AI learns the art of debate with IBM project debater. An AI system that can engage in debate with humans, Project Debater moves us closer to one of the great boundaries in AI: mastering language. An artificial intelligence (AI) system engaged in the first ever live, public debates with humans. At an event held at IBM’s Watson … Continue reading “AI learns the art of debate”
GDPR bot – a prototype chatbot to inform people about the new GDPR regulation.
What is a chatbot? Put simply, a chatbot is a computer programme which can conduct a conversation with a user via auditory or textual input. Chatbots are designed to simulate typical conversational behaviour between two people, with the best chatbot systems being able to convince a user that they are speaking to another person. The … Continue reading “GDPR bot – a prototype chatbot to inform people about the new GDPR regulation.”
Innovation Fest 2018 – Birmingham City University
Innovation Festival is in its fifth consecutive year at the Birmingham City University. It is an annual event to showcase of projects from the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment at the Birmingham City University. This year, IT Innovation team at the University of Birmingham were invited as judges to attend the fest. … Continue reading “Innovation Fest 2018 – Birmingham City University”
Events Calendar
IT Innovation Centre Past Events Calendar Event Description Date ITIC Workshop Art & Technology Workshop 16 March 2018 ITIC Workshop ETech Competition Drop-In Session 7 Feb 2018 ITIC Workshop ETech Competition Drop-In Session 31 Jan 2018 ITIC Workshop ETech Ideation Workshop 22 Nov 2017 ITIC Seminar ITIC Intern Project Demos 13 Sept 2017 ITIC Seminar … Continue reading “Events Calendar”
JISC intelligent campus hackathon
Get involved with the JISC Intelligent campus hackathon As part of of the JISC edtech launchpad programme, they are looking for student teams from universities and colleges across the UK to join us in building the campus of the future. The aim of the hackathon is for student teams to design, develop and build “something” that … Continue reading “JISC intelligent campus hackathon”
Blockchain based academic certificate authentication system overview
Counterfeit academic certificates have been a longstanding issue in the academic community. Not until the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab released their project of Block-certs, a technique which is mainly implemented by conflating the hash value of local files to the blockchain but remains numerous issues, did an effective technological approach protecting authentic credential … Continue reading “Blockchain based academic certificate authentication system overview”
Biometric authentication – Overview and Experiments
From the casual users of the home computer to the business, corporations and government, there is a great concern about the security of files, systems, and the ability of technology to protect us from unauthorized access. Computer software companies have put a great effort to meet the demand for better security of sensitive, confidential, and … Continue reading “Biometric authentication – Overview and Experiments”
Virtual Labs – An investigation in to the future of the teaching labs
The demand for virtual lab is growing with the development of online learning. Online lectures by video are fine for conveying facts, formulas and concepts, but they can’t give students experience in planning an experiment and analysing data, or exercising any of the other practical and social skills essential for success in science. Researchers and … Continue reading “Virtual Labs – An investigation in to the future of the teaching labs”
Live, Work & Travel Abroad – CI Summer 2018
City-Internships (CI) is a not-for-profit accelerated learning provider offering immersive, in-person programs that combine practical work experience-based training with cohort-based career workshops and seminars. This year’s CI Summer 2018 offers opportunities for students to intern, learn and grow in the global city, with 3 programs, 18 cities and 9 industries to choose from. There are limited places remaining … Continue reading “Live, Work & Travel Abroad – CI Summer 2018”
Do you have an idea for a mobile app?
The IT Innovation team is about to commence on a project to evaluate React Native – an open source mobile development framework for creating native mobile applications for iOS and Android platforms. What do we mean by native mobile applications? A native mobile app is a smartphone app that is coded in a specific programming … Continue reading “Do you have an idea for a mobile app?”