'Can Machines Think?'

Centre for Vision Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP), University of Surrey

Can Machines Think? 
 
Join us to <A HREF="https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-vision-speech-signal-processing" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">celebrate 30 years of CVSSP</A> @ ‘Can Machines Think?’, an event showcasing the centre’s research past, present and future.   Over the past 30 years, CVSSP has become an international centre of excellence for training and research in Audio and Visual Machine Perception in collaboration with industry. Our research has pioneered new technologies for the benefit of society and the economy, with applications spanning healthcare, security, entertainment, robotics, autonomous vehicles, communication and audio-visual data analysis.   The evening will include perspectives on the future of AI and Machine Perception from international leaders, with invited talks by CVSSP founder Professor Josef Kittler and high-profile CVSSP alumni. This will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by Professor Jim Al-Khalili  on 'Can Machines Think?’,  and live demonstrations of the centre’s latest research activities.
Future plans and opportunities to collaborate with CVSSP will be highlighted, including the launch of our new CVSSP Centre for Doctoral Training in Audio-Visual Machine Perception, a multidisciplinary national industry-academic hub to train future leaders in AI and Machine Perception.
 
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Celebrating 30 Years – Event Programme
 
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5.00 – 6.00 pm
 
Registration &amp; Live demonstrations of CVSSP Research 
 
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 6.00 – 7.30 pm
 
 Welcoming and Opening remarks
-          Prof. G Max Lu (President and Vice-Chancellor) University of Surrey
-          Prof. Adrian Hilton (Director CVSSP) 
 Keynote Speakers
 -          Josef Kittler
            CVSSP Founder and Distinguished Professor at the University of Surrey
 -          Jiri Matas
            Professor at the Centre for Machine Perception, Czech Technical University in Prague, 
            CVSSP PhD alumni (1995)
 -          Jonathan Starck
CTO Synthesia Technologies, CVSSP PhD Alumni (2003)
 -          Shirin Enshaeifar
Senior Research Fellow in Machine Learning and Healthcare informatics, CVSSP 
 
Discussion panel “Can Machines Think” 
Chaired by 
Jim Al-Khalili, 
Professor of Physics and Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey and award-winning broadcaster 
 
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 7.30 – 9.00 pm
 
            Live demonstrations of CVSSP Research
       Drinks reception
 
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Rik Medlik Building

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