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Smart Machines and Data: From ALMA to Zetabytes

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  • Duration: 1 hr 31 mins
  • Publication date: 19 Jan 2017
  • Part of series The Appleton Lecture Series, IET Prestige Lecture Series

Abstract

Delegates attending this lecture will learn about the latest work on the next generation of instrumentation for Radio Astronomy, The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and The Square Kilometer Array (SKA), and it can help solve the engineering grand challenges of the 21st century.

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  • SKA
  • Square Kilometer Array
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  • astronomy
  • big data
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  • data
  • electromagnetic spectrum
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  • Professor Jeremy  Watson

    Professor Jeremy Watson

    The IET President

    Jeremy Watson is Vice-Dean for Engineering Mission and Professor of Engineering Systems in the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy at UCL.Concurrently, he is Chief Scientist and Engineer at the Building Research Establishment (BRE). Jeremy was previously Arup’s Global Research Director, and Chief Scientific Advisor in the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG).An electronics and control engineer by training and practice, he has senior experience of research and technical direction in industry and universities, governing board membership at Innovate UK and EPSRC, plus service with NERC and HEFCE.He has served on two government SAGE panels (Flooding and Pandemics) and a Blackett Review on Cybersecurity of the Internet of Things. Jeremy is Deputy President of the Institution for Engineering and Technology and Chair of BuildingSMART UK.He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the ICE and the IET. His specialities include research strategy, systems thinking, innovation processes, and emerging technology identification.Jeremy is Director of a £9.8m research hub funded by EPSRC. This is composed of nine universities collaborating research on Cybersecurity of the Internet of Things. The hub has been pledged a further £13m by its partners for on-going research
  • Professor Danielle George

    Professor Danielle George

    University of Manchester, Vice Dean Teaching, Learning and Students

    Vice Dean for Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. Professor Danielle George will talk about her work on the most advanced radio telescope ever and how she has made it part of her mission to show how creative engineering can be.She firmly believes that having fun is the first step to solving the engineering grand challenges of the 21st century.
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