Machine Learning Reading Group @ CUED

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Cristiana Diaconu, Aliaksandra Shysheya and Andrew McDonald, University of Cambridge.

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

Wednesday 12 March 2025, 11:00-12:30

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.

Wednesday 12 March 2025, 16:00-17:00

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Discourse models with language models

Prof. Jessy Li.

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)

Multimodal AI in Spatial Biology

Note: unusual date compared to regular AI Seminars

Konstantin Hemker (University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

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

Technical Talks - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Helsing: Simulating a System of Systems

Matei David.

FW26, William Gates Building.

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

Foundation AI

From Machine Learning to Machine Reasoning: Deterministic Neural Syllogistic Reasoning

Tiansi Dong.

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Monday 17 March 2025, 17:00-17:45

Foundation AI

Modelling microbiome-mediated epigenetic inheritance of disease risk

Hybrid

Bobby Ranjan.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Monday 17 March 2025, 17:00-17:45

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

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

Asymmetry in Supposedly Equivalent Facts: Pre-training Bias in Large Language Models

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

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

Zangwill Club

To be confirmed

Professor Hugo Spiers.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 02 May 2025, 16:30-18:00

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

Zangwill Club

The Functions of Episodic Memory

Ali Boyle.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 09 May 2025, 16:30-18:00

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 14 May 2025, 15:05-15:55

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,Center for Mind and Brain 267 Cousteau Place Davis, CA .

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

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

Zangwill Club

TBC

Peter Godfrey Smith.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

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

Zangwill Club

TBC

Peter Godfrey Smith.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

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