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20
Aug 2020

2062 - The Year that Artificial Intelligence (AI) made

Lecture by
Prof Toby Walsh
Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Technical University of Berlin
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Upcoming lectures

17
Sep 2020
A presentation on the Philosophy Essay Competition 2020
Philosophy in Schools NSW
15
Oct 2020
t.b.a.
Susannah Fullerton OAM
19
Nov 2020
Phosphorus and Sustainability in Future
Dr Brent Jacobs
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News & reports

Newsletters
May 4, 2020
Keeping our shared interests alive during COVID 19
Hubert Regtop

In order to keep our shared interests in science, the arts, literature and philosophy alive in this COVID 19 period of hibernation...

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Reports
Sep 16, 2016
Chemical solutions for tricky problems

If we are unable to hand over to our children and their children, the means to at least as good a lifestyle as that we now enjoy we have failed miserably as a civilization.

Anne Wood
Reports
Aug 19, 2016
Chronic Pain

What is it? Why do we experience it? How do we experience it? What to do about it?

Anne Wood
Reports
Jul 25, 2016
The Age of Genomics

Dr David Suhy arrived to deliver his exciting lecture on the eve of his departure to the USA after spending one week at the Sydney Benitec offices...

Anne Wood
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