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Paralympic gold medallist and two times grand slam singles winner Gordon Reid will be giving a talk about how he overcame adversity at a young age to achieving his dream of being a world class athlete. Born in Alexandria, Scotland in 1991, Gordon was a fit, keen and talented tennis player until the week before his 13th birthday, when he was tragically struck down by a rare condition called Transverse Myelitis. Despite being paralysed from the waist down, Gordon bounced back and started playing the game he loved, only this time, in a wheelchair. As a junior on the world wheelchair tennis circuit, Gordon was ranked number 1 and won multiple titles. He has represented GB at the Invacare World Team Cup for the past seven years and led the first British Team to win the World title, beating the French in the final. At the London 2012 Paralympic Games, he reached the quarterfinals of both the singles and doubles events. In 2013, Gordon was the Doubles Masters champion and during the same year, a doubles finalist at Roland Garros. He also became the first British men’s player to win a Super Series singles title at Sydney International and then went on the reach the doubles final at the Australian Open in 2014. In 2016, Gordon won his first ever Grand Slam singles wheelchair title at the Australian Open, followed by the doubles title at Roland Garros. In July, he followed this with his second Grand Slam victory in the inaugural men’s singles wheelchair event at the Championship Wimbledon as well as winning the men’s doubles. And at the Rio Paralympics 2016, representing GB, Gordon won the Gold medal in the men’s wheelchair tennis singles and the Silver medal in the doubles

GCU staff simulate how to conduct an assessment of an injured patient.

Outlines GCU library's obligations under the PSI (Public Sector Information) regulations 2015.

PowerPoint presentation outlining the basics.

Hadi Larijani, Professor of Computer Networks and Intelligent Systems in Glasgow Caledonian University’s Department of Computing, delivered his inaugural Professorial Lecture on March 26. In his lecture, Professor Larijani helped the audience make sense of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by explaining how we use it in everyday life and what the future looks like. He also revealed how his AI research at GCU is helping to change people’s lives for the better – not just here in Scotland – but in developing countries like Rwanda, as part of the University’s Common Good goals. Professor Larijani said: “In my lecture I want to demystify Artificial Intelligence (AI) because a lot of people don’t know what it is and might be anxious or worried about it. “I will look at the positive side of it and how it’s impacting our lives. I think the future is bright as long as we are able to have safety incorporated in how we use AI. “AI has been around for years, it’s nothing new, but the difference is that in the last 10 years we’ve had a very good speed increase in central processing units (CPUs) and specifically graphical processing units (GPU) – the brains of the computers - and computers and the costs have reduced considerably. The second main development is availability of vast amounts of data. “One of the most important areas in AI is artificial neural network (ANN), an interconnected group of nodes, similar to the vast network of neurons in a brain. “Most people use AI but don’t even know it. It has been used very successfully in the last couple of years for example in voice recognition, Google maps, Siri and Google Assistant. “Most people are not aware of the huge benefits to AI such as in internet fraud detection. If your bank sees that out of the blue you’ve spent £1,000 on something you would never usually do, AIs will flag that up and then your bank can try to stop the transaction. “AIs can improve your quality of life and your health. Just one example is that AIs can help the speedy recognition of cancerous cells in your brain. The AI will flag it up quicker with the less probability of error.”

Sustainable Manufacturing promotes the creation of products using processes that are non-polluting, conserve energy and natural resources, and are economically sound and safe for employees, communities, and consumers. In this lecture, Professor Anjali De Silva explores how sustainable manufacturing allows industry to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. She draws on her own, and global, research and developments in advanced machining which enhance environmental sustainability by curbing the consumption of vital resources and reducing CO2 and other emissions.