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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and the Internet of Things

Steve Furber By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Science and Technology Posted:

Computers are everywhere with a myriad of consumer, automotive, medical and communications devices hosting microprocessors and the Internet of Things will result in an increase in reliance on this technology. In this blog, Steve Furber, Professor of Computer Engineering, discusses the challenges for Dr Patrick Vallance, the new Government Chief Scientific Advisor on artificial intelligence, […]

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ARM Holdings takeover deal: are we selling the crown jewels?

Steve Furber By Filed Under: All posts, Brexit, Science and Engineering Posted:

ARM Holdings, one of the UK’s biggest technology companies, has been taken over by a Japanese company for £24bn. The country’s new Prime Minister is citing it as a success of Brexit – but Steve Furber says it’s on a par with selling the crown jewels. Was it a coincidence that, during the week that […]

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Why medicine needs computer modelling in the fight against brain disease

Steve Furber By Filed Under: All posts, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology Posted:

Research into new drugs for brain disease is being held back because of a lack of fundamental understanding and models of brain function argues Steve Furber, who explains why policy makers and researchers worldwide should make computer modelling part of the solution. Brain diseases cost the developed economies more than heart diseases, cancer and diabetes […]

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Privacy vs Security

Steve Furber By Filed Under: All posts, Europe, Featured Posted:

As data protection becomes a hot topic again  with the publication of the ‘A Question of Trust‘ report, Professor Steve Furber asks if we should be worried. I have always assumed that government security agencies – GCHQ, NSA, etc – can snoop on what they like, when they like, and that this is in the interests […]

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Get rid of drivers to cut road deaths

Steve Furber By Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted:

The development of driverless cars offers a wonderful opportunity to stem the number of road deaths and injuries, explains Professor Steve Furber. The announcement by Google that it is to manufacture driverless cars could herald the greatest improvement in road safety since the car was invented.  After all, it takes out of the equation the biggest […]

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