UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM "Sodarace: Online adventures in Science and Artificial Intelligence" speaker: Dr. Peter McOwan (Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London) 28 January 2004 (Wednesday) Lecture Theatre LC108 College Lane Campus, Hatfield 3 - 4 pm Coffee/tea and biscuits will be available. Everyone is Welcome to Attend Abstract Sodarace (www.sodarace.net) gives adults and children worldwide the chance to compete online in a state-of-the-art educational entertainment where human and artificial intelligences compete to design virtual racing robots. Sponsored by EPSRC and developed by Soda Creative Ltd and the Computer Science department at Queen Mary, University of London, sodrace is proving a highly accessible teaching resource for schools, colleges and universities. This talk will present an overview of the project and highlight some of the fascinating stories of science, engineering and artificial intelligence that have arisen. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Computer Science Colloquium Abstracts On-line: http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~nehaniv/colloq/