GUEST SPEAKER: Miquel Barceló on “From Turing to Terminator and Matrix: Computers and Science Fiction”

From Turing to Terminator and Matrix: Computers and Science Fiction

Miquel Barceló
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Facultat d’Informàtica de Barcelona

Departament Enginyeria de Serveis i Sistemes d’Informació

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Monday July 12, 2010 at 1530 (CEST), in C6-003 (GA Tech Classroom)

Abstract

“A panoramic vision about how science fiction narrative, in literature, comics and movies, has presented the future realities of computing technology: robots, cyborgs, AI, and so on…”