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An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...Coding Week. ...Q: What is AI? A: There is no simple answer! AI is a collection of technologies and techniques that aim to reproduce the intelligence that we see in animals and people inside machines, particularly computers. Q: How does AI work? A: There’s no single way in which AI works – it’s a range of technologies. The simplest perhaps are expert systems which...
COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...simple statistical modelling assumptions and severe extrapolations (estimating unknown values using trends in values we know already, but going far beyond the current range of values). So where did these researchers go wrong? The core analysis of this study is based on a simple regression (a statistical technique of estimating the relationship of one variable with...
What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Digital & Computing

What is a password manager - and should I be using one?

...simple password managers allow stored passwords to be copied and pasted into log-in boxes. More sophisticated managers let users launch and log in to an application or website by clicking on their entry in the manager itself, while some password managers include browser ‘plug-ins’ so that you can complete a log-in on a web page simply by pressing a button. How do...
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...code is designed from scratch, making no allowance for the reuse of existing software. Because the development is carried out as a linear process, the waterfall process does not allow previous phases of the development to be repeated without repeating the whole sequence of steps. [Figure 1] Figure 1 The waterfall development process Exercise 2 What are the disadvantages...
The Bletchley Park connection
History & The Arts

The Bletchley Park connection

...codes. The process – given the codename ‘ULTRA’ – played a key role in the Allied victory. To make it work, the British government’s foreign intelligence service, MI6, recruited some of the cleverest people they could find. Because so much of the recruitment was through personal connections or Oxford and Cambridge universities, they tended to be more upper class...
Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...simple instructions in order to achieve these tasks. All of this activity takes place in a simulated desktop tutorial below. No software is loaded onto your computer. To proceed with the activity follow these instructions: click once anywhere on the tutorial image below follow the instructions that appear in the tutorial. Warning – these tutorials sometimes don’t...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Pressureless sintering
Science, Maths & Technology

Pressureless sintering

...Simple shapes for ease of fill and to prevent mould restraint on shrinkage. Typical applications include filters and porous bearings. Filters require a high permeability, large percentage of controllable porosity and pore sizes. Depending on application, filters also require interconnected porosity, which is maximised by use of spherical powders. See Also: Slip-casting,...
Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers
Education & Development

Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers

...simple audits, book blanket discussions, drawing and talking about their previous and current reading interests. They went on to review and add to a padlet of resources which offers suggestions for supporting early career teachers’ knowledge of children’s texts, reader identities and understanding of reading for pleasure pedagogy. [Developing Reading For Pleasure]...