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== Next meeting: Tuesday, 7th May, [[Dmitry Kaminskiy]], ''Live longer and prosper (the science and technology of longevity)''. ==
== The S&T Wiki is now back! ==


= 2019 Programme =
This is the old wiki, upgraded to MediaWiki 1.40.
Dates for our meetings in 2019 are as follows (future dates are always provisional)
The old version was broken by a mandatory PHP upgrade conducted on the shared server where this is hosted.
It needs updating to reflect the current officers and programme but at least when you visit it you don't get a slew of error messages.


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| February || 12th || [[Alan Costley]] || ''Small-scale Nuclear Fusion''.
 
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== Now planning meetings for the 2022 Season  ==
| March || 12th || [[Kevlin Henney]] || ''When Software Fails and What It Means for the Rest of Us''
 
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Please get in touch if you know of a suitable speaker or would like a specific topic addressed.
| April || 2nd ||  [[Robert Plomin]] || [[''Blueprint'': How DNA makes us who we are]]
 
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= 2022 Programme =
| May || 7th || [[Dmitry Kaminskiy]] || ''Longevity''
 
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| June || 4th || [[Emrah Düzel]] || ''Memories are made of this''
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| September || 11th || [[Nessa Carey]] || ''Hacking the Genetic Code - How Gene Editing Will Rewrite Our Futures''
Dates for our meetings in 2020 are as follows (future dates are always provisional):
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| October || 1st || [[Sheena Cruickshank]]  ||  ''Immunology''
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| November || 5th || Joint meeting with Economics Group [TBC] || ''Big Data - the rise of the the Tech Giants and their dominant control of our personal data''
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I am currently working on the 2022 programme. I hope to have talks on the following subjects:
 
- Dark Matter,
 
- Quantum computing,
 
- Cyptocurrencies,
 
- Applied Artificial Intelligence (speaker from DeepMind),
 
- Exploring Space (Nicole Stott),
 
- Autonomous vehicle liability,
 
- Use of psychedelic drugs in treatment of mental illness,
 
- The Chinese social credit system (or related).
 
If you have a comment, please get in touch, especially if you can refer me to a suitable speaker on any of the topics above.


We hope to have meetings on a range of topics including Immunology, the Dark Net, Big Data (including the Chinese Social Credit system), and Dark Matter but final speakers and dates have yet to be confirmed.


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Latest revision as of 08:46, 6 August 2023

The S&T Wiki is now back![edit]

This is the old wiki, upgraded to MediaWiki 1.40. The old version was broken by a mandatory PHP upgrade conducted on the shared server where this is hosted. It needs updating to reflect the current officers and programme but at least when you visit it you don't get a slew of error messages.

I had some problems with spam accounts, so I've restricted account creation rather severely. You can always ask me to create an account for you.

Steve Hemingway

Now planning meetings for the 2022 Season[edit]

Please get in touch if you know of a suitable speaker or would like a specific topic addressed.

2022 Programme[edit]

I am currently working on the 2022 programme. I hope to have talks on the following subjects:

- Dark Matter,

- Quantum computing,

- Cyptocurrencies,

- Applied Artificial Intelligence (speaker from DeepMind),

- Exploring Space (Nicole Stott),

- Autonomous vehicle liability,

- Use of psychedelic drugs in treatment of mental illness,

- The Chinese social credit system (or related).

If you have a comment, please get in touch, especially if you can refer me to a suitable speaker on any of the topics above.


FAQ