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PINT OF SCIENCE Hungary - 21st May, English day
Stifler32
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FIRST Craft Beer Taproom
21st May, Wednesday
Open: 18:30
The event starts at 7 p.m. and end around 10 p.m.
Speakers program at Stifler
Mary Karyda & Borbála Tölgyesi
From Lab to Layman: Scientists Attempts to Bridge the Gap Between Research and Public Understanding
Researchers dive deep into complex problems, but when they try to explain them to non-experts, it can be hard to make things relatable and easy to understand. However, science communication becomes essential, especially when we face urgent issues like ecological crises that require action. As environmental problems grow, it is crucial that scientific knowledge is not only shared but also made meaningful and actionable for everyone. In this project, we investigate how scientists try to get their message across, explore different ways and methods in science communication, and examine the challenges researchers face and how they try to overcome them. In the end, the question remains: does science communication work?
Speakers at the FIRST
Miklós Antal
The bumpy road to an easy life
Should we really work so hard? Are we not forcing each other into collective overwork? This talk argues that a more relaxed and more meaningful life could be possible, but creating the conditions for it needs work from many of us. We will discuss whether we can ever expect to succeed, or the constant battle for a better life will always prevent it.
Olivér Balogh
Mimicking biology with artificial intelligence
On a number of occasions throughout the brief history of artificial intelligence (AI) research, innovations were propelled by either direct inspiration from biology or by concepts that are coincidentally analogous to mechanisms observed in biology. This intertwined relationship eventually led to what many of us nowadays associate AI with, i.e.: neural-network-based large language models that can simulate conversations, summarize difficult topics or write computer code. However, studying how complex behaviors emerge in these models may make us reflect on biological phenomena with a new perspective, blurring the line between what we consider natural and artificial.
Ágnes Erőss
Exploring (im)mobility in the age of migration
According to the UN, less than 4 percent of the world’s population was considered international migrants in 2024. Still, both public and academic attention have focused more on migration and those who migrate, while immobility and immobile populations have received limited attention, despite their social relevance and interrelatedness with migration. What does immobility mean, and who can we consider immobile? How are mobility and immobility performed in families and communities? What is the gender aspect of (im)mobility?
You are cordially invited to join me, a Human Geographer, on an illustrated virtual field trip to Transcarpathia, Western Ukraine, where we explore (im)mobility by focusing on those who stay-put.
Mihály Minkó
Experiencing Data
From digital representations to physical data objects
Data and information appear in many shapes and forms, but most often we encounter them through screens. Bar charts, line graphs, and pie charts are familiar visual formats that surround us daily. These well-known visualizations serve various purposes: to entertain, to inform decision-making, or to help evaluate hypotheses.
The process of converting data into such formats follows well-established conventions. But what happens when we want to make data tangible—something we can physically sense and feel? What if we want to use the haptic qualities of a surface to encode information?
This is where data physicalizations offer a compelling alternative to traditional digital representations. By using surface texture, weight, and other physical properties, we can create new channels for conveying data.
In this exploration, I will present several examples that illustrate these possibilities—inviting you to reconsider how you perceive objects. Perhaps next time you come across a set of wooden spheres, you’ll see more than just their form—you’ll sense the data they hold.
Orsolya Pipek
The physicist’s guide to cancer research
Imagine a future where cancer treatment isn’t simply a one-size-fits-all standard chemotherapy or radiation, but precisely matched to each patient’s unique genetic blueprint. In this presentation, I’ll show how cutting-edge data science is revolutionising cancer therapy by decoding the hidden patterns in our DNA. Every day, our cells face thousands of genetic threats, yet disease rarely emerges thanks to remarkable repair mechanisms. When these systems fail,
however, cancer can take hold. By mapping the distinctive “fingerprints” of mutations in tumours, we can identify which repair mechanisms have broken down and find treatments that exploit these specific vulnerabilities. This approach not only promises more effective treatments, but could dramatically reduce side effects that make conventional therapies so difficult to endure. Join me as we explore how researchers from physics, biology, medicine, and computer science are working together across disciplines, using their diverse expertise to transform cancer treatment.
