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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

'Artificial Intelligence' part 3 - Understanding how we learn language

Professor Kim Plunkett explains how neuroscientists use artificial intelligence as a tool to model processes in the brain – in particular to understand how infants acquire language.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett

An interdisciplinary discussion of Kirsten Shepherd-Barr's book
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

'Artificial Intelligence' part 2 - How to create machines that learn

Professor Nando de Freitas explains that understanding how our brains work has helped us create machines that learn, and how these learning machines can be put to completing different tasks.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Leviathan and the Air Pump: Thirty Years On

The historian of science David Wootton reviews the controversial dispute between Robert Boyle and Thomas Hobbes, followed by a reply from Boyle's biographer Michael Hunter
Unconscious Memory
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Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis

Richard Brown( Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University) and Mark Solms (Chair of Neuropsychology, University of Cape Town) give the fourth talk in the Unconscious Memory series.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

That Other Place: Art and Alzheimer's

A short video about a recent exhibition of photography and film
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

'Artificial Intelligence' part 1 - Using artificial intelligence to spot patterns

Professor Stephen Roberts explains how machines, whose job it is simply to learn, can help researchers spot scientific needles in data haystacks, which will help us solve some grand challenges.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

'Explosions' part 3 - Health and Big Data

Professor Gil McVean explains what Big Data is and how it can be used to better understand and treat complex conditions, such as heart disease and dementia.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Humanities and Science: Representing Science

An interdisciplinary discussion exploring the many possible approaches to representing science through the arts, as well as potential challenges
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

The Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity

A discussion exploring Pedro Ferreira's book
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Observing by Hand: Sketching the Nebulae in the Nineteenth Century

A discussion of Omar Nasim's book
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Wayne McGregor: Neuroscience and Dance

Wayne McGregor (Director, Random Dance) talks about his choreographic practice with Dr Phil Barnard, (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge) and Eckhard Thiemann (Arts Producer).
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

The Seven Wonders of Galaxy Zoo

Becky Smethurst shows how citizen science and the Galaxy Zoo project is helping researchers tackle difficult scientific questions.
Blurring the lines: the changing dynamics between man and machine

Artificial intelligence: examining the interface between brain and machine

Dr Anders Sandberg, James Martin Fellow, Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology, gives a seminar as part of the Oxford Martin School Hilary Term seminar series: Blurring the lines: the changing dynamics between man and machine.
Blurring the lines: the changing dynamics between man and machine

mHealth: smartphones as saviours?

Dr Fred Hersch and Dr Gari Clifford give a seminar is part of the Oxford Martin School Hilary Term seminar series: Blurring the lines: the changing dynamics between man and machine
Blurring the lines: the changing dynamics between man and machine

Where next for citizen science? Innovative uses for crowd sourcing

Dr Chris Lintott and Dr Brooke Simmons give a seminar as part of the Oxford Martin School Hilary Term seminar series: Blurring the lines: the changing dynamics between man and machine.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Faith and Wisdom in Science

A Book at Lunchtime discussion with Tom McLeish, Sally Shuttleworth, John Christie and Ard A. Louis
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Humanities and Science: Randomness and Order

An interdisciplinary discussion exploring the role of randomness and order in physics, probability, history and music.
Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

Oxford and the next-generation of mobile health

David Clifton, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, gives a talk for Oxford Martin School.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Humanities and Science: Mental Health

An interdisciplinary discussion exploring the role of the humanities in mental health.

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