Popularization of technical sciences with our participation: Science & Technology Club

Astronomer and astrophysicist Carl Sagan once said: "We have created a global civilization whose most important elements are deeply dependent on science and technology. At the same time, we have arranged it so that almost no one understands science and technology. That is a recipe for disaster." Popularizing science is one way of trying to prevent this from happening. Since 2015, the Science and Technology Club, which operates at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Brno University of Technology, has been contributing to this effort.

This year, for the eleventh year in a row, it is preparing a rich program of popularization lectures for the public. There have been more than 100 lectures in total, including presentations by Prof. Petr Kulhánek (Milestones in Cosmology), Daniel Stach (Science Not Only for Scientists – Popularization of Science on Czech Television), and Tomáš Přibyl (War Through the Eyes of Spy Satellites).

This year, the lecture series will again feature researchers from our faculty. On Tuesday, October 14, at 6:00 p.m., Kamil Malinka will give a lecture on the security implications of deepfakes. Subsequently, on November 4, again on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m., Lukáš Sekanina will talk about the "convergence of chips and AI" (lecture: Genetic Programming and Automated Hardware for AI).

The lectures will take place at FSI VUT (Technická 2), and attendance is free. Enthusiasts, scientists, students, and professionals in the natural sciences and technical fields are invited to attend.