Artificial Intelligence and Aliens
6:00pm - 7:00pm /
Tuesday 16th July 2024
/ Venue: Central Teaching Hub
Type: Lecture /
Category: Public
- Naomi Smith
- Admission: Free
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The radio Universe is a noisy place and separating out interesting signals that may point to extra-terrestrial intelligence is a difficult task. In this talk we’ll explore how modern methods in artificial intelligence (AI) are now being used to search for alien techno-signatures in data from the world’s leading radio observatories.
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