Lectures and seminars

AMES Public Seminar: Dr Lindsey Moore – ‘Taking the Suit for a Walk’: Re-imagining Urban Modernity before the Nakba

16:30 - 18:00 11 December 2024
The Department of Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), University of Manchester warmly invites you to this event: Part of the AMES Research Seminar Series 2024 – Living, Reconstructing…

Brownbag - Lucas Morissette

13:00 11 December 2024
Title: tbd

Digital Health Equity seminar: Working in partnership with underserved communities to understand and address digital health inequities

13:00 - 14:00 11 December 2024
The next seminar in the Digital Health Inequities Seminar Series is on 11th of December 1-2pm via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/94475096756. Prof Caroline Sanders and colleagues will talk…

Logic seminar: Raffael Stenzel

15:15 - 16:30 11 December 2024
TBA

Statistics Seminar - Periodogram regression, a two stage mixed effects approach for modelling multiple integer-valued time series of tropical cyclone frequency

14:45 - 15:30 11 December 2024
Abstract Tropical cyclones (TC) are significant indicators of evolving climate dynamics. Two primary responses of interest are the cyclone frequency and intensity. In this paper we…

Statistics Seminar - Statistical inference for emerging diseases inspired by Covid-19

14:00 - 14:45 11 December 2024
Abstract (joint work with Prof Frank Ball) The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the landscape in terms of how mathematical modelling of infectious diseases is viewed both in the academic…

AI-Fun with ELLIS Seminar | Ruth Misener

11:00 - 12:00 15 January 2025
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. Title: Autonomous…

Dalton Expert Insights | History of Civil Nuclear Energy (Swords to Ploughshares)

13:00 - 14:00 15 January 2025
This talk will look at how the current range of nuclear reactor systems were established and spread across the developed world, as well as the prospects for use of advanced nuclear…

Shirin Rai - Depletion: The Human Costs of Caring

15:00 - 16:30 15 January 2025
Abstract. When thinking about the work of caring for others we often neglect the human cost born by those performing this care. Feminists have long talked about the ways in which unpaid…

Division of Psychology & Mental Health January Research Seminar

11:00 - 12:00 16 January 2025
Please join us in January for the Division of Psychology and Mental Health PGR Research Seminar. <b>Thursday 16th January, 11:00 - 12:00 *Virtual seminar*.</b> For the divisional…

Leaving being ‘left behind’: itineraries of operation and resistance in a post-industrial English city - Ajmal Hussain

13:00 - 14:30 16 January 2025
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Ajmal Hussain from the University of Warwick shares his research. ‘Left behind’ denotes a particular constituency of otherness, wherein disenchantment…

Could You Be the Next Great Scientist-Founder?- Scientist to Founder at Manchester

18:00 - 20:00 22 January 2025
If you're wondering: How do I turn my breakthrough science into a start-up? Am I addressing a problem with a large enough market? How do I recruit a team? Am I the right person to do…

In Pursuit of the Meaning of Language: The Role of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Natural Language Generation (NLG)

14:00 - 15:00 22 January 2025
Large Language Models (LLMs), such as the GPT-x family, have taken the natural language processing (NLP) and generation (NLG) fields, if not the whole world, by storm. In this talk,…

The Albatross Lecture 2025: Dr Jared Margulies

11:00 - 15:00 23 January 2025
* **Please note this event is open to those both internal and external to The University of Manchester*** Join us on the 23rd January 2024 to hear a keynote presentation from Dr Jared…

Manchester Geometry Seminar - Martin Wolf

15:00 - 16:00 27 January 2025
Speaker: Dr Martin Wolf (Surrey) Title: Homotopy Algebras and Field Theories Abstract: This is a pedagogical introduction to homotopy algebras and their applications in physical theories.…

Nikita Simpson (SOAS): How do we theorise ecological distress? A view from the Western Himalayas

15:00 - 17:00 27 January 2025
The Gaddi tribal community, who inhabit the foothills of India’s Dhaula Dhar range, have experienced a rapid shift in livelihood over the last century from agro-pastoralism to waged…

Algebra seminar - Jordan Haden

14:00 - 15:00 28 January 2025
Title: 3-Preprojective Algebras of Type D Abstract: Over an algebraically closed field, Gabriel’s theorem states that the path algebra kQ of a connected quiver is representation-finite…

GM Policy Hub seminar- Social prescribing: equitable and effective health and wellbeing support

13:00 - 14:30 28 January 2025
Date: 28 January Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm (with registration and light lunch from 12.30pm) Location: The University of Manchester Campus (room confirmed on registration) Social prescribing…

Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr. Ben Collier

14:00 - 16:00 29 January 2025
UK police forces are increasingly adopting 'influence policing', a form of digital influence campaign that uses internet technologies and behavioral psychology to prevent crime. Initially…

Faculty Research Seminar- Science and Social: Digital Health and AI

15:00 - 16:30 29 January 2025
<b>Faculty Research Seminar- Science and Social: Digital Health and AI</b> Date: Wednesday 29th January 2025 Time: 3pm - 4.30pm (followed by time to socialise) Venue: Lecture Theatre…

Francisco Sánchez and Castellar Granados (Salamanca University): Race, Inequality, and Political Trust in Latin America

17:00 - 18:30 29 January 2025
Part of the University of Manchester's Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies' research seminar series: Wed 29 January 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be online via this…

Inaugural Chair Lecture - Building Trustworthy Software and AI Systems by Prof. Lucas Cordeiro

13:00 - 14:00 29 January 2025
Software and AI systems have become ubiquitous today, but their trustworthiness remains a pressing concern. In 2022 alone, poor software quality cost US companies $2.41 trillion, while…

International Collaborative for Translational Digital Health Seminar: Introducing the Health Services and Implementation Hub

14:00 - 15:00 29 January 2025
The International Collaborative for Translational Digital Health (ICDTH) is a collaboration between Universities of Manchester, Melbourne and Toronto. The mission of the ICDTH is to…

Leverhulme Visiting Professor Lecture: Prof. Karen Karbiener (NYU), “I Stop Somewhere Waiting for You”: Introducing Walt Whitman and Your ‘Song of Myself’

16:00 - 17:30 29 January 2025
Leverhulme Visiting Professor Karen Karbiener (NYU) will deliver a public lecture on Walt Whitman: “I Stop Somewhere Waiting for You”: Introducing Walt Whitman and Your ‘Song of Myself’…

PSI Seminar: Strong light-matter coupling excitons in microcavities and their applications

12:00 - 13:00 29 January 2025
Join us for this PSI seminar with guest speaker Dr Sai Kiran Rajendran. Radiative properties of excitons can be modified when placed in microcavities. Since the 1990s, the strong coupling…

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