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[Free] Our annual IET QMUL Children’s Christmas Lecture is back for 2019 ^JB

Wednesday 11 December 2019

 

The beauty of our senses: vision and audition in humans and machines

Parents, grandparents, carers, teachers, schools – bring your kids for our free event!

We have a free twilight event for young people (pitched at secondary school children but all are welcome) with a talk, then some mince pies afterwards and a chance to find out more about our research.

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The beauty of our senses: vision and audition in humans and machines
Do you trust your senses? Do you trust machines sensing the world on your behalf? Join us and discover the amazing secrets of our senses of sight and hearing, and how these senses are being replicated (and enhanced!) in machines that see us and listen to our requests. You will also discover how your brain plays some tricks on you and
how machines can understand what’s in a picture as well as the sound of your voice, including your emotions!

Andrea Cavallaro is Professor of Multimedia Signal Processing and the founding Director of the Centre for Intelligent Sensing at Queen Mary University of London, UK.

The lecture will be followed by drinks and mince pies. Attendance is free, but please register in advance.

The event is aimed at secondary school-aged students, but with astonishments to be unveiled for both adults and young people alike. All are welcome so if you have a curious mind, book your (free) tickets quickly.

Approximate timings
5pm – doors open
5.30-6.30pm – the Christmas lecture
6.30pm – mince pies and mingle, see our research displays
7.30pm – ends

Location
The Great Hall
QMUL People’s Palace
Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road London
E1 4NS

Nearest tube is Stepney Green, (zone 2: District and Hammersmith & City lines) and Mile End (zone 2, Central, District and Hammersmith & City lines) is a short bus ride or slightly longer walk away. Buses 25 and 205 will drop you off almost exactly outside the venue. Click to view an annotated map showing the venue and the two nearest bus stops.

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This is our fifth annual Children’s Christmas lecture since 2015, our previous four are.