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In-Person
How AI will catch criminals
This presentation will highlight how AI can be used by law enforcement authorities to support their daily work, by efficiently harnessing large amount of data obtained from different sources. We show how AI can help in identifying and preventing crimes through a data-driven approach to criminal investigation. Finally we will touch upon some of challenges of AI application in this context in terms of reliability and ethical use.
- Speaker:
- Professor Hamid Bouchachia
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 22nd January 2026 @ 7:00 PM
- Location:
- Hive Building Weymouth College, Weymouth, DT13DF
- Hosted By:
- IET Dorset and South Wiltshire
- Details:
- https://events.theiet.org/events/how-ai-will-catch-criminals/
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Online
From Advice Notes to Intelligent Automation - The Evolution of Telecom Operations (online)
Dave Milham is uniquely placed to tell this story and has held pivotal roles in the development of OSS/BSS architectures and standards. With more than 35 years at BT and the GPO and approaching 20 years at the TM Forum Dave was "in the room" as many key developments emerged. Dave will tell a story of increasing IT automation. From manual processes he will chart the rise of end to end process automation.,
- Speaker:
- Dave Milham Chief Architect TM Forum
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 14th January 2026 @ 7:00 PM
- Venue:
- Online via Microsoft Teams
- Hosted By:
- IET Anglian Coastal
Online
AI Translation between Sign and spoken language
Using AI techniques to interpret sign language.
- Speaker:
- Prof. Richard Bowden - University of Surrey
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 14th January 2026 @ 7:30 PM
- Venue:
- Online via YouTube
- Hosted By:
- IET Surrey
In-Person
Semiconductor Silicon - capabilities beyond electronics and solar cells
This talk will describe Leigh's research and commercial exploitation of silicon, unusually, for optical and medical applications.
- Speaker:
- Leigh Canham
- Date/Time:
- Monday 12th January 2026 @ 7:30 PM
- Location:
- Worcester University, Worcester, WR2 6AJ
- Hosted By:
- IET Hereford and Worcester
In-Person
Myths and Realities of AI
Artificial Intelligence, at least AI as it currently exists is neither artificial nor intelligent. It is however extremely clever and certainly capable of doing some tasks better than humans. Equally, it is incapable of doing some tasks at all, but because it has no intelligence is want to make up the wrong answer when it is incapable, a phenomenal know as confabulation. Dai will explain why Artificial Intelligence has knowledge gaps and in what areas those gaps are particularly prevalent. Equal
- Speaker:
- Dai Davis
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 22nd January 2026 @ 7:30 PM
- Location:
- Braywick Leisure Centre, Maidenhead, SL6 1BN
- Hosted By:
- IET Berkshire