A review of interesting milestones in human history that contributed to the development of computers, the Internet and AI.
Speaker
Dr Petr Somol
Agenda
6.30pm - Refreshments and networking.
7.00pm - Presentation - Dr. Petr Somol.
8.00pm - Q&A.
9.00pm - Close.
Synopsis
Who is this event aimed at?
The general public, BCS members, University, college and school students, local business people and those interested in understanding computing and cyber security development.
About the speaker
Dr. Petr Somol. AI Research Director at Gen Digital
Petr has spent the last decade managing R&D teams applying Artificial Intelligence in Cyber-Security and more general in Digital Safety. Notable deliveries include multiple releases of Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics and recently the anti-scam tool Norton Genie, developing the concept and then managed the team behind the detection engine.
Petr is a problem solver working between practical programming and mathematic. He has invented algorithms and technologies in the fields of document analysis, information retrieval, data mining and subset selection, In addition; decision systems, computer graphics (6-dimensional BTF bitmap processing for DaimlerChrysler) etc. He acts as leader of highly skilled people with particular emphasis on mutual trust, keeps some academic duties, including supervision of doctoral students.
Petr’s specialties include artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, algorithm analysis, data mining, programming (coded mostly in C++), team management, applied research project management, industry-academia cooperation.
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