Churchill CompSci Talks Courses

FluBot

Explore the inner workings of FluBot, an Android malware that impersonates banking apps, and learn about its sophisticated countermeasures against detection and analysis.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Multidimensional Scaling

Explore multidimensional scaling techniques, from linear algebra foundations to optimization methods, with real-world applications in sociology, linguistics, mathematics, and sports analytics.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Writing Code- Less Is More

Discover 5 key lessons for improving code quality through reduction, with practical examples and strategies for efficient programming and maintenance.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

PID Controllers

Learn about PID controllers: their components, applications, and how they achieve stable control systems. Explore mathematical models and live simulations to understand this powerful algorithm.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Particle Swarm Optimisation

Explore swarm intelligence and its application in solving complex optimization problems through a bird flocking model, leading to the Particle Swarm Optimisation algorithm.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Lock-Free Programming

Explore lock-free programming techniques for multi-core processors, including atomic operations, lock-free data structures, and potential pitfalls like ABA problem and memory reordering.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

PAC Learning

Explore PAC learning framework in machine learning, covering supervised classification, learnability criteria, and VC dimension. Understand theoretical foundations and practical implications.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Lenstra's Elliptic Curve Factorization Method

Explore Lenstra's elliptic curve factorization method, its applications in cryptography, and its impact on computational number theory. Learn about this fast special-purpose algorithm and its mathematical foundations.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

MIDI - What It Is and How It Changed the World of Music

Explore MIDI's impact on music creation, from its history and protocol to modern applications. Gain insights into this revolutionary technology's role in transforming artistic workflows and musical production.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Colossus and Code Breaking in World War II

Explore the groundbreaking Colossus computer and code-breaking efforts at Bletchley Park during WWII, focusing on the Lorenz cipher and its impact on strategic intelligence.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Randomised Computation

Explore probabilistic Turing machines, complexity classes, and efficient randomised algorithms. Dive into Monte Carlo methods, polynomial identity testing, and the P = BPP problem.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Deep Learning with the Analytical Engine

Explore the potential of the Analytical Engine for deep learning, blending 19th-century mechanical computing with modern AI concepts in this Victorian-era adventure.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

How Slot Machines Are Advancing the State of the Art in Computer Go AI

Explore Monte Carlo Tree Search in computer Go AI, covering its advantages, UCB1 strategy, and recent refinements like AMAF/RAVE, with insights into ongoing research topics.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Adaptive Filters

Explore digital adaptive filters, their algorithms, and applications in noise removal, echo cancellation, and signal processing, with Matlab demonstrations and real-world examples.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

On the Pitfalls and Traps of Programming Languages

Explore real-world programming language quirks, pitfalls, and unexpected behaviors that challenge common assumptions. Gain insights into the complexities of language design and implementation.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video