I hope you all managed to have a bit of a break over the Easter period. Our internal research seminars continue with Mauricio Alvarez’s inaugural lecture on April 17th at 1400 in LT1.4 on the topic of Multi-task Learning and Physics-informed Probabilistic Modelling using Gaussian Processes. This will be followed by our regular social event in the common room.
Sami Kaski’s inaugural Professorial lecture will be held on April 23rd in Lecture Theatre B in MECD at 1300. For catering purposes, please can you register for Sami’s lecture here.
Our next departmental forum will be held on April 24th at 1400 and will be followed by a social event in the common room. Duncan will circulate the agenda nearer the time.
Have your say: The Student Experience Programme (SEP) evaluation survey is now live
In case you missed the announcement on eUpdate earlier this week, the SEP evaluation survey has just been launched - amongst other things, the survey allows you to provide feedback about your experience of the ‘people and structures’ element of SEP and its impact. Please do take a few minutes to complete it. The survey is open until May 17th and you can access it here
New Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) Funding Calls
The recently launched funding agency, ARIA, has just published a few funding calls related to the areas of Computer Engineering, Neuromorphic, AI, and Robotics. The deadlines are (purposely) tight, but these schemes are well worth applying to. I’ve copied below the information just published on their Substack.
- Last month marked a huge milestone at ARIA, as we launched our first funded programme — Scaling Compute: AI at 1/1000th the cost. Find everything you need to apply here. We’re accepting full proposals from 15th April-7th May.
- The second round of opportunity seed funding for Nature Computes Better is now open. We’re looking for bold ideas that align with or contradict our beliefs, and we’re offering up to £500k each. Submit a three-page proposal and expect a decision within ~3 weeks. Find out more and apply before 17th April.
- We’re launching the first of several funding calls for our next programme: Safeguarded AI. Read the thesis ahead of funding going live next week.
- Our latest programme thesis, Robotic Dexterity, is now live, and our thesis as part of the opportunity space Precisely interfacing with the human brain at scale is on the way.
You can sign up here for real-time updates from all of ARIA’s opportunity spaces.
Andrew