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Dr Greg Lavender - Former CTO of Intel and VMware Trustee, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Wednesday 29 October 2025, 15:05-15:55
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
- 👤 Speaker: Dr Greg Lavender - Former CTO of Intel and VMware Trustee, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday 29 October 2025, 15:05 - 15:55
- 📍 Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building
Abstract
Western Cultural Evolution of Computational Reasoning from Pythagoras to the Cloud & AI Era.
This talk falls into the category of “Big History” that provides a mostly Western multi-disciplinary perspective of our modern technological world and the gradual evolution over-time of computational reasoning starting roughly 500 BC in Athens and continuing to today and our new world of AI.
Link to join virtually: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89473073451
A recording of this talk is available at the following link: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/seminars/wednesday/video/
This talk is being recorded. If you do not wish to be seen in the recording, please avoid sitting in the front three rows of seats in the lecture theatre. Any questions asked will also be included in the recording. The recording will be made available on the Department’s webpage
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