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Programme of Events 2004-05

Date Topic/Speaker
Tuesday 12/10/2004
6:30 for 7pm start
A Defence of Data Protection
Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor and Carolyn Bigg, Solicitor.
Joint meeting with the BCS Data Management Specialist Group (DMSG).
Tuesday 23/11/2004
7 for 7:30pm start
Design Patterns (using Lego Mindstorms robots)
Alan O'Callaghan and Maria Kavanagh, Senior Lecturers, Faculty of Computing Sciences and Engineering, De Montfort University.
Joint meeting with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE).
Thursday 09/12/2004
6:30 for 7pm start
World class or outclassed? IT service management in the 'always on world'
Peter Wheatcroft CEng, FBCS, FIEE.
Tuesday 18/01/2005
7 for 7:30pm start
Public Key Cryptography
Mr Clifford Cocks, GCHQ Cheltenham.
Joint meeting with the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) , East Midlands Branch.
Tuesday 15/02/2005
6:30 for 7pm start
Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) and its Importance to Industry
Andy Collins, Thales.
CMMI Meeting Notes
Wednesday 16/03/2005
6:30 for 7pm start
Current Postgraduate Research in Computing
PhD students from local universities. Best presentation awarded £50 prize. Audience gets to vote. Part of National Science Week 11-20 March 2005
Venue: Charles Wilson Building, University of Leicester.
Thursday 14/04/2005
6:30 for 7pm start
Staring into Space - Searching for Planets using IT
Dr Richard West, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester.
Venue: Charles Wilson Building, University of Leicester
Thursday 02/06/2005
6:30 for 7pm start
Investigating Drive-by-Wire Applications using a Hardware-In-the-Loop Testbed
Dr. Michael Short, Embedded Systems Laboratory
This meeting will be preceeded by a short branch AGM.

Unless otherwise stated, meetings start at 7.00pm and are held in the Queens Building, De Montfort University, Leicester.
Non-members are welcome. A free buffet is available from 6.30pm.

Car parking is via Jarrom Street or Bonners Lane followed by Gateway Street. There is a walkway between the Kimberlin Library and the Queens Building.

Synopses 2004-05


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