Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
Moisés Hernández-Fernandez from the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, University of Oxford, UK will present a seminar on the 1st of June 2016, (at 1pm) entitled “White Matter Tractography and Human Brain[...]
An introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As and an hour or so’s discussion among the audience. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take an active part in the[...]
Phil Barry is the founder of Blokur and will be talking about how blockchain might be used to transform the music industry, including a demonstration of Ujo. Phil’s work with Imogen Heap attracted major media[...]
Talks on the poetry of John Milton (Dr Margaret Kean, St Hilda’s College, Oxford); music by George Frideric Handel (Dr Jonathan Williams, St Hilda’s College and Faculty of Music, University of Oxford); and Morris’s dance[...]
When the Elizabethan gentleman John Sadler sat down to copy his music partbooks little did he know that he had chosen an overly acidic ink. He filled his manuscripts with Latin sacred music from throughout[...]
Drawing upon sociology of culture and digital rhetoric literature, this talk will illuminate the persuasive function of hashtags in the context of the UK EU membership referendum. What makes a hashtag more influential, or more[...]
Dr Paul Richmond University of Sheffield June 15, 2016 – 13:00 to 14:00 Conference Room Oxford e-Research Centre, 7 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG 7 Keble Road Oxford OX1 3QG No booking required Open to[...]
In 1848 the Pre Raphaelites created a strong artisitc ethos which was to last the 19th Century, exlpore their musical counterparts in the works of Sullivan Debussy and Vaughan Williams
Bird strikes pose serious problems for both civil and military aircraft. This seminar will discuss a Visual Analytics approach to working with and understanding the raw incident reporting data. Visual analytics is the science of[...]
We all know that our satnav systems use GPS and weather forecasting uses meteorological satellites, but do you know that satellites are also used in farming, finance, transport systems, helping with natural disaster management, tracking[...]
Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 15:00 Venue: Oxford Town Hall, Long Room Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html Neural implants, nanomedicine, brain enhancing drugs, genetic engineering… Many human enhancement technologies are emerging and raise ethical[...]
How to create in the lab the process taking place at the heart of the stars? How to harvest this energy to power the world? Nuclear fusion is arguably the hardest technical challenge humanity works[...]
In the era of the development of technologies like robotics and artificial intelligence, machines are more and more capable of outperforming human beings at work tasks. What will be the decline of today’s professions? What[...]
Date/Time: Thursday 30 June, 19:00 Venue: Larkmead School, Abingdon Admissions: £6/£4(conc.)/£19(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/abingdon-events.html Although the dramatic increase in life expectancy we have witnessed over the past century is arguably one of medicine’s[...]
Gain insights into the space programme thanks to astronomer Fred Taylor. How can the motivations of researchers and politicians merge to generate the large budgets required? How is the technology planned and developed to make[...]
Nicola Blackwood, local MP, is Chair of the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Commons. Science and technology are central for the development of the region, and fundamental for the country: boosting innovation[...]
Date/Time: Sunday 3 July, 19:00 Venue: Amey Theatre, Abingdon School, Abingdon-on-Thames Admissions: £7/£5(conc.)/£22(fam.) Suitability: 16+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/grand-finale.html What are the next steps for human evolution? Natural changes or technologies? Combining gene splicing and trans-humanism,[...]
David Pugmire July 8, 2016 – 14:00 to 15:00 Access Grid Room (room 277) Oxford e-Research Centre, 7 Keble Road, Oxford The scientific data that are being generated today, and in the near future, will[...]
We are delighted to be welcoming back to the bookshop the incredibly talented The Bookshop Band. The Bookshop Band write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops and at book festivals all around[...]
August 4, 2016 – 14:00 to 15:00 Access Grid Room 277 Oxford e-Research Centre, 7 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG Open to all. Coffee and cakes. This week’s seminar reports upon the work of the[...]
September 23, 2016 – 14:00 to 15:00 Access Grid Room (room 277) Oxford e-Research Centre, 7 Keble Road, Oxford Seminar No booking required Open to all Coffee and cakes The Oxford e-Research Centre is pleased[...]
This presentation will examine the upsurge in the popularity of Hildegard of Bingen. The presentation will use of methodology of crystallisation (Richardson 2000) to examine the subject from a variety of dimensions including the performative[...]
Elain Harwood will look at David Roberts’s work in Cambridge and Oxford, and will place it in the context of the growth of higher education in the 1950s and 1960s, and the development of a[...]
Xtrac / Oxford e-Research Centre October 20, 2016 – 19:00 Oxford e-Research Centre 7 Keble Road, Oxford Seminar Open to all This exciting talk from Xtrac – global leaders in racing gearbox design will discuss[...]
Imogen Cooper CBE is an internationally renowned pianist. She will be performing a programme of music by Leos Janacek, Manuel de Falla, Claude Debussy and Isaac Albeniz and will then be in conversation with the[...]
In the world of classical music and opera, there are few young contemporary composers more exciting than Mark Simpson. Mark is currently a visiting fellow at LMH, where he is artist-in-resident for 2016/17. The event[...]
This year’s lecture will be given by David Altshuler MD PhD, Executive Vice President for Global Research and Chief Scientific Officer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and will be titled ‘Human Genetics and the Discovery of New Medicines’.[...]
Vinay Gupta is a technologist and policy analyst with a particular interest in how specific technologies can create or close off avenues for decision makers. This interest has taken him through cryptography, energy policy, defence,[...]
Satya Pramod Jammy, a post doctoral researcher at the University of Southampton. He will present a talk entitled ‘Future proofing and performance optimisation of explicit finite difference solvers using the OpenSBLI framework’. Abstract In this[...]
Join us to celebrate our work on digital manuscripts at the Bodleian at a day-long event showcasing Digital.Bodleian, the Polonsky Foundation Digitization Project in collaboration with the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, and the launch of our[...]
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