Tag: TEDxTalks

Dincolo de geam | Cristian Presura | TEDxConstanta

“Niciodata nu vom putea intelege natura asa de bine ca filozofii greci… Noi stim prea mult” spunea John R. Pierce.
Cunoasterea stiintifica accelerata a ultimelor secole ne-a schimbat perspectiva lumii pentru totdeauna. Povestile bunicii si ale strabuncii mele s-au transformat. Ce povesti le vom spune noi copiilor cand vom fi bunici? Ce perspectiva le vom da asupra lumii? Cristian Presură studied physics and engineering. In 2002, he received his PhD in physics from the Groningen University, Netherlands. Since then he is a Research Scientist at Philips Research Eindhoven. His research focuses on medical sensors and resulted in a few dozens of patents.
Cristian finds time to write for the public some of the most accurate yet accessible science popularization books and articles. His first book, „Narrated Physics”, was an instant hit on Romanian market and received numerous prizes, such as the Romanian Academy prize and the medal of the Romanian Society of Mathematical Sciences.
He regularly gives physics courses in summer student camps, writes to journals, and appears regularly on radio and TV. He has also a popular YouTube channel for science. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

October 27, 2020
Curiozitatea, povestea şi ecuaţiile | Cristian Presura | TEDxCaleaDomneasca

Curiozitatea, povestea şi ecuaţiile sunt coloana vertrebrală a fizicii. Curiozitatea este scânteia care, odată ce pătrunde în creier, declanşează o reacţie în lanţ. Aşa cum ştim de la copii, curiozitatea este satisfăcută prin poveşti. Acesta este al doilea pas. Deși frumoase, poveștile nu descriu cantitativ și precis natura. De aceea, pentru a încheia povestea, trebuie să învățam să folosim matematica, limbajul universal al naturii. „Fizica este o cale de a te descoperi pe tine insuti”, asa cum ne marturiseste Cristian Presura.

Fiind unul dintre cei mai cunoscuti fizicieni romani contemporani, Cristian Presura s-a descoperit pe sine prin fizica. Nascut in 1971 acesta a studiat Fizica la Universitatea din Bucuresti. Dupa terminarea studiilor a lucrat la Intitutul de Fizica Atomica unde a studiat proprietatile laserelor in medii active si solide.

A caracterizat proprietatile optice ale sistemelor corelate de electroni, obtinadu-si astfel doctoratul in fizica la Universitatea Groningen din Olanda în anul 2002. In urma cercetarilor sale, Cristian a publicat rezultatele descoperite în numeroase lucrari publicate in reviste de specialitate precum : Science.

In prezent Cristian este dedicate domeniului cercetarii si doreste sa aduca inovatie prin descoperirile sale. Acesta lucreaza ca cercetator la compania Philips si este specializat in sensozi medicali. Alaturi de echipa sa, a inventat primul ceas ce poate masura pulsul sportivilor exclusiv pe baza sensorilor optici. Cristian Presura este totodata membru al asociatiei cercetatorilor romani Ad Astra.

Dedicarea lui Cristian pentru cercetare nu se opreste aici. Acesta a publicat de-a lungul carierei sale zeci de lucrari si brevete, una dintre cele mai cunsocute fiind volumul “Fizica povestita”, o lucrare distinsa ce a fost premiata cu Premiul Academiei Romane in domeniul stiintelor fizice.

Din dorinta de a populariza stiinta si in particular fizica, Cristian este fondator al asociatiei Stiinte pentru Toti. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

September 27, 2018
Artificial Intelligence for Villages | Senthil Kumar M | TEDxBITSathy

Motivated by the urge to help one of his own, Senthil kumar a man of great intellect took it upon
himself to find the solution to a problem that stared right at the face of mankind.
Senthil Kumar M hailing from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, has a great passion for innovating
through technology to solve real-life problems.
His vision is to build technology-enabled self-sustaining communities. He actively engages in
community empowerment and education initiatives especially among girls through
‘MetooMentor’ – an NPO that mentors young women to innovate through technology.
The ingenious device developed by him monitors and tracks the vitals of pregnant women living
in the remote villages of India, transmitting the collected data over the cloud to the nearest health
center by incorporating AI and DEEP LEARNING algorithms.
Watch him speaking about the experiences and challenges he encountered throughout his
journey!! Senthil Kumar M hailing from Madurai has a great passion for innovating through technology to solve real-life problems. He worked in fields like a wireless network, defence, maternal healthcare, and safety solutions and filed nearly 10 patents for the same. He began his career as an engineer in – Samsung | Qualcomm, but he quit his job to found two tech startups, GeoMeo and JioVio, in urban infrastructure and healthcare sector respectively. His vision is to build technology-enabled self-sustaining communities. He believes that we can achieve this only by bridging the digital divide in the society and by empowering the powerless/vulnerable.He actively engages in community empowerment and education initiatives especially among girls through ‘MetooMentor’ – an NPO that mentors young women to innovate through technology.With a handful of dedicated volunteers, He reached over 1000 girls in Madurai.He has been honoured as the top 5 Technology Explorers in India by Nasscom. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

April 10, 2018
Artificial Intelligence: Investing in Yourself | Upamanyu Ghose | TEDxHRCollege

This talk explores the similarities between the human brain and AI. It is a very high level abstraction of AI and how it enables us to unfold the convolutions of the mind. It convinces you that when you invest in AI, you are actually investing in yourself. Upamanyu Ghose is a 3rd year computer science and engineering student, who is an ex computer vision team member of Project Manas, the only team comprising only of undergraduate students, working to build India’s first driverless car for Mahindra’s million dollar rise prize challenge.
He has been actively pursuing projects and research in the field of computer vision and natural language processing for the past year and is currently working on a project to enable searching through contents of a video. His prior projects include, cervical cancer detection using deep learning, tweet generator, generating stem cell lineage using image processing techniques (assisted a lab in Imperial College London). He’s also a part of a group called Teach Code for Good, which focuses on teaching underprivileged children the basics of coding in order to gear them up for the future.
His future plan is to pursue research in the field of human cognition in order to understand the mind better through artificial intelligence. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

March 14, 2018
Machines That Think: The Good, Bad and Scary of A.I. | Dr. James Canton | TEDxMarin

Dr. Canton sees the coming of more Artificial Intelligence uses in our everyday lives and in
solving global problems. He encourages us to think about its direction and how to maintain control of what we create.

Dr. James Canton is a leading global futurist, social scientist, keynote presenter, author, and visionary business advisor. For over 30 years, he has been insightfully predicting the key trends that have shaped our world. He is a leading authority on future trends with an emphasis on harnessing innovation. Dr. Canton has advised three White House Administrations and global business leaders.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

November 1, 2016
Neuroscience, AI and the Future of Education | Scott Bolland | TEDxSouthBank

Currently around 63% of students are disengaged at school, meaning that they withdrawal either physically or mentally before they have mastered the skills that are required to flourish in later life. In this talk Scott Bolland explores the science of learning, the mismatch between how we teach and how the brain natural learns, and the important role that artificial intelligence could take in addressing the limitations in our current education system.

Dr Scott Bolland is the founder of New Dawn Technologies, a high-tech software company aiming to revolutionise education through the use of artificial intelligence. He has spent the last 20 years actively researching and teaching in the field of cognitive science – the scientific study of how the mind works – which spans disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, artificial intelligence and computer science. He holds a PhD in this field, as well as a university medal for outstanding academic scholarship.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

June 30, 2016