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Talks on 2019/2/21

10:00 Advanced NMR applications Jane Wagstaf, MRC LMB Biophysical Techniques Lecture Series 2019
11:00 Teaching Artificial Agents to Understand Language by Modelling Reward Edward Grefenstette, Facebook AI Research Language Technology Lab Seminars
11:00 Explicit error bounds for randomized Smolyak algorithms and an application to infinite-dimensional integration Michael Gnewuch (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
11:30 The structure and origin of confined Holmboe waves Adrien Lefauve (DAMTP, University of Cambridge) Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows (IEEF)
11:40 Monte Carlo methods for $L_q$ approximation on periodic Sobolev spaces with mixed smoothness Heping Wang (Capital Normal University) Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
13:00 Impact Investing Brad M Barber (UC Davis) , Professor of Finance Cambridge Finance Workshop Series
13:00 Epigenetic control of malignant melanoma Emily Bernstein, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer
13:00 Rethinking mechanisms of stomatal response to temperature, drought and VPD Mike Blatt, Glasgow Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars
13:00 Phenotyping iPS-CM's with light Matthew Daniels, Oxford Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series
13:10 Evolution, development and function of flower patterns Ms Alice Fairnie (Sainsbury Laboratory, Botanic Garden Cambridge) Darwin College Science Seminars
13:15 Machine Learning for the benefit of Engineering Dr Stephan Waldert, Arm Technical Talks - Department of Computer Science and Technology
13:40 Optimal Confidence for Monte Carlo Integration of Smooth Functions Robert J. Kunsch (Universität Osnabrück) Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
14:00 BSU Seminar: “Sample size considerations for the design clinical trials – quantifying the target difference and the target no-difference” Prof Steven Julious, University of Sheffield MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars
14:00 BSU Seminar: “Sample size considerations for the design clinical trials – quantifying the target difference and the target no-difference” Prof Steven Julious, University of Sheffield MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars
14:00 Block Scaled Diagonal Dominance for Applications in Control Theory and Optimisation Aivar Sootla, University of Oxford CUED Control Group Seminars
14:15 Undecidability of the Spectral Gap in One Dimension Dr Johannes Bausch, DAMTP, University of Cambridge Theory of Condensed Matter
14:15 Quantum Fast-Forwarding: Markov Chains and Graph Property Testing Simon Apers, INRIA CQIF Seminar
14:20 Optimal recovery using wavelet trees Markus Weimar (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
15:00 Computational Behavior Analysis through Wearables and Machine Learning -- Pushing the Boundaries towards usable Digital Health. Thomas Ploetz (Georgia Tech) Computer Laboratory Systems Research Group Seminar
15:00 Lower semicontinuity and relaxation of nonlocal $L^\infty$ functionals. Elvira Zappale (Università degli Studi di Salerno) Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
15:30 Beyond correspondence: realism for realistic people Hasok Chang (Department of History and Philosophy of Science) Departmental Seminars in History and Philosophy of Science
15:30 Understanding mechanisms of anxiety: combining experimental psychology and genomics Thalia Eley (Kings College London) Chaucer Club
15:30 Discussion Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
16:00 Making the tiniest machines Professor David Leigh, University of Manchester Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group
16:00 The Higgs Bottom Line of Run II Tilman Plehn (Heidelberg) HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar
16:00 Hyperplasticity Prof. G.T. Houlsby, University of Oxford Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars
16:00 Transformative advances in post-main-sequence planetary system science Dimitri Veras (Warwick) Institute of Astronomy Colloquia
16:00 Pfaffian systems and the fundamental theorem of surface theory Florian Litzinger, Queen Mary University of London Cambridge Analysts' Knowledge Exchange
16:10 Discussion Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
16:30 Seeking cross-linguistic interaction in the phonetic and phonological development of bilingual French-speaking children Dr Margaret Kehoe (University of Geneva) Cambridge Linguistics Forum
17:00 European building activity in times of crisis, 13th-17th centuries Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist (Stockholm) Early Modern Economic and Social History Seminars
17:00 Backdoors always backfire Tanja Lange (Eindhoven), to be joined by Daniel J. Bernstein (Chicago) for Q+A C.U. Ethics in Mathematics Society (CUEiMS)
17:30 Annual LGBT HM Lecture: Trans People: Flashback and Backlash Christine Burns MBE LGBT+ Staff Network
17:30 J M Keynes Fellowship Fund Lectures 2019 Professor Vasco Carvalho; Professor Brian Cheffins; Professor Raghavendra Rau; Dr Pedro Saffi and Dr Michael Tehranchi J M Keynes Fellowship Fund Lectures
18:00 In Conversation with Darren Henley, CEO Arts Council England Darren Henley, Arts Council England Cambridge Judge Business School
18:30 PRESTIGE LECTURE - QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES Dr. Paul Martin is a Partner at PA Consulting’s Global Innovation and Technology Centre IET
18:30 16th Polish Science Cafe with CU PolSoc (Paweł Biernacki and Juliette Bretan) Dr Paweł Biernacki (Institute of Astronomy); Juliette Bretan (English Faculty) Cambridge University Polish Society
18:45 Hyde Park: a history through trees Greg Packman, Arboricultural Officer at the Royal Parks Cambridge Natural History Society
19:00 Climate Change: Nonlinear Problem = Nonlinear Response Professor John Schellnhuber Cambridge Climate Lecture Series

📅 Talks on Thursday, 21 February 2019

10:00

Advanced NMR applications

👤 Jane Wagstaf, MRC LMB 📚 Biophysical Techniques Lecture Series 2019 📍 Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus

11:00

Teaching Artificial Agents to Understand Language by Modelling Reward

👤 Edward Grefenstette, Facebook AI Research 📚 Language Technology Lab Seminars 📍 Faculty of English, Room SR24

11:00

Explicit error bounds for randomized Smolyak algorithms and an application to infinite-dimensional integration

👤 Michael Gnewuch (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) 📚 Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series 📍 Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

11:30

The structure and origin of confined Holmboe waves

👤 Adrien Lefauve (DAMTP, University of Cambridge) 📚 Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows (IEEF) 📍 Open Plan Area, BP Institute, Madingley Rise CB3 0EZ

11:40

Monte Carlo methods for $L_q$ approximation on periodic Sobolev spaces with mixed smoothness

👤 Heping Wang (Capital Normal University) 📚 Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series 📍 Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

13:00

Impact Investing

👤 Brad M Barber (UC Davis) , Professor of Finance 📚 Cambridge Finance Workshop Series 📍 Room W4.05 Cambridge Judge Business School

13:00

Epigenetic control of malignant melanoma

👤 Emily Bernstein, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 📚 Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer 📍 CRUK CI Lecture Theatre

13:00

Rethinking mechanisms of stomatal response to temperature, drought and VPD

👤 Mike Blatt, Glasgow 📚 Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars 📍 Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre

13:00

Phenotyping iPS-CM's with light

👤 Matthew Daniels, Oxford 📚 Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series 📍 School of Clinical Medicine, Lecture Theatre Two

13:10

Evolution, development and function of flower patterns

👤 Ms Alice Fairnie (Sainsbury Laboratory, Botanic Garden Cambridge) 📚 Darwin College Science Seminars 📍 The Richard King Room, Darwin College

13:15

Machine Learning for the benefit of Engineering

👤 Dr Stephan Waldert, Arm 📚 Technical Talks - Department of Computer Science and Technology 📍 FW11, Computer Laboratory

13:40

Optimal Confidence for Monte Carlo Integration of Smooth Functions

👤 Robert J. Kunsch (Universität Osnabrück) 📚 Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series 📍 Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

14:00

BSU Seminar: “Sample size considerations for the design clinical trials – quantifying the target difference and the target no-difference”

👤 Prof Steven Julious, University of Sheffield 📚 MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars 📍 Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge

14:00

BSU Seminar: “Sample size considerations for the design clinical trials – quantifying the target difference and the target no-difference”

👤 Prof Steven Julious, University of Sheffield 📚 MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars 📍 Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge

14:00

Block Scaled Diagonal Dominance for Applications in Control Theory and Optimisation

👤 Aivar Sootla, University of Oxford 📚 CUED Control Group Seminars 📍 Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Theatre 6

14:15

Undecidability of the Spectral Gap in One Dimension

👤 Dr Johannes Bausch, DAMTP, University of Cambridge 📚 Theory of Condensed Matter 📍 TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory

14:15

Quantum Fast-Forwarding: Markov Chains and Graph Property Testing

👤 Simon Apers, INRIA 📚 CQIF Seminar 📍 MR4, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge

14:20

Optimal recovery using wavelet trees

👤 Markus Weimar (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) 📚 Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series 📍 Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

15:00

Computational Behavior Analysis through Wearables and Machine Learning -- Pushing the Boundaries towards usable Digital Health.

👤 Thomas Ploetz (Georgia Tech) 📚 Computer Laboratory Systems Research Group Seminar 📍 LT2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building

15:00

Lower semicontinuity and relaxation of nonlocal $L^\infty$ functionals.

👤 Elvira Zappale (Università degli Studi di Salerno) 📚 Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series 📍 Seminar Room 2, Newton Institute

15:30

Beyond correspondence: realism for realistic people

👤 Hasok Chang (Department of History and Philosophy of Science) 📚 Departmental Seminars in History and Philosophy of Science 📍 Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science

15:30

Understanding mechanisms of anxiety: combining experimental psychology and genomics

👤 Thalia Eley (Kings College London) 📚 Chaucer Club 📍 Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road

15:30

Discussion

👤 📚 Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series 📍 Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

16:00

Making the tiniest machines

👤 Professor David Leigh, University of Manchester 📚 Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group 📍 Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW

16:00

The Higgs Bottom Line of Run II

👤 Tilman Plehn (Heidelberg) 📚 HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar 📍 MR19 (Potter Room, Pavilion B), CMS

16:00

Hyperplasticity

👤 Prof. G.T. Houlsby, University of Oxford 📚 Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars 📍 Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 2

16:00

Transformative advances in post-main-sequence planetary system science

👤 Dimitri Veras (Warwick) 📚 Institute of Astronomy Colloquia 📍 Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm)

16:00

Pfaffian systems and the fundamental theorem of surface theory

👤 Florian Litzinger, Queen Mary University of London 📚 Cambridge Analysts' Knowledge Exchange 📍 MR14, Centre for Mathematical Sciences

16:10

Discussion

👤 📚 Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series 📍 Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

16:30

Seeking cross-linguistic interaction in the phonetic and phonological development of bilingual French-speaking children

👤 Dr Margaret Kehoe (University of Geneva) 📚 Cambridge Linguistics Forum 📍 Gr-06/7 (English Faculty Building)

17:00

European building activity in times of crisis, 13th-17th centuries

👤 Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist (Stockholm) 📚 Early Modern Economic and Social History Seminars 📍 History Faculty Room 12

17:00

Backdoors always backfire

👤 Tanja Lange (Eindhoven), to be joined by Daniel J. Bernstein (Chicago) for Q+A 📚 C.U. Ethics in Mathematics Society (CUEiMS) 📍 MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences

17:30

Annual LGBT HM Lecture: Trans People: Flashback and Backlash

👤 Christine Burns MBE 📚 LGBT+ Staff Network 📍 McGrath Centre, St Catharine's College

17:30

J M Keynes Fellowship Fund Lectures 2019

👤 Professor Vasco Carvalho; Professor Brian Cheffins; Professor Raghavendra Rau; Dr Pedro Saffi and Dr Michael Tehranchi 📚 J M Keynes Fellowship Fund Lectures 📍 McCrum Lecture Theatre (behind the Eagle pub), Bene't St

18:00

In Conversation with Darren Henley, CEO Arts Council England

👤 Darren Henley, Arts Council England 📚 Cambridge Judge Business School 📍 Cambridge Judge Business School, Lecture Theatre 2

18:30

PRESTIGE LECTURE - QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES

👤 Dr. Paul Martin is a Partner at PA Consulting’s Global Innovation and Technology Centre 📚 IET 📍 Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS

18:30

16th Polish Science Cafe with CU PolSoc (Paweł Biernacki and Juliette Bretan)

👤 Dr Paweł Biernacki (Institute of Astronomy); Juliette Bretan (English Faculty) 📚 Cambridge University Polish Society 📍 Armitage Room, Queens' College

18:45

Hyde Park: a history through trees

👤 Greg Packman, Arboricultural Officer at the Royal Parks 📚 Cambridge Natural History Society 📍 David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ

19:00

Climate Change: Nonlinear Problem = Nonlinear Response

👤 Professor John Schellnhuber 📚 Cambridge Climate Lecture Series 📍 Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Cambridge

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