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Strategic partner: Aviva

29 Apr 2020

A new partnership between Aviva and Cambridge is asking what do advances in technology and data science mean for the future of insurance?

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How different countries are reacting to the COVID-19 risk and their governments’ responses

24 Mar 2020

Researchers at the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication spent the weekend surveying people's attitudes towards the risk of coronavirus...

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In tech we trust?

23 Feb 2018

Fairness, trust and transparency are qualities we usually associate with organisations or individuals. Today, these attributes might also apply to...

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Science fiction vs science fact: World’s leading AI experts come to Cambridge

10 Jul 2017

Some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will gather in Cambridge this week to look at...

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Artificial intelligence: computer says YES (but is it right?)

20 Oct 2016

Computers that learn for themselves are with us now. As they become more common in ‘high-stakes’ applications like robotic surgery, terrorism...

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“Trust me, I’m a banker”

14 Oct 2014

In a post-­crash economy, the financial industry has taken a severe hammering in the courts of public approval. Banks have never been trusted less...

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‘Intelligent Trust’, ethno-religious relations and the rise of the food bank

14 Feb 2014

Shana Cohen and Ed Kessler discuss how individuals of different ethno-religious backgrounds in Europe can learn to trust each other, and how...

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Cloud computing

Cloud computing and the philosophy of trust

05 Apr 2011

Some of the world’s finest minds in academic philosophy are debating the impact of the internet and cloud computing in Cambridge this week.

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Digital trust

Trust on the wild web

18 Mar 2011

Philosopher Tom Simpson asks: can we build a trustworthy and safe Internet?

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