A Look into the film ‘Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America’s Elections’. A few days before the American Presidential Election, I watched the HBO documentary ‘Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America’s Elections’ on Sky Arts TV. It offers a chilling deep dive into the vulnerability of American democracy in the digital age. Directed […]
In July 2024 the IAP ran a webinar called ‘Programming Provoking Poetry’. Yes, poetry. If you’re thinking, how does poetry relate to the activities and concerns of the IAP and its members, you need to read the works and poems by Paul Lynham, BSc (Hons) MSc PGCE FIAP. Paul’s prose are about science, technology, biology, […]
The significance and presence of AI in our lives continues to grow. In February 2024 the UK’s Office for Artificial Intelligence became part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology:
On 6th June 2024, on the 80 year anniversary of D-Day, events were held across the UK to commemorate the largest seaborne invasion in history; a mission that marked the beginning of Western Europe’s liberation in the second world war. Here’s an overview of how computing helped at this critical time. COMPUTING IN THE 1940s […]
Visual Systems Journal. For many years the IAP had a few pages in Visual Systems Journal. We have the articles that appeared in the magazine from 2001 until the publication ceased in 2015. The content is stored on an archive which can be accessed at www.iap.org.uk/vsj-magazine.
The Post Office Horizon Scandal. At a recent IAP Cafe Rendevous meeting, one of the subjects we discussed was the Post Office Horizon scandal and whistleblowing in general. The role of whistleblowing in the software development world is an increasingly prominent topic, especially within the UK’s unique legal and professional framework. This article will delve […]
