BCS Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence have had a very successful year of conferences

In October the Artificial Intelligence Specialist Group's machine intelligence competition saw a high calibre of live demonstrations that show progress towards machine intelligence. We were thrilled to have Lincoln University present their Chatty Robot: A Humanoid Robot With “Chatting While Playing” Skills.

But the best as always is their annual conference held at Peterhouse Cambridge, their 39th International Conference on Innovative techniques and applications of AI from 16 - 19 December. https://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/

Face Up To IT! - London North Branch

Facial recognition and Artificial Intelligence are here and now – and so are the ethical questions associated with these technologies.

Get Involved - Role Opportunities

Below are various opportunities available within BCS.

Higher Education Portfolio Examiners

BCS is currently recruiting for examiners to work on our Higher Education Portfolio. We wanted to alert you this opportunity.

Teesside & District Branch - Making IT Good for Society

BCS Teesside Branch are ‘Making IT Good for Society’. The last few years have seen a break with traditional public meeting formats, they have looked to their local community to become more inclusive and collaborative.

November 2018 saw an organised BCS Teesside Branch visit to Hackspace Teesside, a worthy local, tinkering space for adults, running the Hackspace philosophy. They hold a regular ‘visitor Tuesday’ open evening for which we supplied pop and pizza.

Get Involved: PICTFOR Events

BCS are members of PICTFOR - The Parliamentary Internet, Communications and Technology Forum is the largest and most active All-Party Parliamentary Group.

As an official All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) it operates in the Houses of Parliament and brings together Parliamentarians from all parties and both Houses with key players in the internet, communications and technology sectors to engage with the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

Get Involved: Exam Paper Marker

The role of the Exam Paper Marker is to review and mark the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Information and Risk Management and the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Continuity Management exam papers against the BCS marking criteria, to determine a pass mark and provide any relevant feedback for the candidate.

Job Description

Applications to eprofessional@bcs.uk

An Ethical Minefield: A Parliamentary Roundtable on Policing and AI

Theo Knott, Policy Programmes Manager at BCS, outlines how AI is being used in UK policing and a recent roundtable event in Parliament discussing the issue.

Community Board - New Year Message

Dear Volunteers,

I am emailing you on behalf of the Community Board to thank you all for your hard work and dedication in your various roles in the Member Group Community during 2018 and to wish you and your families a peaceful and enjoyable festive break.

At the fresh hold of a new year we are well-placed to start transforming the way we engage the BCS membership, IT professionals outside the Institute and the wider public.