S3RI Seminar with Professor Mark Girolami Event

Time:: 18:00 - 19:00
Date:: 16 October 2019
Venue:: University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, B58/1067

Event details

The Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute (S3RI) is delighted to announce Professor Mark Girolami, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Cambridge, as guest speaker at the S3RI Special Seminar on Wednesday 16th October.

Data Centric Engineering: Fact or Fiction

Lord Kelvin is attributed to stating that “To Measure is to Know”. The role of empirical observation and data has always been core to the engineering sciences. So what does Data Centric Engineering actually mean? Is this yet another bandwagon of hype or is there substance behind the term? This talk will make a case for the adoption of a Statistical Data Centric approach to the Engineering Sciences and associated professions across all sectors.

About the Speaker

Mark Girolami is the Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering (1965) within the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge where he also holds the Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Data Centric Engineering. He was one of the original founding Executive Directors of the Alan Truing Institute, the UK's national institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, after which he was appointed as Strategic Programme Director at Truing, where he established an continues to lead the Lloyd's Register Foundation Programme on Data Centric Engineering.

All are welcome, but please register your attendance.

7.30pm Post Lecture Drinks Reception.