Events in the Department of Mathematics
Find out more about events, seminars and public lectures in the Department of Mathematics.
SQUIDS Seminar: Sampling as Bandits: Evaluation-Efficient Design for Black-Box Densities
Speaker: Takuo Matsubara (University of Edinburgh) Abstract: We introduce Bandit Importance Sampling (BIS), a novel class of importance sampling methods designed for scenarios where the target density is computationally expensive to evaluate. In contrast to adaptive importance sampling, which optimises a proposal distribution, BIS directly optimises...
Training course on visualisation and quantification of tomographic datasets
A 2 day in person training course covering theory and computer-based practical works using the Thermo Scientific™ Amira-Avizo Software. Lab/synchrotron X-ray tomography has emerged as one of the most important techniques for research in a wide range of applications including healthcare, energy, food and geology. Advances in the quality of X-ray...
Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Eng-Jon Ong
Speaker: Eng-Jon Ong (Queen Mary University of London) Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Room: Frank Adams 1 Further information: https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/yotam.smilansky/dynamics_analysis
AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Joey Bose
On 11 February, we will have Joey Bose from Imperial College London. Title and abstract to follow. Joey Bose is an Assistant Professor of Computing at Imperial College London, an ELLIS member, and an Affiliate member Mila. Previously, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of Oxford working with Michael Bronstein. He completed his PhD at...
Training course on in situ experiments and digital volume correlation
Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) is a powerful experimental technique that computes 3D full-field displacement and strain maps from volumes images acquired during a deformation process of a material. DVC is the 3D extension of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) which was first described four decades ago. The emergence of DVC started early 2000s with...
AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Nikolay Malkin
For March's AI-Fun and ELLIS invited speaker series, we will have Nikolay Malkin from the University of Edinburgh. Title and abstract to follow. Nikolay Malkin is a Chancellor's Fellow in Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and a fellow of CIFAR's Learning in Machines and Brains programme. Their research focuses on algorithms for probabilistic...
Training course on advanced scripting and batching of tomographic datasets
Although X-ray tomography is an attractive characterisation technique in materials science, it generates a huge amount of data at a fast rate and it can be extremely time consuming to process the data manually. A great benefit to creating scripts and plugins in Avizo is the ability to reuse a workflow on more than one image or to develop a bespoke...
AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Gabriella Pizzuto
April's invited speaker will be Gabriella Pizzuto from the University of Liverpool. Title and abstract to follow. Gabriella is a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow and Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Robotics and Chemistry Automation at the University of Liverpool. Gabriella is very excited to develop methods towards creating the...
AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Lucia Cipolina Kun
June's invited speaker will be Lucia Cipolina Kun from Meta. Title and abstract to follow.
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