Pervasive and Persuasive: applying computer science to the challenges of the world today - Robert Newman, Professor of Computer Science

This event is FREE and will be held at the University of Wolverhampton City Campus South, in the Millenium City Building (MC Block) Lecture Theatre MC001 - see campus map at http://www.wlv.ac.uk/PDF/uow_city_campus.pdf  The lecture will be followed by an informal reception to which you are also invited. There is no need to book a place.

The digital computer has now been with us for more than 60 years.
This is the age of pervasive computing, in which virtually every product and service we use has been designed using computers, and depends on computer technology for its very operation. Products such as mobile phones, games consoles, DVD players and digital televisions are nothing more than specialised computers. However, in areas removed from the products we use every day, computers are no less vital. From continuous and detailed monitoring of the environment, of the transport and production systems on which we depend, through to control of the technological infrastructure of our society, embedded microcomputers are central to an industrial revolution which offers the prospect of open direct access to the most fundamental information about the natural and human world, and in turn could power the social change required to find solutions for some of the most intractable problems of our age.
This new 'internet of things' will require the design of software systems larger and more complex than any previously achieved, which are self-configuring, self-maintaining and self-organising.

Should you require any further information regarding the event, please contact Huma Mumtaz at the University of Wolverhampton on 01902 323344 or e-mail: [email protected]