SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Culinary chemistry: Exploring the science of baking with Josh Smalley

Dr Josh Smalley.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 25 February 2025, 18:00-19:30

Machine Learning Reading Group @ CUED

Sampling with diffusion models

Teams link available upon request (it is sent out on our mailing list, eng-mlg-rcc [at] lists.cam.ac.uk). Sign up to our mailing list for easier reminders via lists.cam.ac.uk.

Shreyas Padhy, Jiajun He (University of Cambridge).

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

Wednesday 26 February 2025, 11:00-12:30

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Digital Money and Decentralised Finance

Professor Frank Stajano and Dr Ferdinando Samaria - Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge..

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 26 February 2025, 15:05-15:55

Cambridge Endangered Languages and Cultures Group

Preserving What Was Lost: Endangered Languages of Yazd’s Religious Minorities Zoroastrians and Jews and Their Vernacular Heritage

Professor Saloumeh Gholami (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge).

Faculty of English, Room GR-04.

Wednesday 26 February 2025, 17:00-18:00

Darwin College Science Seminars

Super-resolution optical microscope for use in the life sciences

Rebecca McClelland.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Thursday 27 February 2025, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Why do some people remain cognitively able in old age? Investigating Cognitive Reserve in the CamCAN sample

Rik Henson (MRC CBU U.of Cambridge).

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

Thursday 27 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Zangwill Club

Insights into the Genetic Architecture of Neurodevelopmental Conditions and Traits from Large Cohorts

The host for this talk is Varun Warrier

Dr. Hilary Martin, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge. UK.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 28 February 2025, 12:00-13:30

NLIP Seminar Series

Natural Language meets Control Theory

Carmen Amo Alonso (Stanford University).

Zoom link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/4751389294?pwd=Z2ZOSDk0eG1wZldVWG1GVVhrTzFIZz09.

Friday 28 February 2025, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Wayfinding through the Human Genome

Dr Keolu Fox, University of California, San Diego.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 28 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

Cabinet of Natural History

'Making sense' of the prion hypothesis: theory and practice, 1996–2004

Isobel Newby (University of Leeds).

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

Monday 03 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

Scott Lectures

2025 Scott Lectures - Lecture 1 Title tbc

Drinks and nibbles will be served after the lecture

Professor Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University.

Ray Dolby Auditorium, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0US.

Monday 03 March 2025, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Protein self-assembly – understanding and controlling the machinery of life

Professor Tuomas Knowles, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 March 2025, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Protein self-assembly – understanding and controlling the machinery of life

Professor Tuomas Knowles, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 March 2025, 18:00-19:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Plasmonic and Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

Prof Thanh Nguyen.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 04 March 2025, 18:00-19:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Paul Lohmann (University of Cambridge).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 05 March 2025, 15:00-16:00

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Generative modelling for de novo design of therapeutics

Dr Joe Watson - Co-founder, Xaira Therapeutics and Dr Emile Mathieu.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 05 March 2025, 15:05-15:55

Scott Lectures

2025 Scott Lectures - Lecture 2 Title tbc

Refreshments will be served after the lecture

Professor Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University.

Ray Dolby Auditorium, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0US.

Wednesday 05 March 2025, 16:00-17:00

Scott Lectures

2025 Scott Lectures - Lecture 3 Title tbc

Professor Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University.

Ray Dolby Auditorium, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0US.

Thursday 06 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Darwin College Science Seminars

Mathematical Modelling of Emergent Survival in Microbial Communities

Naomi van den Berg.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Thursday 06 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Title to be confirmed

NOTE unusual date

Urska Matjašec (University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Thursday 06 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Psychiatric disorders, dimensions, hierarchies, states or traits? How can we determine the right ontology for research and practice?

Claire Gillan (Trinity College Dublin) .

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

Thursday 06 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Talk by Dr. Andrew Lampinen (Deepmind)

Speaker to be confirmed.

https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97599459216?pwd=QTRsOWZCOXRTREVnbTJBdXVpOXFvdz09.

Thursday 06 March 2025, 16:00-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Typological Diversity in NLP: What, Why and a Way Forward

Esther Ploeger (Aalborg University).

Zoom link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/4751389294?pwd=Z2ZOSDk0eG1wZldVWG1GVVhrTzFIZz09.

Friday 07 March 2025, 12:00-13:00

Zangwill Club

What can conjuring tell us about cognition? The future of the Science of Magic

The host for this talk is Clive Wilkins

Professor Gustav Kuhn, University of Plymouth.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 07 March 2025, 16:30-18:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Polari - a Very Queer Code

Professor Paul Baker, University of Lancaster.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 07 March 2025, 17:30-18:30

Cabinet of Natural History

Paradise lost: fashioning the East Indies aboard a VOC ship in 1623

Alexander van Dijk (Department of History and Philosophy of Science).

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

Monday 10 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

Technical Talks - Department of Computer Science and Technology

MediaTek: Towards Efficient Prediction of Communication Channels Using AI

Speaker to be confirmed.

FW26, William Gates Building.

Monday 10 March 2025, 13:05-13:55

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR lecture: AI in Manufacturing

Professor Sebastian Pattinson, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.

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

Monday 10 March 2025, 19:30-21:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Black Holes & spin-offs

Prof Katherine Blundell.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 11 March 2025, 18:00-19:30

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Title to be confirmed

Dr Edwin Brady - School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 12 March 2025, 15:05-15:55

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Towards a Net Zero World: Developing and applying new tools to understand how materials for Li and “beyond-Li” battery technologies function

Professor Clare P. Grey.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 12 March 2025, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Towards a Net Zero World: Developing and applying new tools to understand how materials for Li and “beyond-Li” battery technologies function

Professor Clare P. Grey.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 12 March 2025, 18:00-19:00

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Talk by Prof. Jessy Li

Speaker to be confirmed.

GR06/07, English Faculty Building, 9 West Road, Sidgwick Site and online https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97599459216?pwd=QTRsOWZCOXRTREVnbTJBdXVpOXFvdz09.

Thursday 13 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Title to be confirmed

NOTE unusual date

Konstantin Hemker (University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Thursday 13 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

Darwin College Science Seminars

Blood Cancer Research

Shanlin Tong.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Thursday 13 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

A neural basis for distinguishing imagination and reality in the human brain

Nadine Dijkstra (UCL).

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

Thursday 13 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

Peter Whittle Lecture

Algorithmic stability for regression and classification

Rina Foygel Barber (Chicago).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR2.

Thursday 13 March 2025, 16:30-17:30

Zangwill Club

: Scratching Beneath the Surface of Pan Communication: Intentions, Representations and Joint Attention

The host for this talk is Mirjana Bozic

Professor Katie Slocombe, Department of Psychology, University of York, UK.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 14 March 2025, 12:00-13:30

NLIP Seminar Series

Formal syntactic theory in the current NLP landscape

Olga Zamaraeva (University of A Coruña).

Room SS03 with Hybrid Format. Here is the Zoom link for those that wish to join online: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/4751389294?pwd=Z2ZOSDk0eG1wZldVWG1GVVhrTzFIZz09.

Friday 14 March 2025, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Evaluating a black-box algorithm: stability, risk, and model comparisons

Rina Foygel Barber (University of Chicago).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR12, CMS.

Friday 14 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Decoding our Humanity

Professor Shannon Vallor, University of Edinburgh.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 14 March 2025, 17:30-18:30

Cabinet of Natural History

Hybrid futures: unnatural acts in American gardens

Jim Endersby (University of Sussex).

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

Monday 17 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

Technical Talks - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Helsing: Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

FW26, William Gates Building.

Monday 17 March 2025, 13:05-13:55

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Acoustics of musical instruments - why is a saxophone like a violin?

Professor Jim Woodhouse ( CUED).

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 17 March 2025, 18:00-19:00

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Similarity-based Methods for Language Model Analysis and Prediction

Julius Cheng (University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Tuesday 18 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Beyond the Standard Model of particle physics: a maths-driven journey to the unknown

Prof Maria Ubiali.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 18 March 2025, 18:00-19:30

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Which Faculty Diversity Programs Work? Evidence from 600 U.S. Colleges and Universities

Professor Frank Dobbin - Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 19 March 2025, 14:05-14:55

Chaucer Club

Who is this? Forming first impressions from voices

Nadine Lavan (Queen Mary U. of London).

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

Thursday 20 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Talk by Prof. Paul Liang

Speaker to be confirmed.

https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97599459216?pwd=QTRsOWZCOXRTREVnbTJBdXVpOXFvdz09.

Thursday 20 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Zifeng Ding (University of Cambridge).

Room SS03 with Hybrid Format. Here is the Zoom link for those that wish to join online: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/4751389294?pwd=Z2ZOSDk0eG1wZldVWG1GVVhrTzFIZz09.

Friday 21 March 2025, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Unknown Maxwell

The Cambridge Philosophical Society.

Cambridge University Engineering Department. Constance Tipper Lecture Theatre.

Friday 28 March 2025, 09:00-17:15

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Leor Zmigrod (University of Cambridge).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 30 April 2025, 15:00-16:00

Mordell Lectures

Title to be confirmed

Tim Austin (Warwick).

MR2, CMS.

Thursday 01 May 2025, 16:00-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Pietro Lesci (University of Cambridge).

Zoom link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/4751389294?pwd=Z2ZOSDk0eG1wZldVWG1GVVhrTzFIZz09.

Friday 02 May 2025, 12:00-13:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Lee McIntyre (Boston University).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 07 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Title to be confirmed

Dr Prakash Murali - Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 07 May 2025, 15:05-15:55

Rouse Ball Lectures

Title to be confirmed

Prof Peter Bühlmann (ETH Zurich).

Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site.

Thursday 08 May 2025, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR lecture: The transformative power of empathy for education: reflection and realisation for teaching and learning

Dr Helen Demetriou, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education, University of Cambridge.

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

Monday 12 May 2025, 19:30-21:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Matthew Goldberg (Yale University).

Online.

Wednesday 14 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

Zangwill Club

How do (and don't) we take other perspectives?

The host for this talk is Nicky Clayton

Steven Samuel, Lecturer, City St. George's, University of London. .

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 16 May 2025, 16:30-18:00

Zangwill Club

To be confirmed

The host for this talk is Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Professor Ron Mangum, University of California Davis, USA.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 23 May 2025, 16:30-18:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Rakoen Maertens (University of Oxford).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 28 May 2025, 15:00-16:00