Prof. Vic Baines
cyberbaines.bsky.social
Prof. Vic Baines
@cyberbaines.bsky.social
A bit of a treat tonight at 6pm UK. I have the privilege of chairing the annual Provost's Lecture at Gresham College, to be delivered by our Acting Provost, Sarah Hart. There's still time to join us live online - FOR FREE! www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/gal...
Galileo’s Journey to the Underworld: The Case for Interdisciplinary Thinking
In 1588, the young Galileo delivered some lectures that were impressive enough to secure him a mathematics professorship at the University of Pisa. His subject? The geometry of Dante’s Inferno. In our...
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June 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
My penultimate lecture for Gresham College is now live and FREE to watch in its entirety on YouTube (link below). It considers government and corporate surveillance in the digital age; also, our perennial urge to watch and control each other. Check it out and let me know what you think!
How does surveillance work?

Watch more via: gres.hm/how-surveill...

Prof @cyberbaines.bsky.social explores how we humans create technologies to keep a close watch on each other, and the ingenious methods used to counter them...

#digitalsurveillance #cybersecurity
June 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
📢🥁TODAY! Free to watch in person, live online, and on demand. My swan song as @greshamcollege.bsky.social IT Prof. 🦢 Is it ever OK to steal data? Link below 👇
Today at 6pm: The Moral Case for Stealing Data

Watch via: gres.hm/stealing-data

In her last lecture as WCITLivery Professor of #IT, @cyberbaines.bsky.social asks: in an era of mass leaks & high-profile whistleblowing, who decides whether data thieves are to be protected or prosecuted?
May 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Tonight! Free to watch in person and online 👀👇
Today at 6pm: Do Computers Get Sick? How Humans and Computers Fight Viruses

Watch via: gres.hm/computer-virus

Profs @robinmay9.bsky.social & @cyberbaines.bsky.social ask whether there are similarities between human & #computer immunity? Can we use discoveries in one to help protect the other?
May 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Tomorrow at @greshamcollege.bsky.social we'll be doing things a little differently, as Professor of Physic @robinmay9.bsky.social and I do a double act! Are biological and computer viruses really that different? What can medicine and cybersecurity learn from each other? Booking link below 👇
Tickets open: Do Computers Get Sick? How Humans and Computers Fight Viruses

Book: gres.hm/computer-virus

Prof @robinmay9.bsky.social asks whether there are similarities between human immunity & computer immunity? Can we use discoveries in one to help protect the other?

@imibirmingham.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Very much looking forward to chairing this one tonight (as both a fan of minimalist music and a super great mate of the speaker!). It’s going to be a blinder, and totally free. Register to watch online using the link below👇
Today @ 7.30pm: From Thin Air: Minimalist and Process Music from Africa to Arvo Pärt

Live from RichMix, London via: gres.hm/process-music

Prof @miltonline.bsky.social unpacks the processes behind #minimalist works & reveals the quiet, elegant mechanisms underpinning their musical power
May 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Romans would have loved this. In fact, I think some of them may still be in that field. #Colchester
April 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
📣 🥁 TONIGHT! and always completely FREE. 6pm UK. Link below to watch online.👇 #security #surveillance #data #regulation
In-person tickets open: How Surveillance Works

Book: gres.hm/how-surveill...

Prof Victoria Baines @cyberbaines.bsky.social explores our use of technologies that allow us to keep a close watch on other humans, and the ingenious methods used to counter them..
April 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
At Gresham College we've been experimenting with new ways of presenting our lectures. Here is a turbo-charged version of my September lecture on The Ancient History of Computers and Code. We'd love to know what you think of it! #tech #computing #cyber youtu.be/Ass6vZt2lAE?...
Have we always had Computers? - Victoria Baines
YouTube video by Gresham College
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November 22, 2024 at 7:49 PM