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In this episode, Susannah de Jager is joined by Adam Parr, a barrister, entrepreneur, and former Chairman and CEO of the Williams Formula One team. Adam shares insights from his storied career, spanning motorsport, venture capital, and climate innovation. From his tenure at Williams F1 to co-founding impactful ventures like Downforce Trust, Adam brings a global perspective to leadership, innovation, and the interplay between academia and business. (00:00) - Oxford+ S2 E7 Adam Parr (00:18) - Meet Adam Parr: From Formula One to Venture Capital (02:14) - Journey to Williams Formula One Team (04:24) - Challenges and Insights in Formula One (10:14) - Transition to Venture Capital and Innovation (14:29) - Climate Change and Innovation: The Downforce Trust (18:42) - Academic and Business Synergy (34:14) - Navigating the Oxford Ecosystem for Startups (37:13) - Conclusion and Final Thoughts About the guest:Adam Parr is a barrister, entrepreneur, and former Chairman and CEO of the Williams Formula One team. With a storied career spanning global mining, motorsport, and venture capital, Adam has co-founded and led numerous businesses, including Quantum Black (acquired by McKinsey) and Oxford Semantic Technologies (acquired by Samsung). As a DPhil candidate and Business Fellow at the University of Oxford's Smith School, Adam is dedicated to advancing innovation in climate change through ventures like the Downforce Trust. He is also the author of The Art of War: Five Years in Formula One and Total Competition: Lessons in Strategy from Formula One, co-authored with Ross Brawn.Connect with Adam on LinkedInAbout the host:Susannah de Jager is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in UK asset management. She has worked closely with industry experts, entrepreneurs, and government officials to shape the conversation around domestic scale-up capital.Connect with Susannah on LinkedInVisit our website to learn more and subscribe to our newsletter - oxfordplus.co.ukIf you have a question for Susannah, please get in touch - oxfordplus.co.uk/contactOxford+ is hosted by Susannah de Jager, supported by Mishcon de Reya and produced and edited by Story Ninety-Four in Oxford.
This is a short episode recorded at the end of a trip to Caltech (LA), Frankfurt, and Reykjavik.Black hole information and replica wormholes at Caltech (talk slides):https://stevehsu.substack.com/p/black-hole-information-and-replica00:00 Intro: summer in Iceland02:04 deCODE genetics 05:52 Chess: Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik11:56 Hyperscaling genAI23:11 Synthetic data and Hyperscaling24:26 Is the Transformer architecture enough for AGI?29:45 Quantum black holesMusic used with permission from Blade Runner Blues Livestream improvisation by State Azure.--Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU. Please send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on X @hsu_steve.
Why don't people switch banks? ACCC Retail Deposits Inquiry shines light on banks approach to deposit accounts; insights in ACCC Report influences Upworth to create ‘Savings Account Scanner'THE FINTECH REPORT PODCAST: EPISODE 54: Alexandre Chavotier, Co-Founder & CEO, UpworthAccording to Alex, the ACCC Report key points are:Limited competition, interest rates not shownEntry is hardProduct complexity (active pricing strategy)Segmentation, price discrimination (introductory rates, bonus rates; ACCC report found 70% of account holders did not achieve the bonus rate)Household deposits matterComparison websitesPeople generally don't switch banks – why? Can CDR help solve this?About Alex: · Started career in investment banking in Europe before working at McKinsey and Quantum Black in Sydney· Was at the forefront of McKinsey´s work in AI, including the development of a trading solution that secured internal VC funding· Consulted to all the large Australian banks on an array of strategic topics and projects· Came back to Australia 2 years ago to start Upworth after a 3-year stint in Mexico as right-hand to the Founder and CEO of ZeBrands, a successful scale-up comparable to Koala here (mattresses sold online) About Upworth:· Upworth is the wealth superapp. · A one-stop-shop for personal finances where you can connect all your accounts to track your net worth, access unique and personalized insights and apply for financial products in a few clicks In this episode we discuss:1. ACCC Report – top 3 issues/key chapters (and Upworth's interpretation)a. Deposit accounts: limited competition, interest rates not shownb. Many banks offer retail deposit products, but the sector is concentrated with barriers to entry and expansion; There are 4 major banks and 6 mid-tier banks which supply 89% of retail deposits, and a long tail of smaller banks supplying the remainderc. Open Banking slow – why?d. Chapter 7: Strategic pricing strategies lead to greater complexity for consumers and, for some, poorer outcomes – why?2. Opportunities for Upworth? 3. How does it work? 4. What do users / customers need to connect? Eg bank accounts. And how do they do this?5. Tech behind the new product? Platform, APIs, open banking, who do you partner with?6. Results so far?
The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 47: Interview with Alexandre Chavotier, Co-Founder at Upworth “Money works better when it's all in one place; Upworth is a dashboard to rule them all,” says Alex“For decades the greatest advantage for financial institutions was their monopolistic hold of your personal data … open banking changed that”“You can refinance your mortgage within the Upworth App,” About Alex:● Co-founder and CEO of Upworth● Started career in investment banking in Europe before working at McKinsey and Quantum Black in Sydney. Was at the forefront of McKinsey´s work in AI, including the development of a trading solution that secured internal VC funding. Consulted to all the large Australian banks on an array of strategic topics and projects● Came back to Australia about 1 year ago to start Upworth after a 3-year stint in Mexico as right-hand to the Founder and CEO of ZeBrands, a successful scale-up comparable to Koala hereAbout Upworth: https://upworth.com.au/ ● Upworth is the wealth superapp. ● A one-stop-shop for your personal finances where you can connect all your accounts to track your entire net worth, access unique and personalized insights and apply to the best financial products in a few clicks 1. What is your vision for Upworth - Why did you want to start Upworth? 2. What do you do? Progress to date 3. CDR and Open Banking – enables the magic4. It's not PFM. Its wealth management, it's an enabler for other services – a dashboard to rule them all5. Fundraising. Best places & funds/people to raise from?6. Target market? Typical customer?7. What is unique or better about Upworth? Typical customer?8. Partners in Australia? 9. Thoughts/comments on Open Banking (and/or screen scraping)10. Message to the fintech market? More CDR!
Événements Hackathon mondial Thales dans plusieurs villes (Paris, Singapour, Canada, Germany, et UK).- 10 études de cas sur le suivi de drones, la conception de radars, l'optimisation, la détection d'anomalies et la cybersecurité.- 9 fournisseurs de QPU (Quantum Processing Unit): Atos, IBM, Google, IQM, PASQAL, Quandela, Quantinuum, Quera et SoftServehttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/thales_worldquantumday-quantum-activity-7052602814774026240-PFQohttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/thales_thales-quantum-worldquantumday-activity-7052883701789061120-VdW3/?originalSubdomain=mm Conférence sur la recherche opérationnelle et le calcul quantique à TroyesOrganisée par Caroline Prodhon (LIST3N de l'UTT), Marc Sevaux (UBS), Eric Bourreau (LIRMM Montpellier), Sonia Vanier (Ecole Polytechnique) et Frédéric Saubion (LERIA), « Emerging optimization methods: from metaheuristics to quantum approaches », lundi 17 au vendredi 21 avril 2023 à l'UTT. https://perso.isima.fr/~lacomme/GT2L/EUME_JE/EUME_Joint_Event.php Visite « quantique » du Président de la République à AmsterdamLors de sa visite officielle à Amsterdam, le PR a rencontré Philippe Bouyer (ex Université de Bordeaux) en compagnie du roi Willem-Alexander à UvA (Université d'Amsterdam). Il a aussi rencontré des acteurs des deep techs et du quantique des deux pays.https://sciencebusiness.net/network-updates/french-president-emmanuel-macron-visits-quantum-lab-university-amsterdamhttps://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/pays-bas/on-a-besoin-de-talents-et-d-argent-les-technologies-quantiques-au-c-ur-du-pacte-pour-l-innovation-souhaite-par-la-france-et-les-pays-bas_5764619.html QTech Boston les 24 au 26 avril 2023Série de conférences organisée par les Pays-Bas.https://www.alphaevents.com/events-quantumtechus/speakers A venir Q2B Paris Séminaire Teratec chez Thalès le 11 mai 2023La série des séminaires TQCI de Terratec continue avec une nouvelle session organisée chez Thales.“Overview of upcoming application-oriented benchmarks for quantum computing in France and abroad”https://teratec.eu/Seminaires/TQCI/2023/Seminaire_TQCI-230511.html La seconde édition de France Quantum le 13 juin à Station FPrenez vos billets gratuits ici avec le code de réduction OVHcloud : OVHVIP74072 : https://www.francequantum.fr/registration/registration-attendees/?discount=OVHVIP74072&productid=761d242e-98be-ed11-9f73-6045bd8890e4&qty=1 Quantum Information Paris Summer School - QIPSS 23École d'été international sur l'information quantique ouverte à des étudiants en master, thèse et post-docs. L'édition 2023 a lieu à Paris, à l'Institut Henri Poincaré de Paris, 4 au 8 septembre 2023, coorganisée par PCQT.Voici le programme. Actualité des startups QPerfect Lancement d'une nouvelle startup du calcul quantique en France et à Strasbourg. www.qperfect.io QuandelaAnnonce d'un générateur de photons intriqués par l'équipe de Pascale Senellart du C2N avec un papier dans Nature Communications.Une technologie sur le chemin du calcul quantique scalable avec les photons.https://medium.com/quandela/entangled-photon-generators-for-fault-tolerant-photonic-quantum-computers-57c109d364a5 OQC sélectionné par CESGA en Espagnehttps://oxfordquantumcircuits.com/oqc-and-fujitsu-selected-by-spanish-supercomputing-centre-cesga-to-deliver-the-future-of-compute GBS programmableLes Chinois font fort en publiant plusieurs papiers sur des systèmes photoniques à base d'échantillonnage gaussien de bosons programmables. Gaussian Boson Sampling with Pseudo-Photon-Number Resolving Detectors and Quantum Computational Advantage by Yu-Hao Deng et al, Avril 2023.Solving Graph Problems Using Gaussian Boson Sampling by Yu-Hao Deng et al, February 2023 (7 pages). Rapport de McKinseyL'analyse "Piquante" d'Olivier sur McKinsey et son nouveau rapport « Quantum Technology Monitor April 2023 » produit par leur équipe « Quantum-Black ». https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/quantum-technology-sees-record-investments-progress-on-talent-gap?cid=soc-web QKDThales travaille avec une vingtaine de partenaires dans le cadre du projet européen EuroQCI pour déployer des réseaux quantiques d'ici 3 ans pour mener ensuite à un réseau d'information quantique appelé QIN, Quantum Information Network, à base de ressource d'intrication permettant de relier des appareils quantiques entre eux.https://vipress.net/thales-sallie-a-une-vingtaine-de-partenaires-pour-deployer-une-infrastructure-europeenne-de-communications-quantiques/ Autre projet Européen de satellite de QKD de 300 kg en orbite basse. Opéré par SES Astra.Projet IRIS2. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/european-quantum-communication-infrastructure-euroqcihttps://www.eenewseurope.com/en/europe-agrees-flagship-e2-4bn-quantum-satellite-programme/https://www.space.com/europe-quantum-encryption-satellite-planned
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Hello! Welcome back to another episode of Consciously Alive with Phoebe Greenacre Podcast. On today's episode we have the inspiring Kirsty Raynor. Kirsty is a Mindset Coach and Vedic Meditation teacher who specialises in helping people at a crossroads in their life. Kirsty, "The Crossroads Coach" gained her reputation through working with brands such as GHD, Clinique, as well as Tech companies such as Sony and Quantum Black to find a way to guide people in "the messy middle" while doing it with an approach that is completely relatable and realistic. Her down to earth manner has made her a go to for brands and companies who care about their employees wellbeing. Kirsty was recently featured in the metro.co.uk to showcase her Meditation tips and to show that is really can be for anyone no matter what season of life they are in. She has recently launched her new podcast: The Mindset + Me Podcast to give people real and usable hacks, techniques and coping mechanisms to take control of your mindset. As truly, Mindset is Everything. In this week's episode we discuss: Being more than your title Being comfortable with who and where you are Finding your path How to life with integrity and be authentic Creating your freedom Taking back Control of your time CONNECT WITH KIRSTY RAYNOR Website Instagram CONNECT WITH PHOEBE GREENACRE Website Instagram Phoebe's 10 Week Conscious Business Course > Define your values + talents with Phoebe's Dream's Workshop > Start your 7 day free trial to Phoebe's emotional healing + self care library with The Self Care Space Membership > Thank you for listening to this week's episode of consciously alive. Please leave a review if you loved this week's episode. Love Phoebe x
Kirsty is a Mindset Coach and Vedic Meditation teacher who specialises in helping people at a crossroads in their life. Kirsty, "The Crossroads Coach" gained her reputation through working with brands such as GHD, Clinique, as well as Tech companies such as Sony and Quantum Black to find a way to guide people in "the messy middle" while doing it with an approach that is completely relatable and realistic. Her down to earth manner has made her a go to for brands and companies who care about their employees wellbeing. Kirsty was recently featured in the metro.co.uk to showcase her Meditation tips and to show that is really can be for anyone no matter what season of life they are in. She has recently launched her new podcast: The Mindset + Me Podcast to give people real and usable hacks, techniques and coping mechanisms to take control of your mindset. As truly, Mindset is Everything. Follow Kirsty on IG: https://www.instagram.com/kirstyraynor/ Kirsty's Website / coaching info: https://kirstyraynor.com/links/ Mindset + Me Podcast: https://kirstyraynor.com/podcast Follow The Big Move on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thebigmovepodcast/ Follow Em, The Lipstick Fever here: https://www.instagram.com/thelipstickfever/ Sign up for The Big Move Podcast email newsletter: https://forms.gle/E84RHcjkuXRERFWu7
Prof March-Russell explains our latest understanding of black holes, some of the most mysterious objects in the Universe.
The Principle of Least Action is both profound and practical. Since its first formulation by Maupertuis and Euler nearly three centuries ago, the Principle has been, and continues to be, a formidable battlehorse for penetrating unchartered territory in theoretical physics. The Principle, its connection with, and implications for, our ideas of symmetry, space, time, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics and gravitation, are glanced at.
International School On Strings And Fundamental Physics
International School on Strings and Fundamental Physics
International School on Strings and Fundamental Physics
International School on Strings and Fundamental Physics
Building an end-to-end pipeline for your machine learning projects is a complex task, made more difficult by the variety of ways that you can structure it. Kedro is a framework that provides an opinionated workflow that lets you focus on the parts that matter, so that you don't waste time on gluing the steps together. In this episode Tom Goldenberg explains how it works, how it is being used at Quantum Black for customer projects, and how it can help you structure your own. Definitely worth a listen to gain more understanding of the benefits that a standardized process can provide.
This episode’s guest is Chris Wigley, who is a former British Diplomat and now Partner at McKinsey and Solution Partner at Quantum Black, which advises businesses all over the world on how to best implement AI and machine learning. He also regularly talks about the ethics of AI and it is in this capacity that I most interested in. The ethics of AI as a conversation hasn’t matured as fast as the technology it often cautions against. And as the purposeful business trend continues to march, how can entrepreneurs square using best-in-class tech within positive ethical contexts if they don’t know the full impact of those technologies? It’s Chris’ job to talk to business leaders about that very topic, so what are the ethical considerations of AI?
On this week's Arm Cast: Dead Sexy Podcast, host Armand Rosamilia chats with Alexander Thomas He's an author, a game designer, dog lover, karaoke enthusiast, and all around nerd. You may know him from his work on roleplaying games including Mutants & Masterminds for Green Ronin and New Millennium Games, as well as Quantum Black. His debut novel The Magician’s Sin is available through Kyanite Publishing
Episode 25 – Quantum Black or You Say Formless Beast of Lovecraftian Nightmares Like It’s a Bad Thing Sharon, Chris, and Pete sit down with Ron Loz and Scott Jones and talk about their new book: Quantum Black. Quantum Black is a modern horror setting using the Ubiquity engine, the same system that powers the […]
Episode 22 – D&D&P&P or Pride & Prejudice & Dragons I really couldn’t decide on that one. But we went with the former. The BIG NEWS is friends-of-the-show Ron & Scott have a Kickstarter going for the Quantum Black game setting for Ubiquity (Hollow Earth Expeditions). Click HERE to find it on Kickstarter! Get in on the […]
Considering two dimensional gravity coupled to a CFT, we show that a semiclassical black hole can be described in terms of two Liouville theories matched at the horizon. The black hole exterior corresponds to a space-like while the interior to a time-like Liouville theory. This matching automatically implies that a semiclassical black hole has an infinite entropy. The path integral description of the time-like Liouville theory (the Black Hole interior) is studied and it is found that the correlation functions of the coupled CFT-gravity system are dominated by two (complex) saddle points, even in the semiclassical limit. We argue that this system can be interpreted as two interacting Bose-Einstein condensates constructed out of two degenerate quantum states. In AdS/CFT context, the same system is mapped into two interacting strings intersecting inside a three-dimensional BTZ black hole. (C) 2014 The Author