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Current Podcasts
You will find below links to audio files
from the life and work of the University, its staff, students, partners
and visitors. Just click to play in your browser or download the file.
An archive earlier podcast recordings is also available.
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Installation of Chancellor
Dr James Nesbitt
8 June 2010: Acceptance speech delivered by distinguished actor Dr James Nesbitt, given when he was formally installed into office at a ceremony held in the Riverside Theatre.
Audio begins with remarks by the Vice-Chancellor Professor Barnett.
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Ensuring the Safety of Intelligent Computers
Dr Roy Sterritt
19 May 2010: Ulster informatics researcher Dr Roy Sterritt of the Computer Science Research Institute has been working with US space agency NASA on the development of techniques to ensure the safety and security of the next generation of self-directing, self-healing computing systems.
These 'autonomic' computing systems could provide the software to power the robot computer swarms which may soon be exploring Mars and the asteroid belt, following US President Obama's decision set the exploration of Mars as a key policy objective for the space agency.
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The Island of Ireland: the next ten years
Irish President Mary McAleese
22 April 2010: Irish President Mary McAleese delivers the fourth annual Chancellor’s Lecture, taking has her theme The island of Ireland: the next ten years. She is introduced by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Richard Barnett.
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Ulster Researchers Team Up With UCLA
Mr Courtney Lyder
5 February 2010: Professor Courtney Lyder, Dean of the School of Nursing at UCLA, visited the University as part of an intensifying relationship between UCLA and Ulster in the field of rehabilitation science.
David Young talked to him and Ulster researcher Alison Porter-Armstrong about the partnership and the opportunities for the advancement of knowledge it offers both institutions.
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