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Super view: The small, the Big and the Virtual

Past event - 2016
24 May | Doors Open: 6.30pm; Event 7.00-9.30pm | Ground floor
accessible to wheelchairs |
The Architect, 43 Castle St,
Cambridge CB3 0AH
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During this evening the speakers are going to present technologies which allow us to visualise very small molecules, look at the early epochs of the universe and see and interact in/with the virtual world. It is all about 'Seeing things ...'

An Inside Look at Bacteria

In his 1665 work Micrographia, Robert Hooke used drawing to help us to begin to understand the world of the very small. Today scientists continue trying to draw or depict ever-smaller objects, pushing the theoretical limits of light in order to discover more about the nano- world. In this talk, I will discuss the latest developments in imaging technologies that have enabled us to directly visualise important biological processes, specifically how we can now look inside a single bacterium.

Pursuing the Early Epochs of the Universe

In this talk I will discuss the process of designing electromagnetic sensors (i.e. antennae) and microwave receivers to study the very early epochs of our Universe — when the first stars and galaxies were formed. I will talk about the important design targets such as sensitivity, polarisation purity and calibratability. The talk will focus on the developments for 2 major international telescopes, the SKA and HERA.


Computer Vision - Teaching Machines to See

Modern computers have become remarkably capable. Machines can beat humans at chess. They can also conduct a search on most of human knowledge and quickly answer your questions. Though familiar, interactions between computer and humans are easily characterised as rather awkward. We humans interact with each other using speech and vision, yet our interactions with the digital world only occur through interfaces that prompt us to perform unnatural acts. So, why not, teach computers to understand us?
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