Online event on algorithms to take place as part of STEM festival | Local - Aberdeen Evening Express

An online event focusing on algorithms is to take place as part of a north-east STEM festival, inform Zoe Phillips, The Press and Journal, Evening Express.

Managing director of TechFest, Sarah Chew.
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Wamberto Weber Vasconcelos, from Aberdeen University, will discuss Algorithms: What You Need To Know About Them tonight at 7pm as part of this year’s TechFest.

Algorithms are part of everyday life whether in recommending products or driving autonomous vehicles.

The live session, which is followed by a Q&A, will look at the historic and technical perspective on algorithms and address social and ethical issues...

Admission to all events is free. For more information and to book, visit the TechFest website at www.techfestsetpoint.org.uk/

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Source: Aberdeen Evening Express