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Predictably Unpredictable: Violence Risk Assessment
Doors open at 7. Kickoff at 7.30 Violence risk assessment is a complex task which has been hotly debated in the literature and in the media when things ‘go wrong’. It is a task which simply cannot be an exact science; clinicians and practitioners cannot possibly be expected to know or be able to predict what a person’s actions or circumstances in the future may lead to. They then have to be able to use their expertise and judgement, and…
Find out more »PubhD: Weegie Linguistics, Safe Injecting, and Photo Thermal Therapy
Kickoff at 7pm sharp This special event comes to you in association with our friends from PubhD Glasgow. The format is nice and simple; Three researchers will each have 10 minutes to talk about their subject area to an interested audience in a pub There will be up to 20 minutes of (friendly!) Q&A per speaker. Each speaker gets at least one pint (or other drink of their choice). A whiteboard/flip chart and coloured pens will be provided. Confirmed speakers:…
Find out more »A Skeptic’s Guide to Spotting Bullsh!t
Carmen D'Cruz has been the part of the London Skeptics in the Pub team since 2009 and has worked with critical thinking groups around the world to promote the rational application of evidence in as many areas as possible. In this talk Carmen will take us through: An introduction to the many different shades of bullshit How to spot it live in action How to counteract it How to not be a dick about it Come and get riled up…
Find out more »LISA – Space Observatory for Gravitational Waves
Doors open at 7. Kickoff at 7.30. View event on Facebook here LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) is a space-based gravitational wave observatory building on the success of LISA Pathfinder and LIGO. Our speaker on the subject is Dr Natalia Korsakova, a Royal Society Newton Fellow working at the University of Glasgow. Her focus is mainly on applications of machine learning in LISA data analysis, and the studies of the real noise influence on instrument performance, which is important for…
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