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IPAB Seminar-22/02/2022
Professor Sara Bernardini (Royal Holloway University of London)
Tue 22 Feb 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
Informatics Forum (IF-G.07)

IPAB Workshop-17/02/2022
Nanbo Li
Thu 17 Feb 2022, 13:00 - 13:30
online (Zoom)

Investigating mitochondrial glycosylation in the African Trypanosome
Samuel Duncan (University of Dundee)
Thu 10 Feb 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-27/01/2022
Alexandros Keros
Thu 27 Jan 2022, 13:00 - 13:30
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-20/01/2022
Craig Innes
Thu 20 Jan 2022, 13:00 - 13:30
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-16/12/2021
Hanz Cuevas Velasquez, Todor Davchev
Thu 16 Dec 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-02/12/2021
Mohsen Kadem
Thu 02 Dec 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-25/11/2021
Titas Anciukevicius, Anna Hadjitofi, Adam Li
Thu 25 Nov 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-18/11/2021
Xin Du
Thu 18 Nov 2021, 13:00 - 13:30
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-11/11/2021
Timothy Hospedales
Thu 11 Nov 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-02/11/2021
Lukas Schafer, Mhairi Dunion, Shangmin (Shawn) Guo
Thu 04 Nov 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-28/10/2021
Daniel Layeghi
Thu 28 Oct 2021, 13:00 - 13:30
online (Zoom)

IPAB Seminar-21/10/2021
Dr. Shan Luo (University of Liverpool)
Thu 21 Oct 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-14/10/2021
Rana Alkhoury Maroun, Daniel Layeghi, Ebtehal Alotaibi
Thu 14 Oct 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-30/09/2021
Levi Fussell
Thu 30 Sep 2021, 13:00 - 13:30
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-23/09/2021
Martin Asenov, Floyd Chitalu
Thu 23 Sep 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
online (Zoom)


IPAB Workshop-29/07/2021
Joao Pousa De Moura, Chenyang Zhao
Thu 29 Jul 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Online

IPAB Workshop-22/07/2021
Balint Thamo, Wanming Yu
Thu 22 Jul 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

IPAB Workshop-08/07/2021
Christopher Mower
Thu 08 Jul 2021, 13:00 - 13:30
Online (Blackboard collaborate)


IPAB Seminar-17/06/2021
Professor Efstratios Gavves
Thu 17 Jun 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-10/06/2021
Steve Tonneau
Thu 10 Jun 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
online (Zoom)

IPAB Workshop-03/06/2021
Octave Mariotti, Robert Mitchell, Brian Seipp
Thu 03 Jun 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

IPAB Workshop-20/05/2021
Kartic Subr
Thu 20 May 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

IPAB Workshop-06/05/2021
Carlo Tiseo
Thu 06 May 2021, 13:00 - 13:30
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

IPAB Seminar-29/04/2021
Nic Lane (University of Cambridge)
Thu 29 Apr 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

IPAB Workshop-08/04/2021
Chris Xiaoxuan Li
Thu 08 Apr 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

IPAB Workshop-18/02/2021
He Zhang, Xueting Zhang
Thu 18 Feb 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

IPAB Workshop - 03/12/2020
Michael Herrmann
Thu 03 Dec 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

Synthetic and cell biology for phage therapy
Antonia Sagona (University of Warwick)
Thu 03 Dec 2020, 12:00 - 13:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

IPAB Workshop-19/11/2020
Floyd Chitalu
Thu 19 Nov 2020, 13:00 - 13:45
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

Gene expression dynamics during embryonic development
Hilary Ashe (University of Manchester)
Thu 19 Nov 2020, 12:00 - 13:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

mRNA localisation, reaction centre biogenesis and thylakoid membrane targeting in cyanobacteria
Conrad Mullineaux (School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London)
Thu 12 Nov 2020, 12:00 - 13:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

The Germline Genetics of Tumour Suppression and Cancer Management
Dr Gareth Bond, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham
Mon 09 Nov 2020, 12:00 - 14:30
Webinar


Monday Seminar Series - Chapman - "TBC"
Professor Ross Chapman, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medince, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
Mon 02 Nov 2020, 12:00 - 14:00
Webinar

"TBC"
TBC
Mon 26 Oct 2020, 12:00 - 14:00
Webinar


"Epithelial cell extrusion and it’s misregulation in disease"
Professor Jody Rosenblatt, King’s College London
Mon 12 Oct 2020, 12:00 - 14:00
Webinar


Investigating new functions for ancient RNA modifying enzymes in health and disease
Professor Wendy Gilbert, School of Medicine, Yale
Mon 05 Oct 2020, 14:00 - 15:30
Webinar

CANCELLED SynthSys Seminar - Joanna Kowalska (title to be confirmed)
Joanna Kowalska (University of Warsaw)
Thu 24 Sep 2020, 12:00 - 13:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

Modus operandi of an accidental fungal pathogen
Elaine Bignell (Head of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Manchester University)
Thu 10 Sep 2020, 16:00 - 17:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)

Following a single bacterium along the growth-curve
Somenath Bakshi (Dept. of Engineering, University of Cambridge)
Thu 04 Jun 2020, 12:00 - 13:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)
Image for Following a single bacterium along the growth-curve


Host-aware cell engineering for synthetic biology
Francesca Ceroni (Dept of chemical Engineering, Imperial College London)
Wed 20 May 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
Online (Blackboard collaborate)
Image for Host-aware cell engineering for synthetic biology

TB added
Emilia Santos, Cambridge
Wed 13 May 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


What process(es) drive(s) genetic diversity?
Guillaume Achaz, Paris
Wed 06 May 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Proposed PhD Symposium
To be added later
Wed 29 Apr 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)




Evolution of germline-soma genome differences in birds
Alexander Suh, Uppsala
Wed 25 Mar 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

**SEMINAR CANCELLED** NSplit inteins for post-translational control of protein structure and function
Henning Mootz (Institute of Biochemistry, University of Münster, Germany)
Thu 19 Mar 2020, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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Genomic insights into metabolism and fitness
Florencia Camus, UCL
Wed 18 Mar 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IPAB Workshop - 12/03/2020
Taku Komura
Thu 12 Mar 2020, 15:00 - 16:00
IF, G.03

Post-grad talk
Daniel Bolnick
Wed 11 Mar 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


Sensory and cognitive adaptations in butterfly brains
Stephen Montgomery, Bristol University
Wed 04 Mar 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3

High-performance importance sampling schemes for Bayesian inference
Dr Victor Elvira (University of Edinburgh)
Fri 28 Feb 2020, 15:00 - 16:00
Bayes Centre, Room 5.10

IPAB Workshop - 27/02/2020
Michael Herrmann
Thu 27 Feb 2020, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03

IPAB Workshop - 20/02/2020
Barbara Webb
Thu 20 Feb 2020, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03

IPAB Seminar - 13/02/2020
Paolo Favoro (University of Bern)
Thu 13 Feb 2020, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03

Doubly Sparse Variational Gaussian Processes
Dr Vincent Adam (Prowler.io)
Fri 07 Feb 2020, 11:00 - 12:00
Bayes Centre, Lecture Theatre 5.10

IPAB Workshop - 06/02/2020
Michael Burke
Thu 06 Feb 2020, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03

IPAB Workshop - 30/01/2020
Timothy Hospedales
Thu 30 Jan 2020, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03


IPAB Seminar - 16/01/2020
Dongye Zhao (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Thu 16 Jan 2020, 12:45 - 13:20
IF, G.03

Jonna Kulmuni (University of Helsinki)
Jonna Kulmuni (University of Helsinki)
Wed 15 Jan 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IPAB Seminar - 10/12/2019
Dima Damen (University of Bristol)
Tue 10 Dec 2019, 14:00 - 15:30
IF, G.03

Latent (Hidden) Markov models and the LMest package in R
Dr Fulvia Pennoni (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Fri 06 Dec 2019, 11:10 - 12:00
JCMB 5323

IPAB Workshop - 05/12/2019
Todor Davchev, Daniel Gordon
Thu 05 Dec 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03

At the cusp of life and death
Dr Hyun Youk (Assistant Professor of physics and quantitative biology TU Delft)
Thu 05 Dec 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
Image for At the cusp of life and death

Title awaiting
Göran Arnqvist (Uppsala)
Wed 04 Dec 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IPAB Workshop - 28/11/19
Konda Reddy Mopuri, Kunkun Pang
Thu 28 Nov 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03

Bayesian regression for group testing data
Prof. Joshua M. Tebbs (University of South Carolina)
Thu 28 Nov 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
Bayes Centre, Room 5.02

Awaiting title
Stephen Montgomery (Bristol)
Wed 27 Nov 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

An introduction to quantum state estimation
Dr Madalin Guta (University of Nottingham)
Fri 22 Nov 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323
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Evolving enzymes for innovation
Prof Magali Remaud-Simeon (Head of Enzyme Molecular Engineering group Toulouse Biotechnology Institute)
Thu 21 Nov 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
Image for Evolving enzymes for innovation

Title still to get
Sandra Breum Andersen (University of Copenhagen)
Wed 20 Nov 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Is EM really necessary here? Some examples where EM seems over-elaborate
Dr Iain L. MacDonald (University of Cape Town)
Fri 15 Nov 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5328

IPAB Workshop - 14/11/2019
Hanz Cuevas Velasquez, Henrique Ferrolho
Thu 14 Nov 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03

IPAB Seminar - 07/11/2019
Neill Campbell (University of Bath), Tobias Ritschel (University College London)
Thu 07 Nov 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03


Still to obtain title
John Skelhorn (Newcastle)
Wed 06 Nov 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3



IPAB Workshop - 31/10/19
Bob Fisher (rbf)
Thu 31 Oct 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03

To be confirmed at a later stage
Mirre Simmons (Sheffield)
Wed 30 Oct 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3

A NONCONVEX VARIATIONAL APPROACH FOR ROBUST GRAPHICAL LASSO
Dr Emilie Chouzenoux (INRIA Saclay, Paris)
Fri 25 Oct 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323

CANCELLED: A semi-Markov approach to modelling age-dependent survival
Dr Hannah Worthington (St. Andrews)
Fri 25 Oct 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323

IPAB Workshop 24/10/19
Vladimir Ivan, Guiyang Xin, Yordan Hristov
Thu 24 Oct 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03

Pushing and pulling: Centrosome positioning in polarized cells
Dr Adriana Dawes (Associate Professor, Dept of Mathematics, Ohio State University)
Thu 24 Oct 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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Still to confirm
Ariel Camp (Liverpool)
Wed 23 Oct 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3



To be confirmed
Julie Jaquiery (INRA)
Wed 16 Oct 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3

IPAB Workshop - 10/10/2019
Hakan Bilen
Thu 10 Oct 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03

Structural studies of Rubisco: are we flogging a dead horse?
Dr Laura Gunn (Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University)
Thu 10 Oct 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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IEB seminar 2nd October 2019
Jacek Radwan (AMU Poznan)
Wed 02 Oct 2019, 14:10 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Title to be confirmed
Jacek Radwan (AMU Poznan)
Wed 02 Oct 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3

Extremal dependence in a Hüsler–Reiss Markov tree
Johan Segers (UCLouvain)
Fri 27 Sep 2019, 15:00 - 16:00
JCMB 5323

A mechanism to prevent transformation of the Whi3 mnemon into a prion.
Dr Fabrice Caudron (Lecturer in Microbiology, Nanchang Joint Programme, Queen Mary, University of London)
Thu 26 Sep 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
Image for A mechanism to prevent transformation of the Whi3 mnemon into a prion.

TBC in Sept
Shenna Cotter (University of Lincoln)
Wed 25 Sep 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3

Additive smooth models for big data
Simon Wood (University of Bristol)
Mon 23 Sep 2019, 10:30 - 11:30
Bayes Centre, Room 5.10

A Loss-Based Prior for Variable Selection in Linear Regression Methods
Dr Cristiano Villa (University of Kent)
Fri 20 Sep 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323
Image for A Loss-Based Prior for Variable Selection in Linear Regression Methods

TBC later
Tanja Schwander (Lausanne)
Wed 18 Sep 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3


Convergence rates for optimised adaptive importance samplers
Ömer Deniz Akyıldız (Alan Turing Institute)
Mon 16 Sep 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
Bayes Centre, Room 5.02

Computational Approaches to Developmental Biology
Prof Ivo Sbalzarini (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden)
Thu 12 Sep 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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A D-Vine Copula-Based Model for Repeated Measurements
Prof Claudia Czado (Technical University of Munich)
Fri 06 Sep 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323
Image for A D-Vine Copula-Based Model for Repeated Measurements


Comparing Bayesian spatial models in the presence of spatial smoothing
Dr Earl Duncan (Queensland University of Technology - ACEMS)
Mon 02 Sep 2019, 14:05 - 15:00
Bayes Centre, Room 5.02
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IPAB Workshop - 08/08/2019
Kartic Subr
Thu 08 Aug 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, G.03

Toward Natural and Engineered Microbial-Electronic Systems
Leonard M. Tender (Microbial Electronics Group US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC,)
Thu 25 Jul 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's

ANC Workshop: James Owers and Iain Murray, Chair: Peggy Series
James Owers and Iain Murray
Tue 23 Jul 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

IPAB Workshop - 18/07/19
Barbara Webb
Thu 18 Jul 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, 4.31/33

IPAB Seminar - 17/07/19
Félix Escalona, John Alejandro Castro Vargas
Wed 17 Jul 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, 4.31/33

ANC Workshop: David Sterratt, Chair: Simao Eduardo
David Sterratt
Tue 16 Jul 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

ANC Workshop: Elliot Crowley, Chair: Oksana Sorokina
Elliot Crowley
Tue 09 Jul 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


ANC Workshop: Borislav Ikonomov and Guido Sanguinetti, Chair: Sam Rupprechter
Borislav Ikonomov and Guido Sanguinetti
Tue 02 Jul 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

IPAB Workshop - Josh Smith, Sebastian Starke, Theodoros Stouraitis
Josh Smith, Sebastian Starke, Theodoros Stouraitis
Thu 27 Jun 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, 4.31/33

Fifth Edinburgh Deep Learning Workshop
Various
Wed 26 Jun 2019, 09:00 - 20:00
IF G.07/G.07A


ANC Workshop: Ian Simpson and Conor Durkan, Chair: Michalis Michaelides
Ian Simpson and Conor Durkan
Tue 18 Jun 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

ANC Workshop: Beren Millidge and Rico Sennrich, Chair: Grant Robertson
Beren Millidge and Rico Sennrich
Tue 11 Jun 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

IPAB workshop - Michael Herrmann
J. Michael Herrmann
Thu 06 Jun 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
4.31/33, IF

IEB Seminar 5th June 2019
Joana Meier (Cambridge)
Wed 05 Jun 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IPAB Seminar - Prof Xioming Liu (Michigan State University)
Prof Xioming Liu (Michigan State University)
Wed 05 Jun 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF, 4.31/33

ANC Workshop: Douglas Armstrong, Chair: Lukasz Romaszko
Douglas Armstrong
Tue 04 Jun 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Still to be added
Jane McKeating, Oxford
Thu 30 May 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


IEB Seminar 29th May 2019
Marlene Zuk (Minnesota)
Wed 29 May 2019, 14:10 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3

On Choosing Mixture Components via Non-Local Priors
Prof Mark Steel -- University of Warwick
Tue 28 May 2019, 14:05 - 15:00
Bayes Centre, Room 5.02

ANC Seminar: Christopher Yau
Christopher Yau
Tue 28 May 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

IPAB Workshop - Alex Keros, Chenyang Zhao, Henrique Ferrolho
Alex Keros, Chenyang Zhao, Henrique Ferrolho
Thu 23 May 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, 4.31/33

IEB Seminar 22nd May 2019
Josh Firth (Oxford)
Wed 22 May 2019, 14:10 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3

ANC Seminar: Bob Sturm
Bob Strum
Tue 21 May 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33



ANC Seminar: Alessandro Abate (U. Oxford CS)
Alessandro Abate
Thu 16 May 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

IEB Seminar 15th May 2019
John Skelhorn (Newcastle)
Wed 15 May 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Alex Bird and Oksana Sorokina, Chair: Alba Crespi Boixander
Alex Bird and Oksana Sorokina
Tue 14 May 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Optimisation methods for Bayesian inference: Application to Astro-Imaging
Dr Audrey Repetti (Heriot-Watt University)
Fri 10 May 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323

IEB Seminar 8th May 2019
Ben Ashby (Bath)
Wed 08 May 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Seminar: Sarah Wade, Host: Arno Onken
Sarah Wade
Tue 07 May 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Large numbers of explanatory variables
Dr Heather Battey (Imperial College London)
Fri 03 May 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323

ANC Workshop: Kai Xu and Asa Cooper Stickland, Chair: Frank Karvelis
Kai Xu and Asa Cooper Stickland
Tue 30 Apr 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33



IPAB Workshop - James Garforth, He Zhang
James Garforth, He Zhang
Thu 25 Apr 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, 4.31/33

ANC Seminar: James Barrett (UCL)
James Barrett
Tue 23 Apr 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

To be added
Thomas Otto, Glasgow
Thu 11 Apr 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IPAB Workshop - Simon Smith
Simon Smith Bize (ssmith37)
Thu 11 Apr 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED

Emulation and Calibration of Complex Environmental System Simulators
Michael Goldstein (University of Durham), Daniel Williamson (University of Exeter), Peter Young (University of Lancaster)
Thu 11 Apr 2019, 09:00 - 12:30
JCMB 5328

ANC Seminar: Jonathan Schwarz
Jonathan Schwarz
Tue 09 Apr 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


IPAB Workshop - Subramanian Ramamoorthy
Subramanian Ramamoorthy
Thu 04 Apr 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, 4.31/33

IPAB Seminar - Netta Cohen
Netta Cohen
Wed 03 Apr 2019, 13:30 - 14:30
IF, 4.31/33

ANC Workshop: Irene Vlassi Pandi and Andrew Papanastasiou, Chair: Oliver Fincham
Irene Vlassi Pandi and Andrew Papanastasiou
Tue 02 Apr 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Probabilistic symmetry and invariant neural networks
Dr Benjamin Bloem-Reddy (University of Oxford)
Fri 29 Mar 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
Bayes Centre, 5.10 (5th floor)

IPAB Workshop - Lucas Deecke, Chuanya Yang, Boyan Gao
Lucas Deecke, Chuanya Yang, Boyan Gao
Thu 28 Mar 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, 4.31/33


ANC Seminar: Tim Cannings
Tim Cannings
Tue 26 Mar 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Real Time Decision Making for Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Dr Mike Tildesley - University of Warwick
Fri 22 Mar 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323

IPAB Workshop - Hsiu-Chin Lin
Hsiu-Chin Lin
Thu 21 Mar 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, 4.31/33

Optimization with expensive and uncertain data - challenges and improvements
Coralia Cartis (University of Oxford)
Wed 20 Mar 2019, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 6201

Dynamically Consistent Parameterization of Mesoscale Eddies
Pavel Berloff (Imperial College)
Wed 20 Mar 2019, 15:00 - 16:00
JCMB 6201

IEB Seminar 20th March 2019
Ellie Harrison (Sheffield)
Wed 20 Mar 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Taha Ceritli and Amos Storkey, Chair: Iain Murray
Taha Ceritli and Amos Storkey
Tue 19 Mar 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Classification with unknown class conditional label noise on non-compact feature spaces
Dr Henry Reeve (University of Birmingham)
Fri 15 Mar 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323

From molecular mechanics to Brownian dynamics and multi-resolution methods
Radek Erban (University of Oxford)
Wed 13 Mar 2019, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB5323

IEB Seminar 13th March 2019
Greta Bocedi (Aberbeen)
Wed 13 Mar 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ICSA Distinguished Seminar
Peter Hsu
Tue 12 Mar 2019, 14:00 - 15:30
4.31/33, IF

ANC Workshop: Cole Hurwitz, Chair: Arno Onken
Cole Hurwitz
Tue 12 Mar 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


IPAB Workshop - 07/03/2019
NO SPEAKER AVAILABLE FOR THIS TALK
Thu 07 Mar 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
G.03, IF

Tangent-space splittings for data assimilation
Jason Frank (Utrecht)
Wed 06 Mar 2019, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5323

Major transitions in the mating behaviour of plants
John Pannell (Lausanne)
Wed 06 Mar 2019, 14:10 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Richard Shillcock and Matthias Hennig, Chair: Nigel Goddard
Richard Shillcock and Matthias Hennig
Tue 05 Mar 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Group invariance for objective prior elicitation in testing problems
Anabel Forte - Universitat de València
Fri 01 Mar 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323
Image for Group invariance for objective prior elicitation in testing problems

ICSA Faculty Talk - Boris Grot
Boris Grot
Thu 28 Feb 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
4.31/33

IPAB Workshop - Hakan Bilen
h.bilen
Thu 28 Feb 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, 4.31/33

IPAB Workshop - Febrian Rachmadi
Febrian Rachmadi
Thu 21 Feb 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, 4.31/33

ANC Workshop: Ben Rhodes and Steven Kleinegesse, Chair: Lazar Valkov
Ben Rhodes and Steven Kleinegesse
Tue 19 Feb 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

IEB seminar 13th February 2019
Aoife McLysaght (Trinity College Dublin)
Wed 13 Feb 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Simao Eduardo and Chris Williams, Chair: David Sterratt
Simao Eduardo and Chris Williams
Tue 12 Feb 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Modelling covariance matrices by the trigonometric separation strategy with applications to time series analysis
Dr. Luigi Spezia - BioMathematics and Statistics Scotland
Fri 08 Feb 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323
Image for Modelling covariance matrices by the trigonometric separation strategy with applications to time series analysis

Economics-Driven Software Architecture
Dr Rami Bahsoon
Thu 07 Feb 2019, 16:00 - 17:00
Informatics Forum (IF-G.07)

Automated Shape Optimization in FEniCS
Simon Wolfgang Funke (Simula research laboratory)
Wed 06 Feb 2019, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB5323

ANC Workshop: Ryan Davies, Chair: James Owers
Ryan Davies
Tue 05 Feb 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Bayesian Cluster Analysis: Point Estimation and Credible Balls
Dr Sara Wade - University of Edinburgh
Fri 01 Feb 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323
Image for Bayesian Cluster Analysis: Point Estimation and Credible Balls

Strategies for Multilevel Monte Carlo
Kody Law (Manchester)
Wed 30 Jan 2019, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5323

ANC Workshop: Frank Karvelis, Chair: Ryan Davies
Oliver Fincham and Frank Karvelis
Tue 29 Jan 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Efficient multivariate entropy estimation and independence testing
Dr Thomas Berrett (University of Cambridge)
Fri 25 Jan 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323
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IPAB Seminar - Hedi Tabia
Hedi Tabia
Thu 24 Jan 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)


Parental decision-making in poison frogs
Eva Ringler (Vienna)
Wed 23 Jan 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Wannisa Matcha, Chair: Rico Sennrich
Wannisa Matcha
Tue 22 Jan 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

IPAB Workshop - Radim Tylecek
rtylecek
Thu 17 Jan 2019, 12:45 - 14:00
IF, 4.31/33

Analysis of Langevin Monte-Carlo via convex optimization
Alain Durmus (ENS Paris-Saclay)
Wed 16 Jan 2019, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5323

Genomic consequences of asexual reproduction in animals
Tanja Schwander (Lausanne)
Wed 16 Jan 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IPAB Seminar - Fumiya Iida
Fumiya Iida
Mon 14 Jan 2019, 16:00 - 17:00
Bayes Centre, G.03

A Hierarchical Framework for Correcting Under-Reporting in Count Data
Dr Theo Economou - University of Exeter
Fri 11 Jan 2019, 15:05 - 16:00
Bayes Centre, Lecture Theatre 5.10
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Let Robot be Robots
Jan de Ruiter
Mon 17 Dec 2018, 16:00 - 17:00
Informatics Forum (IF-G.07)

CANCELLED 14/12/18
Prof. Gareth Peters - Heriot-Watt University
Fri 14 Dec 2018, 15:05 - 16:00
VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED
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Title to be confirmed later in year
Isabel Roditi
Thu 13 Dec 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Sam Rupprechter, Chair: Alex Bird
James Owers and Sam Rupprechter
Tue 11 Dec 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Maximising the potential of removal data
Dr Rachel McCrea - University of Kent
Fri 07 Dec 2018, 14:05 - 15:00
Bayes Centre, Room 5.46
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IPAB Workshop - Can Pu, Joao Posa de Moura
NO SPEAKER AVAILABLE FOR THIS TALK
Thu 06 Dec 2018, 12:45 - 14:00
IF 4.31/4.33

A Nonlinear Spectral Method for Network Core-Periphery Detection
Des Higham (University of Strathclyde)
Wed 05 Dec 2018, 16:20 - 17:20
Bayes Centre, G.03

Gluing methods for Vortex dynamics in Euler flows
Manuel del Pino (University of Bath)
Wed 05 Dec 2018, 15:00 - 16:00
Bayes Centre, G.03


ANC Workshop: Massimiliano Patacchiola, Chair: Ian Simpson
Elliot Crowley
Tue 04 Dec 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Scaled von Mises-Fisher distributions
Prof Andrew Wood - University of Nottingham
Fri 30 Nov 2018, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323

Multimodal biomedical image analysis: sparse, shallow and deep
Sotirios Tsaftaris (University of Edinburgh)
Wed 28 Nov 2018, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB5323


ANC Workshop: Lazar Valkov and Arturs Bekasovs, Chair: Kai Xu
Lazar Valkov and Arturs Bekasovs
Tue 27 Nov 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Location-adjusted Wald statistics
Dr Ioannis Kosmidis - University of Warwick
Fri 23 Nov 2018, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323
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IEB Annual Graduate Student invite 2018
Hanna Kokko (Zurich)
Thu 22 Nov 2018, 15:00 - 16:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IPAB Workshop - John Pisokas, Christian Rauch
John Pisokas, Christian Rauch
Thu 22 Nov 2018, 12:45 - 14:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Talk title to be confirmed soon
Emilie Pondeville
Thu 22 Nov 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Parameter estimation for pedestrian dynamics models
Susana Gomes (University of Warwick)
Wed 21 Nov 2018, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB5323

Insights into early human migrations with modern and ancient genomic data
Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas (Lausanne)
Wed 21 Nov 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Jun Bao and Arno Onken, Chair, Michael Gutmann
Jun Bao and Arno Onken
Tue 20 Nov 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33



Virus-host specificity and control of host systems
David Robertson (Glasgow)
Wed 14 Nov 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Alba Crespi Boixander and Colin Mclean, Chair: tbc
Alba Crespi Boixander and Colin Mclean
Tue 13 Nov 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Efficient, high-dimensional sampling using stochastic differential equations
Prof Benedict Leimkuhler - University of Edinburgh
Fri 09 Nov 2018, 15:05 - 16:00
Bayes Centre, Room 5.10
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Global Change Seminar 7/11/18
Hugh Ducklow
Wed 07 Nov 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Crew Building, Room 302

ANC Workshop: Colin Mclean, Chair: Guido Sanguinetti
Colin Mclean
Tue 06 Nov 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

The Rothamsted School meets Lord’s Paradox
Prof. Stephen Senn
Fri 02 Nov 2018, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323
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To be confirmed later
Dietmar Zaiss
Thu 01 Nov 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

New techniques for calculating cubature rules on the triangle
Stefanos Papanicolopulos (University of Edinburgh)
Wed 31 Oct 2018, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5323


Understanding strengths and limits of early meteorological records
Prof Peter Thorne, Maynooth University, Ireland
Wed 31 Oct 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Crew Building, Room 302

ANC Workshop: Andreas Kapourani and Joseph Cronin, Chair: Cole Hurwitz
Andreas Kapourani and Joseph Cronin
Tue 30 Oct 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Probabilistic and statistical analysis of the linear fractional stable motion
Prof. Mark Podolskij - Aarhus University
Fri 26 Oct 2018, 15:05 - 16:00
Room 5.10, Bayes Centre
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IPAB workshop - Carl Allen, Ivana Balazevic and Jack Geary
NO SPEAKER AVAILABLE FOR THIS TALK
Thu 25 Oct 2018, 12:45 - 14:00
VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED


Global Change Seminar 24/10/18
Pete Smith
Wed 24 Oct 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Crew Building, Room 302

ANC Workshop: Conor Durkan and Stanislaw Jastrzebski, Chair: Amos Storkey
Conor Durkan and Stanislaw Jastrzebski
Tue 23 Oct 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Point processes – abstraction and practical relevance
Janine Illian - University of St Andrews
Fri 19 Oct 2018, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 5323
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Non-coding RNAs in immunity and inflammation
Dimitris Lagos
Thu 18 Oct 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)



Global Change Seminar 17/10/18
Frithjof Kuepper
Wed 17 Oct 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Crew Building, Room 302

(Cancelled) ANC Workshop: David Sterratt, Chair: Taha Ceritli
David Sterratt
Tue 16 Oct 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


A low-rank projector-splitting integrator for the Vlasov-Poisson equation
Christian Lubich (Tübingen University )
Wed 10 Oct 2018, 16:00 - 17:00
ICMS Lecture Theatre (Room 5.10)


ANC Workshop: Grant Robertson, Chair: Matthias Hennig
Grant Robertson
Tue 09 Oct 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33




Hanging by a thread: how to fly at very low Reynolds numbers
Cathal Cummins (University of Edinburgh)
Wed 03 Oct 2018, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5323


What temperature is the surface of the Moon and why should I care?
Neil Bowles, University of Oxford
Wed 03 Oct 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Crew Building, Room 302

Global Change Seminar 3/10/18
Neil Bowles
Wed 03 Oct 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Crew Building, Room 302

(Cancelled) ANC Workshop: Emily Scher and Lukasz Romaszko, Chair: Beren Millidge
Emily Scher and Lukasz Romaszko
Tue 02 Oct 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Classification with imperfect training labels
Dr Tim Cannings - University of Edinburgh
Fri 28 Sep 2018, 15:05 - 16:00
Bayes Centre, 5.10 (5th floor)
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ANC Seminar: Mihaela van Der Schaar
Mihaela van Der Schaar
Wed 26 Sep 2018, 16:00 - 17:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Prof Steve Archibald (University of Hull, UK)
Prof Steve Archibald
Wed 26 Sep 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Joseph Black Building (T100)


The Greenhouse Gas-Air Quality nexus: experiences from the Western U.S.
Professor John Lin. University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Fri 21 Sep 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Crew Building, Room 302

Title to be arranged
Amy Buck
Thu 20 Sep 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)



A re-appraisal of fixed-effect(s) meta-analysis
Prof. Ken Rice - University of Washington, Dept of Biostatistics
Fri 14 Sep 2018, 14:35 - 15:30
JCMB 5323
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Origin of the Earth and Moon
Miki Nakajima, University of Rochester
Thu 13 Sep 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Main Lecture Theatre, Grant Institute

Regulating of HSC function in vivo
Claudia Waskow
Thu 13 Sep 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)





Implicit Copulas from Bayesian Regularized Regression Smoothers
Dr. Nadja Klein - University of Cologne
Wed 29 Aug 2018, 15:05 - 16:00
JCMB 6201
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NLP and Group Dynamics
Gabriel Murray
Fri 06 Jul 2018, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Humans, Machines and Work: The Future is now
Moshe Y. Vardi
Fri 29 Jun 2018, 15:00 - 16:00
G.03, 50 George Square

Swift Logic for Big Data and Knowledge Graphs
Georg Gottlob
Wed 27 Jun 2018, 16:00 - 17:00
G.03, 50 George Square


Do Programming Languages need Designers?
Alan Blackwell
Fri 22 Jun 2018, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

ANC Seminar: Peter Richtarik
Peter Richtarik
Tue 19 Jun 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

IEB Seminar 13th June 2018
David Duneau (Toulouse)
Wed 13 Jun 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

To be confirmed later 31/5/18
Achim Schnaufer
Thu 31 May 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)



The holy grail is in the castle of ARG
Jerome Kelleher (Oxford)
Wed 23 May 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


Antigen processing during cross-presentation by dendritic cells
Patrycja Kozik (Cambridge LMB)
Thu 17 May 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Feathers and function; homology and deep homology
Mike Benton (Bristol)
Wed 09 May 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Seminar: Szabolcs Káli, Host: Matthias Hennig
Szabolcs Káli
Tue 08 May 2018, 11:30 - 12:30
IF 4.31/4.33


ANC Workshop: Cole Hurwitz and Beren Millidge, Chair: Jun Bao
Cole Hurwitz and Beren Millidge
Tue 24 Apr 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Metareasoning and mental simulation
Jessica Hamrick
Fri 13 Apr 2018, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)


ANC Workshop: Michael Rule, Chair: Simão Eduardo
Michael Rule
Tue 10 Apr 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


To be confirmed 5/4/18
Dominique Soldati (Geneva)
Thu 05 Apr 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)



ANC Workshop: Lukasz Romaszko, Chair: George Papamakarios
Lukasz Romaszko
Tue 03 Apr 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

To be confirmed later 29/3/18
Amy Buck
Thu 29 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IPAB Workshop - Thursday 29th March
Yordan Hristov
Thu 29 Mar 2018, 12:45 - 14:00
IF 4.31/4.33

IEB Seminar 28th March 2018
Thomas Flatt (Fribourg)
Wed 28 Mar 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Michaelis Michaelides and Matthias Hennig, Chair: Wannisa Matcha
Michaelis Michaelides and Matthias Hennig
Tue 27 Mar 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

To be Confirmed 22/3/18
Rose Zamoyska
Thu 22 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


ANC Seminar: Haruo Hosoya, Chair: Michael Gutmann
Haruo Hosoya
Tue 20 Mar 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

ANC Workshop: tbc, Chair: Frank Karvelis
To be confirmed
Sat 17 Mar 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

ANC Workshop: Iain Murray and Sam Heron, Chair: Grant Robertson
Iain Murray and Sam Heron
Tue 13 Mar 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33



ANC Workshop: Ian Simpson, Chair: Ed Fincham
Ian Simpson
Tue 06 Mar 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

To be confirmed 1/3/18
Chiara Romagnani (Berlin)
Thu 01 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IPAB Seminar - Antonio Javier Gallego Sánchez - University of Alicante
Antonio Javier Gallego Sánchez - University of Alicante
Thu 01 Mar 2018, 12:45 - 14:00
IF 4.31/4.33


ANC Workshop: Nigel Goddard and tbc, Chair: Martin Pullinger
Nigel Goddard and tbc
Tue 27 Feb 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Disease tolerance as a defence strategy against malaria
Miguel Soares (Gulbenkian)
Thu 22 Feb 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IPAB Workshop - Thursday 22nd Februrary
Evripidis Gkanias, Daniel Angelov and Raluca Scona
Thu 22 Feb 2018, 12:45 - 14:00
IF 4.31/4.33

ANC Workshop: Charlie Nash, Chair: Heru Praptono
Charlie Nash and Peggy Series
Tue 20 Feb 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


IPAB seminar - Moacir Ponti (USP)
Moacir Ponti
Thu 15 Feb 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
3.31/33

IPAB Seminar - Alan Stokes: The SpiNNaker HPC and Robotics
Alan Stokes
Thu 15 Feb 2018, 12:45 - 14:00
4.31/33

Zoonosis: Virus evolution at the animal - human interface
Sara Sawyer (Colorado)
Wed 14 Feb 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Gavin Gray
Gavin Gray
Tue 13 Feb 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33

Novel mechanisms of tumor immune resistance
Philipp Beckhove (Regensburg)
Thu 08 Feb 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IPAB workshop - Taku Komura
Taku Komura
Thu 08 Feb 2018, 12:45 - 14:00
4.31/33

Design with living systems
Prof Carole Collet (Professor in Design for Sustainable Futures. Central St Martins)
Thu 08 Feb 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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De novo evolution of genes
Diethard Tautz (Max Plank Institute, Ploen)
Wed 07 Feb 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: James Owers and Douglas Armstrong, Chair: Charlie Nash
James Owers and Douglas Armstrong
Tue 06 Feb 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Revisiting Direct Density-Ratio Estimation
Makoto Yamada - Unit Leader at RIKEN AIP, Japan
Thu 01 Feb 2018, 12:45 - 14:00
4.31/33, IF

Krylov Subspace Methods for Regularisation and Sparse Reconstruction
Dr Silvia Gazzola (University of Bath)
Wed 31 Jan 2018, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5323

IEB Seminar 31st January
Lucy Gilbert (JHI)
Wed 31 Jan 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Borislav Ikonomov and Chris Williams, Chair: tbc
Borislav Ikonomov and Chris Williams
Tue 30 Jan 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


To be confirmed 25/1/18
Olivier Lantz (Paris)
Thu 25 Jan 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


Bioprospecting for lignocellulose biorefineries
Dr Dimitris Hatzinikolaou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Thu 25 Jan 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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Genomics of sexual dimorphism
Alison Wright (Sheffield)
Wed 24 Jan 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Martino Sorbaro Sindaci, Chair: Alba Crespi
Martino Sorbaro Sindaci
Tue 23 Jan 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Unravelling early host intestinal epithelia interactions with whipworms
Maria Duque (NC3R Fellow from Sanger)
Mon 22 Jan 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

The robust ticking of a circadian clock
Prof Pieter Rein ten Wolde (AMOLF research lab & Department of Physics, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam)
Thu 18 Jan 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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Evolution and expression of the Drosophila X chromosome
John Parsch (Munich)
Wed 17 Jan 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Sensory maps
Daniele Quercia
Fri 12 Jan 2018, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)


IPAB Workshop - Thursday 11st January - Jan Stanciewicz and Chuanyu Yang
Jan Stanciewicz and Chuanyu Yang
Thu 11 Jan 2018, 12:45 - 13:45
IF 4.31/4.33


Title to be confirmed 14/12/17
Nir Gov (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Thu 14 Dec 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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Ant symbioses: from parasitism to mutualism
Naomi Pierce (Harvard)
Wed 13 Dec 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: speakers tbc, Chair: Dimitrios Milios
speakers tbc
Tue 12 Dec 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

IEB Seminar 8th December
Vanessa Ezenwa (Georgia)
Fri 08 Dec 2017, 15:00 - 16:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT1)

TBC 7/12/17
Christian Kurts (Bonn)
Thu 07 Dec 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Cancelled - reschedule for 2018
Christian Kurts (Bonn)
Thu 07 Dec 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT1)

ANC Workshop: Grant Robertson and Richard Shillcock, Chair: Lynda Webb
Grant Robertson and Richard Shillcock
Tue 05 Dec 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Function and execution of RTEL1 activities at vertebrate telomeres
Dr simon Boulton, Francis Crick Institute, London
Mon 04 Dec 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Daniel Rutherford G.27



Shared resources by the numbers
Andras Gyorgy (NYU Abu Dhabi)
Tue 28 Nov 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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ANC Workshop: David Sterratt, Chair: James Owers
Speakers tbc
Tue 28 Nov 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

The evolution and function of oxygen sensing in plants
Professor Mike Holdsworth, Plant and Crop Science Division, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham
Mon 27 Nov 2017, 12:05 - 13:00
Swann 7.15


Designing new tools for synthetic biology in mammalian cells
Dr Velia Siciliano (Imperial College London)
Thu 23 Nov 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Michael Swann building, seminar room 7.20 King's Buildings
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ANC Workshop: George Papamakarios and David Sterratt, Chair: Aleksej Stolicyn
George Papamakarios and David Sterrat
Tue 21 Nov 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Towards the Automated Rehabilitation: EXO-UL8 Dual-Arm
Yang Shen
Mon 20 Nov 2017, 15:00 - 16:00
4.31/33, IF


Scalable bifurcation analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations
Patrick Farrell (University of Oxford)
Wed 15 Nov 2017, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5323



ANC Workshop: Mark van Rossum and Michael Gutmann, Chair: David Sterrat
Mark van Rossum and tbc
Tue 14 Nov 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Meiotic recombination and chromatin landscapes in plant genomes
Dr Ian Henderson, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Mon 13 Nov 2017, 12:05 - 13:00
Swann 7.20


IPAB Workshop - 09/11/2017
Sethu Vijayakumar
Thu 09 Nov 2017, 12:45 - 13:45
IF 4.31/4.33



Controlling gene-expression noise with feedback in burst size
Pavol Bokes (Comenious University)
Wed 08 Nov 2017, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5323

IEB Seminar 8th November
Luis Miguel Chevin (Montpellier)
Wed 08 Nov 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Ryan Davies and Sam Rupprechter, Chair: Michael Rule
Ryan Davies and Sam Rupprechter
Tue 07 Nov 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Visualising the regulation of bacterial DNA repair and mutagenesis using single-molecule and single-cell microscopy
Dr Stephan Uphoff, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford
Mon 06 Nov 2017, 12:05 - 13:00
Swann 7.15

Building motion models that are both discrete and continuous
Vladimir Ivan
Thu 02 Nov 2017, 12:45 - 14:00
4.31/33, IF

TBC 2/11/17a
Santiago Gonzalez (Bellinzona)
Thu 02 Nov 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT1)


Preconditioned iterative methods for nonsymmetric Toeplitz and block Toeplitz matrices
Jennifer Pestana (Strathclyde)
Wed 01 Nov 2017, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5323


ANC Workshop: Joseph Cronin
Joseph Cronin and Harri Edwards
Tue 31 Oct 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
4.31/33, IF 4.31/33

The impact of the host microenvironment on plant disease development
Professor Gail Preston, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford
Mon 30 Oct 2017, 12:05 - 13:00
Swann 7.15




ANC Workshop: Jun Bao and Alba Crespi, Chair: Amos Storkey
Jun Bao and Alba Crespi
Tue 24 Oct 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Soon to be confirmed
Professor Gary Karpen, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Berkeley, USA
Mon 23 Oct 2017, 12:05 - 13:00
Swann 7.15


TBC 19/10/17
Corrie Detweiler (Colorado)
Thu 19 Oct 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT1)

Probing host-pathogen interactions with chemical genetics
Corrie Detweiler (Colorado)
Thu 19 Oct 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT1)


ANC Seminar: Alex Shestopaloff (Maths), Host: Chris Williams
Alex Shestopaloff
Tue 17 Oct 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33



ANC Workshop: Wanissa Matcha and Amos Storkey, Chair: Douglas Armstrong
Wanissa Matcha and Amos Storkey
Tue 10 Oct 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

To be confirmed 9/10/17
Dr Marina Lusic, Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, Universität Heidelberg
Mon 09 Oct 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Daniel Rutherford G.27



Analysis of p-Laplacian Regularization in Semi-Supervised Learning
Matthew Thorpe (Cambridge)
Wed 04 Oct 2017, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5323


NanoBiotechnology and Synthetic Biology Design Approaches towards the Development of Smart Therapeutics Against Infectious Diseases
J.Ruben Morones-Ramirez (NanoBiotechnology Research Grp, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)
Wed 04 Oct 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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ANC Workshop: Ed Fincham and Frank Karvelis, Chair: Borislav Ikonomov
Ed Fincham and Frank Karvelis
Tue 03 Oct 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Competitive interactions in heterogeneous cell populations: a multimodal imaging, machine learning and computational modelling
Dr Alan Lowe, Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London
Mon 02 Oct 2017, 12:05 - 13:00
Swann 7.15

When African trypanosomes make your skin crawl
Brice Rotureau (Pasteur)
Thu 28 Sep 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT1)

**Seminar now cancelled**
Ricard Sole (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain)
Thu 28 Sep 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Michael Swann building, seminar room 7.20 King's Buildings
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“Evolution and the life history of the genome”
William Etges (Arkansas)
Wed 27 Sep 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


Characterization of the S locus supergene controlling heterostyly in Darwin’s Primroses
Professor Phil Gilmartin, Faculty of Science, University of East Anglia
Mon 25 Sep 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Daniel Rutherford G.27


Targeting Inclusion, Researching Change: The Stakes and Challenges of Changing Institutional Systems
Karen Salt (co-Director of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R), University of Nottingham)
Wed 20 Sep 2017, 16:00 - 17:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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Structural basis of meiotic chromosome synapsis through SYCP1 self-assembly
Dr Owen Davies, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University
Mon 18 Sep 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Daniel Rutherford G.27

IPAB Seminar 14/09/2017
Prof. Ko Sakai - University of Tsukuba
Thu 14 Sep 2017, 12:45 - 13:45
IF 4.31/4.33

The MscS bacterial mechanosensitive channel family
Samantha Miller (University of Aberdeen)
Thu 14 Sep 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Michael Swann building, seminar room 7.20 King's Buildings
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IPAB Seminar 13/09/2017
Prof. Tinne Tuytelaars
Wed 13 Sep 2017, 16:30 - 17:30
IF 4.31/4.33

Clarifying the Complexity of Adaptive Evolution
John Pool (Wisconsin)
Wed 13 Sep 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


Cohesin links inflammation and cancer
Prof. Matthias Merkenschlager, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London
Mon 11 Sep 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED

IPAB Workshop - 07/09/2017
Svetlin Penkov and Can Pu
Thu 07 Sep 2017, 12:45 - 13:45
IF 4.31/4.33

Making sense of sewage
James Chong - Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of York
Mon 04 Sep 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
Swann 7.15



Computations and Applications of Medial Axis Transform of 3D Shapes
Wenping Wang, The University of Hong Kong
Mon 10 Jul 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
4.31/33

Local cohomology and stratification
Vidit Nanda, Turing Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Wed 05 Jul 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
4.31/33

ANC Workshop: David Schnoerr, Chair: Edward Wallace
David Schnoerr
Tue 04 Jul 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Computational Regularity - human movements and visual symmetry
Dr Yanxi Liu
Fri 30 Jun 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
4.31/33

TBC Bio 29/6
Cristina Lo Celso, Imperial College London
Thu 29 Jun 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Science publishing - behind the scenes at Nature
Francesca Cesari (Chief Biological Sciences Editor at Nature)
Tue 27 Jun 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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ANC Workshop: Giulio Caravagna, Chair: Lynda Webb
Giulio Caravagna
Tue 27 Jun 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

What transcriptional noise tells us about the cell inside
Professor Víctor de Lorenzo (National Center for Biotechnology, Madrid)
Thu 22 Jun 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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ANC Workshop: Matthias Hennig and Michalis Michaelides, Chair: Douglas Armstrong
Matthias Hennig and Michalis Michaelides
Tue 20 Jun 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

IEB Seminar 14th June 2017
Ellen Leffler (Oxford)
Wed 14 Jun 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Alina Selega, Chair: Gavin Gray
Alina Selega
Tue 13 Jun 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33



Host behaviour and disease spread in wild mice networks
Patricia Lopes (Zurich)
Wed 07 Jun 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IEB Extra Seminar 6th June 2017
Martina Doblin (Sydney)
Tue 06 Jun 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Dimitrios Milios, Chair: Dragan Gasevic
Dimitrios Milios
Tue 06 Jun 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

TBC Bio 1/6
Georgia Perona-Wright, University of Glasgow
Thu 01 Jun 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

The Genomic History of Killer Whale Ecotypes
Andy Foote (Bangor)
Wed 31 May 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Peggy Series, Chair: David Sterratt
Peggy Series
Tue 30 May 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Title to be confirmed 25/5/17
Dr Thomas Howard (Newcastle University)
Thu 25 May 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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Automatically drawing inferences
Marie-Catherine de Marneffe
Wed 24 May 2017, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-G.07)

ANC Seminar: Catalina Vallejos. Host: Guido Sanguinetti
Catalina Vallejos
Tue 23 May 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
IF 4.31/4.33

ANC Seminar: Dennis Prangle, Host: Iain Murray
Dennis Prangle
Tue 23 May 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


IEB Seminar 17th May 2017
John Davey (Oxford)
Wed 17 May 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Chris Williams, Chair: Tom Mayo
Chris Williams
Tue 16 May 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Open-Universe Probabilistic Models
Vaishak Belle
Fri 12 May 2017, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)




Agent-Based Privacy Permission Management
Enrico Gerding
Fri 28 Apr 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-2.33)



TBC Bio 20/4
Andrew Mellor, Newcastle University
Thu 20 Apr 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


ANC Workshop: Michael Rule, Chair: Evan Morgan
Michael Rule
Tue 18 Apr 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33

ANC Seminar: Melanie Stefan, Host: David Sterratt
Melanie Stefan
Tue 11 Apr 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33



Engineering cells, Building circuits
Ron Weiss (Professor of Biological Engineering and Director, Synthetic Biology Center at MIT)
Tue 04 Apr 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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ANC Workshop: Pol Moreno Comellas and Aleksej Stolicyn, Chair: Charlie Nash
Pol Moreno Comellas and Aleksej Stolicyn
Tue 04 Apr 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Frequency doubling in the cyanobacterial circadian clock
Dr Bruno Martins (Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge)
Fri 31 Mar 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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Sex-differences in senescence patterns across mammals
Jean-Francois Lemaitre (Lyon)
Wed 29 Mar 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

The SNO+ experiment
Edward Leming (Oxford)
Wed 29 Mar 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
JCMB 6206

ANC Workshop: Lukasz Romaszko and Nathalie Dupuy, Chair: Yuanhua Huang
Lukasz Romaszko and Nathalie Dupuy
Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Chemotactic bacteria as mobile biosensory devices
Prof Victor Sourjik (Max Plank Institute for Terrestial Microbiology)
Thu 23 Mar 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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IEB seminar: 'Adaptive models of growth and maturation'
Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge)
Wed 22 Mar 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Seminar: Aapo Hyvarinen, Chair: Chris Williams
Aapo Hyvarinen
Tue 21 Mar 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Watchman
Matthew Malek
Wed 15 Mar 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
JCMB 6206

Transposable element evolution in Drosophila
Andrea Betancourt (Liverpool)
Wed 15 Mar 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Ian Simpson and Andreas Kapourani, Chair: Richard Shillcock
Ian Simpson and Andreas Kapourani
Tue 14 Mar 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33





ANC Workshop: Dragan Gasevic, Chair: Jennifer Sanger
Dragan Gasevic, Chair: Jennifer Sanger
Tue 07 Mar 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Explainable AI: What, Why and How?
Subramanian Ramamoorthy
Fri 03 Mar 2017, 15:00 - 16:00
Informatics Forum (IF-2.33)




Life history trade-offs: an experimental study in wild jackdaws
Jelle Boonekamp (Groningen)
Wed 01 Mar 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Sam Heron and Yuanhua Huang, Chair, Nigel Goddard
ANC Workshop: Peggy Series and Sam Heron
Tue 28 Feb 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

DIAGNOSTICS USING NANOBIOSENSORS
Prof Arben Merkoçi (Spain national centre for nanotechnology)
Fri 24 Feb 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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Physics of neutrino interactions around 1-10 GeV
Teppei Katori (QMUL)
Wed 22 Feb 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
JCMB 6206

Molecular evolution in parasitic flowering plants
Susann Wicke (Muenster)
Wed 22 Feb 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Seminar: Ali Eslami, Chair: Chris Williams
Ali Eslami
Tue 21 Feb 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33



TBC 16/2/17
Oliver Bannard, University of Oxford
Thu 16 Feb 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Title to be confirmed 16/2/17
Oliver Bannard
Thu 16 Feb 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)



ANC Workshop: Maciej Pajak and James Wilson, Chair: Mark van Rossum
Maciej Pajak and James Wilson
Tue 14 Feb 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33




ANC Workshop: Grant Robertson and Richard Shillock, Chair: Matthias Hennig
Grant Robertson and Richard Shillock
Tue 07 Feb 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Hormone-mediated maternal effects of the prenatal social environment
Nikolaus von Engelhardt (Plymouth)
Wed 01 Feb 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: George Papamakarios and Matthew Graham, Chair: Pol Moreno Comellas
George Papamakarios and Iain Murray
Tue 31 Jan 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33




Chiral shells, cells and F-molecules
Angus Davison (Nottingham)
Wed 25 Jan 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Seminar: Udo Ernst from Bremen
Udo Ernst
Tue 24 Jan 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

ANC Seminar: Prof Gaute Einevoll (Norway), Chair: David Willshaw
Prof Gaute Einevoll
Fri 20 Jan 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Understanding cellular heterogeneity
Sarah Teichmann
Thu 19 Jan 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: James Raymond and David Sterratt, Chair: Alba Crespi
James Raymond and David Sterratt
Tue 17 Jan 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Active elasticity of cells
Ulrich Schwarz (Heidelberg University, BioQuant and Institute for Theoretical Physics)
Thu 12 Jan 2017, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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ANC/DTC Seminar: Michael Fauth, Goettingen
Michael Fauth
Wed 11 Jan 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Efficient Humanoid Motion Planning with Realtime End-Pose Selection in Complex Environments
NO SPEAKER AVAILABLE FOR THIS TALK
Thu 15 Dec 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
Yiming Yang

Real-time prosthetic hand control by using a minimal amount of sensors.
Agamemnon Krasoulis
Thu 15 Dec 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED


ANC Workshop: Tom Mayo and Douglas Armstrong, Chair: David Wood
Tom Mayo and Douglas Armstrong
Tue 13 Dec 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

The Evolution of Menopause in Killer Whales
Darren Croft (Exeter)
Thu 08 Dec 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


Gaussian process regression in Bayesian inverse problems
Aretha Teckentrup (University of Edinburgh)
Wed 07 Dec 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5327

Synchrony in phenology in space and time
Ella Cole (Oxford)
Wed 07 Dec 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Seminar: Gediminas Luksys
Gediminas Luksys
Tue 06 Dec 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Long baseline neutrinos
Mark Vagins (UCI, IPMU)
Mon 05 Dec 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
JCMB 6206


Natural Language Acquisition and Grounding for Robotic Systems
Prof. Anthony G. Cohn, School of Computing, University of Leeds
Thu 01 Dec 2016, 12:45 - 15:45
4.31/33, IF


ANC Workshop: Charlie Nash and Mark van Rossum: Chair, Lukasz Romaszko
Charlie Nash and Mark van Rossum
Tue 29 Nov 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Title: The application of computer animation techniques - Current research in NCCA
Xiaosong Yang (Bournemouth University)
Mon 28 Nov 2016, 15:00 - 16:00
4.31/33, IF



Quantitative and systems analysis of RAS/MAPK signalling networks
Christina Kiel (Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona)
Thu 24 Nov 2016, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's

Unravelling retrovirus and transposon evolution
Alex Hayward (Cornwall)
Wed 23 Nov 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


ANC Workshop: Aleksej Stolicyn and Michalis Michaelides, Chair: Nigel Goddard
Aleksej Stolicyn and Michalis Michaelides
Tue 22 Nov 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33



IPAB workshop - Emmanuel Kahembwe/Geng Lyu
emmanuel Kahembwe/Geng Lyu
Thu 17 Nov 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF

Scaling theory for vortices in the two-dimensional inverse energy cascade
Helen Burgess (University of St Andrew's)
Wed 16 Nov 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5327



ANC Workshop: Sam Heron and Alba Crespi, Chair: Dragan Gasevic
Sam Heron and Alba Crespi
Tue 15 Nov 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Attractors of Piecewise Smooth Maps
Paul Glendinning (University of Manchester)
Wed 09 Nov 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5327



ANC Workshop: Jennifer Sanger and Charles Sutton, Chair: James Raymond
Joseph Cronin and Amos Storkey
Tue 08 Nov 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Real world constraints in machine learning.
Amos Storkey (University of Edinburgh)
Wed 02 Nov 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5327


Variance Reduction for Faster Non-Convex Optimization
Filip Hanzely
Tue 01 Nov 2016, 12:15 - 13:30
JCMB 6207

ANC Workshop: Elliot Crowley and Joseph Cronin , Chair: Aleksej Stolicyn
Elliot Crowley and Joseph Cronin
Tue 01 Nov 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33



IPAB Seminar - Maurice Fallon (IPAB) and Kris Verdeyen (NASA)
Maurice Fallon and Kris Verdeyen
Thu 27 Oct 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF


SNIPE for memory-limited PCA with incomplete data: From failure to success
Armin Eftekhari (Alan Turing Institute)
Wed 26 Oct 2016, 16:30 - 17:00
JCMB 5327

Learning Sparse Additive Models with Interactions in High Dimensions
Hemant Tyagi (Alan Turing Institute)
Wed 26 Oct 2016, 16:00 - 16:30
JCMB 5327

What did we learn from high-coverage archaic genomes?
Kay Pruefer (Max Planck, Leipzig)
Wed 26 Oct 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Seminar: James A. Bednar, Continuum Analytics (Austin, Texas)
James A. Bednar
Tue 25 Oct 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IF 2.33


ANC Seminar: Hemant Tyagi (ETH Zürich) and Armin Eftekhari, Chair: Chris Williams
Hemant Tyagi and Armin Eftekhari
Tue 25 Oct 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Seeing with Structure: Computer Vision as Inverse Physics.
Chris Russell - ATI Research Fellow
Mon 24 Oct 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF



ANC Seminar: Prof Jukka Corander (Univeristy of Helsinki / Oslo)
Prof Jukka Corander
Thu 20 Oct 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

From atoms to data science: numerical algorithms for sampling and thermodynamic control
Ben Leimkuhler (University of Edinburgh)
Wed 19 Oct 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5327

Mega-evolutionary dynamics of the adaptive radiation of birds
Gavin Thomas (Sheffield)
Wed 19 Oct 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Highlights of top quark physics measurements at ATLAS
Mark Owen (Glasgow)
Wed 19 Oct 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
JCMB Lecture Theatre C


ANC Workshop: Katharina Heil and Gavin Gray, Chair: James Wilson
Katharina Heil and Gavin Gray
Tue 18 Oct 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Computation and Storage in Language
Timothy J. O'Donnell
Fri 14 Oct 2016, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)


Parallel Adaptive Importance Sampling
Dr Simon Cotter (University of Manchester)
Wed 12 Oct 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5327

Finite BMS transformations
Glenn Barnich
Wed 12 Oct 2016, 14:30 - 15:30
ICMS, New Seminar Room

Geant4 - a simulation toolkit
John Allison (Manchester)
Wed 12 Oct 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
JCMB 6206



ANC Seminar: Ke Yuan (Glasgow), Chair: Guido Sanguinetti
Ke Yuan (Glasgow)
Tue 11 Oct 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33



Mind your criticality
Michael Herrmann
Thu 06 Oct 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF

Regulation of cell size and shape in bacteria
Sven van Teeffelen Institute Pasteur
Thu 06 Oct 2016, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's

Shining light on neutrino interactions
Andrzej Szelc (Manchester)
Wed 05 Oct 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
JCMB 6206

Seasonality and cold hardiness of temperate trees
Yann Vitasse (Switzerland)
Wed 05 Oct 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


ANC Workshop: Gabriele Schweikert and Michael Gutmann, Chair:Heru Praptono
Gabriele Schweikert and Michael Gutmann
Tue 04 Oct 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33


Geometric Singular Perturbation Analysis of a Model for Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems
Annalisa Luorio (Technische Universität, Wien)
Wed 28 Sep 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
JCMB 5327

Scrambling time in eternal BTZ black hole
Andrius Stikonas
Wed 28 Sep 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
ICMS, New Seminar Room

Soft Heisenberg hair
Daniel Grumiller
Wed 28 Sep 2016, 14:30 - 15:30
ICMS, New Seminar Room






Nucleosome positioning in vivo driven by the DNA sequence
Francisco Antequera (The Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics (IBFG) Salamanca (Spain))
Thu 22 Sep 2016, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's

A global scale comparative study of biological invasions
Isabella Capellini (Hull)
Wed 21 Sep 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Jun Bao and Richard Shillcock, Chair: Martino Sorbaro Sindaci
Jun Bao and Richard Shillcock
Tue 20 Sep 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Monday Seminar Series: 'Synthetic Biology meets Structural Biology: New Perspectives and Opportunities.'
Professor Imre Berger, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol
Mon 19 Sep 2016, 12:00 - 13:00
Daniel Rutherford G.27








Symposium on Communicating Machine Learning
various
Wed 31 Aug 2016, 15:00 - 17:00
IF G.07/G.07A




Communication Without Mindreading
Julian Schlöder
Mon 15 Aug 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

IPAB seminar - Benjamin Rosman
Benjamin Rosman
Thu 11 Aug 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33

Probabilistic Techniques for Mobile Robot Navigation (Wolfram Burgard - University of Freiburg)
Wolfram Burgard - University of Freiburg
Tue 09 Aug 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
4.31/33, IF


The human side of computer vision
Dr Olga Russakovsky
Fri 05 Aug 2016, 13:15 - 14:15
4.31/33, IF


The Blocks World Redux
Martha Palmer
Thu 04 Aug 2016, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Building Trust in Decision Support Systems for Aerospace
Dr. Mykel J. Kochenderfer
Thu 30 Jun 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33



TBC 15/6/16
E W Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology
Wed 15 Jun 2016, 00:00 - 00:05
T100

Weakly supervised learning for facial expression recognition.
Joost Van Der Weijer
Mon 13 Jun 2016, 15:00 - 16:00
4.31/33, IF


TBC 8/6/16
Michael Famulok, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES)-Institut, Bonn
Wed 08 Jun 2016, 15:30 - 16:30
T100

Introgression Across the European House Mouse Hybrid Zone
Stuart Baird (Studenec, Czech Republic)
Wed 08 Jun 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC/CDT Seminar: James Frew (UCSB)
James Frew (UCSB)
Tue 07 Jun 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Do semantic parts emerge in Convolutional Neural Networks?
Abel Gonzalez Garcia
Thu 02 Jun 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF

Event-Based Cameras for Robot Navigation
Dragos Stanciu
Thu 02 Jun 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33

EIG: Mathematical modelling of human CD8 CTL responses during viral infections
Becca Asquith, Imperial College London
Thu 26 May 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Reconstruction the Visual Perception of Desert Ants
Benjamin Risse
Thu 26 May 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33

TBC 25/5/16
Marie Paul Pinelli, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris
Wed 25 May 2016, 15:30 - 16:30
Joseph Black Building (T100)


ANC Seminar: Chris Sherlock (Lancaster)
Chris Sherlock
Tue 24 May 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33



ANC Seminar: Peter Sollich (KCL)
Peter Sollich
Tue 17 May 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33

Towards New Models of Question Answering
Christopher Manning
Fri 13 May 2016, 14:00 - 15:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Learning from Zero
Percy Liang
Fri 13 May 2016, 11:30 - 13:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

EIG: Development and Homeostasis of tissue resident myeloid cells
Elisa Gomez Perdiguero, Pasteur Institute, France
Thu 12 May 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Visual Mapping and Localisation for a Humanoid Robot
Raluca Scona
Thu 12 May 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33


Drift-free laser-based Localisation of a Humanoid Robot
Simona Nobili
Thu 12 May 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33

TBC 11/5/16
Anthony Davis, Bristol
Wed 11 May 2016, 15:30 - 16:30
Joseph Black Building (T100)


ANC Workshop: Alina Selega and Peggy Series, Chair: Wioletta Kijewska
Alina Selega and Peggy Series
Tue 10 May 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33


ANC Workshop: Matthias Hennig and Alireza Alemi, Chair: Emilia Wysocka
Matthias Hennig and Alireza Alemi
Tue 03 May 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33

EIG: How B cell sense antigen
Michael Reth, MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Germany
Thu 28 Apr 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Semantic 3D reconstruction
Prof. Mark Pollefeys
Thu 28 Apr 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF


TBC 27/4/16
Flemming Hansen, UCL
Wed 27 Apr 2016, 15:30 - 16:30
Joseph Black Building (T100)

IPAB seminar - Joachim Denzler and Erik Rodner (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena)
Joachim Denzler and Erik Rodner
Mon 25 Apr 2016, 15:00 - 16:00
4.31/33



EIG: Immunology and immunopathogenesis of malaria infections
Jean Langhorne, Francis Crick Institute
Thu 14 Apr 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

TBC 13/4/16
David Wales, University of Cambridge
Wed 13 Apr 2016, 15:30 - 16:30
Joseph Black Building (T100)


ANC Workshop: Emilia Wysocka, Chair: Matt Graham
Emilia Wysocka
Tue 12 Apr 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33



EIG: Host-bacterial interactions and intestinal inflammation
Kevin Maloy, University of Oxford
Thu 31 Mar 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)



The Omega delusion
balasz Szigeti
Thu 31 Mar 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF



Learning best response strategies for agents in ad exchanges
Stavros Gerakaris
Thu 24 Mar 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF


ANC Workshop: Richard Shillcock, Chair: Yuanhua Huang
Richard Shillcock and Martino Sorbaro Sindaci
Tue 22 Mar 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33

Motion sensitive visual neural networks, from animals to robots
prof. Shigang Yue - University of Lincoln
Thu 17 Mar 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33

TBC 16/3/16
Emma Raven, University of Leicester
Wed 16 Mar 2016, 15:30 - 16:30
Joseph Black Building (T100)



ANC Workshop: Robert Court and Nathalie Dupuy, Chair: Ian Simpson
Robert Court and Peggy Series
Tue 15 Mar 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33


Efficient Utility Elicitation using a Model of Coarse Preferences
Pavlos Andreadis
Thu 10 Mar 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF

Parameter selection in Particle Swarm optimisation
Adam Erskine
Thu 10 Mar 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33

Protective symbiosis: does it really work in nature?
Jan Hrcek (Oxford)
Wed 09 Mar 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


ANC Workshop: Wioletta Kijewska and Tom Mayo Chair: Martino Sorbaro Sindaci
Wioletta Kijewska and Tom Mayo Chair
Tue 08 Mar 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33


EIG: Oral mucosa Immune responses
Joanne Konkel, University of Manchester
Thu 03 Mar 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Real Time Eye Tracking for Intuitive Human Robot Interfaces
Svetlin Penkov
Thu 03 Mar 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF






Cognitive ontologies: from the bottom up?
Edouard Machery
Fri 26 Feb 2016, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)


Recent changes in the phenology of UK plants and animals
Stephen Thackeray (CEH, Lancaster)
Wed 24 Feb 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Sam Heron, Chair: Jinli Hu
Sam Heron and Nigel Goddard
Tue 23 Feb 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33


EIG: Stroke Induced Immune Depression (SIDS)
Andreas Meisel, Charite Berlin, Germany
Thu 18 Feb 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)



TBC 17/2/16
Ross Denton, University of Nottingham
Wed 17 Feb 2016, 15:30 - 16:30
Joseph Black Building (T100)


ANC Workshop: Maciej Pajak and Ian Simpson, Chair: Miltos Allamanis
Zhanxing Zhu and Ian Simpson
Tue 16 Feb 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33


Temporal alignment of videos based on object viewpoint
Anestis Papazoglou
Thu 11 Feb 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33

How sexual conflict shapes insect phenotypes
Jen Perry (Oxford)
Wed 10 Feb 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

ANC Workshop: Chris Williams and Oksana Sorokina, Chair: Nathalia Dupuy
Chris Williams and Oksana Sorokina
Tue 09 Feb 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33


EIG: Molecular basis of fatal fungal infection
Robin May, University of Birmingham
Thu 04 Feb 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Learning Semantic Part Detectors from Google Images
Davide Modolo
Thu 04 Feb 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF


TBC 3/2/16
Sarah Staniland, University of Sheffield
Wed 03 Feb 2016, 15:30 - 16:30
Joseph Black Building (T100)





IPAB seminar - Professor Patrick Van der Smagt
Prof. Patrick van der Smagt
Thu 28 Jan 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF


Colour Homography Han Gong University of East Anglia
Han Gong
Tue 26 Jan 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
IF 4.31/4.33

EIG: IL-33, an alarm signal for group 2 innate lymphoid cells
Jean-Philippe Girard, CNRS, France
Thu 21 Jan 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

TBC 20/1/16
Jenny Clark
Wed 20 Jan 2016, 15:30 - 16:30
T100


ANC Workshop: Katharina Heil and Amos Storkey, Chair: Gavin Gray
Katharina Heil and Amos Storkey
Tue 19 Jan 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
IF Room 4.31/4.33

IPAB Workshop - Sethu Vijayakumar
Sethu Vijayakumar
Thu 14 Jan 2016, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33



Male and female from a hermaphrodite vantage-point
Lukas Scharer (Basel)
Wed 09 Dec 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Statistical modelling of metaphor
Ekaterina Shutova
Fri 04 Dec 2015, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

IPAB workshop - Emmanuel Kahembwe/Paul Henderson/Tianqi Wei
NO SPEAKER AVAILABLE FOR THIS TALK
Thu 03 Dec 2015, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF


The mutational burden of regulatory function
Martin Taylor (Edinburgh)
Wed 02 Dec 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

EIG: NK cell receptors across species
John Hammond, The Pirbright Institute
Thu 26 Nov 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

TBC 25/11/15
Vlas Stavros, University of Warwick
Wed 25 Nov 2015, 15:30 - 16:30
Joseph Black Building (T100)



YAMZ: better, faster, cheaper vocabulary standardization
John Kunze, Berkeley/The California Digital Library
Mon 23 Nov 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Visualizing Linguistic Structure
Miriam Butt
Fri 20 Nov 2015, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

EIG: Tyro3/Axl/Mer receptor tyrosine kinases in the immune system
Greg Lemke, SALK Institute, USA
Thu 19 Nov 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
Welcome Auditorium (QMRI)

Biased gene conversion: the dark side of recombination
Laurent Duret (Lyon)
Wed 18 Nov 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)





IPAB Workshop - Marco Caravagna and Jon Bamber
NO SPEAKER AVAILABLE FOR THIS TALK
Thu 05 Nov 2015, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33, IF

TBC 4/11/15
Bill David
Wed 04 Nov 2015, 15:30 - 17:00
Joseph Black Building (T100)




TITLE AND ABSTRACT T/F Mykola Pechenizkiy, Dept of Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology
Mykola Pechenizkiy, Dept of Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology
Tue 03 Nov 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

EIG: Lymph node stromal cells in the initiation and regulation of immune responses
Anne Fletcher, University of Birmingham
Thu 29 Oct 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


Title and Abstract to follow: Prof Dirk Husmeier ,Chair of Statistics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Glasgow University
Prof Dirk Husmeier ,Chair of Statistics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Glasgow University
Tue 27 Oct 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

How much linguistics is needed for NLP?
Edward Grefenstette
Fri 23 Oct 2015, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)



TBC 21/10/15
Richard Layfield
Wed 21 Oct 2015, 15:30 - 17:00
Joseph Black Building (T100)



Understanding Word Embeddings
Omer Levy
Fri 16 Oct 2015, 10:00 - 11:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Human disease genes and natural selection: Why do we age?
Arcadi Navarro (Barcelona)
Tue 13 Oct 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


IPAB workshop - Antoine Wystrach and Miaojing Shi
antoine wystrach and Miaojing Shi
Thu 08 Oct 2015, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33

Harnessing synthetic biology for the production of high-value chemicals
Eriko Takano (Manchester Centre for Synthetic Biology of Fine and Speciality Chemicals (SYNBIOCHEM), Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester)
Thu 08 Oct 2015, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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TBC 7/10/15
Guy Lippens
Wed 07 Oct 2015, 15:30 - 17:00
Joseph Black Building (T100)


Newton sketch (Pilanci & Wainwright - 5/2015)
Robert Gower
Tue 06 Oct 2015, 12:15 - 13:15
JCMB 6311


Flip/flop inversion polymorphisms in yeast evolution
Ken Wolfe (Dublin)
Wed 30 Sep 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


Uncertainty in language and thought
Noah Goodman
Fri 25 Sep 2015, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Designing materials and gene expression at lower cost
Dr Tom Ellis (Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation and Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London)
Thu 24 Sep 2015, 12:00 - 13:00
C.H Waddington Building, Seminar room 1.08, King's Building's
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ANC TALK/SEMINAR SERIES Douglas Armstrong/David Wood
David Wood and Douglas Armstrong
Tue 15 Sep 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Privacy in the Land of Plenty
Cynthia Dwork
Thu 10 Sep 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
Informatics Forum (IF-G.07)

The Invisible Hand of the Black Queen: Reductive Evolution in the Ocean (and Elsewhere)
Jeff Morris (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Wed 09 Sep 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Learning to Decipher the Heap for Program Verification
Danny Tarlow, Microsoft Research, Cambridge
Tue 08 Sep 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)




Telecoms data analysis for disaster response and humanitarian planning
Dr John Quinn, UN Global Pulse Kampala, Uganda
Tue 11 Aug 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33





A Visual 3D Compass for Real-Time Applications
Dario Differt
Thu 09 Jul 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Meeting room 1.15, IF

On the Goodness of Word Embeddings
Hinrich Schuetze
Fri 03 Jul 2015, 11:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

FreeAgent Informatics
Dave Evans, FreeAgent
Tue 30 Jun 2015, 16:30 - 17:30
Informatics Forum (IF-G.07)


IPAB workshop - Vitto Ferrari
Vitto Ferrari
Thu 25 Jun 2015, 12:45 - 14:00
4.31/33


IPAB Workshop
Holger Caesar (s1373211), stavros Gerakaris, Dimitrious Papadopolous
Thu 18 Jun 2015, 12:45 - 13:45
4.31/33


The PolisGnosis Project: Enabling the Computational Analysis of City Performance
Mark Fox, Global Cities Institute, University of Toronto
Tue 09 Jun 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)



Quantum Coin Flipping
Anna Pappa (University of Edinburgh)
Thu 28 May 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)


IPAB Workshop - 28/05/2015 @ 12:45 - Jasper Uijlings and Benjamin Risse
Jasper Uijlings and Benjamin Risse
Thu 28 May 2015, 11:45 - 13:45
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Aridhia Informatics
Rodrigo Barnes
Tue 26 May 2015, 16:30 - 17:30
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

CANCELLED Federico Ricci Tersengh, Associate Professor, Dept of Physics, Universita Sapienza, Rome
Federico Ricci Tersengh, Associate Professor, Dept of Physics, Universita Sapienza, Rome Chair Matthias Hennig
Tue 26 May 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)




LFCS seminar: Neelakantan (Neel) Krishnaswami
NO SPEAKER AVAILABLE FOR THIS TALK
Tue 19 May 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Factors shaping learners' interactions in networked learning context
Srecko Joksimovic Chair: Jari Fawkes
Tue 19 May 2015, 11:00 - 11:30
IF 4.31/4.33


Machines Reasoning about Machines - 2015
J Strother Moore
Wed 13 May 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
Informatics Forum (IF-G.07)

TBC 13/5/15
Milo Shaffer, Impercial College London
Wed 13 May 2015, 15:30 - 16:30
Joseph Black Building (T100)

LFCS seminar: Magnus Myreen
NO SPEAKER AVAILABLE FOR THIS TALK
Tue 12 May 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Michael Black, Managing Director, Max Planck Institute Title and Abstract to follow
Michael Black, Managing Director, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tuebingen, Germany Chair: Chris Williams
Tue 12 May 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

A* Sampling
Chris Maddison, University of Toronto
Mon 11 May 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Investigating cell-to-cell variability with Bayesian model selection and approximate likelihood
Dr Sarah Filippi, Lecturer in Statistics, Oxford University Chair: Tom Thorne
Tue 05 May 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)


LFCS Seminar: Francisco Ortin
Francisco Ortin
Thu 30 Apr 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Video Ethnographies of Everyday Mobilities
Paul McIlvenny (Aalborg University)
Thu 30 Apr 2015, 15:30 - 16:30
Old Library Drummond Street

TBC 29/4/15
Susanne Muller-Knapp, Oxford Structural Genomics Consortium
Wed 29 Apr 2015, 14:30 - 15:30
Joseph Black Building (T100)

Data Mining for Personalized Medicine
Karsten Borgwardt, Professor of Data Mining, Department of Biosystems at ETH Zurich Chair: Guido Sanguinetti
Tue 28 Apr 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Learning about Shape
Andrew Fitzgibbon (Microsoft Research Cambridge)
Fri 24 Apr 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Can an agent learn how to deceive its interlocutor?
Ioannis Efstathiou
Fri 24 Apr 2015, 12:00 - 13:00
Informatics Forum (IF-2.33)


Memory and cue combination in ants
Barbara Webb
Thu 23 Apr 2015, 12:45 - 14:00
IF 4.31/4.33

Probabilistic synapses
Professor Peter Latham, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL Chair: Mark van Rossum
Thu 23 Apr 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

EPSRC's Liam Blackwell, 15:45
Liam Blackwell
Tue 21 Apr 2015, 15:45 - 16:45
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Idris Eckley, Coherence analysis of locally stationary multivariate time series
Idris Eckley, Deputy Director of the STOR-i Doctoral Training Centre, Lancaster University Chair Chris Williams
Tue 21 Apr 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

The Softer Side of Machine-Checked Proof
Gerwin Klein, NICTA / UNSW
Mon 20 Apr 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)



LFCS Seminar: Istvan Gyongy: Nonlinear filtering and stochastic partial differential equations
Istvan Gyongy
Tue 14 Apr 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED



Creating Video Stories
Lynda Hardman, CWI Amsterdam
Wed 08 Apr 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)


Off the grid: Re-assembling domestic life
Phillip Vannini (Professor and Canada Research Chair, Royal Roads University)
Thu 02 Apr 2015, 15:30 - 16:30
Old Library Drummond Street

INFORMAL SEMINAR: Unbiased computations for MCMC-based inference of Gaussian process covariance parameters
Maurizio Filippone (Glasgow Comp Sci)
Thu 02 Apr 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED

TBC 1/4/15
Cristobal Viedma, University of Madrid
Wed 01 Apr 2015, 15:30 - 16:30
Joseph Black Building (T100)

Large-Scale Gaussian Process regression
Marc Deisenroth, Research Fellow, Imperial College, Dept of Computing, Statistical Machine Learning Chair: Amos Storkey
Tue 31 Mar 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Computer Science and the Technological Revolution in Education
Kobi Gal, Ben-­Gurion University
Mon 30 Mar 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Control Functionals
Professor Mark Girolami (Director, CRiSM) Warwick University
Fri 27 Mar 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Informatics Forum (IF-2.33)




ANC Workshop Talks from Konstantinos Georgatzis & Scott Lowe - details in Summary
Talks from Konstantinos Georgatzis & Scott Lowe
Tue 24 Mar 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Efficient Query Rewriting under Ontology Change
Eleni Tsalapati, National Technical University of Athens
Mon 23 Mar 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)


A Contextual Look on Rejection
Julian Schlöder
Fri 20 Mar 2015, 12:00 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-2.33)


Auction Mechanism for Mixed Ads
Sofia Ceppi, Microsoft
Mon 16 Mar 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Are You Doing What I Think You're Doing? Criticising Uncertain Agent Models
Stefano V Albrecht
Fri 13 Mar 2015, 12:00 - 13:00
VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED


Unveiling the Earth's Face: August Petermann and the Golden Age of Explorative Cartography
Imre Demhardt (School for Advanced Study, London)
Thu 12 Mar 2015, 15:30 - 17:00
Old Library Drummond Street

Open Knowledge at the University of Edinburgh
Multiple speakers
Mon 09 Mar 2015, 09:30 - 12:30
Informatics Forum (IF-G.07)
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Repairing grounded artificial ontologies with language games
Michael Anslow
Fri 06 Mar 2015, 12:00 - 13:00
VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED




Learning Analytics: Using Data to understand Learning
Professor Dragan Gasevic, Chair in Learning Analytics and Informatics
Tue 03 Mar 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)


Detecting Figurative Language in Discourse
Caroline Sporleder
Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:00 - 12:00
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)

Sub-millimetre 2D-3D registration for image-guided radiation therapy
NO SPEAKER AVAILABLE FOR THIS TALK
THE TALK HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED YET
VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED

TBC - Mehrkhodavandi
Parisa Mehrkhodavandi, University of British Columbia
THE TALK HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED YET
T100