Outreach and PE 2023
School of Informatics Outreach and Public Engagement in 2023
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| Name | Activity | Date | Venue/Platform | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iris Kyranou |
Dunfermline High School Outreach |
19/01/2023 |
Dunfermline High School |
Students from 9 S2 classes |
| Dagmara Panas |
AI Prompt Battle |
30/01/2023 |
InSpace at the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh |
40 adults |
| Rob van Glabbeek | The Classic Problem of Concurrency Theory is Unsolvable | 05/02/2023 |
Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh |
70 students |
| Heather Yorston |
School of Mathematics Outreach Ri Masterclass |
11/02/2023 | Online | 130 secondary school students |
| Philip Wadler |
Two Cultures of AI: Should you trust in ML or ML? |
14/03/2023 |
Peterhouse College, Cambridge |
30 adults |
| Chris Heunen | Dr Who Science Saturday | 18/03/2023 | National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh | General audience, 6000 people (3000 publicly engaged) |
| Chris Williams |
Edinburgh Science: Experimental Life - MENACE |
13/04/2023 | Science Festival, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh | |
| Peter Bell |
Live guest on BBC Scotland TV, "The Nine" evening news programme |
04/05/2023 |
BBC studios, Edinburgh |
General audience |
| Adam Lopez |
Art and AI: Behind the Curtain (talk during the event on Artificial Art at Pint of Science 2023) |
22/05/2023 |
The Old Bell Inn, Edinburgh |
30 adults |
| Orlena Currie | Hands-On Stem Outreach (Brownies visit) | 31/05 - 01/06/2023 | ||
| Fiona McNeill |
Speaking on the radio about women in AI |
21/06/2023 | Radio 5 Breakfast Show | Audience of Radio 5 Breakfast Show |
| Mina Doosti |
insideQuantum podcast |
04/09/2023 |
Online |
General |
| Pavlos Andreadis |
Imagining Futures: AI on Film - PANEL | Only Connect: Storytelling and AI |
09/09/2023 | Adam House, The University of Edinburgh | 15 adults |
| Vaishak Belle | President of the Engineering theme at the British Science Festival |
10/09/2023 |
British Science Festival, Exeter | 50 adults |
| Mirella Lapata |
The Turing Lectures: What is generative AI? |
22/09/2023 | The Royal Institution | 300 in person, 300 online |
| Kwabena Nuamah, Nadin Kokciyan |
An activity-based talk on AI titled “AI and You” |
28/09/2023 | St. Ninian's Primary School, Livingston | 38 students |
| Fiona McNeill, Kasia Kokowska | Informatics Tutoring Scheme | Ongoing | Online | Nat5-Highers/Advanced Higher pupils |
| Shay Cohen | Informatics Circle | Ongoing | Online | 7-14-year-olds |