IDAS Launch Event
OCW 017
Ogden Centre West
This meeting marks the launch of Durham's new Institute for Data Science. It aims to give researchers at the University the opportunity to present their interests in Data Science, to network, and to get to know each other.
Aidan Sedgewick
Aissa Ikhlef
Akansha Singh
Alastair Basden
Alison Clarke
Anca Chirita
Andrew Blance
Anthony Brown
Anthony Yeates
Arnau Quera-Bofarull
Arze Karam
Bernard Piette
Boguslaw Obara
Cameron Grove
Carlton Baugh
Carolina Cuesta
Catherine Montgomery
Charles Adams
Chris Brown
Christine Merrell
Craig Stewart
Dan Lawrence
Danny Donoghue
Donald Sturgeon
Dorian Praia do Amaral
Ed Ruck-Keene
Edward Elliott
Ehsan Kharatikoopaei
Frank Coolen
Germaine Uwimpuhwe
Gideon Gopestake
Giorgio Manzoni
Gordon Love
Graeme Watt
Gurpreet Singh Chahal
Harriet Hutchinson
Henry Truong
HONGJIAN SUN
Hua Song
Ian Jermyn
Jamie Grimwade
Jan Clarke
Jeremy Kendal
Jeroen van Hunen
Jim Fraser
Joaquin Armijo
Jochen Einbeck
John Wainwright
Joseph Bullock
Joseph Walker
Jun Jie Wu
Kevin Egan
Kevin Kwok
Kieran O'Brien
Lei Shi
Maria Laura Piscopo
Marion Weinzierl
Mark Dixon
Matthew Johnson
Nadja Reissland
Nan Wang
Nick Chancellor
Omar Ruiz
Patrice Carbonneau
Peder Norberg
Peter Heslin
Peter Vickers
Rebecca Wood
Riccardo Mogre
Rob Barton
Rui Carvalho
Saidur Rahman
Sally Street
Sergio Ruiz-Bonilla
Simon Beaumont
Sinclair Sutherland
Stefan Dantchev
stefano giani
Suzanne Froggatt
Tahani Coolen-Maturi
Tobias Weinzierl
Tracy Suddick
Viv Kendon
Wendy Parker
Xin Leng
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09:30
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10:00
Welcome Coffee
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10:00
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11:30
Morning 1: NumbersConvener: Dr Jochen Einbeck (Mathematical Sciences / IDAS)
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10:00
The data movement challenge and a communication-avoiding mindset 10mSpeaker: Tobias Weinzierl (Computer Science / IDAS)
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10:10
Extracting Governing Equations from Data 10m
Over the centuries, scientists have sought to describe natural phenomena with mechanistic models. In the last century, we have also made tremendous progress in building powerful non-mechanistic models, from linear regression to random forests and neural networks. However, although data are nowadays abundant in many areas of science and engineering, models often remain elusive. I will introduce the toolbox of sparse regression and illustrate how it can extract parsimonious models from data. I will give the examples of charging electric vehicles and automating the discovery of governing equations from data.
Speaker: Rui Carvalho (Engineering / DEI / IDAS) -
10:20
New insights into magnetic relaxation from HPC 10mSpeaker: Anthony Yeates (Mathematical Sciences - Magnetohydrodynamics / IDAS)
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10:30
Escape From Model Land 10mSpeaker: Leonard A. Smith (LSE / Oxford / Visiting Prof at Durham (Astronomy))
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10:50
Multi-parameter estimation with P&G 10mSpeaker: Miguel De-Icaza-Lizaola (Physics / CDT)
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11:00
Statistics, Data, and Science 10mSpeaker: Jonathan Cumming (Mathematical Sciences - Statistics, SMCU / IDAS)
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11:10
Emulation of computer models when multi-fidelity data are available 10mSpeaker: Georgios Karagiannis (Mathematical Sciences - Statistics / IDAS)
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11:20
Quantum computing research in Durham QLM 10mSpeaker: Nicholas Chancellor (Physics - Quantum Light and Matter)
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10:00
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11:30
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12:00
Coffee break
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12:00
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Morning 2: CultureConvener: Wendy Parker (Philosophy / IDAS / CHESS)
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12:10
The Sound of MusAIc 10mSpeaker: Nick Collins (Music)
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12:20
Doctoral theses and digital scholarship: working with the EThOS collection of the British Library 10mSpeaker: Catherine Montgomery (Education)
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12:30
Predigital Data 10mSpeaker: Matthew Eddy (Philosophy)
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12:40
Online competition: how dominant platforms use data 10mSpeaker: Anca Chirita (Law School)
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12:50
Using evolutionary models to study cultural change and diversity 10mSpeaker: Jeremy Kendal (DCERC/Dept. Anthropology)
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13:00
The theory-ladenness of observation in big data science 10mSpeaker: Peter Vickers (Philosophy)
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13:10
Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Learning Analytics 10mSpeaker: Lei Shi (Computer Science)
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13:20
Virtual Bodies: Ethics of Digital Data in Physical Anthropology 10mSpeaker: Trudi Buck (Anthropology)
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13:30
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14:30
Sandwich Lunch
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14:30
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16:00
Afternoon 1: Images
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14:35
Forests and climate change - what do images tell us? 10mSpeaker: Danny Donoghue (Geography)
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14:45
Statistical Shape Modelling and Applications 10mSpeaker: Ian Jermyn (Mathematical Sciences)
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14:55
Classification of Airborne Laser Scanner Data using Deep Learning 10mSpeaker: Nan Wang
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15:05
Quite big, very messy: Data science and the Archaeology of the Ancient near East 10mSpeaker: Dan Lawrence
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15:15
Climate change and the dry tropical forests of Southern Central Africa 10mSpeaker: Ruusa David
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15:25
Spectral analysis of coffee in Thailand 10mSpeaker: Anthony Brown
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15:35
CNN-supervised classification of airborne riverscape imagery 10mSpeaker: Patrice Carbonneau
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16:00
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16:30
Coffee break
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16:30
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18:00
Afternoon 2: Language
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16:40
Rescribe: OCR for historic texts and manuscripts 10mSpeaker: Nick White (Rescribe (Durham spin-out))
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16:50
Interactive text mining and visualization in the humanities 10mSpeaker: Donald Sturgeon (Computer Science)
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17:00
Digital Theology 10mSpeaker: Pete Phillips (Theology)
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17:10
Machine Learning and Patterns in Dialogue 10mSpeaker: Chris Brown (Education)
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17:20
Deep Learning for Museum Collections 10m
Working with image data provided by the Durham University Oriental Museum, we sought to test how well a data set created from a museum's digital archives could be used for broad artefact type classification using a CNN implemented in PyTorch, as well as considering potential ways in which computer vision and object recognition could be used to support efforts in heritage protection.
Speaker: Matthew Roberts (Archaeology) -
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Statistical Methods in Archaeology 10mSpeaker: Andrew Millard (Archaeology)
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17:40
AI and Ethical Investing 10mSpeaker: Robert Song
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17:50
Mapping Risks in Generated Text 10m
This talk is based on research conducted in collaboration with the United Nations and demonstrates the ability with which AI can be used to generate text easily, and at a low cost. The implications of this to societal peace and stability will be explored, and recommendations for potential steps towards the mitigation of negative consequences given.
Speaker: Joe Bullock
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Evening Reception
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09:30
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