Professor Tony Hey, STFC鈥檚 chief data scientist will give the annual Southampton Theory Astrophysics and Gravity (STAG) Research Centre lecture on Wednesday 18 October at 14:30 at the Turner Sims. Tickets are available to book and you can register to watch the live stream .听

As well as having held many high-profile positions including Vice President of Microsoft Research, Tony has authored many popular science books and was awarded an OBE for services to science in 2005. In this lecture, entitled 鈥Artificial Intelligence and Scientific 福利着片y: The Deep Learning Revolution鈥, Professor Hey will present the transformative impact of 鈥楧eep Learning鈥 neural networks such as ChatGPT and what the 鈥楢I for Science鈥 agenda means for modern scientific discovery.听
Dr Matthew Middleton, Director of the STAG Research Centre, said: 鈥淚t is a tremendous honour and privilege to have Professor Hey delivering the 2023 STAG Public Lecture. Professor Hey is one of the pioneers of data science, which plays an increasingly important role in all our lives. Like everyone else, I am excited to hear his insights into the frontiers of data science and AI鈥.听
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