Bennett Institute for Public Policy

Randomise Me: the use and misuse of "randomised trials"

Ben Goldacre, University of Oxford.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 15 April 2019, 17:15-19:00

IET

PRESTIGE LECTURE - QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES

https://communities.theiet.org/communities/events/item/229/77/20982

Dr. Paul Martin is a Partner at PA Consulting’s Global Innovation and Technology Centre.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Thursday 21 February 2019, 18:30-20:00

Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2017

FACT AND IMAGINATION IN VISUAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF INDIA

Dr Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes (University of Cambridge).

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Saturday 21 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2017

THOSE WHO DARE

Speaker to be confirmed.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Thursday 19 October 2017, 17:30-19:15

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Mutational processes in the human genome

Dr Serena Nik-Zainal, Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow & CDF Group Leader, Cancer Genome Project, Sanger Institute. .

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 19 June 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"The world in 2050" - Human extinction risks

Lord Martin Rees OM FRS FREng FMedSci, Trinity College and Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. Astronomer Royal..

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 05 June 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Debate: "This house believes that Artificial Intelligence/Robotics will make us happy"

Speaker to be confirmed.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 22 May 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Architecture for Resilience - surviving earthquakes, tornadoes, fire and floods.

Dr Emily So MEng CEng MICE, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, Director of Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd..

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 08 May 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Meet the Authors

TBA.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 24 April 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Towards General Artificial Intelligence

Dr Demis Hassabis, Co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, Vice President of Engineering at Google DeepMind.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 20 March 2017, 19:30-21:00

Equality & Diversity Events

2017 Annual WiSETI Lecture: A Life in Climate Science

Professor Dame Julia Slingo.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 13 March 2017, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

A trick of the light? Development, function and evolution of plant nanostructures that influence animal behaviour

Prof. Beverley Glover FLS, Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge and Director of the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 06 March 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Citizens, Science and Science for Citizens

Prof. Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS, Dept Physics, Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 20 February 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Black Holes at Work

prof. Andy Fabian OBE FRS, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 06 February 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Creating and erasing memories with epigenetics

Prof. Wolf Reik FRS FMedSci, Babraham Institute, University of Cambridge.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 23 January 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Manufacturing - the vital capability for effective innovation

Prof. Sir Mike Gregory FREng, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 09 January 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Leonardo, Rapunzel and the Physics of Hair

Prof. Raymond Goldstein FRS FInstp, Dept of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 28 November 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Big Data in Biology: Challenges and Opportunities for Healthcare and Research

Dr Ewan Birney FRS FMedSci, European Bioinformatics Institute.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 14 November 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

What shapes the human immune system?

Dr Michelle Linterman, Babraham Institute and Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 31 October 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

OK Computer - teaching machines to write music

Ed Newton-Rex, Founder and CEO at Jukedeck.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 17 October 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Landing on a Comet

Professor Monica Grady CBE, Professor of Planetary and Space Science, The Open University.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 06 June 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Probing the Polar Oceans

Dr Emily Shuckburgh, Deputy Head of Polar Oceans, British Antactic Survey.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 16 May 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Churchill's Bomb

Dr Graham Farmelo,Physicist, Author, Historian.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 14 March 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

EDSAC Reborn: A computer detective story

Dr Nigel Bennee FBCS, The EDSAC Replica Project, The Computer Conservation Society.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 29 February 2016, 19:30-21:00

IET Cambridge Network - Lectures

PRESTIGE LECTURE - DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE

Tea is served from 6pm

Prof. Andrew Harrison, Diamond Light Source.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Thursday 25 February 2016, 18:30-20:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Depicting the Dead and Verifying the Visage Facial identification:Forensic and Archaeological Application

Professor Caroline Wilkinson, Director, Face Lab, Liverpool John Moores University.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 01 February 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Challenge and Excitement of Discovering New Medicines

Dr Menelas Pangalos, Executive Vice-President, Astra Zeneca.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 18 January 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Technology Development

The lecture will be preceded by a short presentation entitled "In the African Bush: Researching the Rhino Poaching Crisis in South Africa" given by Katrin Pfeil

Dr Hermann Hauser KBE, FRS, FREng, FinstP, C Phys Co-Founder and Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 07 December 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Earthquake Science and Vulnerability in Asia

This lecture will be dedicated to the memory of Professor Sir Sam Edwards, Past President of CSAR who died earlier this year

Professor James Jackson CBE, FRS, Professor of Active Tectonics, University of Cambridge.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 30 November 2015, 19:15-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Addressing the Challenges of Feeding the World Sustainably

This lecture will be preceded by the CSAR AGM

Professor Tim Benton FSB,FLS, Professor of Population Ecology, University of Leeds.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 16 November 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Maths and the Arts

The Lecture will be preceded by a five minute presentation entitled "Balancing food production and the environment in Mexico" by CSAR Award Student David Williams.

Professor John Barrow FRS, Research Professor of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 02 November 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Pioneer Colonists and Indigenous Response: Resistance and Collaboration

Jointly with "The Cambridge Festival of Ideas"

Professor Mark Horton FSA, Professor of Archaeology, University of Bristol.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 19 October 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Addressing the Challenges of Feeding the World Sustainably

Professor Tim Benton FSB,FLS, Professor of Population Ecology, University of Leeds.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Friday 16 October 2015, 19:30-21:00

Equality & Diversity Events

WiSETI Annual Lecture 2015

Professor Rachel McKendry.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 09 March 2015, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2014

Learning to remember: how should we teach history?

Chris Mann, Richard Evans, David Cesarani, Katherine Edwards, Damian Collins.

Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 20 October 2014, 19:00-20:30