Seminar: Computer Science Atlas Talk in Kilburn L.T 1.5. Automating software development: When will we stop programming?
| Dates: | 15 January 2020 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Department of Computer Science |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults |
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| Speaker: | Dr Barry Porter |
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Join us for our next Computer Science Seminar with speaker Dr Barry Porter, Lancaster University on Wednesday 15 January 2020 at 1pm in Kilburn L.T 1.5
Abstract: Despite extensive automation in many industries, software systems remain entirely hand-crafted. While this has served us well so far, this approach is now starting to change, driven both by extreme complexity and a desire to support non-expert coding for users. Motivated by these challenges, this talk will introduce some of our recent advances in automating software development, presenting: (i) self-assembling software systems for high-performance datacentre platforms, which continuously learn to assemble and re-assemble themselves at runtime to best meet an objective; and (ii) automated code synthesis which can write new algorithms based on simple end-user specifications, for integration into our self-assembling systems. Both approaches blend state-of-the-art machine learning with specially-designed computing models to support generalised machine reasoning over the design of computer software.
Speaker
Dr Barry Porter
Role: Lecturer
Organisation: Lancaster University
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Lecture theatre 1.5
Kilburn Building
Manchester
