Leveraging Technology to Improve Efficiency

Modern machines, from cars to aircraft, run on enormous amounts of software, making them complex to design and maintain. What if engineers could build software like LEGO? This talk explores how visual modelling and reusable blocks help engineers design, test, and generate reliable software for complex systems more easily and collaboratively.

This presentation explores robot–human collaboration technologies for automating vineyard tasks such as monitoring and harvesting. We will discuss the technological and safety challenges of implementing robots in agriculture. Join us to see our real robot dog in action!

Standard MRI is slow because it relies on faint atomic signals, forcing patients to remain still in a noisy machine. My research uses "hyperpolarisation" to amplify these signals shortening MRI scans from hours to seconds. We’re swapping long, noisy scans for instant insights.

We increasingly hear claims that AI can benefit or harm us. However, philosophically, we may question: What do we mean by benefit or harm? This talk will broadly argue that when evaluating AI, the main question should be: How is it affecting human freedom?