Presentation – Year 13, Sam Harding

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Presentation – Year 13, Sam Harding

This week’s presentation was on the topic of infinity and the different types of it that occur throughout mathematics.

After a brief historical introduction, Sam showed us the famous tortoise and hare problem. That was followed by a discussion of improper integrals and fractals which provided an opportunity to introduce some of the Year 12s to calculus and the exponential function. The talk finished with a brief discussion of aleph-null and cardinality of different sets, followed by planning for our lecture trips in the coming weeks.

Joe Clarke from Cambridge Intelligence

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Joe Clarke from Cambridge Intelligence.

The Computer Society were very happy to host a visit from software developer Joe Clarke from Cambridge Intelligence who visited the school and the Society this month.

His visit was timed in order to catch Year 13 students before their study leave begins so they could benefit from some realistic and current careers advice. Cambridge Intelligence specialise in building data visualization technologies; supporting law enforcement, cyber security and fraud detection. Joe had kindly pre-prepared for his presentation with an excellent Powerpoint explaining more on KeyLines and Graph Visualization as well as giving an overview of the company. Joe made his subject extremely accessible to the students which included some younger pupils which was really helpful. He also gave us some excellent careers advice regarding pathways, training and work experience and after an animated Q & A, we thanked Joe for his time and trouble and for making the journey from Cambridge.

Freddie Jonas, Year 13
TBSHS Computer Society

Computing Society Visits Jesus College, Cambridge

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Computing Society Visits Jesus College, Cambridge

On Monday 18th March the Computing Society took a trip to beautiful Jesus College, Cambridge to participate in a lecture by Dr Ulrich Schneider, University Reader in Many-body Physics, and Fellow & Director of Studies, Jesus College.