Ladies and gents, boffins of distinction, good afternoon!
We're ready to announce our virtual event for August 2021 - we are back to having it on Thursdays - Thu August 12th.
Speaker 1
Håkon Hukkelås
https://www.hukkelas.no/
https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/hakon.hukkelas
Deep Privacy by Håkon Hukkelås (PhD at NTNU)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMeTmxA0JtY
With research interests in Computer Vision, Håkon currently is a Ph.D. candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). More specifically in the field of Deep Learning in Computer Vision, Generative Models. His work around Deep Privacy at the BRAIN NTNU events, was spotted by one of our members (thanks Edīte Rikmeviča!)
Speaker 2
Dr Phil Weber
https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/phil-weber
https://twitter.com/philmanybikes
Formerly providing AI consultancy to SMEs in the West Midlands through Aston University's Think Beyond Data programme (ongoing), there have been a few posts by Phil on our brum.ai slack channel as he has been with us for some time now. His area of expertise is Automatic Speech and Speaker Recognition (ASR), Forensic Voice Comparison and he is currently part of the Aston Forensic Speech Data Science Lab. Those of you who were around might remember another talk he gave here in Feb, 2020!
I am very much looking forward to both talks! The two go really nicely together - Deep Privacy and Computer Vision, and Automatic Speaker Recognition/Forensic voice comparison
Agenda for the night, all times London time.
18:55 - 19:05 Arrival
19:05 - 19:45 Talk 1 and questions
19:45 - 20:25 Talk 2 and questions
Comfort break
20:35 - open-ended discussion into breakout rooms, by popular demand we open a few breakout rooms and in groups of 4-5 people get the chance to meet each other.
Personally I would welcome anyone to join us - if you have no experience but interest and curiosity about AI, its applications, the underlying methods and techniques, and the people that make it all possible please come along. Have you started a new AI or Data Science or Computer Science MSc in one of the Midlands Universities - this event is for you! Are you an undergraduate student looking to meet people outside your campus bubble - you are more than welcome to join! Has COVID19 led you to consider different career options - attending a series of events like this one can easily demonstrate to employers or further education bodies your passion for technology. Have you been coming to previous events and you simply missed us - likewise - it would be really nice to see you again!
Check out our new website now live, all BrumAI links on here (incl our Slack community) https://linktr.ee/brumai
See you there!
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