The Dana Centre, opened in 2003, is an event venue in London for contemporary science debate, run largely by the Science Museum. The building itself houses a cafe bar, which is open during the day and doubles up as the event venue, a free internet cafe (free wireless internet access is also available in the building), and offices used by the Science Museum and the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... For mathematical sciences, see mathematics. ... The National Science Museum in London The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, Kensington, London, is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. ... The British Association or the British Association for the Advancement of Science or the BA is a learned society with the object of promoting science, directing general attention to scientific matters, and facilitating intercourse between scientific workers. ...
Unlike the main Science Museum, the Dana Centre is aimed at an adult audience, and is not directly accessible from the main museum (visitors must instead exit the Science Museum and take a 10 minute walk to the Dana Centre entrance).
Dr Phil Nobles, wireless internet and cyber-crime expert at the university, will be speaking at the wireless crime event at the Science Museums DanaCentre the UKs only venue for adults to discuss controversial science on Thursday 20 January 2005 from 19.00-20.30.
Lisa Jamieson, Head of Programmes at the DanaCentre, added: Half of all business wireless networks in this country have inadequate security controls in place, making their information vulnerable to attack.
At the DanaCentre we have in place a hardened firewall which protects the public using our wireless network from electronic attack.
Mark has published extensively including several encyclopedia and books chapters on such topics as: blood flow to the brain and investigations of stroke using MRI, together with various scientific reviews on brain imaging.
Interested in the public engagement of science, Mark has contributed to the new science centres Explore at Bristol and the Birmingham Discovery Centre with interactive installations in which one can investigate the brain areas that control our senses.
In 2002, Mark received the prestigious Dorothy Hodgkin Award from the BAAS (British Association for the Advancement of Science) and was a winner of the Biomedical Imaging Awards.
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