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A chance to look back at our past TechSocial series and speaker presentations where available

2023
MonthSpeakerTitlePresentation (if available)
JuneJörg Saßmannshausen (Imperial College London)How to install high-performant software on a High Performance Cluster? 
JanuaryJames Hughes (ARC)Changing the nature of research: Research Web Development as an integral part of research and RSE identity 
2022
MonthSpeakerTitlePresentation (if available)
DecemberAsaph Zylbertal (UCL)        Using AI to predict zebrafish brain state and behaviour from whole-brain cellular-resolution functional imaging 
NovemberFernando Perez-Garcia (Microsoft)TorchIO; using deep learning for medical image analysis in research and industry 

October

Erik Tollerud, Matt Turk (VAST)Satellite Event - Virtual Astronomy Software Talks 
SeptemberMike Croucher (Mathworks)The Art of Coding without Coding 
JulyTimo BetckeFrom low to high level languages and back 
JuneJennifer GibsonOpen research data as an essential component in accelerating discovery

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MayRoss Cooper-Smith, Ray CoetzeeTowards an exabyte-scale unified data platform for research data

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AprilAdham HashibonMaterials Informatics: From Data to Knowledge and backRecording
MarchHonghan WuQuantifying Health Inequalities Induced by Data and AI ModelsPDF icon Slides and recording
FebruaryTom KeelApproaching meaningful insight into the climate system: my experiences so far

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recording

JanuaryTom RobertsDeveloping Fetal MRI and translating new research software into NHS clinical practice

recording

2021
MonthSpeakerTitlePresentation (if available)
DecemberTom DowrickSynthetic Surgical Data For Machine Learning in Image Guided SurgeryRecording
NovemberAndela SaricModelling Life with Beads and SpringsRecording
OctoberSheena Visram, Dean MohamedallyTouchless Computing Interactions with MotionInput v2.0.Website and recording
SeptemberYanlan Mao, Ozan Aksoy, Cristin Merritt, Owain Kenway, Harry Moss, Jamie Quinn and othersHow to get started with High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence in your researchRecording
JuneMarta JarosPerformance-cost Optimization of Moldable Scientific Workflows

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MayBen HallBioModelAnalyzer: Using formal verification to understand cancer developmentPDF icon Slides and recording
AprilFederico Nanni, Kasra Hosseini, Kaspar Beelen, Mariona Coll Ardanuy (Turing Institute)Digital Humanities & Research Software Engineering working together: some examples of a fruitful collaboration from the Living with Machines projectPDF icon Slides and recording
MarchAdam TysonWhole-brain microscopy image analysisPDF icon Slides and recording
FebruaryDavid StansbyIngredients for successful domain-specific research softwarePDF icon Slides and recording
JanuaryStefan HelfrichKNIME - Visual Workflows for Pushing Data LiteracyPDF icon Slides and recording
2020
MonthSpeakerTitlePresentation (if available)

December

Anna KrystalliPutting the R into Reproducible ResearchPDF icon Slides and recording
NovemberRich FitzJohnResearch Software Engineering and the COVID-19 pandemic responsePDF icon Slides and recording
OctoberPieter VermeeschNew software for better geochronologyPDF icon Slides and recording
JulyJim CownieGrowing up as a (software) engineerPDF icon Slides
JuneTom DeakinPerformance portability across diverse architectures

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MayJoaquin RapelaDistributing and applying advanced statistical tools to better understand neural and behavioural recordingsPDF icon Slides
AprilLeila MuresanSoftware for the nanoscale: Microscopy image analysis at the Cambridge Advanced Imaging CentrePDF icon Slides
FebruaryMia Ridge, Mahendra Mahey, Harry Moss, Olivia Vane and Filipe BentoResearch software engineering at one of the world’s largest librariesSlides
JanuaryJoe GreenerJulia: a natural language for computational biologySlides
2019
MonthSpeakerTitlePresentation (if available)
DecemberJay DesLauriersBuilding a Cloud ToolkitPDF icon Slides
OctoberDr Mosè GiordanoJulia: A Fresh Approach to Numerical ComputingPDF icon Slides
JulySarah Stewart‘With the Software in the Library’ – Best practices for Research Software Management and CitationSlides
JuneDr Jonathan CooperPyBioPharma: cost-effective drug production, and lessons learnedPDF icon Slides
MayDr Andrew EdmondsonSoftware, theology, high performance computing, AI and RSEConUK 2019PDF icon Slides
AprilDr Owain KenwayAn overview of Research Computing services and how we provide themPDF icon Slides
MarchDr Setrak BalianClassifier for detecting propaganda videos on the web 
FebruraryDr Sanaz JabbariAI StudioPDF icon Slides
JanuaryDr James SmithiesMaximising Research Capacity & Quality in Digital Laboratories: The Philosophy behind King’s Digital LabPDF icon Slides
2018
MonthSpeakerTitlePresentation (if available)
DecemberDr David Wright and Robin RichardsonEasyVVUQ: Error bars for everyonePDF icon Slides
NovemberProf Luca ViganòExplainable SecuritySlides (UCL account required)
OctoberDr Tom DowrickSoftware Engineering for Novel Surgical Devices and TechniquePDF icon Slides
JulyDr Jeremy CohenRunning Scientific Applications on HPC Infrastructure Using Singularity: A Case StudyPDF icon Slides
JuneDr Chris RichardsonInterfacing Python to C++: some experiences with the FEniCS ProjectSlides
MayDr Peter BloomfieldThe Machine Intelligence Garage; removing barriers from the AI startup ecosystemSlides
AprilProf. Anthony SteedRise, Fall and Rise of Virtual Reality 
MarchDr Stewart Martin-HaughThrowing away 99.999975% of your data: triggering at the ATLAS experimentSlides
JanuaryDr Tomas PetricekThe Gamma: Democratising data scienceSlides
2017
MonthSpeakerTitlePresentation (if available)
NovemberDr Olivia GuestGerrymandering and computational redistrictingSlides
OctoberDr Marc WarnerAI in the cloud with SherlockML 
JulyDr Jeremy MetzImage processing in the biological sciences: classical vs machine learning approaches 
MayDr Wadud MiahModern Fortran for Computational ScienceSlides
AprilDr Daniel BuchanDeploying your data analysis pipelines as services for others 
MarchDr Daniel HanloniRODS 
JanuaryDr Vince KnightProperty based testing in a research setting

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2016
MonthSpeakerTitlePresentation (if available)
DecemberDr Jonathan CooperCardiac Electrophysiology Web LabSlides
NovemberDr Kris De MeyerMonte-Carlo with Julia in the CloudSlides
OctoberDr Gabriele PierantoniInformation Flows: a possible direction for the future of scientific computational infrastructuresSlides
JulyDr Thomas KluyverExperiences from the Jupyter development team 
JuneJames GeddesCellular: A proposal for less awful modelsSlides
MayProf Tony HeyThe Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive ScienceSlides
AprilDr Tom DoelData sharing with GIFT-CloudSlides
MarchMs Raquel AlegreMaking sense of geospatial data with CartoDB mapsSlides
FebruaryDr Jeremy AppleyardProfiling GPU codeSlides
JanuaryDr Derek GroenFabSim: facilitating computational research through automation on large-scale and distributed e-infrastructures.Slides
2015
MonthSpeakerTitlePresentation (if available)
DecemberDr Dan BuchanWrite Less CodeSlides
NovemberDr Marzia RiviParallel programming: a brief discussionSlides
OctoberDr Ian SillitoeScalable Web Engineering at UCLSlides
SeptemberDr Ulf SchillerNumerical Approximation, Friend or Foe?Slides