Royal Institution, 8pm, £9
Prof Christopher Bishop, Deputy Director of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, steps into the RI’s lecture hall to discuss machine learning. Just how far are we from creating Star Trek’s Commander Data? This is a dresyy-uppy event, so it’d be smart to be smart.
Living in a Star – The Sun Earth Connection in a Star – The Sun Earth Connection
Croydon Astronomical Society, 7.45, free
Head South to hear about the latest observations of the sun, and how our nearest star affects the Earth, courtesy of Lisa Bone from UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory.
25 events are listed for Friday in our events calendar.