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08 March 2013
TV star at Big Bang Solent Fair
BBC Two presenter and University of Southampton researcher Dr Helen Czerski will be one of the star attractions at this year’s Big Bang Solent Fair.Helen, who is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research and presented BBC Two’s Operation Iceberg, will be giving visitors to the Fair a tour around the amazing ways that bubbles matter in oceanography, medicine and the natural world.Her show Bubbles is just one of the many exciting demonstrations and activities being showcased at the University’s Highfield Campus on March 21 as part of the Big Bang Solent Fair to celebrate...
08 March 2013
Leading the debate on open data
Professor Nigel Shadbolt
The University of Southampton’s Head of the Web and Internet Science Group (WAIS) and co-founder of the Open Data Institute, Professor Nigel Shadbolt, will be a key speaker at the British Library’s Inspiring Science events.Nigel will lead a lively TalkScience discussion entitled Open Data: What’s the Use? exploring the potential of open data and looking at what the open data revolution means for today’s society.With the UK government, research councils, businesses and private...

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