Lecture Marathon 2014

4.4.2014

On Friday the 28th of March Reykjavik University hosted the annual Lecture Marathon. In total there were 28 lectures each lasting 6 minutes. The lecture programme aimed to give a diverse insight into the research activities and studies at RU.The President of Iceland,  Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, was in attendance and gave a lecture on the G20 in the Arctic.

Below you can find links to videos of all the lectures delivered in English. Links to the lectures given in Icelandic can be found here. 

_{(The President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson speaking about the G20 in the Arctic)}

Lecture Marathon, 2014 (in English)
Institute of Biomedical and Neural Engineering: Aim and Vision Paolo Gargiulo.	Science and Engineering
Big Data: What is it and why will it change your world?  Páll Ríkharðsson.	Business
Big Data Björn Þór Jónsson.	Computer Science
Prevention of Disease in People at Risk of Being at Risk Jack James.	Psychology
Human Voice Technology Jón Guðnason.	Science and Engineering
Why the banking system is inherently unstable and what can be done about it. Jacqueline Clare Mallet.	Computer Science
The power of logic  Luca Aceto.	Computer Science
PaSSAGE: Player-Specific Stories via Automatically Generated Events David James Thue.	Computer Science
Brief Transdiagnostic CBT Group Treatment for Mood and Anxiety Disorders Jón Friðrik Sigurðsson.	Sports Science
Topological Insulators: A new and edgy state of matter Sigurður I. Erlingsson.	Science and Engineering
Localization of electrons in core-shell nano-wires Andrei Manolescu	Science and Engineering
Synchronization of vacuum nano-diodes Marjan Ilkov (PhD student)	Science and Engineering
Advanced traps Sigurður F. Hafstein.	Science and Engineering