Bayesian logic is already helping to improve Machine Learning results using statistical models. Professor Mike Osborne drew us some sausage plots to explain the idea.
2024x30 Software Engineering for Quantum Computing Episode overview
Air date
Dec 03, 2024
As quantum devices become more accessible, there's a whole area of software engineering opening up. Mohammad Mousavi specialises in software engineering for quantum computing.
As quantum devices become more accessible, there's a whole area of software engineering opening up. Mohammad Mousavi specialises in software engineering for quantum computing.
2024x31 How Path Tracing Makes Computer Graphics Look Awesome Episode overview
Air date
Dec 10, 2024
Path Tracing takes into account all sorts of indirect light sources to make graphics look real. Building on the previous videos on Ray Tracing, Lewis Stuart demonstrates how Path tracing samples indirect light to create these super scenes.
Path Tracing takes into account all sorts of indirect light sources to make graphics look real. Building on the previous videos on Ray Tracing, Lewis Stuart demonstrates how Path tracing samples indirect light to create these super scenes.
The XZ Exploit was an incredible near miss. Dr Richard G Clegg of Queen Mary University London explains how a seemingly helpful contributor hid some code in part of a ubiquitous piece of software.
The XZ Exploit was an incredible near miss. Dr Richard G Clegg of Queen Mary University London explains how a seemingly helpful contributor hid some code in part of a ubiquitous piece of software.
2024x33 What's Your Least Favourite Programming Language? (2024 soundcheck question) Episode overview
Air date
Dec 24, 2024
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