Events
The Researcher Development Team offer a range of seminars covering a broad range of topics, from supporting your development as an effective researcher right through to reflective accounts of careers within academia.
Each year, teams across the University delivers a range of events, bringing together researchers and supporting them to develop interdisciplinary connections. These encompass a range of activities, including the Postgraduate Summer Research Showcase as well as departmental level events, which often form part of your portfolio for progression and assessment. These are also excellent opportunities to enhance your presenting and communication skills and showcase your research.
Upcoming events
ELLIS Workshop on Misinformation Detection
The rise of the internet and social media has significantly accelerated the spread of misinformation, posing serious societal challenges. While large language models (LLMs) offer new opportunities for misinformation detection, they also enable the creation of increasingly convincing false information, blurring the line between truth and deception. This...
AI-Fun with ELLIS Seminar | Theo Damoulas: Decision Making under the Exponential Family: Distributionally Robust Optimisation with Bayesian Ambiguity Sets
The Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals and Manchester's ELLIS Unit are co-hosting a series of seminars featuring expert researchers working in the fundamentals of AI. On 18 June, we are joined by Prof Theo Damoulas from the University of Warwick. Title: Decision Making under the Exponential Family: Distributionally Robust Optimisation with...
AI-Fun with ELLIS Seminar | Laurent Orseau
The Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals and Manchester's ELLIS Unit are co-hosting a series of seminars featuring expert researchers working in the fundamentals of AI. Bio: Laurent has been working as a research scientist at DeepMind since 2014 having received a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from INSA Rennes / Université de Rennes II in 2007. Title...
Shaping the Future of Global Sustainability Policy
The need for international cooperation has never been greater. The "triple planetary crisis" of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution is a global threat that requires global solutions. But what are the routes for academic research to influence decision-making on an international scale? Join Sustainable Futures and Policy@Manchester...
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