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Yesterday was the London Hopper one day conference for postgrad women in computing, and the inaugural BCS Karen Spärck Jones Lecture. A great day of talks and posters about computing research, all done by women. And free wine in the evening, which is always nice! The poster contest at the Hopper described some fantastic work – cell tracking in video; hand-gesture analysis; human-robot interaction; finite-element textile modelling; noise reduction in audio recording… A really impressive array of topics. There were some excellent tech talks from Beth Massey of Lincoln, Julie McCann of Imperial and Mandy Chessell of IBM too. The Karen Spärck Jones lecture wasRead More →

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I could, like everyone else in the “blogosphere”, do a post about my new year’s resolutions. But instead I’m going to talk about Aberystwyth Town FC, who I went to see this afternoon almost by accident (saw some people with scarves on, followed them to the ground, bought a ticket). The match was Aber Town vs. Haverfordwest County, kick off 2.30. Whilst Aber are in the Welsh Premiership, it did feel a little like non-league football to me. The ground reminded me most of Throstle Nest (home of Farsley Celtic), with portakabins, old fashioned stands, and grassy knolls. I’ve never been to a match whereRead More →