Machine Learning Reading Group @ CUED

Foundation Models in Robotics

Liyou Zhou (Cambridge).

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

Wednesday 22 January 2025, 11:00-12:30

Darwin College Science Seminars

What Connects Us All? From Fibers to Graphs to Neurons

Akanksha Ahuja.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Thursday 23 January 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

Dr. Anton Petrov (Director, Riboscope Ltd, Cambridge, UK), Dr. Oguzhan Begik (Senior Postdoc, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, ES).

Online (Zoom).

Thursday 23 January 2025, 17:00-19:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Bits with Soul

Professor Simon Peyton Jones, University of Cambridge.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 24 January 2025, 17:30-18:30

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

The Roles of the Epilepsy-Associated Kinase CDKL5

Dr Sila Ultanir, Francis Crick Institute, London.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 27 January 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR lecture: Electric Jet Engines and Cricket Ball Swing

Dr Sam Grimshaw, The Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

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

Monday 27 January 2025, 19:30-21:00

Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars

Assigning responsibility for the ‘right to die’: moral and legal ambiguity in the regulation of assisted dying

Janna Bryson, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology.

1 Newnham Terrace seminar room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 28 January 2025, 13:10-14:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Multicomponent High-Entropy Cantor Alloys

Prof Brian Cantor.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 28 January 2025, 18:00-19:30

Darwin College Science Seminars

Cooperative Mechanisms Against Climate Change

Carl Edward Rasmussen.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 13:00-14:00

Statistics

Metric and variable selection for functional nonparametric regression models

Torben Sell (University of Edinburgh).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR12, CMS.

Friday 31 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Power of Music: A Journey Back to Home

Maya Youssef.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 31 January 2025, 17:30-18:30

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Steering the evolutionary dynamics of cancer through space and time

Jeffrey West, Ph.D. Assistant Member, Integrated Mathematical Oncology H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 03 February 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

To Bend or to Break? — new views on the hardening of metals

Professor Lindsay Greer ( Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy).

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

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

Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars

Chocolate and Bibles: How Victorian Collectors Spent their Evenings and Shaped Scholarship

Dr Harry Spillane, Munby Fellow in Bibliography, University Library and Research Fellow, Darwin College.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 04 February 2025, 13:10-14:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Nucleic-Acid based therapeutics: how to use mechanistic information to ensure "safe-by-design"

Prof Anne Willis.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

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

Darwin College Science Seminars

Genetic events underpinning squamous lung cancer

Alice Chernaik (Medicine, University of Cambridge).

Richard King room, Darwin College.

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

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Note unusual location

Mathias Drton (Technical University of Munich).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR15, CMS.

Friday 07 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Using Maths to Decode the Universe

Dr Tom Crawford, University of Oxford.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

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

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR lecture: Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation

Professor Sander L. van der Linden, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge.

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

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

Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars

The Economic Cost of Depression: A Mendelian Randomisation Study

Fergus McCormack, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 11 February 2025, 13:10-14:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Evolution on Islands: insights from silvereyes of the southwest Pacific

Prof Sonya Clegg.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

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

Darwin College Science Seminars

The microscopic barriers protecting your airway everyday

Leah Hurst.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

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

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Note unusual location

Peter Orbanz (UCL).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR15, CMS.

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

Darwin College Lecture Series

Epigenetics: A Code upon a Code?

Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, University of Cambridge.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

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

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Why there’s no such thing as “the” scientific advice

Professor Stephen John.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

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

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Strengthening control over stress: novel brain mechanisms and opportunities for intervention

Prof Jeffrey W. Dalley.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

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

Darwin College Science Seminars

Fractal geometry: an introduction to fractal dimensions

Jose Ramon.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Thursday 20 February 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

TBA.

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 20 February 2025, 17:00-19:00

Statistics

A General Design-Based Framework and Estimator for Randomized Experiments

Fredrik Sävje (Uppsala University).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR12, CMS.

Friday 21 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Eve's Byte of the Apple

Sandi Toksvig OBE.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 21 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

Mohammad Lotfollahi.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 24 February 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR lecture: The Road to Zero Carbon Cement

Dr. Cyrille Dunant, Cambridge University Engineering Department.

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

Monday 24 February 2025, 19:30-21:00

Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars

Exploring dietary behaviours, narratives and attitudes in Cambridge colleges

Sigurdur Martinsson, Darwin College.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 25 February 2025, 13:10-14:00

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

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

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

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

Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars

Metaphysics as Communing with the Unknown: Crossing between Emanuel Levinas and Karl Jaspers

Connor Hayes.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 04 March 2025, 13:10-14:00

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

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

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

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR lecture: Intelligent manufacturing - TBC

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

Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars

The Book of protecting Osiris among those of the Netherworld: An annotated version of the First Hour.

Chike Pilgrim, PhD Student, Department of Archaeology.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 11 March 2025, 13:10-14:00

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

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

Darwin College Science Seminars

Blood Cancer Research

Shanlin Tong.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

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

Peter Whittle Lecture

Title to be confirmed

Rina Foygel Barber (Chicago).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR2.

Thursday 13 March 2025, 16:00-17:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

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

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

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

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

TBA.

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 20 March 2025, 17:00-19:00

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

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Engineering genomes and proteomes as foundational biotechnology for translational research

Jesse Rinehart, PhD, Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 31 March 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

TBA.

Online (Zoom).

Thursday 17 April 2025, 17:00-19:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

Oliver Hantschel, University of Marburg.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 28 April 2025, 12:30-13:30

Mordell Lectures

Title to be confirmed

Tim Austin (Warwick).

MR2, CMS.

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

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

TBA.

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 22 May 2025, 17:00-19:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

Shohei Koide, NYU Langone Health.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 16 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

Shohei Koide, NYU Langone Health.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 16 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

TBA.

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 17:00-19:00