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ai@cam @ai.cam.ac.uk · 2d

⏳ Just a few days left to apply for our new AI-deas Sprint Programme!

Do you have an #AI idea that could have real-world impact?We’re offering @cam.ac.uk researchers the chance to get up to £25k to bring bold concepts to life.

📅 Apply by Friday 10 October!
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/ai-dea...

AI-deas Sprint Programme Call

The AI-deas sprint programme is focused on supporting pioneering and innovative projects to develop breakthrough prototypes that will make a positive impact on society.

www.ai.cam.ac.uk

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Neil Lawrence @lawrennd.bsky.social · 3d

Volume 298

proceedings.mlr.press/v298/

Proceedings of Machine Learning for Healthcare 2025

Is now available on PMLR

Proceedings of Machine Learning Research

Proceedings of the 10th Machine Learning for Healthcare Conference Held in Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA on 15-16 August 2025 Published as Volume 298 by the Proceedings of Machine Learning Research ...

proceedings.mlr.press

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ai@cam @ai.cam.ac.uk · 7d

How can we harness #AI for good?

Our Chair of ai@cam, @lawrennd.bsky.social, joined A Question of Science to unpack the role and capabilities of artificial intelligence and what this means for society.

Listen here 🎧 ➡️ www.lnk.to/AQOSAIPA

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 9d

NEW EPISODE: Can we harness AI for good?

Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about the future of cancer research and treatment.

Listen on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSAIBB

Panel discussion promotional image titled ‘How Can We Harness AI for Good?’ featuring several speakers with microphones.

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ai@cam @ai.cam.ac.uk · 13d

📢 Calling all local council staff & @cam.ac.uk #AI researchers!

Join our new #AI in Local Government Fair to hear directly from councils about their toughest challenges and explore together how AI can strengthen #publicservices.

📅 Monday 24 November
➡️ Apply now: ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/ai-in-...

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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 15d

This summer, we came together with ONS & OSR to explore innovative solutions to falling survey response rates.

Collaboration is key to solving system-wide challenges, and this roundtable was just the start.

Read more 👉 rss.org.uk/news-publica...

Getting the Full Picture: Reflections from the RSS–ONS–OSR Roundtable on Survey Representativeness

rss.org.uk

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Neil Lawrence @lawrennd.bsky.social · 16d

Reassuring to know that there are students who don’t succumb to the temptation to use ChatGPT.

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ai@cam @ai.cam.ac.uk · 21d

🚀 Do you have an #AI idea that could have real-world impact? 🚀

We’re offering @cam.ac.uk researchers the chance to get up to £25k + 6 months’ support to bring bold concepts to life through our new AI-deas Sprint Programme.

📅 Deadline: 10 Oct
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/ai-dea...

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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · Sep 8

960+ people. 4 days. 1 unforgettable conference. Thanks to everyone who made #RSS2025 such a standout event!

Our president John Aston shares some reflections, including a timely reminder that transparency is key to trust in official stats 👉 rss.org.uk/news-publica...

President's blog: Reflections on a record breaking RSS Conference

rss.org.uk

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Motonobu Kanagawa @motonobu-kanagawa.bsky.social · Sep 7

Accepted papers at ProbNum 2025 have now been published as a volume in Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (PMLR). Thank you to all the authors for their beautiful papers and to the PMLR editor Prof Neil Lawrence @lawrennd.bsky.social for making this possible.

proceedings.mlr.press/v271/

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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are recruiting two biomedical data scientists as part of a new Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) in Exposome Immunology hosted jointly by @fbmh-uom.bsky.social and @ox.ac.uk.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Senior Biomedical Data Scientist:Oxford Road

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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EurIPS Conference @euripsconf.bsky.social · Sep 4

What is an UnConference?

An @ellis.eu initiative, which bring together top European-based researchers for meaningful discussions. On Dec 2, you can attend high-impact workshops led by #ELLIS Programs and present your recently published work at a community-wide poster session.

eurips.cc/ellis/

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · Sep 4

Brain postdoc fellowships now open

guarantorsofbrain.org/grants/post-...

Post Doctoral & Brain Entry Fellowships | Brain: The Charity

guarantorsofbrain.org

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Neil Lawrence @lawrennd.bsky.social · Sep 2

It’s like the technical version of the book ideas plus practical advice.

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · Sep 2

I enjoyed doing this interview about my book: kevincoldiron.substack.com/p/the-measur...

The Measure of Progress

The next generation of economic statistics begins to emerge

kevincoldiron.substack.com

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Neil Lawrence @lawrennd.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here's some of the material that the LLM failed to delete:

mlatcl.github.io/mlfc/

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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · Sep 1

My Bayesian Data Analysis course at Aalto is starting in 20mins. There are now 375 registered students, but as the course is not compulsory for most, I expect about 230 students to finish it. All the course material is available online at avehtari.github.io/BDA_course_A...

Bayesian Data Analysis course

avehtari.github.io

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