Events in the Department of Computer Science
Find out more about events, seminars and public lectures in the Department.
Neurodiversity Celebration Week - Gaming Social
To celebrate [https://www.neurodiversityweek.com Neurodiversity Celebration Week] (18 to 24 March) the Disabled Staff Network and Neurodivergent Network are hosting a special social event on Tuesday 19 March 2024, 12pm – 2pm in the Roscoe Building, Room 1.009. [https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-manchester/access-guides/roscoe_1-009...
Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Kieron O’Hara
Join Digital Futures for a free event on 20th March to uncover Kieron O'Hara's groundbreaking book "The Seven Veils of Privacy." O'Hara will unravel the contested concept of privacy, offering a nuanced framework to navigate divergent perspectives. This event invites participants from all disciplines and backgrounds to come together, fostering...
AI-Fun Seminar | Gavin Brown: Bias/Variance is not the same as Approximation/Estimation
The Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals is hosting a series of seminars featuring expert researchers working in the fundamentals of AI and our speaker on 27 March is Professor Gavin Brown. Title: Bias/Variance is not the same as Approximation/Estimation Abstract: We study the relation between two classical results: the bias-variance decomposition,...
Pankhurst Institute Seminar Series - AI & Digital Healthcare Technology Framework
We are delighted to announce the forthcoming AI in Healthcare seminar hosted by the Pankhurst Institute Seminar Series Title: AI & Digital Healthcare Technology Framework Dr. Alan Davies has a background in Computer Science and Nursing and has worked previously in interventional cardiology and subsequently authored several medical text books...
Training Course on Advanced Scripting and Batching of Tomographic Datasets
Although X-ray tomography is an attractive characterisation technique in materials science, it generates a huge amount of data at a fast rate and it can be extremely time consuming to process the data manually. A great benefit to creating scripts and plugins in Avizo is the ability to reuse a workflow on more than one image or to develop a bespoke...
AI-Fun Seminar | Rishideep Roy: Forecasting Election Results Through Multinomial Model with Randomly Varying Probabilities
The Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals is hosting a series of seminars featuring expert researchers working in the fundamentals of AI. Rishideep Roy is a Lecturer in Statistics at the University of Essex. Title: Forecasting Election Results Through Multinomial Model with Randomly Varying Probabilities Abstract: We consider a sequence of...
Training Course on Visualisation & quantification of tomographic datasets
A 2 day training course covering theory and computer-based practical works using the Thermo Scientific™ Amira-Avizo Software. Lab/synchrotron X-ray tomography has emerged as one of the most important techniques for research in a wide range of applications including healthcare, energy, food and geology. Advances in the quality of X-ray beams,...
Chemical Imaging and Tomography - Training Course
Jumpstart your understanding of advanced chemical imaging & tomography with this three-day course by Finden who received the prestigious Royal Socity of Chemistry award in 2023 for pioneering the XRD-CT method. Learn about the fundamental principles, current instrumentation, and how these approaches are applied using the scattering and spectroscopic...
Digital Futures PhD Network
The Digital Futures network serves as a dynamic and collaborative hub exclusively designed for the community of PhD students within The University of Manchester, who are conducting research related to digital topics. The primary objective of this network is to help students to develop interdisciplinary, cross faculty relationships that can lead...
Centre for Digital Trust and Society Seed Corn Showcase
The Centre for Digital Trust and Society (CDTS) is excited to present the CDTS Seed Corn Showcase. This event celebrates the groundbreaking achievements of the four research projects funded in our 2022-2023 Seed Corn Funding. What is the CDTS Seed Corn Funding? Each year, CDTS awards funding to cutting-edge research proposals that explore critical...