Barry Dwolatzky Optimizing - Leading Africa's Digital Future

#4  How to Slay a Werewolf

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Episode 4 of our podcast touches on some of the software concepts that gave rise to the “4th Industrial Revolution”. Prof Barry Dwolatzky and Kerryn Gammie discuss OOD, digital twins and robotics + AI. Prof Barry did pioneering work on all of these topics as he became the “Grand Geek” in the 1980’s and 90’s. He then discusses Werewolves – and how to slay them. He uses the metaphor of the Werewolf to tell Kerryn about software engineering. This discussion is an updated version of his very popular inaugural public lecture presented in 2001 when he became a full professor in Software Engineering
Season 1 / Episode 4 25 Feb 2020 English Read by Barry Dwolatzky & Kerryn Gammie South Africa Technology · Documentary

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