NLIP Seminar Series

Revisiting and re-evaluating rumour stance classification

Carolina Scarton (University of Sheffield).

Virtual (Zoom).

Friday 22 January 2021, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

A precise high-dimensional asymptotic theory for Adaboost

Pragya Sur (Harvard University).

https://maths-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92821218455?pwd=aHFOZWw5bzVReUNYR2d5OWc1Tk15Zz09.

Friday 22 January 2021, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

Social Minds in Joint Action

Professor Natalie Sebanz.

Zoom meeting.

Friday 22 January 2021, 16:30-18:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Battle Blood

Dr Claire Roddie, UCL.

Online.

Friday 22 January 2021, 17:30-18:30

Computer Laboratory Tech Talks

Optiver: From Instant to Eternity: Challenges in Data Engineering

Zuotian Tatum - Optiver Engineer.

Online.

Monday 25 January 2021, 13:05-13:55

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Hydrogen: Its Role in the UK Economy

Professor Nigel Brandon, Imperial College London.

Location: Zoom. See CSAR emails for joining information..

Monday 25 January 2021, 19:30-21:00

Computer Laboratory Tech Talks

Linaro/96 Boards: Innovation in Autonomous Driving powered by Open Source Heterogeneous Computing Platform

Yang Zhang - Director, 96Boards, Linaro. Co-Founder and Board of Director, Autoware Foundation.

Online.

Tuesday 26 January 2021, 13:05-13:55

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Latent Action Space for Offline Reinforcement Learning

Wenxuan Zhou, Carnegie Mellon University (USA).

Zoom.

Tuesday 26 January 2021, 13:15-14:15

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Ripples from the dark side of the universe

Professor Sir James Hough OBE FRS FRSE FInstP (Hon), University of Glasgow.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 26 January 2021, 18:00-19:30

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Professor Nic Bidwell - International University of Management, Namibia.

Online.

Wednesday 27 January 2021, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Narratives shape cognitive representations of immigrants and immigration-policy preferences

Associate Professor Mina Cikara (Harvard University).

via zoom .

Wednesday 27 January 2021, 16:00-17:00

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Towards explainable fact checking

Prof. Isabelle Augenstein, University of Copenhagen.

https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97599459216?pwd=QTRsOWZCOXRTREVnbTJBdXVpOXFvdz09.

Thursday 28 January 2021, 11:00-12:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

Getting the car up the mountain - Bayesian Reinforcement Learning

Dr Torben Sell.

ONLINE - Email organiser to request link - Details to be sent by email.

Thursday 28 January 2021, 13:10-14:00

Chaucer Club

Pushing the boundaries of episodic memory: Representation and segmentation of naturalistic events by cortico-hippocampal networks

Charan Ranganath (University of California, Davis).

Zoom - see MRC CBU website (https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/seminar-information/chaucer-club/) for details.

Thursday 28 January 2021, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge University Linguistic Society (LingSoc)

Heritage grammars and linguistic complexity: A view from grammatical gender

Please register by noon on the day of the talk: https://forms.gle/hhmex2pjepqHeZpr6

Professor Terje Lohndal (NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology).

Online.

Thursday 28 January 2021, 16:30-18:00

Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)

Challenges in Designing New Batteries and Supercapacitators for a Low Carbon Economy

Professor Clare P Grey - University of Cambridge ( Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Online.

Thursday 28 January 2021, 18:15-19:45

NLIP Seminar Series

Learning with Graphs in Natural Language Generation and Relation Extraction

Zhijiang Guo (University of Cambridge).

Virtual (Zoom).

Friday 29 January 2021, 12:00-13:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Transitional Bleeding in Early Modern England

Dr Sara Read, Loughborough University.

Online.

Friday 29 January 2021, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I Taylor Lecture - title to be confirmed

Dr Debora Sijacki. Institute of Astronomy.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 01 February 2021, 18:00-19:00

Computer Laboratory Tech Talks

Amazon: Title tbc

Speaker to be confirmed.

Online.

Tuesday 02 February 2021, 13:05-13:55

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Learning under model misspecification

Andrés R. Masegosa, Universidad de Almería (Spain).

Zoom.

Tuesday 02 February 2021, 13:15-14:15

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dr Fahim Kawsar - Nokia Bell Labs.

Online.

Wednesday 03 February 2021, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Misinformation and the distinct psychologies of believing and sharing

Professor Michael Bang Petersen (Aarhus University).

via zoom .

Wednesday 03 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Chaucer Club

The human language system in the mind and brain

Evelina Fedorenko (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Zoom - see MRC CBU website (https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/seminar-information/chaucer-club/) for details.

Thursday 04 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Linguistics Forum

Language change in bilingual returnee children: mutual effects of bilingual experience and cognition

Please register by noon on the day of the talk: https://forms.gle/gNiWovYWud8dTQds9

Maki Kubota (UiT The Arctic University of Norway).

Online.

Thursday 04 February 2021, 16:30-18:00

Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)

Epigenetic Inheritance: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

Prof Anne Ferguson-Smith.

Online.

Thursday 04 February 2021, 18:15-19:45

NLIP Seminar Series

Title TBD

Note unusual time

Amrith Krishna (University of Cambridge).

Virtual (Zoom).

Friday 05 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Statistics

Distribution-Free, Risk-Controlling Prediction Sets

Stephen Bates, University of California Berkeley.

https://maths-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92821218455?pwd=aHFOZWw5bzVReUNYR2d5OWc1Tk15Zz09.

Friday 05 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Blood in Motion: The Physics of Blood Flow

Professor Tim Pedley, University of Cambridge.

Online.

Friday 05 February 2021, 17:30-18:30

Computer Laboratory Tech Talks

TechWolf: Leveraging transformers to learn career paths as a language

Josef Valvoda.

Online.

Monday 08 February 2021, 13:05-13:55

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Hunt for Exoplanets

Professor Didier Queloz, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge.

Location: Your choice. See CSAR website or emails for joining information..

Monday 08 February 2021, 19:30-21:00

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Title to be confirmed

Hima Lakkaraju, Harvard University .

Zoom.

Tuesday 09 February 2021, 13:15-14:15

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Professor Maria Liakata - University of Warwick.

Online.

Wednesday 10 February 2021, 15:00-16:00

Chaucer Club

A data-driven approach to advancing cognitive neuroscience

Kendrick Kay (University of Minnesota).

Zoom - see MRC CBU website (https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/seminar-information/chaucer-club/) for details.

Thursday 11 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)

The Unexpected Side of Entropy

Prof. Daan Frenkel ( University of Cambridge).

Online.

Thursday 11 February 2021, 18:15-19:45

Darwin College Lecture Series

Dracula, Vampires and the New Woman

Professor Carol Senf, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Online.

Friday 12 February 2021, 17:30-18:30

Computer Laboratory Tech Talks

TPP: Open SAFELY - A new paradigm in health analytics & research

Speaker to be confirmed.

Online.

Monday 15 February 2021, 13:05-13:55

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Neural ODE Processes

Cris Bodnar, Alex Norcliffe, Ben Day, Jacob Moss .

Zoom.

Tuesday 16 February 2021, 13:15-14:15

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Quantifying and nudging collective intelligence

Associate Professor Anita Woolley (Carnegie Mellon University).

via zoom .

Wednesday 17 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title TBD

Mariam Redi (Wikimedia).

Virtual (Zoom).

Friday 19 February 2021, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Tom Berrett, University of Warwick.

https://maths-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92821218455?pwd=aHFOZWw5bzVReUNYR2d5OWc1Tk15Zz09.

Friday 19 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Bloodlines of the British

Professor Sir Walter Bodmer, University of Oxford.

Online.

Friday 19 February 2021, 17:30-18:30

Computer Laboratory Tech Talks

Matrix/Element: Title tbc

Matthew Hodgson.

Online.

Monday 22 February 2021, 13:05-13:55

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Title to be confirmed

Challenger Mishra.

Zoom.

Tuesday 23 February 2021, 13:15-14:15

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dr Emily Shuckburgh - Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge.

Online.

Wednesday 24 February 2021, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

How we know what not to think (3pm start)

Dr Fiery Cushman (Harvard University).

via zoom .

Wednesday 24 February 2021, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Honorary Fellows Lecture - Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE - title to be confirmed

Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE Chair, Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 24 February 2021, 18:00-19:00

Chaucer Club

Imaginative reinforcement learning

Sam Gershman (Harvard University).

Zoom - see MRC CBU website (https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/seminar-information/chaucer-club/) for details.

Thursday 25 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Rina Foygel Barber (University of Chicago).

https://maths-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92821218455?pwd=aHFOZWw5bzVReUNYR2d5OWc1Tk15Zz09.

Friday 26 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Blood villains and heros

Ms Rose George, Journalist.

Online.

Friday 26 February 2021, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Professor Sadaf Farooqi - title to be confirmed

Professor Sadaf Farooqi PhD, FRCP, FMedSci, Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Metabolism and Medicine, Department of Medicine.

Time and venue to be confirmed.

Monday 01 March 2021, 18:00-19:00

Computer Laboratory Tech Talks

Entrust: Title tbc

Speaker to be confirmed.

Online.

Tuesday 02 March 2021, 13:05-13:55

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Landscape and Gaps in Open Source Fairness Toolkits

Michelle Lee.

Zoom.

Tuesday 02 March 2021, 13:15-14:15

Chaucer Club

Neuroscience informed treatments for anxiety and depression

Michelle Craske (UCLA).

Zoom - see MRC CBU website (https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/seminar-information/chaucer-club/) for details.

Thursday 04 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)

Molecular Nanostructures with Unusual Electronic and Optical Properties

Professor Harry L. Anderson ( Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford).

Online.

Thursday 04 March 2021, 18:15-19:45

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Paromita Dubey, Stanford University.

https://maths-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92821218455?pwd=aHFOZWw5bzVReUNYR2d5OWc1Tk15Zz09.

Friday 05 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Cold Blood

Professor Stuart Egginton, University of Leeds.

Online.

Friday 05 March 2021, 17:30-18:30

Computer Laboratory Tech Talks

HP: Title tbc

Ian Pratt.

Online.

Monday 08 March 2021, 13:05-13:55

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Title to be confirmed

Bianca Dumitrascu.

Zoom.

Tuesday 09 March 2021, 13:15-14:15

Chaucer Club

Mesoscale fMRI and electrophysiology in human visual cortex

Dora Hermes (Mayo Clinic, Minnesota).

Zoom - see MRC CBU website (https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/seminar-information/chaucer-club/) for details.

Thursday 11 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title TBD

Note unusual time

Chenyan Xiong (Microsoft Research AI).

Virtual (Zoom).

Thursday 11 March 2021, 15:00-16:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Blood Sculptures

Mr Marc Quinn, Artist.

Online.

Friday 12 March 2021, 17:30-18:30

Computer Laboratory Tech Talks

Cadence Design Systems: Intelligent System Design and Computational Software

Andrew Hall.

Online.

Tuesday 16 March 2021, 13:05-13:55

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Do We Report the Information that is Necessary to Give Psychology Away?

Bharathy Premachandra (Cornell University).

via zoom .

Wednesday 17 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Chaucer Club

Talk title tbc

Ed Awh (University of Chicago).

Zoom - see MRC CBU website (https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/seminar-information/chaucer-club/) for details.

Thursday 18 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title TBD

Ryan McDonald (Google).

Virtual (Zoom).

Friday 19 March 2021, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Quantum Informatics amd Quantum Technologies - One day meeting

Organised by : Professor Ron Horgan and Professor Adrian Kent.

Cambridge University Engineering Department LT0.

Friday 26 March 2021, 09:00-17:15

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Predicting outcome for psychotic disorders, using brain connectivity and transcribed speech data

Sarah Morgan.

Zoom.

Tuesday 27 April 2021, 13:15-14:15

CCIMI Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Nicolas Boumal (EPFL).

Online (email ccimi@maths.cam.ac.uk for the link).

Wednesday 05 May 2021, 14:00-15:00

Peter Whittle Lecture

new date

Rob Nowak (U. Wisconsin.

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR2.

Thursday 14 October 2021, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Dr Julia Wolf - title to be confirmed

Dr Julia Wolf, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.

Time and venue to be confirmed.

Monday 08 November 2021, 18:00-19:00