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CMV enabling computers to detect human emotions

Posted on 30/04/2013 by Steve Woods

The Centre for Machine Vision (CMV), part of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, is one of only a handful of centres in the world dedicated to exploring the potential of machine vision. It is conducting some interesting research at present into … Continue reading →

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Open source career taster days for women

Posted on 17/04/2013 by Steve Woods

In conjunction with both Fossbox and Flossie, BCSWomen, the British Computer Society’s specialist women’s group, is organising 3 open source career taster days for women in London next month. The days involved are 13th, 20th and 28th May and the … Continue reading →

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Debian joins Free & Open Source Software Outreach Programme for Women

Posted on 08/04/2013 by Steve Woods

The GNOME Foundation started the Free & Open Source Software Outreach Programme for Women, otherwise known as OPW, in 2010. Many other FOSS organisations joined the programme in the January-April 2013 round. Bits from Debian, the official blog of the … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia training coming to Oldham

Posted on 22/03/2013 by Steve Woods

A day’s training in editing and using Wikipedia in Oldham (reputed home of the country’s best black puddings. Ed.) has been announced by Wikimedia UK, the charity supporting the work of the US-based Wikimedia Foundation. The training day will be … Continue reading →

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20th April is Hardware Freedom Day

Posted on 15/03/2013 by Steve Woods

Here’s something that’s bound to appeal to our friends at Bristol Hackspace and Dorkbot Bristol: 20th April has been announced as the date for Hardware Freedom Day 2013. Hardware Freedom Day (HFD) is an annual celebration of Open Hardware. Open … Continue reading →

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Bristol Raspberry Pi Bootcamp

Posted on 05/03/2013 by Steve Woods

The BCS is collaborating with @Bristol and Bristol University to organise the Raspberry Pi Bootcamp at @Bristol, Anchor Road, Bristol BS1 5DB (map) on Saturday, 20th April 2013 from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm. This day will involve a range … Continue reading →

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Dresden to host LibreOffice Impress sprint

Posted on 27/02/2013 by Steve Woods

The LibreOffice project has been offered a project weekend from Friday 22nd March to Sunday 24th March at Dresden Technical University which will focus specifically on Impress, LibreOffice’s presentation tool (an open source alternative to death by PowerPoint. Ed.). The … Continue reading →

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Coming soon – env[:hack]

Posted on 25/02/2013 by Steve Woods

A couple of dates for your diaries, readers: 16th and 17th March 2013. On those dates env[:hack] will be taking place all day in Bristol. According to the blurb, env[:hack] is a Hack Day organised by the Environment Agency with … Continue reading →

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NAO warns UK needs more skilled cyber-crime fighters

Posted on 12/02/2013 by Steve Woods

The BBC website posted an article today highlighting the concerns expressed in a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) that a lack of skilled workers is hampering the UK’s fight against cyber crime and that it could take up … Continue reading →

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University in challenge

Posted on 22/01/2013 by Steve Woods

Bristol University announced yesterday that it is taking part in a unique code-breaking competition as part of this year’s Cyber Security Challenge UK. Four UK university computer science departments have accepted the challenge to develop their own cipher – a … Continue reading →

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