Our winter graduation ceremony will be held on December 14th at 930AM. Please do consider joining the academic procession to celebrate the success of our students. It’s always a positive and fun event. The deadline to register for attendance and gown hire is November 27th. Details can be found here: https://documents.manchester.ac.uk/protected/display.aspx?DocID=70926
Alex Frangi appointed Director of the Pankhurst Institute
Congratulations to Alex who has been appointed Director of the Pankhurst Institute. The Institute promotes needs-led health technology research and innovation, providing end-to-end support for translation into practice, and is the flagship for the University’s rapidly expanding health technology portfolio.
Michael Fisher seconded to the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT)
Michael has commenced a secondment to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. He will primarily provide input around AI regulation and safety, assisting both the Office for AI and the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation. Michael currently holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in our department and carries out research across the verification, trustworthiness, responsibility, and sustainability of AI, Autonomous Systems and Robotics.
Congratulations to both Alex and Michael.
Andrew