Cabinet of Natural History

Whale-watching in the archives: methodological experimentation for more-than-human histories

Anna Guasco (Department of Geography).

Zoom.

Monday 23 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Dirac Lecture

The entropy of Hawking Radiation.

Professor Juan Maldacena - Institute for Advanced Studies.

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Monday 23 May 2022, 14:30-16:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Projectile Fusion A new challenge in applied computational science and engineering

Dr. Nathan Joiner, First Light Fusion, Yarnton, Oxfordshire.

Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, and Zoom.

Monday 23 May 2022, 19:30-21:00

Rouse Ball Lectures

Asymptotics beyond all orders: the devil's invention?

Professor Jon Chapman (Oxford).

Babbage Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 24 May 2022, 12:00-13:00

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Title to be confirmed

Yuhuai(Tony) Wu, Stanford University & Google.

Zoom.

Tuesday 24 May 2022, 13:15-14:15

Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Seminars

Apathy and impulsivity in neurological disease – cause, effect and treatment

Professor James Rowe.

Register on Zoom - link in abstract.

Tuesday 24 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

Machine Learning Reading Group @ CUED

Discussion: Bayesian Model Selection, the Marginal Likelihood, and Generalization

Speaker to be confirmed.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, CBL Seminar room BE4-38.

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 11:00-12:30

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

AI Hardware and Real-World AI

Andrew Fitzgibbon - Distinguished Engineer, Graphcore.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 15:05-15:55

Darwin College Science Seminars

Protecting privacy on the Internet: background, research, and practice

Daniel Hugenroth, Department of Science and Technology.

King Richard Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 26 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Women@CL Events

Women@CL Talkets

Kayla-Jade Butkow and Ting Dang and Ceren Kocaogullar.

Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building, FW11.

Thursday 26 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Episodic Memory: Some stimulating findings

Joel Voss (University of Chicago) .

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

Thursday 26 May 2022, 14:00-15:00

Wolfson College Science Society

Parental care: an evolutionary case of “use it or lose it”

Ellie Bladon, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Roger Needham Room, Wolfson College.

Friday 27 May 2022, 17:45-19:00

Cabinet of Natural History

Pleasures and perils of family-based natural history in early modern Europe

Alix Cooper (SUNY-Stony Brook).

Zoom.

Monday 30 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Harnessing cancer patients’ own immune system to control disease.

Professor Ann Ager, Professor of Cellular Immunity and Immunotherapy, Cardiff University.

Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, and Zoom.

Monday 30 May 2022, 19:30-21:00

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Multi-fidelity machine learning models for improved high-throughput screening predictions

David Buterez.

Zoom.

Tuesday 31 May 2022, 13:15-14:15

Machine Learning Reading Group @ CUED

ML Methodology, Reporting and Statistics

Adrian Goldwaser.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, CBL Seminar room BE4-38.

Wednesday 01 June 2022, 11:00-12:30

CCIMI Seminars

Inverse consistency and global convergence of ResNets

Francois-Xavier Vialard (Université Gustave Eiffel).

Virtual.

Wednesday 01 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Balanced Allocations: The Power of Choice versus Noise

Dr Thomas Sauerwald - Department of Computer Science and Technology.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 01 June 2022, 15:05-15:55

Statistics

A machine learning approach for causal structure estimation in high dimensions

Sach Mukherjee (MRC Biostatistics Unit).

MR12, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 03 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Seminars

Professor Sir Simon Baron Cohen - Title TBC

Professor Simon Baron Cohen, Department of Psychiatry.

Register on Zoom - link in abstract.

Tuesday 07 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Machine Learning Reading Group @ CUED

Discussion: Paper TBC

Speaker to be confirmed.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, CBL Seminar room BE4-38.

Wednesday 08 June 2022, 11:00-12:30

Chaucer Club

Cortical (beta) dynamics of movement control

Sven Bestmann (UCL).

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 09 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Wolfson College Science Society

Can biodiversity make children happy?

Kate Howlett, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Roger Needham Room, Wolfson College.

Friday 10 June 2022, 17:45-19:00

CCIMI Seminars

The implicit boundary integral method

Richard Tsai (UT Austin).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences, MR5.

Wednesday 15 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Misinformation: Subjective beliefs, Source credibility, and Social Networks

Jens Koed Madsen, London School of Economics.

Psychology Department Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 15 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Chaucer Club

Mapping the consequences of peripheral nerve injury on brain organisation and hand function

Ken Valyear (Bangor University).

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 16 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Linguistics Forum

TBC

Theresa Biberauer.

English Faculty, GR04.

Thursday 16 June 2022, 16:30-18:00

Statistics

Stochastic Causal Programming for Bounding Treatment Effects

Ricardo Silva (UCL).

MR12, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 17 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Chaucer Club

Exploring the role of the human cerebellum across functional domains

Jorn Diedrichsen (University of Western Ontario).

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 29 June 2022, 12:00-13:00

Chaucer Club

Blurring boundaries: Aging and memory for movies

Karen Campbell (Brock University).

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 30 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

TBA

Danielle Belgrave, DeepMind.

Zoom.

Tuesday 04 October 2022, 13:15-14:15

Darwin College Science Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Grab some lunch from the Darwin servery and enjoy an interesting science talk and discussion over lunch (talk starts 13.10, so make sure you're seated by then). Looking forward to seeing you there.

Dr Rajesh Bhagat.

King Richard Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 06 October 2022, 13:10-14:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Seminars

Dr Deborah Vickers

Dr Deborah Vickers, Clinical Neurosciences.

Register on Zoom - link in abstract.

Tuesday 11 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Science Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Grab some lunch from the Darwin servery and enjoy an interesting science talk and discussion over lunch (talk starts 13.10, so make sure you're seated by then). Looking forward to seeing you there.

Or Graur.

King Richard Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 13 October 2022, 13:10-14:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Seminars

Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain is Built

Professor Bill Harris, Department of Physiology, Development and Neurosciences, University of Cambridge.

Register on Zoom - link in abstract.

Tuesday 18 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Science Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Grab some lunch from the Darwin servery and enjoy an interesting science talk and discussion over lunch (talk starts 13.10, so make sure you're seated by then). Looking forward to seeing you there.

Pablo Alcon.

King Richard Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 20 October 2022, 13:10-14:00

Peter Whittle Lecture

Liza Levina (U. Michigan).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR2.

Thursday 20 October 2022, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Seminars

Hypothalamic episode generators underlying the neural control of fertility

Professor Allan Herbison, Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.

Register on Zoom - link in abstract.

Tuesday 25 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Science Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Grab some lunch from the Darwin servery and enjoy an interesting science talk and discussion over lunch (talk starts 13.10, so make sure you're seated by then). Looking forward to seeing you there.

Carol Brayne.

King Richard Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 27 October 2022, 13:10-14:00

Darwin College Science Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Grab some lunch from the Darwin servery and enjoy an interesting science talk and discussion over lunch (talk starts 13.10, so make sure you're seated by then). Looking forward to seeing you there.

Sofia Orellana.

King Richard Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 03 November 2022, 13:10-14:00

Darwin College Science Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Grab some lunch from the Darwin servery and enjoy an interesting science talk and discussion over lunch (talk starts 13.10, so make sure you're seated by then). Looking forward to seeing you there.

Jasmin Stowers.

King Richard Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 10 November 2022, 13:10-14:00

Darwin College Science Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Grab some lunch from the Darwin servery and enjoy an interesting science talk and discussion over lunch (talk starts 13.10, so make sure you're seated by then). Looking forward to seeing you there.

Mairead Ryan.

King Richard Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 24 November 2022, 13:10-14:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Social Isolation

Professor Christina Victor, Brunel University.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 20 January 2023, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Isolation of Asylum Seekers

Dr Amy Nethery, Deakin University.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 27 January 2023, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Isolating Consciousness

Professor Anil Seth, University of Sussex.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 03 February 2023, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Antarctica:Isolated Continent

Professor Dame Jane Francis, British Antarctic Survey.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 10 February 2023, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Isolation and Trapping using Optical Tweezers

Professor Philip Jones, University College London.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 17 February 2023, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Are we alone in the Universe

Dr Arik Kershenbaum, University of Cambridge.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 24 February 2023, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Self-Imposed Isolation of North Korea

Professor Heonik Kwon, University of Cambridge.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 03 March 2023, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Our Quantum Future - One day meeting

Note: Date in Easter term and venue to be confirmed

Organised by : Professor Ron Horgan and Professor Adrian Kent.

Cambridge University Engineering Department LT0.

Wednesday 08 March 2023, 09:00-17:15

Darwin College Lecture Series

Isolation in International Relations

Professor Amrita Narlikar, German Institute for Global and Area Studies.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 10 March 2023, 17:30-18:30