Is Technology Truly Transformative?

Sam will take you through how we can use sound to assess the integrity of built structures, such as buildings and bridges, and how this is essential in ensuring they are safe to use. Current industrial trends, such as digital transformation and industry 4.0, require new sources of data to feed ever increasingly complex machine learning models and create digital twins of industrial assets. Sensors, and the data they acquire, represent a bridge between the physical and digital worlds. Ultrasound is proving to be a useful sensing mechanism, with the ability to non-destructively sample a whole host of physical properties, thus enabling data-driven decision making and more energy-efficient operation of assets. This talk will explore how ultrasound can be used to 'see' inside structures and fuel the digital revolution.

Join Hamid as he explains what '6G' is, before providing an update on current research and industry trends on self-driving cars. The impact of 6G on intelligent transportation systems and what this means for Autonomous Vehicles in the UK will be explored.

This talk will cover the use of AI (artificial intelligence) tools in our daily lives and explore its possible future impact - it will affect us all!

Warren will describe how Augmented Reality can help to bridge the gap between the classroom and remote learning’ using a service design methodology approach. Warren will discuss the EPIC SCIENCE project, which explores the use of augmented reality in the classroom. EPIC SCIENCE has been funded by an EPIC MegaGrant, and is a partnership between EBOR Academy Trust, York St John University, and the Centre for Industry Education Collaboration. It endeavours to understand the impact of using augmented reality as a way of engaging young pupils in primary science.

Ben is interested in the social science of how people use (public) spaces to express themselves. He is currently investigating political graffiti (or "tagging") and plastering (or "bombarding") and the relation between the government's restrictions on protest creates more secretive public rebellion