Turing Seminar Series

This series of seminars, facilitated by the Turing Liaison Team at The Jean Golding Institute, welcomes academic guests presenting on a broad range of topics across the theme of data science and AI.

Upcoming Seminars:

  • Wednesday, November 25, 2026. 2-3pm
    • Title: How AI is making a difference in Computer Aided Diagnosis
    • Speaker: Reyer Zwiggelaar, Aberystwyth University
    • Venue: PHYS BLDG G12 MOTT
    • Abstract:
      • In this talk Professor Reyer Zwiggelaar will be looking at a series of computer aided diagnosis cases studies to show what is possible with state of the art computer vision and machine learning techniques. Links between modalities, translation of research to the real world, and understanding and trusting results will be explored.
    • Bio:
      • Professor Reyer Zwiggelaar obtained his Applied Physics degree from the University of Groningen and his PhD from UCL. He is currently at the Department of Computer Science at Aberystwyth University, and his research is at the interface of computer vision/machine learning and medical image data. He has published conference/journal papers, obtained some funding (mainly from UKRI/HCRW), and supervised lots of PhD students to completion. He looks after research in the Faculty of Sciences (as Assistant Faculty PVC Research). He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Pattern Recognition, and PLOS Digital Health. He is a Senior Research Leader (Health and Care Research Wales), Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, and REF2029 UoA12 Panel Member.

Previous Seminars: 

  • Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
    • Title: Technical Standard Setting in EU AI Policy Implementation
    • Speaker: Alison Harcourt, University of Exeter
  • Wednesday, 4th March 2026
    • Title: Machine Learning Assisted Multi-Scale Mechanical Simulation of Large Composite Structures
    • Speaker: Aewis Hii
  • Wednesday, 18th February 2026
    • Title: Convergent Methods for Koopman Operators on Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces
    • Speaker: Nicolas Boullé
  • Wednesday, 19th November 2025
    • Title: Tracing Affective and Cognitive Patterns Across Scales: From Minds to Networks to Human-AI Systems
    • Speaker: Andreia Sofia Teixeira, Associate Professor at the Network Science Institute, Northeastern University London
  • Wednesday, 22nd October 2025
  • Wednesday 24th September 2025
    • Title: Do we know what AI will know?
    • Speaker: Krzysztof Janowicz: Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna
    • Location: Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol
  • Wednesday 6 November:
  • Wednesday 20 November:
    • Title: Trustworthy Digital Twins: designing, developing, and deploying open and reproducible pipelines
    • Speaker: Chris Burr, Head of the Innovation and Impact Hub, Turing Research and Innovation Cluster for Digital Twins, Alan Turing Institute
    • Chris Burr slides 21.11.24 (PDF, 6,304kB)
  • Wednesday 4 December:
    • Title: What can your shopping basket say about your health?
    • Speaker: Anya Skatova, Senior Research Fellow, Bristol Medical School (PHS)
  • Wednesday 15 January:
  • Wednesday 12 February:
    • Title: Temporal models for Word Sense Disambiguation in historical texts
    • Speaker: Barbara McGillivray, Lecturer in Digital Humanities and Cultural Computation, Kings College London
    • Barbara Mcgillivray slides (PDF, 6,859kB)
  • Wednesday 26 February:
  • Wednesday 12 March:
    • Title: "Cognition-first evolution"
    • Speaker: Richard Watson, Professor, (evolutionary biology and computer science), University of Southampton
  • Wednesday 26 March:
    • Title: "Big data as propeller for dynamic and time-sensitive service industries: a tourism sector perspective."
    • Speaker: Nikolaos Stylos, Associate Professor in Marketing and Digital Innovation, Business School, University of Bristol
    • Niko Stylos seminar slides (PDF, 1,287kB)
  • Wednesday 9 April: