Dear All,
We are happy to announce and invite everyone to the Imagining AI pop-up exhibition and workshop in the Bodleian Library in Oxford during the weekend of September 9-10 (
https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/60729).
The exhibition is organized by Professor Ursula Martin with the members of the Oxford Mathematical Institute, the Bodleian Library and the History of Science Museum in Oxford.
The exhibition focuses on the manuscripts of the Bodleian Library, but also includes Jevons' logical piano from the HSM, among other artifacts.
On September 9th there will be an academic workshop putting the exhibition in a broader context. The speakers of the event include:
- Troy Astarte (Swansea) on Christoper Strachey's 1950s experiments with computer poetry and chess
- David Brock (Computer History Museum, Mountain View) on curating AI experiments
- Kanta Dihal (Cambridge) author of "AI Narratives" (OUP)
- David Dunning (Pennsylvania) on Jevons's 1850s "Reasoning Piano"
- Sharon Ruston (Lancaster) author of “The science of life and death in Frankenstein" (Bodleian)
- Máté Szabó (Oxford, Greenwich) on Max Newman's influence on Alan Turing
On September 10th there will be several demonstrations for the general audience, including, among other, Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra realistic robot artist, a model of Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine in action, and a cybernetic robot ladybug that follows light and sound.
All events are free to attend, but registration is required for the workshop.
Kind regards,
Máté Szabó
---
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford