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From intuition to inference: how experts inform Bayesian models
Science, Maths & Technology

From intuition to inference: how experts inform Bayesian models

...physical patterns and constraints. Even when experts cannot provide precise numerical answers, they can often describe what values are realistic and what outcomes are unlikely. If such knowledge is ignored, it does not disappear – it simply remains informal and unexamined. From expert opinion to a statistical prior A central challenge in Bayesian modelling is...
Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing
History & The Arts

Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing

...physically, what they do with props, what happens in the space, and whether in fact you need any language at all is always a good exercise. I think at the end of the day you often realise that actually words and language are very, very important on the stage, but it's always a good exercise to take them away and see, and often you'll find that one or two props or one or...
Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...physical spotting and supporting’ which they suggested ‘AI would not be effective at’. AI applications in trampolining are currently used for explaining and classifying performance as the technology to prescribe solutions and suggest performance adaptations is still under development. To gather information needed by an AI system to make decisions, monitoring devices...
Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...physical points of vulnerability in simple networks compare and contrast symmetric and asymmetric encryption systems and their vulnerability to attack, and explain the characteristics of hybrid systems...Network security: 1.1 Terminology - Throughout this unit I shall use the terms ‘vulnerability’, ‘threat’ and ‘attack’. It is worthwhile clarifying these terms...
Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...physical aspects of communication, we’re going to explore the role of the emperor as a unifying force. Ancient Rome, like its modern successor, was cosmopolitan, the hub of the empire. Despite the difficulties of getting there, people from all over the known world travelled to the city and in return the city provided them with experiences drawn from all its empire. For...
How places affect well-being
Health, Sports & Psychology

How places affect well-being

...physical, social and psychological components of the experience of living in a particular place all inter-relate and interact with each other in complicated ways. It is clear from these examples that the relationship between the environment and people’s experience is hard to pin down. One concept that is often used to understand the relationship between the physical...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...physical shape of the final component. The term external not only refers to the outward-facing surfaces but also to the internal surfaces. You can think of it as any boundary between material and air. A digital model can take a number of forms. It could be a professional engineering drawing of a component done with proprietary CAD software; it could be a model created...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...physical disorders, including dyspepsia, diabetes and liver complaints. It was also blamed by some practitioners for an apparent epidemic of nervous diseases, such as hysteria and neurasthenia. Symptoms of anxiety, depression, insomnia, pain, involuntary movements and nervous tics were believed to result from the strain of modern life on the nervous system. In Russia,...