I'm pretty sure it's open to the public, so feel free to come along if you're in Cam. It's going to be aimed at the 'BBC Horizon' level, so no electronics/physics/maths knowledge will be assumed.
Sounds very cool – pity I'm the other side of the country! If it's the same Conversazione that I used to go to when I was a teenager, it's definitely open to the public, btw.
Yes, I'm pretty sure it will be the same talk series.
I'm quite looking forward to it, actually. As a slight aside, I'm giving a slightly more technical version of the talk at 3pm this Friday in the Computer Lab. This is a semi-public talk -- in theory, I suspect you're supposed to be a member of the university, but if anyone wants to come and lets me know I can sign them in anyway.
Ooooh! I do plan to be in Cambridge then, but I fear that will conflict with time for tarting up for the Calling - plus often I don't get to Cam station until 8ish, and St Ed's is the wrong side of town from there. Eeep.
Um....come along to the Calling after it? My birthday!! (well, it will be once the clock chimes midnight)
Sure, go ahead. You might also like to know that I'm doing a more technical version of the same talk this Friday at 3pm in the William Gates Building, which might be more suitable for hardcore techies! :-)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPACE ELECTRONICS Sarah Thompson FC22, Friday 11th February
All modern spacecraft critically depend upon high performance digital electronics. Extremes of temperature, radiation and hard vacuum pose a significant engineering challenge -- circuits that would be entirely reliable on Earth will typically fail after a surprisingly short period in space.
In this talk, Sarah will describe two alternative approaches: 'build it so it won't break', and 'build it so that if it breaks you can fix it'. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'll be giving two versions of this talk -- one at the lab, which will be more technical, and another next week at St Edmund's (see http://findatlantis.com/albums/album03/poster_web.jpg for details), which will be aimed more at a non-specialist audience.
PS: If you're from outside the CPRG, please let me know if you're coming so we can move to a larger room if necessary.
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Date: 2005-02-09 03:00 pm (UTC)I'm quite looking forward to it, actually. As a slight aside, I'm giving a slightly more technical version of the talk at 3pm this Friday in the Computer Lab. This is a semi-public talk -- in theory, I suspect you're supposed to be a member of the university, but if anyone wants to come and lets me know I can sign them in anyway.
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Date: 2005-02-09 02:46 pm (UTC)Um....come along to the Calling after it? My birthday!! (well, it will be once the clock chimes midnight)
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Date: 2005-02-09 02:58 pm (UTC)Sounds like a good plan. I think
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Date: 2005-02-09 05:41 pm (UTC)Would you like me to advertise the talk in work?
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SPACE ELECTRONICS
Sarah Thompson
FC22, Friday 11th February
All modern spacecraft critically depend upon high performance digital electronics. Extremes of temperature, radiation and hard vacuum pose a significant engineering challenge -- circuits that would be entirely reliable on Earth will typically fail after a surprisingly short period in space.
In this talk, Sarah will describe two alternative approaches: 'build it so it won't break', and 'build it so that if it breaks you can fix it'.
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I'll be giving two versions of this talk -- one at the lab, which will be more technical, and another next week at St Edmund's (see http://findatlantis.com/albums/album03/poster_web.jpg for details), which will be aimed more at a non-specialist audience.
PS: If you're from outside the CPRG, please let me know if you're coming so we can move to a larger room if necessary.