Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Time course of memory updating in running span

Shraddha Kaur (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 12:30-13:30

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Imitation learning for structured prediction

Dr Andreas Vlachos.

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 16:15-17:00

Indo-European Seminar

Hieroglyphic Luwian masterclass

Tea served from 4.15

Willemijn Waal, Leiden.

1.11 Classics Faculty.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 16:30-17:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Learning and memory: a novel insight

Dr Melanie Stefan.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 18:00-19:00

"Life Sciences Masterclass"

The Journey of Human Early Development: from Gametes to Embryos and the Germline Specification

Dr. Marta Shahbazi (PDN) & Dr. Naoko Irie (Gurdon).

Postdoc Centre, Biomedical Campus, Bay 13, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0SP.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 18:30-20:00

Cambridge University Physics Society

The evolution of Bell's thinking about the Bell theorem in quantum mechanics

Professor Harvey Brown, University of Oxford.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 20:00-21:00

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Learning and testing compositionality

Elia Bruni, University of Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain).

Faculty of English, Room SR24.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 11:00-12:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

Gorilla Society: investigating cooperation, territoriality and social support in our evolutionary cousins

Robin E Morrison (Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge).

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 13:10-14:00

Chaucer Club

Castles built on sand: can we trust non-invasive brain stimulation techniques?

John Rothwell (UCL).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 15:30-17:00

Children's Literature

Fantasy and the Anthropocene

Prof Brian Attebery, University of Glasgow.

Mary Allan Building room 104, Homerton College, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PQ.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 16:00-18:00

Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)

Harnessing evolution for making new medicines

2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Prof Sir Gregory Winter.

Winstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 18:00-19:30

Machine Learning @ CUED

Observation and Intervention Incentives in Causal Influence Diagrams: Towards an Understanding of Powerful Machine Learning Systems

Tom Everitt (DeepMind).

Engineering Department, LR5 (in front of library, 1st floor).

Friday 25 January 2019, 11:00-12:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Probabilistic Typology: Deep Generative Models of Vowel Inventories

Ryan Cotterell, NLIP, University of Cambridge.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 25 January 2019, 12:00-13:00

Craik Club

Working memory binding and episodic memory formation: evidence from neuroimaging, aging and patient studies

Professor Roy P. C. Kessels, Donders Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen.

Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site.

Friday 25 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

Statistics

Geometric MCMC for infinite-dimensional Bayesian Inverse Problems

Alexandros Beskos, University College London .

MR12.

Friday 25 January 2019, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

Title to be confirmed

THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Professor Natalie Sebanz, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 25 January 2019, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Colour and Vision

Professor Anya Hurlbert, Newcastle University.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 25 January 2019, 17:30-18:30

Wolfson College Science Society talks

The rise of machine learning and its relevance for the natural sciences

Ryan-Rhys Griffiths, Wolfson College.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 25 January 2019, 17:45-19:10

The Archimedeans (CU Mathematical Society)

Title to be confirmed

Dr Ana Khukhro (University of Cambridge).

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 25 January 2019, 19:00-20:00

Cabinet of Natural History

Advijsen, old and new: the life span of VOC natural-historical information within the Dutch East Indies

Genie Yoo (Princeton University).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 28 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

Second Language Education Group

Creativity in the languages classroom: Learners' responses to literary text

Dr.Linda Fisher, University of Cambridge , Professor Suzanne Graham, Reading University.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 28 January 2019, 17:00-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Fluctuations in the life of a cell: maintaining order amidst disorder

Professor Vikram Deshpande, Department of Engineering.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 January 2019, 18:00-19:00

Trinity Mathematical Society

Solitons: An Introduction

Dr Anthony Ashton (DAMTP).

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Monday 28 January 2019, 20:30-21:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Gravitational Wave Astrophysics: the Shape of Things to Come

Professor Sheila Rowan.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 29 January 2019, 18:00-20:00

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

A job out of this world: my research and journey as a space scientist

Dr Ghina Halabi.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 29 January 2019, 19:30-21:00

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Mindfulness training for mental health promotion

Julieta Galante (Dept of Psychiatry, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 12:30-13:30

CCIMI Seminars

Pure Mathematics in Crisis

Professor Kevin Buzzard.

CMS, MR3.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

The Magic of Machine Learning and Classifier ensembles

Ludmila Kuncheva,Bangor University.

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 16:15-17:00

Indo-European Seminar

1st Reading seminar: Harm Pinkster’s Oxford Latin Syntax

Tea served from 4.15

Speaker to be confirmed.

1.11 Classics Faculty.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 16:30-17:30

Arts and Creativities Research Group

Queering the Art Classroom

Tabitha Millett, IoE, University College London.

Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, room GS1.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge University Physics Society

Energy, entropy and the physics of deep learning

Dr Alpha Lee, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 20:00-21:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

Planet Nine: To Be or Not To Be

Mr Antranik A. Sefilian.

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 31 January 2019, 13:10-14:00

Chaucer Club

The Eye’s Mind – perspectives on visual imagery

Adam Zeman (University of Exeter).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 31 January 2019, 15:30-17:00

Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)

Climate Change: A Defining Challenge for the 21st Century

Dame Julia Slingo (Met Office).

Winstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College.

Thursday 31 January 2019, 18:00-19:30

NLIP Seminar Series

Topic-Aware Convolutional Neural Networks for Extreme Summarization

Shashi Narayan, University of Edinburgh / Google.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 01 February 2019, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Sylvain Sardy, Université de Genève.

MR12.

Friday 01 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

Human olfaction at the intersection of language, culture and biology

Professor Asifa Majid, Professor of Language, Communication, and Cultural Cognition, University of York.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 01 February 2019, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Evolution of the Eye

Professor Dan-Eric Nilsson, Lund University.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 01 February 2019, 17:30-18:30

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Room Temperature Single-Molecule Magnets for Quantum Computing: Serendipity or Design?

David Izuogu, Wolfson College.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 01 February 2019, 17:45-19:10

The Archimedeans (CU Mathematical Society)

Title to be confirmed

James Newton (University of Cambridge).

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 01 February 2019, 19:00-20:00

Cabinet of Natural History

Printing, publishing and circulating books across Joseph Banks's empire

Edwin Rose (Department of History and Philosophy of Science).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 04 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Computer Laboratory Tech Talks

Digital Technology & Personalised Medicine

Food provided

Louis Swain and Oliver Abbey, TPP.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Monday 04 February 2019, 13:15-14:15

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Inflamed Depression

Prof. Edward Bullmore, University of Cambridge.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 04 February 2019, 19:30-21:00

Trinity Mathematical Society

Are we living in the matrix?

Professor David Tong (DAMTP).

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Monday 04 February 2019, 20:30-21:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Fusion Theory and Experimental Plasmas

Ian Chapman.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 05 February 2019, 18:00-20:00

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Leading the New Space Age

Claire Barcham.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 05 February 2019, 19:30-21:00

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Studies on the acquisition, persistence and reduction of fear and avoidance: a life-span perspective

Marc Bennett (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 12:30-13:30

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Perpetual Computing: Technologies for Banishing Batteries

Joshua R. Smith - Zeutschel Professor, Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington.

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 16:15-17:00

Indo-European Seminar

Italic religious dedications: between local traditions and Graeco-Roman influences

Tea served from 4.15

Maria José Estaran University of Zaragoza.

1.11 Classics Faculty.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 16:30-17:30

Children's Literature

Giving Comics Back to Children

Professor Laurence Grove, University of Glasgow.

Mary Allan Building room G10, Homerton College, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PQ.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 17:00-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - The Fuel of Life

A COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS RECEPTION TO FOLLOW ON AFTER THE LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FOYER TO THE LECTURE THEATRE FOR ALL ATTENDEES

Professor Sir John E Walker FRS FMedSci,Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Medical Research Council, Mitochondrial Biology Unit .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Endangered Languages and Cultures Group

What can endangered creoles tell us about language change? Three centuries of Louisiana Creole

Oliver Mayeux, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of English, Room GR-06/07.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 18:30-19:30

Cambridge University Physics Society

Playing ping-pong with single electrons

Professor Chris Ford, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 20:00-21:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

Hearing and seeing things that are not there: Quantifying brain structure related to hallucinations

Colleen Rollins (Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge).

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 07 February 2019, 13:10-14:00

Chaucer Club

Testosterone and human gender development

Melissa Hines (Dept of Psychology, University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 07 February 2019, 15:30-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Piotr Mirowski, DeepMind.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 08 February 2019, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Gerda Claeskens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven .

MR12.

Friday 08 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

Set to change? Lifespan factors influencing neurocognitive trajectories and plasticity

Professor Kristine Beate Walhovd, Professor of Neuropsychology, University of Oslo.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 08 February 2019, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Vision of Future Technology

Ms Sophie Hackford, Futurist, co-founder 1715Labs.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 08 February 2019, 17:30-18:30

The Archimedeans (CU Mathematical Society)

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Victoria Gould (University of York).

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 08 February 2019, 19:00-20:00

Cabinet of Natural History

Georg Joseph Kamel (1661–1706): natural knowledge in transit between the Philippines and Europe

Sebestian Kroupa (Department of History and Philosophy of Science).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 11 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Second Language Education Group

The Listening Zones of NGOs: Languages and cultural knowledge in development programmes

There will be a drinks reception after the seminar

Professor Hilary Footitt, University of Reading.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 11 February 2019, 17:00-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

When algebra meets geometry

Professor Caucher Birkar, DPMMS .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 February 2019, 18:00-19:00

Trinity Mathematical Society

The Continuum Hypothesis

Professor Imre Leader (DPMMS).

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Monday 11 February 2019, 20:30-21:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Astrobiology at NASA

Lynn Rothschild .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 12 February 2019, 18:00-20:00

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Exploring the early Universe with super radio-telescopes: HERA and SKA

Nicolas Fagnoni.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 12 February 2019, 19:30-21:00

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

The status of semantic memory in patients with left vs. right anterior temporal lobe resection

Grace Rice (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 12:30-13:30

Craik Club

Adaptation Produces Change-Salience

Professor M. J. Morgan, City, University of London.

Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site.

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Make Switches Simple Again!

Dr Noa Zilberman.

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory.

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 16:15-17:00

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Make Switches Simple Again!

Dr Noa Zilberman.

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory.

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 16:15-17:00

Arts and Creativities Research Group

SILENCE - (Re-)Viewing the concept of silence across multiple perspectives by an interdisciplinary panel of researchers

Satinder Gill, Hilary Cremin, Elizabeth Maber, Toshi Tsuruhara, Pam Burnard, Helen Lees.

Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, room GS1.

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge University Physics Society

The Butterfly Effect: what does it really signify?

Professor Tim Palmer, University of Oxford.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 20:00-21:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

Genome sequencing paves the way for precision medicine in the NHS: the Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) point of view

Dr Stefan Gräf.

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 14 February 2019, 13:10-14:00

Chaucer Club

Ecological Language: A multimodal approach to language learning and processing

Gabriella Vigliocco (UCL).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 14 February 2019, 15:30-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Understanding Source Code using Natural Language and Graph Neural Networks

Miltos Allamanis, Microsoft Research.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 15 February 2019, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Botond Szabó, University of Leiden.

MR12.

Friday 15 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

Animal models of episodic memory

Professor Jonathon D. Crystal, Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 15 February 2019, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Appearance and Physical Reality

Professor Carlo Rovelli, International Centre for Theoretical Physics.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 15 February 2019, 17:30-18:30

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Finding the right path: How do multidomain proteins avoid misfolding, and how can women avoid the pitfalls in their scientific career paths?

Professor Jane Clarke, FRS, President of Wolfson College, Cambridge.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 15 February 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cabinet of Natural History

Students, tourists and farmers: the publics of botanic gardens in the 18th century

Elena Romero-Passerin (University of St Andrews).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 18 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Faculty of Education Seminars

Structures of Governance in English Secondary Schooling and their Antecedents: The Cambridgeshire Village College Meets the Academy Trust

Dr Gordon Johnson and Dr Gillian Sutherland.

DMB GS1, Faculty of Education, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PH.

Monday 18 February 2019, 16:15-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Cancers and the tumour microenvironment

Prof. Frances Balkwill, Queen Mary University of London.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 18 February 2019, 19:30-21:00

Trinity Mathematical Society

Sum-of-squares proofs

Dr Hamza Fawzi (DAMTP).

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Monday 18 February 2019, 20:30-21:30

Arts and Creativities Research Group

Celebrating Difference- A Whole School Approach to Lgbt+ Inclusion in Schools

Shaun Dellenty.

Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, room GS1.

Tuesday 19 February 2019, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Characterising Exoplanet Atmospheres

Ryan MacDonald.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 19 February 2019, 19:30-21:00

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Epigenetics, inheritance and adaption within the family environment

Rahia Mashoodh (Dept. of Zoology, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 12:30-13:30

CCIMI Seminars

Advances in machine learning for molecules

José Miguel Hernández-Lobato, Department of Engineering (University of Cambridge).

CMS, MR14.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 14:30-15:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

From Sinners to Saints: How Redemption Narratives Motivate Prosocial Consumer Behaviors

Dr. Eric Levy, Queen Mary University of London.

Nick Mackintosch Seminar Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 15:00-16:00

Arts and Creativities Research Group

Capturing complexity in improvisation research

Dr Leila Heil, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, room GS1.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Endangered Languages and Cultures Group

Endangered languages, cultures and ecosystems: The case of Modern South Arabian

Prof Janet Watson, Leeds University.

Faculty of English, Room GR-06/07.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 18:30-19:30

Cambridge University Physics Society

Ultracold Atomic Gases: The Coldest Stuff in the Universe

Professor Zoran Hadzibabic, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 20:00-21:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

Evolution, development and function of flower patterns

Ms Alice Fairnie (Sainsbury Laboratory, Botanic Garden Cambridge).

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 21 February 2019, 13:10-14:00

Chaucer Club

Understanding mechanisms of anxiety: combining experimental psychology and genomics

Thalia Eley (Kings College London).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 21 February 2019, 15:30-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dong Nguyen, University of Edinburgh & Alan Turing Institute.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 22 February 2019, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Davy Paindaveine, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

MR12.

Friday 22 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

In search for the cognitive foundations of Euclidean geometry

Véronique Izard, Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center, CNRS & Université Paris Descartes.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 22 February 2019, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Viewing the Universe

Dr Carolin Crawford, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 22 February 2019, 17:30-18:30

Wolfson College Science Society talks

My part in the discovery of the black hole in Cygnus X-1

Professor Paul Murdin.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 22 February 2019, 17:45-19:10

The Archimedeans (CU Mathematical Society)

Title to be confirmed

Dr Alessia Annibale (King's College London).

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 22 February 2019, 19:00-20:00

Cabinet of Natural History

Building knowledge of the natural world: the historical and contemporary contributions of citizen science within the UK

John Tweddle (Natural History Museum, London).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 25 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Arts and Creativities Research Group

Researching LGBTQ+ Issues: Building Community

Charlotte Allen, Frank Frangeskou, Becky Moses, Lucian Stephenson.

Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, room GS1.

Monday 25 February 2019, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

A V HILL LECTURE - Cardiac Arrest: From Genes to Mechanisms to Mind

A V HILL LECTURE - Professor Pier Lambiase FRCP FHRS, Professor of Cardiology, UCL, London and St Barts London.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 February 2019, 18:00-19:00

Trinity Mathematical Society

Addition, multiplication, and why they don’t get along

Dr Julia Wolf (DPMMS).

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Monday 25 February 2019, 20:30-21:30

Arts and Creativities Research Group

THE POWER OF CATALYTIC CONVERSATIONS: An unexpected journey and response to the question 'How do we turn STEM into STEAM?

Carole Bent, Creative Catalyst, Advisor and Art Partner .

Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, room GS1.

Tuesday 26 February 2019, 16:30-18:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

To What Extent is the Human Species Slowing Down?

Professor Danny Dorling.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 26 February 2019, 18:00-20:00

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

The geology of Mercury and the BepiColombo mission

Professor David Rothery.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 26 February 2019, 19:30-21:00

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Identifying the cognitive dimensions of learning problems in children who have been identified as struggling at school

Joni Holmes (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 12:30-13:30

Indo-European Seminar

Early Latin to Neo-Latin: Festus and Scaliger

Tea served from 4.15

Anna Chahoud Trinity College, Dublin.

1.11 Classics Faculty.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 16:30-17:30

Cambridge University Physics Society

The Classification Game: Topological Insulators and Other Beasts

Professor Steve Simon, University of Oxford.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 20:00-21:00

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Teaching Artificial Agents to Understand Language by Modelling Reward

Edward Grefenstette, Facebook AI Research.

Faculty of English, Room SR24.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 11:00-12:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

Observing active galaxies, the sites of growing supermassive black holes

Dr George Lansbury (University of Cambridge).

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 13:10-14:00

Chaucer Club

The neural fingerprints of a missing hand: from phantoms to artificial limbs

Tamar Makin (UCL).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 15:30-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Learning multi-domain dialogues

Paweł Budzianowski, CUED, University of Cambridge.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 01 March 2019, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Chenlei Leng, University of Warwick.

MR12.

Friday 01 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

From science to technology: the interaction between senses during the development and the creation of new rehabilitation devices.

Dr Monica Gori, Instituto Italiano di Techologia, Genoa, Italy.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 01 March 2019, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Computer Vision

Professor Andrew Blake, Samsung AI Research Centre.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 01 March 2019, 17:30-18:30

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Conservation, Evolution and Biodiversity in Colombia

Professor Chris Jiggins, Department of Zoology.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 01 March 2019, 17:45-19:10

The Archimedeans (CU Mathematical Society)

Title to be confirmed

Andrew Duncan (Newcastle University).

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 01 March 2019, 19:00-20:00

Cabinet of Natural History

The 'dye herbarium': capturing colour in botanical collections

Anna Svensson (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 04 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

How did we get here? Reconstructing the genome of our ancient vertebrate ancestor

Prof. Aoife McLysaght, Trinity College, University of Dublin.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 04 March 2019, 19:30-21:00

Trinity Mathematical Society

Elliptical billiards and Poncelet trajectories

Professor Pelham Wilson (DPMMS).

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Monday 04 March 2019, 20:30-21:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

How We Make a Billion Antibodies: Genetics and Epigenetics

Dr Anne Corcoran.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 05 March 2019, 18:00-20:00

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Infrared Astronomy at NASA Ames Research Centre in the late 1980s, KAO to SOFIA

Paul Mulvaney.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 05 March 2019, 19:30-21:00

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

An effect for bilingualism on ADHD trait levels in the general child population

Curtis Sharma (Cambridge Language Sciences, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 12:30-13:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The social incentives hypothesis of political belief polarization

Ben Tappin, Royal Holloway, University of London. .

Nick Mackintosch Seminar Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 15:00-16:00

Indo-European Seminar

A Roman ‘folk model’ of courage: animus and metaphor

Tea served from 4.15

Bill Short University of Exeter .

1.11 Classics Faculty.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 16:30-17:30

Cambridge University Physics Society

Glucose monitoring for diabetes

Dr Hannah Hare, TTP plc.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 20:00-21:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

Solving Darwin’s 'abominable mystery': the evolution and development of nectar spurs

Ms Erin Cullen (Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge).

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 07 March 2019, 13:10-14:00

Chaucer Club

Cognitive training works: what are the mechanisms and why are so many experimental psychologists opposed?

Ian Robertson (Trinity College Dublin) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 07 March 2019, 15:30-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Kevin Lemagnen, Sahan Bulathwela, Cambridge Spark.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 08 March 2019, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Kostas Zygalakis, University of Edinburgh.

MR12.

Friday 08 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

Top-down vs. bottom-up? Effects of prediction and attention on sensory processing and perception

Heleen A. Slagter, PhD, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience VU University Amsterdam.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 08 March 2019, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Perception of Visual Space

Professor Sir Colin Blakemore, School of Advanced Study.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 08 March 2019, 17:30-18:30

Wolfson College Science Society talks

The Science of Musical Meaning

Professor Elizabeth Tolbert (Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute).

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 08 March 2019, 17:45-19:10

The Archimedeans (CU Mathematical Society)

Title to be confirmed

Dr Maria Ubiali (University of Cambridge).

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 08 March 2019, 19:00-20:00

Cabinet of Natural History

Meeting nature halfway: Georg Forster, mining, and the aesthetics of artifice

Patrick Anthony (Vanderbilt University).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 11 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Supertall Timber: impossibly high wooden skyscrapers

Dr Michael Ramage, Department of Architecture .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 March 2019, 18:00-19:00

CCIMI Seminars

A variational approach to nonlinear and interacting diffusions

Professor Pierre Del Moral.

CMS, MR11.

Tuesday 12 March 2019, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Catching Comets by their Tails

Professor Geraint Jones.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 12 March 2019, 19:30-21:00

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

The neural basis of time-extended semantic cognition: evidence from fMRI and TMS investigations

Francesca Branzi (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 13 March 2019, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Endangered Languages and Cultures Group

North-eastern Neo-Aramaic: Endangered communities and languages in contact

Prof Eleanor Coghill, Uppsala University.

Faculty of English, Room GR-06/07.

Wednesday 13 March 2019, 17:15-18:15

Cambridge University Physics Society

Relativistic fluid flows

Professor Nils Andersson, University of Southampton.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 13 March 2019, 20:00-21:00

Craik Club

"Visual processing differences in migraine, between attacks, and their links with environmental visual triggers. From the retina to cortex."

Dr Alex Shepherd, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck.

Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Darwin College Sciences Group

Learning from rivers about long-term controls on Earth’s climate

Dr Jotis Baronas (Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge).

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 13:10-14:00

Chaucer Club

Far beyond the back of the brain

Peter Hagoort (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 15:30-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Kanako Komiya, Ibaraki University, Japan.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 15 March 2019, 12:00-13:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Transformation and mind: Using science to fight mental illness.

Professor Peter Jones (Department of Psychiatry).

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 15 March 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

How do we measure quality in higher education?

Prof. Anna Vignoles, University of Cambridge.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 18 March 2019, 19:30-21:00

Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lectures

What Are We? Where Do We Come From? Where Are We Going?

Professor John Ellis FRS .

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge.

Wednesday 20 March 2019, 17:00-18:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Transforming cancer care

Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Cancer Research UK.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Wednesday 20 March 2019, 18:45-20:10

Cambridge Philosophical Society

200TH ANNIVERSARY TWO-DAY MEETING - The Futures of Sciences

200TH ANNIVERSARY TWO DAY MEETING FREE ENTRY NO BOOKING REQUIRED

Organiser Professor Simon Conway Morris.

Lecture Room 0, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ.

Thursday 21 March 2019, 13:15-17:15

Mordell Lectures

Title to be confirmed

Elon Lindenstrauss, Einstein Institute, Jerusalem.

MR2, CMS.

Thursday 21 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

200TH ANNIVERSARY TWO-DAY MEETING - The Futures of Sciences

200TH ANNIVERSARY TWO DAY MEETING FREE ENTRY NO BOOKING REQUIRED

Organiser Professor Simon Conway Morris.

Lecture Room 0, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ.

Friday 22 March 2019, 09:00-17:15

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Transformation of life: How behaviour shapes evolution.

Professor Rebecca Kilner, Department of Zoology.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 22 March 2019, 17:45-19:10

Craik Club

Visual selection in the mouse: behavioural and cortical mechanisms

Dr Jasper Poort, Department of Psychology, Cambridge.

Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site.

Wednesday 24 April 2019, 13:00-14:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Aaron Zhao, University of Cambridge.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 26 April 2019, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Heather Battey, Imperial College London.

MR12.

Friday 26 April 2019, 16:00-17:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

There be monsters: adaptations in Antarctic marine animals

Professor Lloyd Peck, British Antarctic Survey.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 03 May 2019, 17:45-19:10

CCIMI Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Professor Coralia Cartis.

CMS, MR14.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Julie Josse, École Polytechnique.

MR12.

Friday 10 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

TBD

Dr Hannah Jongsma, UCL.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 10 May 2019, 17:45-19:10

Second Language Education Group

How can usage-based SLA invigorate language education?

Professor Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University, Washington, USA .

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 13 May 2019, 17:00-18:30

Second Language Education Group

Paradoxes of multilingualism in public policy in conjunction with the launching of Cambridge Masterclass Series on Multilingualism, Education and Language Policy

Professor Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University, Washington, USA.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 10:00-12:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Karina Vold, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 17 May 2019, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Harry van Zanten, University of Amsterdam.

MR12.

Friday 17 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

TBD

Dr Chiara Airoldi, Department of Plant Sciences.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 17 May 2019, 17:45-19:10

CCIMI Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Frank van der Meulen, Delft University of Technology.

CMS, MR14.

Wednesday 22 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Masoumeh Dashti, University of Sussex.

MR12.

Friday 24 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

TBD

Dr Lee De-Wit, UCL.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 31 May 2019, 17:45-19:10

Peter Whittle Lecture

Title to be confirmed

Elchanan Mossel (MIT).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR2.

Monday 14 October 2019, 17:00-18:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Elchanan Mossel (MIT).

MR12.

Tuesday 15 October 2019, 16:00-17:00