Playlist: a computer scientist’s choices
Steve Furber (1971) developed the ARM microprocessor and is now working on computer models of neurons to better understand the human brain. He explains his research and music preferences.
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Steve Furber (1971) developed the ARM microprocessor and is now working on computer models of neurons to better understand the human brain. He explains his research and music preferences.
Neil was the first PhD student to work on machine learning at the Cambridge Computer Lab, and he is now the University's first DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning.
The Cambridge Foundation Year; a Golden Globe award; a book on paper; maternal and infant health; economics of biodiversity; Queen's Honours.
Michael Gun-Why (2002) on teaching during the pandemic and breaking down barriers to higher education.
Rachel Ip (1995), who has just published her first two picture books, writes about music and rhythm in the words of stories for International Children's Book Day.
Cameron Taylor (2009) relates how he brought the Dalai Lama to Cambridge (twice!) and set up the Inspire Dialogue Foundation.
Paridhi Sharma (2012) started writing poetry during lockdown. Read one of her poems and her thoughts on the pandemic.
Meike Akveld (1994) writes about her successful STEM career, the beauty of mathematics and her presidency of an international maths challenge association.
Nigel Turner (1976) on health inequalities and his successful career in the charitable sector.