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Accelerate Programme for Scientific Discovery
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Advancing the frontiers of science through the application of AI.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us on 9 December for this year's AI for Science Summit! 🎉

The event explored AI's impact across science, from interpretable ML in healthcare to AI for weather prediction. Live illustration by Scriberia 🎨

More information: bit.ly/4q130vg
Artwork showcasing discussions held at the AI for Science Summit on 9 December. Artwork showcasing discussions held at the AI for Science Summit on 9 December.
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Interested to find out more about research taking place in AI for Science? 🤖

Join us over pizza for our final Accelerate Programme Lunchtime Seminar this term, Monday 15 Dec, 12pm - 1pm in Room SS03, William Gates Building!

Register to attend: science.ai.cam.ac.uk/events/accel...
Lunchtime Seminar Series by the Accelerate Programme, featuring talks by Anne Alexander and Srijit Seal, taking place on Monday 15 December, Seminar Room SS03 in William Gates Building, 12pm-1pm. Pizza lunch will be served.
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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We are delighted to announce the 2025 Accelerate – @c2d3.cam.ac.uk funded projects! 🎉

Projects will catalyse discoveries to accelerate scientific progress & create AI tools capable of delivering benefits for science & society.

Find out more: bit.ly/4rpvSiy
Photo of a whale, brain scans, a city and a leaf to represent awarded Accelerate-C2D3 funded projects
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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📢 New blog! @zhou-hy.bsky.social used LLMs to investigate whether disease research happens where it's most needed.

Analysing 300k papers revealed stark disparities in global health research distribution - 43% of clinical trials occur in low/middle-income countries.

Find out more: bit.ly/47RyL2L
How can we... Use LLMs to understand whether disease research happens where it's most needed? Read the blog post by Hongyu Zhou on the Accelerate Programme website. Image shows a photo of Hongyu with his quote.
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Introducing our first @acceleratescience.bsky.social Winter School for AI for UK undergraduates!🎉

📍University of Cambridge
🗓️13-16 Jan 2026
🤖 LLM workshops
💻 HPC access
🤝 Career insights, networking and mentoring

Find out more and apply by 21 Nov, 5pm: science.ai.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
Accelerate Programme Winter School for AI, Inviting applications from Final Year Undergraduate Students in the UK, Deadline 17:00, Friday 21 November 2025
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Interested to find out more about research taking place in AI for Science? 🔬

Join us over pizza for our second @acceleratescience.bsky.social Lunchtime Seminar this term on 24 Nov, 12 - 1pm in Room SS03, William Gates Building!

Register to attend for free: science.ai.cam.ac.uk/events/accel...
Accelerate Lunchtime Seminar Series event on Monday 24 November, Seminar Room SS03 in William Gates Building, 12:00-13:00, Register at the link
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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New AI clinic slots available to book in November and December! 🗓️

Open to all @cam.ac.uk PhD students, researchers and staff, our clinic offers free expert advice on any AI and machine learning questions.

Book a slot: training.cam.ac.uk/apsci/search
Flexible support from our AI clinic, We provide support for a wide range of queries, from getting started with AI in your research to troubleshooting complex software issues.
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Thank you to everyone who joined our Introduction to Diffusion Models in Generative AI workshop last week! 🤖

Are you based at @cam.ac.uk and interested to develop practical machine learning skills for research?

Sign up for an upcoming workshop: training.cam.ac.uk/apsci/search
Accelerate Programme's Introduction to Diffusion in Generative AI workshop, image shows trainer and attendees during the course.
October 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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📢 New blog! FTorch software from @iccscambridge.bsky.social couples PyTorch ML to Fortran models and is now used globally in climate, weather and fusion research.

A September workshop with 40 researchers explored hybrid modelling challenges.

Find out more: bit.ly/48FYxsM
FTorch: Enabling modern machine learning in large-scale scientific software. Quote by Joe Wallwork of the Institute of Computing for Climate Science is shown on a blue background, and a photo of conference attendees is shown. Find out more on the blog.
October 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Interested to find out more about research taking place in AI for Science?

Join us over pizza🍕for our first @acceleratescience.bsky.social Lunchtime Seminar this term, Mon 27 October, 12pm - 1pm in Room SS03, William Gates Building!

Register to attend for free:
science.ai.cam.ac.uk/events/accel...
Lunchtime Seminar Series advertisement on blue background, find out more via the registration link.
October 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Excited to share details of our AI Café on 20 October organised with @cruk-ci.bsky.social! 🔬

Want to find out more about how AI is being used in cancer research? Join us to hear talks from researchers & discuss with an AI expert. Those new to AI are very welcome to attend!

Sign up: bit.ly/3KNwc9N
AI Cafe: CRUK, information about the event and QR code on a blue background. Click the link to find out more.
October 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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📢 New blog! @charlesemogor.bsky.social uses machine learning to enhance anti-poaching across sub-Saharan Africa.

Working with @anil.recoil.org, @fletcherecology.bsky.social and @milindtambe-ai.bsky.social, he is developing models to help rangers patrol effectively.

Find out more: bit.ly/4mMs3Av
How can we ... use machine learning to enhance anti-poaching measures? Features a quote and photo of Charles Emogor. Read the blog post to find out more.
September 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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We are thrilled to be attending the Cambridge Wearables Innovation Forum Launch today at Pembroke College, Cambridge! 🚀 @dynamicbrain.bsky.social

We look forward to chatting with attendees about how to use machine learning and AI to power scientific research on wearable health tech.
Accelerate Programme exhibition booth, featuring a table, banner and three team members.
September 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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📢Booking is now open for our training courses next term!

Courses are open to all PhD students and staff at the University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk, sign up now to develop your AI skills and apply them in your research.

Find out more and book: science.ai.cam.ac.uk/events
Michaelmas Term Workshop Series of the Accelerate Programme, shows workshop dates and a QR code on a blue background. Find out more on our website
September 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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📢 New blog! Isaac Sebenius, who recently completed his PhD @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social developed MIND with supervisors @sarahmorganuk.bsky.social and Professor Ed Bullmore - a machine learning method transforming MRI brain scans into biologically validated networks.

Find out more: bit.ly/4gccUXm
How can we ... use AI to produce a roadmap showing how brain regions are related? Includes photo of author Isaac Sebenius on a blue background. Find out more on the blog.
September 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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New AI clinic slots available to book on 9 and 10 September! 🗓️

Open to all PhD students and researchers, our clinic offers free expert advice on any AI and machine learning questions.

Book a slot: science.ai.cam.ac.uk/events
Flexible support from our AI clinic. We provide support for a wide range of queries, from getting started with AI in your research to troubleshooting complex software issues.
August 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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📢 New blog! Find out how Richard Diehl Martinez, a PhD student from @cst.cam.ac.uk used funding from @acceleratescience.bsky.social to develop Pico - an open-source framework with less than 500 lines of Python code that democratises AI model training for researchers.

Find out more: bit.ly/41Pkv8f
How can we... help researchers build better language models? Shows a picture of blog post author Richard Diehl Martinez, PhD Student in the Department of Computer Science and Technology. Find out more on the Accelerate Programme website.
August 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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📢 New blog! Find out how Megan Ennion, a PhD student from @camedfac.bsky.social supervised by Ros McLellan used funding from Accelerate and @cambridgec2d3.bsky.social to study how AI tutors impact student learning psychology and behaviors.

Find out more: bit.ly/46It7ky
How can we... examine the impact of LLM chatbot tutors on student learning psychology and behaviours? Includes a photo of PhD Student Megan Ennion, Faculty of Education, on a blue background. Read the blog post to find out more.
August 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Apply by 12 September to be considered for our funding call with @cambridgec2d3.bsky.social in 3 categories:

🪴 Early Career Seed Funding up to £5,000 for PhD students/postdocs

🤝 Up to £15,000 to convene networks & events

📚 Up to £25,000 for larger scale projects

Find out more: bit.ly/4k13yyh
Accelerate-C2D3 Funding call: Pursuing novel applications of AI for research and innovation. Deadline 17:00, Friday 12 September 2025. Run by the Accelerate Programme and Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery.
July 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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📢 New blog! Find out how Jakob Träuble from
@ceb.cam.ac.uk used funding from Accelerate and
@cambridgec2d3.bsky.social to help detect conditions like Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s years before symptoms appear.

Find out more: bit.ly/4mhdKEd
How can we... use machine learning for more accurate brain age estimation and early neurodegeneration detection? Includes photo of Jakob Trauble, PhD Student in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. Read the blog post to find out more.
July 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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📢 New blog post! Find out how @florianjaeckle.bsky.social based at @campathology.bsky.social @cuh.nhs.uk @hugheshall.bsky.social is using AI to speed up diagnosis of coeliac disease developing an algorithm that correctly identified more than 95 cases out of 100.

Find out more: bit.ly/3Z3Q6C0
May 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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New AI clinic slots available to book on 5 and 12 June. Open to all University of Cambridge PhD students and researchers, our clinic offers free expert advice on any AI and machine learning questions.

Book a slot: www.training.cam.ac.uk/event/5821418
May 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Looking to develop your career in AI for Science? We are recruiting Machine Learning Engineers to join the team, developing & delivering support for researchers @uniofcam.bsky.social using AI in their work.

Find out more & apply by 22 June: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51390/
May 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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📢 Spaces available on our LLM Hands on Workshop at West Hub on Tuesday 10 June!

🔎 You’ll work in teams on real datasets, with support from Accelerate Science Machine Learning Engineers and researchers.

Open to all University of Cambridge PhD students & staff, sign up now: bit.ly/3YYssH2
May 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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📢 New blog! Find our how Dr Sam Ip from
@dphpc.bsky.social and @ccge-cambridge.bsky.social
used funding from Accelerate and
@cambridgec2d3.bsky.social to convene researchers to talk about distribution shifts in early cancer detection.

Find out more: bit.ly/3YZcw7f
May 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM