Philip Torr
Professor Philip Torr did his PhD (DPhil) at the Robotics Research Group of the University of Oxford under Professor David Murray of the Active Vision Group. He worked for another three years at Oxford as a research fellow, and still maintains close contact as visiting fellow there. He won several awards including the Marr prize […]
Robin Ince
Robin Ince is many things. A comedian, an author, a broadcaster and a populariser of scientific ideas. The Guardian once declared him a ‘becardiganed polymath’ which seems about right. He is probably best known as the co-host of the Sony Gold Award winning BBC Radio 4 series The Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox. […]
Tony Fadell
Mr. Anthony “Tony” Fadell is an active investor and entrepreneur with a 30+ year history of founding companies and designing products that profoundly improve people’s lives. As the Principal at Future Shape LLC, a global investment and advisory firm coaching engineers and scientists working on foundational deep technology, he is continuing to help bring technology […]
Tony Donné
Tony Donné is since June 2014 Programme Manager (CEO) of EUROfusion, the consortium coordinating European research in the field of fusion science and technology in 28 European countries. Since 2020 he is chairing the Coordination Committee of the International Tokamak Physics Activity that resides under auspices of the ITER project. Until June 2014 he worked […]
Roeland Nusselder
Roeland has received a Master degree in Mathematics from the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). Plumerai is making deep learning tiny and radically more efficient to enable inference on small, cheap and low-power hardware. This makes it possible to embed intelligent, battery-powered sensors everywhere and create a future where we know more things faster. Their […]
Tono Suchota
Tono Suchota, better known as Tono S, is a prominent figure in the Slovak rap scene, renowned for his clever lyricism and sharp wit. Whether performing solo or collaborating with projects like Ultrazvuk alongside rapper Vecom, Tono S consistently delivers lyrical brilliance that sets him apart from his peers. Notably, Tono S stands out for […]
Brian Greene
Brian Greene is Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University and is widely recognized for a number of groundbreaking discoveries in mathematical physics and superstring theory, including the co-discoveries of mirror symmetry and topology change. His first book for general audiences, The Elegant Universe, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and has sold nearly two […]
Bob Bishop
Bob Bishop spent 40 years in the technical, engineering and scientific computing business, and was responsible for building and operating the international aspects of Silicon Graphics Inc., Apollo Computer Inc., and Digital Equipment Corporation. To accomplish this task, he lived with his family in five countries: USA, Australia, Japan, Germany and Switzerland. He was Chairman […]
Rim Turkmani
Dr Rim Turkmani is senior policy fellow at London School of Economics and Political Science leading research programmes on peace and conflict in the Arab world. She is also a member of the Women’s Advisory Board to the UN Special Envoy to Syria. Prior to joining LSE in 2014, Dr Turkmani was an Astrophysicist working […]
Celeste Buckingham
Celeste Buckingham is a Slovak singer and songwriter. Buckingham began her career in 2011, after finishing fifth in the second season of Česko Slovenská SuperStar, the joint Czech-Slovak version of Idol. Born in Switzerland to an American father and Iranian mother, Buckingham settled with her family in Slovakia at the age of three. After beginning […]