Bahçeşehir Cyprus University has held another online webinar during the distance learning period on 19 May, 2020. The webinar on ‘Key Tech Drivers on the Next Decade’ is presented by Prof. Dr. Vic Grout from Wrexham Glyndŵr University, UK. Below, you can find Prof. Dr. Vic Grout’s biography:
“Vic Grout is a professional futurist/futurologist at Wrexham Glyndŵr University in the UK, investigating emerging and future technologies – such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, Internet of Things, robotics and automation – and their wider social, ethical, legal, political, environmental and economic impact. With degrees in mathematics and computing and a PhD in engineering, his current role is Professor of Computing Futures, having previously been Professor of network Algorithms. His work ranges from using Internet hardware and software to enable the elderly and disabled to lead longer independent lives, through projects such as effective online age-gating and medical diagnosis, to advising the European Commission on ethical concerns relating to funded research projects. He has authored over 400 research papers and four books on these various topics, edits the ‘Turing’s Radiator’ blog on technological philosophy and appears regularly on radio and TV. His first science-fiction novel, ‘Conscious’, was published in 2017.”