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Black History Month Offers Opportunity to Reflect on STEM Leaders

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It is also important to mention that these accomplishments were achieved at a time when there was little to no acknowledgment of their brilliance. in chemistry. Unfortunately, lack of success in chemistry can often derail Black female students from pursuing career opportunities in STEM. Katherine Johnson. in mathematics.

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How can we make future places healthier spaces?

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This project is investigating how computing, the internet of things and data science can generate information that people can use to make their future places healthier. DATA SCIENCE – encompasses preparing data for analysis, including cleansing, aggregating and manipulating the data to perform advanced data analysis.

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Using adsorbents to help society

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Yamil and the team use data science, statistical mechanics, powerful computational modelling tools and machine learning (ML) tools to learn more about adsorption and discover and design new porous materials. What other achievements are you particularly proud of? How does the team do this research?

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Modelling mines: how can a new 3D modelling platform make mining more sustainable and be part of the solution to climate change?

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This means that testing different predictions and scenarios can be done rapidly, and better characterisation of the orebodies can be achieved. Geology, maths, physics, chemistry and biology are all sciences that will be leading this research. What are your proudest career achievements so far?

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Can we control the electrical activity in our brains?

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If they can achieve this in mice, they will then turn their attention to the much greater challenge of applying this in humans. “It First discovered in the 1960s by Dr Osamu Shimomura, GFP has revolutionised many fields of science. Read more about their research: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2008/illustrated-information.

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Creating software that works for everyone

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These include degrees in software engineering, computer science, information technology, data science and information systems. • “Alongside your computing degree, I would recommend taking a course in psychology, as this will help you become a software engineer who understands your end users,” advises Anuradha.

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Modelling minds: can computers mimic human intelligence?

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This relies on the capacity for cognitive control — the ability to take an instruction (or internal intention) and use it to override a strongly learnt association or instinctive reflex to achieve a different goal (e.g., It feels like you are doing physics or chemistry experiments, but with the brain!

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