Events in the Department of Computer Science
Find out more about events, seminars and public lectures in the Department.
THE FUTURE IS BIOLOGICAL! Future Data Storage Solutions Workshop
Are DNA storage technologies a sustainable, efficient, and useful future for archive and data management? As data production increases exponentially, traditional storage methods—expensive, energy- intensive, and inefficient—are proving unsustainable. The use of DNA as a storage medium has emerged as a promising solution to these challenges....
Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr Chester & Dr Lane
Talk Title: Automated Data Collection from Politically Restricted Social Media Platforms: Challenges and insights from China and Russia Join us for a webinar to learn about the automated web-scraping techniques developed by Dr. Patrick Chester (Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey) and Dr. Justin E. Lane (CulturePulse, Bratislava, Slovakia)...
AI in Healthcare: Transforming the Future with Large Language Models #2
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS FOR NHS-RELATED STAFF AND ACADEMICS ONLY. After the huge success of AI in Healthcare: Transforming the Future with Large Language Models in July, we have organised part two! Learn more about the use of AI in the NHS with Digital Futures' upcoming October event. AI in Healthcare: Transforming the Future with Large...
AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Pablo Moreno Muñoz
This month’s AI-Fun and ELLIS Invited Speaker lecture will take place in Engineering Building B, room 2B.003. It’s easy to find: from the second floor (where Eng B and Nancy Rothwell Building join), follow the signs (take a left turn and then a right turn and the room is on the left); OR from the ground floor, take the stairs to the second...
Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Marilyne Ordekian
Talk Title: Investigating Wrench Attacks: Physical Attacks Targeting Cryptocurrency Users Cryptocurrency wrench attacks are physical attacks targeting cryptocurrency users in the real world to illegally obtain cryptocurrencies. These attacks significantly undermine the efficacy of existing digital security norms when confronted with real-world...
SPRITE+ and Digital Futures: Lunch and Learn with Jennifer Cearns
Time & Location 15 Oct 2025, 13:00 – 13:30 Online About the event Join SPRITE+ and our event partner Digital Futures on Wednesday 15th October for Dr Jennifer Cearns' talk 'Through the Looking Glass? The Collapse of Self/Other in AI Mental Health Apps'. Dr Jennifer Cearns is a digital anthropologist, specialising in AI and algorithms in social...
Training course on in situ experiments and digital volume correlation
Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) is a powerful experimental technique that computes 3D full-field displacement and strain maps from volumes images acquired during a deformation process of a material. DVC is the 3D extension of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) which was first described four decades ago. The emergence of DVC started early 2000s with...
Unit M Startup Weekend
Calling all Women in STEM - Students, staff & alumni (2025): Have you ever wondered what day 0 of your startup actually feels like? In collaboration with The Tech Bros, Unit M are running an all-expenses paid weekend in Cheshire (hotel stay included) on 24th-26th October. What’s on the agenda? - A founder crash-course - A true startup simulation:...
AI & Sustainability PhD/ECR Workshop
[University of Manchester Staff and Student Only | In-person] Location: Nancy Rothwell building, 3A.016 We are looking for PhD students/Early Career Researchers to present their research This will be an interdisciplinary group, so it’s an opportunity to share your knowledge outside of your usual field and to develop interesting conversations...
Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Robert Gorwa
Talk Title: Full Stack AI Governance Every time someone trains, deploys, or queries an ‘artificial intelligence’ system, whether they know it or not, they are implicating the practices and services of an enormous number of interlinked businesses in the AI ‘stack’. In this talk, Robert Gorwa will present early findings from his ongoing...