Open Tech Calendar

Free Symposium: DIY Technologies for Action and Empowerment: Stories, practice and perspectives

The MAZI project is developing a toolkit for building local, community wireless networks using Raspberry Pis. We are inviting you to join us for talks and stories of how we used this technology in practice. The symposium will present case studies from our pilot studies in Berlin, Zurich, London and northern Greece, along with talks by invited speakers. Building on the context of our own MAZI experiences, we will broaden out the debate with perspectives from outside the project.

Symposium speakers include:
Chris Csíkszentmihályi, Madeira Interactive Technology Institute, and the Rootio Project
Janis Lena Meissner, Digital Civics at Open Lab, Newcastle University, UK
Denise Allan, Wee Replicators, Edinburgh, UK
Elizabeth Wright & Loyane Bianchini, Reverso, São Paulo, Brazil
Adnan Hadzi, Digital Arts, University of Malta
Jeremy Singer, FRμIT: The Federated RaspberryPi Micro-Infrastructure Testbed. Glasgow University, UK

Where next? Future directions and challenges.
To end the symposium day, we will present a panel debate with speakers, titled: From Do-It-Yourself to Do-It-Together: Perspectives on the future use of community networking technologies for grassroots social impact.

http://www.mazizone.eu/mazi-workshops-and-symposium-2018-edinburgh-uk/

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-do-it-yourself-technologies-for-action-and-empowerment-tickets-48235524753

Thu 18th Oct 2018 10:00am (Europe/London)

Thu 18th Oct 2018 5:00pm (Europe/London)

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Wearables That Snitch on Us

The BCS Edinburgh Branch Sidney Michaelson Memorial Lecture (about Sidney Michaelson)

In partnership with the Edinburgh International Science Festival.

Monday 3rd April 2017, 17:30 - 18:30

Speaker: Dr Paul Patras, The University of Edinburgh

Venue: Main Hall, Summerhall, Summerhall Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1QH.

Tickets for this event must be purchased from the EISF here ...

Synopsis

Over 250 million activity tracking wristbands, smart watches and personal health monitors will be in use by 2020. But given the rapid pace at which new wearables are launched and the predominantly wireless communications with their users, privacy concerns arise. Join expert in wireless networks Dr Paul Patras as he discusses the surveillance risks to which wearables are exposed, the challenges of preserving user privacy and some simple steps that could be taken to avoid tracking...

About the speaker


Dr Paul Patras is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) and Chancellor's Fellow in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and a member of the Institute for Computing Systems Architecture (ICSA). He is also affiliated to the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Pervasive Parallelism and the Informatics Security & Privacy group. Previously, he was a research fellow at the Hamilton Institute of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Between 2007–2011 he was a research assistant at IMDEA Networks (Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Networks) and in 2010 was a visiting researcher in the Networks Group at Rice University, Houston, USA.

Dr Paul Patras holds a Ph.D. and a M.Sc. in Telematics Engineering from University Carlos III of Madrid, and a Dipl.Eng. degree from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Dr Paul Patras' research seeks to bridge the gap between fundamental mathematical models and real-world applications of computer networks. He focuses on problems related to performance optimisation in wireless networks, network protocols and architectures, mobile traffic analysis, security and privacy, prototyping and test beds.

https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/bcs-sidney-michaelson-memorial-lecture-wearables-that-snitch-on-us

https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/bcs-sidney-michaelson-memorial-lecture-wearables-that-snitch-on-us

Mon 3rd Apr 2017 8:00pm (Europe/London)

Mon 3rd Apr 2017 9:30pm (Europe/London)

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Fri 19th Sep 2014 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Fri 19th Sep 2014 6:20pm (Europe/London)

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2014 Product Forge 2

Product Forge weekends are an opportunity for you to develop your career through practical experience. Our events bring together entrepreneurially minded designers, developers and product managers to nurture their skills, broaden their network and develop new ideas.

Participants form small cross-functional teams who work on a product concept over a weekend. Anyone is free to pitch an idea and everyone receives mentoring, meals and 24 hour access to the venue.

The top ranking teams win prizes to help them develop their career further. But however your team ranks you'll have a new piece of work to add to your CV or portfolio, dozens of new contacts, and maybe even an interview or two lined up with one of our sponsors!

http://productforge.io

https://eventjoy.com/e/2014-product-forge-2

Tue 19th Aug 2014 6:20pm (Europe/London)

Sun 21st Sep 2014 10:00pm (Europe/London)

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