Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
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The Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division is one of the four academic divisions of the University of Oxford. We have over 6,000 students and research staff, and generate over half of our funding from external research grants.
The MPLS Division's 10 departments and 3 interdisciplinary units span the full spectrum of the mathematical, computational, physical, engineering and life sciences, and undertake both fundamental research and cutting-edge applied work. Our research addresses major societal and technological challenges and is increasingly interdisciplinary in nature. We collaborate closely with colleagues in Oxford across the medical sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Today's scientific research not only crosses traditional subject boundaries, but also transcends national boundaries: MPLS scientists collaborate with researchers from around the world, and play leading roles in many international projects.
Series associated with Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
A Mathematician's Holiday
Ada Lovelace Symposium - Celebrating 200 Years of a Computer Visionary
Algebra of Programming
Back Garden Biology
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
Biology: The Whole Story
Building a Business: Moving Your Product to the Market
Caging Schrödinger's Cat - Quantum Nanotechnology
Careers in Chemistry: Academia
Careers in Chemistry: Beyond Academia
Chemistry for the Future: Clean Energy
Chemistry for the Future: Human Health
Chemistry for the Future: Incredible Machines
Chemistry for the Future: Meet the Scientists
Chemistry for the Future: Solar Fuels
Chemistry for the Future: Strange Substances and Structures
Chemistry Spotlight Lectures
Christmas Science Lectures
Cultural Heritage Forum
Darwin 200
Department of Engineering Science Centenary Lectures
Department of Engineering Science Lectures
Department of Materials
Department of Statistics
Earth Sciences
Enterprising Women
Exploring Spoken Word Data in Oral History Archives
Federated Logic Conference (FLoC) 2018
Good Natured
Hinshelwood Lectures 2018 - Soft Interfaces: A Journey Across Scales
Hinshelwood Lectures 2019 - Shedding New Lights to Light-Matter Interactions
Inside Oxford Science
International Conference on Functional Programming 2017
Mathematical Institute
Maths + Cancer
Models of Consciousness
Musical Abstracts
Open Science
Oxford Kafka24
Oxford Physics Academic Lectures
Oxford Physics Public Lectures
Oxford Physics Research
Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions
Oxford Sparks: bringing science to life
Physics then and now – the life and work of Don Perkins
Proving the Negative (PTNPod): Swanning About in Cyber Security
Quantum Mechanics
Scientific Computing for DPhil Students
So you want to study Chemistry?
Stargazing
Strachey 100: an Oxford Computing Pioneer
Strachey Lectures
Study Skills
Sutton Trust Chemistry Summer School
The Hinshelwood Lectures: Bioinspired Materials
The Medtronic Lectures in Biomedical Engineering
The Oxford Reproducibility School
The Oxford Solid State Basics
The Physics of Fine-Tuning
The Secrets of Mathematics
The World of Art
Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma
Valentine's Day at Oxford
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| 1170 | Monstrosities and Metamorphosis in More-Than-Human Worlds | Metamorphosis is constantly taking place in the worlds of people and other animals. A freewheeling discussion featuring shape-shifting leopard men in Nigeria, gut microbes that shape the human condition, and circus freakshows. | David Pratten, Jamie Lorimer, Beth Greenhough, Eva Bredler | 20 Aug 2024 | |
| 1169 | Extraordinary Bodies, Disability Justice, and Metamorphosis | All of our bodies are gradually undergoing metamorphosis. Yet, many people with extraordinary bodies and minds experience discrimination in everyday life. Our speakers imagine metamorphosis and transformations on a grand societal scale. | Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Anna Landre, Benedict Ipgrave, Stuart Murray | 12 Aug 2024 | |
| 1168 | Keynote: Time traveling with Gregor Samsa, or what you can do with six legs | Professors Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Eben Kirksey use Gregor's transformation in 'Metamorphosis' to muse on the everyday changes we all experience and their relations to disability, design justice and ableism. | Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Eben Kirksey | 07 Aug 2024 | |
| 1167 | The future of Particle Physics | Professor Daniela Bortoletto, Head of Particle Physics at University of Oxford, considers future advancements in particle physics and the ongoing quest to understand the universe's fundamental nature. | Daniela Bortoletto | 30 Jul 2024 | |
| 1166 | Neutrino oscillations | Professor Paul Harrison (University of Warwick) discusses the life and work of Don Perkins, focusing on neutrino oscillations. He reminisces about meeting Perkins in 1994 and the theoretical framework they developed together. | Paul Harrison | 26 Jul 2024 | |
| 1165 | Neutrinos at Soudan and proton decay | Join Professor Mark Thomson on a journey through particle physics from his early days in proton decay experiments to roles in major neutrino projects like MINOS and DUNE, and the profound implications of particle physics research. | Mark Thomson | 26 Jul 2024 | |
| 1164 | Cosmic Rays / Dark Matter | Professor Jocelyn Monroe (Particle Physics, University of Oxford) discusses cosmic rays, dark matter, and the work of Don Perkins, focusing on the tools of particle astrophysics. | Jocelyn Monroe | 26 Jul 2024 | |
| 1163 | CRISPR, Gene Editing, and Metamorphosis | Biotechnology is transforming the human condition. A molecular tool called CRISPR-Cas9 is being used to edit human DNA. Scientists will join influential disabled thinkers to discuss ethical issues hovering around gene editing. | Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Nada Kubikova, Dagan Wells, Julia-Sophia Bellingrath | 26 Jul 2024 | |
| 1162 | Don Perkins and Neutral Currents | Professor Deiter Haidt, Don Perkin's collaborator on the Gargamelle project at CERN, details the seminal contributions of Don Perkins to neutrino physics and the Standard Model. | Dieter Haidt | 19 Jul 2024 | |
| 1161 | Don Perkins and Charged Currents | Professor Chris Llewelyn-Smith provides a detailed account of Don Perkins' contributions to particle physics, his role as a leading figure, and his impact on the field through his work on neutrino interactions and particle physics. | Chris Llewelyn-Smith | 19 Jul 2024 | |
| 1160 | The early years: Bristol, Emulsions, Pion discovery | Professor Brian Foster (Experimental Physics at University of Oxford) explores the early years of Don Perkins in particle physics, his pion discovery, and his lasting impact on the field and cancer therapy. | Brian Foster | 19 Jul 2024 | |
| 1159 | Hunger Artistry: Kafka and the Art of Starvation | Kafka’s provocative story “The Hunger Artist” explores starvation, art, and the nature of human existence. Experts discuss the story and its reception. | Peter Boxall, Ankhi Mukherjee, Meindert Peters, Karen Leeder | 10 Jul 2024 | |
| 1158 | ‘Franz Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’: Insects and Disgust and Repulsion’ | Franz Kafka exploited people’s disgust at insects as his protagonist, Greger Samsa, was transformed into a giant insect. Is this disgust innate, widely shared or justified and what are the consequences for our treatment of insects? | Liam Crowley, Rosemary Gillespie, Clair Linzey, Geraldine Wright | 12 Jun 2024 | |
| 1157 | Tuberculosis: vaccines, diagnostics and experience | Kafka died in 1924 of tuberculosis, which remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. This talk looks at the various aspects of tuberculosis from candidate vaccines, the role of genetics in TB treatments and the perspective of a patient. | Helen McShane, Philip Fowler | 12 Jun 2024 | |
| 1156 | Oxford Reads Kafka | A collective public reading of 'Metamorphosis' to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death. Bringing together literary figures, civic leaders and University academics and students, this event celebrates the power of Kafka’s voice today. | Lemn Sissay, Ben Okri, Lisa Appignanesi, Helen McShane | 12 Jun 2024 | |
| 1155 | Chirality in living systems | Prof Alexander Mietke discusses recent findings in this field that have linked chirality in living systems to the formation of a left-right body axis in organisms and to a new kind of elasticity that is found in crystals formed by starfish embryos. | Alexander Mietke | 11 Jun 2024 | |
| 1154 | Imaging living systems | Dr Adrien Hallou presents a new methodology called 'spatial mechano-transcriptomics', which allows the simultaneous measurement of the mechanical and transcriptional states of cells in a multicellular tissue at single cell resolution. | Adrien hallou | 11 Jun 2024 | |
| 1153 | Statistical physics of living systems | Professor Julia Yeomans describes how mechanical models are being extended to incorporate the unique properties of living systems | Julia Yeomans | 11 Jun 2024 | |
| 1152 | 'Kafka's Ape' and 'Words and Music' | Interview with the creatives behind two shows inspired by Kafka's story 'A Report for an Academy' which explore race, migration, ageing and "humanimal" agency. | Ed Gaughan, Karen Leeder, Tony Miyambo, Wes Williams | 07 Jun 2024 | |
| 1151 | Strachey Lecture: The Computer in the Sky | The talk will emphasize the diversity of mathematical tools necessary for understanding blockchain protocols and their applications | Tim Roughgarden | 16 May 2024 | |
| 1150 | The Miracle of Quantum Error Correction | In this talk, Benedikt Placke introduces QEC and explains how the unique interplay between the classical and the quantum world enables us to efficiently correct errors effecting such systems. | Benedikt Placke | 15 Mar 2024 | |
| 1149 | Simulating physics beyond computer power | In this talk Alessio Lerose discusses the seminal idea of simulating Nature via a controllable quantum system rather than a classical computer. He discusses recent advances that brought us closer to the ultimate goal of a universal quantum simulator. | Alessio Lerose | 15 Mar 2024 | |
| 1148 | A liquid of quarks and gluons | Jasmine Brewer covers recent progress on studying the properties of the quark-gluon plasma, and describe how we can capitalize on lessons learned from high-energy physics to provide new insights on this novel material. | Jasmine Brewer | 15 Mar 2024 | |
| 1147 | Strachey Lecture: From classical to non-classical stochastic shortest path problems | Professor Christel Baier delivers the Hillary Term 2024 Strachey Lecture | Christel Baier | 06 Feb 2024 | |
| 1146 | Was there a strategic alternative to the atomic bombing of 1945? | Delve into history with Dr Rob Johnson, Director of The Changing Character of War Centre at Oxford, as he explores a pivotal question. | Rob Johnson | 21 Dec 2023 | |
| 1145 | Oxford Physics and the ‘remote and speculative project’ | A lecture by Prof Stephen Blundell, Professor of Physics – Condensed Matter - (Department of Physics and Mansfield College). | Stephen Blundell | 21 Dec 2023 | |
| 1144 | Nuclear Physics and the development of the bomb | Explore the history of atomic bomb development with Dr. Georg Viehhauser, Particle Physics Research Lecturer at St John's College, Oxford. | Georg Viehhauser | 21 Dec 2023 | |
| 1143 | Ecology - Chapter 10 | Learn the key concepts in ecology and what makes populations change over time, with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford | Lindsay Turnbull | 01 Dec 2023 | |
| 1142 | Plants - Chapter 9 | Plants are awesome, with photosynthesis being the most disruptive invention ever! Join Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford to understand why | Lindsay Turnbull | 01 Dec 2023 | |
| 1141 | Vertebrates - Chapter 8 | Take a guided tour of the biology and ancestry of the vertebrates with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford | Lindsay Turnbull | 01 Dec 2023 | |
| 1140 | Animals - Chapter 7 | Take a whistle-stop tour of the Animal Kingdom with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford | Lindsay Turnbull | 01 Dec 2023 | |
| 1139 | Eukarotyes - Chapter 6 | Explore the mysterious origins of the cells all multicellular organisms are made from - eukaryotic cells - with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford | Lindsay Turnbull | 01 Dec 2023 | |
| 1138 | Bacteria - Chapter 5 | Learn about the microbiome, the amazing flexibility of bacteria, and why we have an antibiotic resistance crisis with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford | Lindsey Turnbull | 01 Dec 2023 | |
| 1137 | Energy in Cells - Chapter 4 | Learn how cells generate energy by harnessing chemical reactions, with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford | Lindsay Turnbull | 01 Dec 2023 | |
| 1136 | Sexual Reproduction - Chapter 3 | Almost all species use sex to reproduce, but biologists struggle to understand why; join Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford as she explains the costs and benefits | Lindsay Turnbull | 01 Dec 2023 | |
| 1135 | Evolution - Chapter 2 | Learn the theory of evolution in a simpler, more intuitive way than ever before with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford | Lindsay Turnbull | 01 Dec 2023 | |
| 1134 | Information in Cells - Chapter 1 | Learn how cells use the information in DNA and the key components that make up a cell, with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford | Lindsey Turnbull | 01 Dec 2023 | |
| 1133 | Possible sources for the gravitational wave background | Dr Yonadav Barry Ginat - Possible sources for the gravitational wave background | Yonadav Barry Ginat | 28 Nov 2023 | |
| 1132 | Searching for the origin of black hole mergers in the Universe with gravitational waves | Prof Bence Kocsis - Searching for the origin of black hole mergers in the Universe with gravitational waves | Bence Kocsis | 28 Nov 2023 | |
| 1131 | Gravitational radiation: an overview | Prof Steven Balbus - Gravitational radiation: an overview | Steven Balbus | 28 Nov 2023 | |
| 1130 | Strachey Lecture: How Can Algorithms Help to Protect our Privacy | In this term's Strachey lecture, Professor Monika Henzinger gives an introduction to differential privacy with an emphasis on differential private algorithms that can handle changing input data. | Monika Henzinger | 13 Nov 2023 | |
| 1129 | Strachey Lecture: Use or Be Used - Regaining Control of AI | It’s said that Henry Ford’s customers wanted “a faster horse”. If Henry Ford was selling us artificial intelligence today, what would the customer call for, “a smarter human”? | Neil Lawrence | 04 Sep 2023 | |
| 1128 | How the weird and wonderful properties of magnetised laser plasmas could ignite fusion-energy research | Archie Bott explains how a promising scheme for fusion relies on a novel feature of hot laser-plasmas: introducing a magnetic field of the correct strength alters the plasma’s fundamental properties in a highly counterintuitive yet beneficial manner. | Archie Bott | 02 Jun 2023 | |
| 1127 | Stellarators: twisty tokamaks that could be the future of fusion | Georgia Acton introduces stellarators, discusses the features that distinguish them from tokamaks, highlight the challenges we currently face, and discusses how we might overcome them. | Georgia Acton | 02 Jun 2023 | |
| 1126 | Magnetic confinement fusion: Science that’s hotter than a Kardashian Instagram post | Michael Barnes introduces the basic concepts behind magnetic confinement fusion, he describes why it is so challenging and discusses possibilities for the future. | Michael Barnes | 02 Jun 2023 | |
| 1125 | The spaghettification of stars by supermassive black holes: understanding one of nature’s most extreme events | The spaghettification of stars by supermassive black holes: understanding one of nature’s most extreme events - Andrew Mummery | Andrew Mummery | 03 Mar 2023 | |
| 1124 | Extreme value statistics and the theory of rare events | Extreme value statistics and the theory of rare events - Francesco Mori | Francesco Mori | 03 Mar 2023 | |
| 1123 | Inflation and the Very Early Universe | Inflation and the Very Early Universe - Georges Obied | Georges Obied | 03 Mar 2023 | |
| 1122 | Strachey Lecture: Symmetry and Similarity | An introduction to algorithmic aspects of symmetry and similarity, ranging from the fundamental complexity theoretic "Graph Isomorphism Problem" to applications in optimisation and machine learning | Martin Grohe | 16 Feb 2023 | |
| 1121 | Creative Commons | 6. The shape of data with Professor Heather Harrington | Vicky Neale and Heather Harrington look at how mathematical techniques are used to identify patterns in cancer data, and discuss the creative thinking required of mathematicians. | Vicky Neale, Heather Harrington | 23 Dec 2022 |
| 1120 | Creative Commons | 5. Modelling cancer with Professor Helen Byrne | Vicky Neale sits down with Helen Byrne to discuss her research around mathematical modelling for tumour prediction, and her advice for researchers who want to apply their work to cancer research. | Vicky Neale, Helen Byrne | 23 Dec 2022 |
| 1119 | Creative Commons | 4. Numbers don't tell the whole story with Professor Hannah Fry | Vicky Neale talks to Hannah Fry about the difficulties of using probabilities in medical statistics, and how their own experiences have shaped their perspectives on the tough choices facing those making decisions on cancer care. | Vicky Neale, Hannah Fry | 12 Dec 2022 |
| 1118 | Creative Commons | 3. Medical imaging and radiotherapy with Tom Whyntie | Vicky Neale sits down with Tom Whyntie to look at how mathematics is being used in medical imaging to optimise cancer care, and the ‘epic amounts of data’ behind the technology. | Vicky Neale, Tom Whyntie | 12 Dec 2022 |
| 1117 | Creative Commons | 2. Communicating the evidence with Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter | Vicky Neale and David Spiegelhalter explore the role of statisticians in communicating risk to the public, and how patients can be empowered to engage with clinicians when weighing up the benefits and risks of treatment. | Vicky Neale, David Spiegelhalter | 12 Dec 2022 |
| 1116 | Creative Commons | 1. The relevance of maths to cancer with Professor Philip Maini | Vicky Neale talks to Philip Maini about how mathematical modelling can help researchers and doctors to improve the quality of life for people receiving cancer treatment. | Vicky Neale, Philip Maini | 12 Dec 2022 |
| 1115 | Axion Searches from Black Holes to the Basement | Professor John March-Russell talks about the search possibilities for axions including many current and near future ultra-precise quantum `table top' experiments in the Beecroft basement. | John March-Russell | 01 Dec 2022 | |
| 1114 | Axion Electrodynamics in Solid-State Materials | Professor Siddharth Parameswaran gives the second talk on Axions. | Siddharth Parameswaran | 01 Dec 2022 | |
| 1113 | The Axion: How Angles Become Particles | Professor Joseph Conlon introduces the general idea of axions: particles associated to fields which are valued on a circle rather than a real line. | Joseph Conlon | 01 Dec 2022 | |
| 1112 | Strachey Lecture: Integrating Logic, Probability and Neuro-Symbolic Reasoning using Probabilistic Soft Logic | An overview of work on probabilistic soft logic (PSL), an SRL framework for large-scale collective, probabilistic reasoning in relational domains and a description of recent work which integrates neural and symbolic (NeSy) reasoning. | Lise Getoor | 27 Oct 2022 | |
| 1111 | That's a Wrap! | Resilience, cool communicators and space robots. This episode wraps a brilliant season of PTNPod, with Ari and Claudine's favourite 5 moments. | Arianna Schuler Scott, Claudine Tinsman | 11 Jul 2022 | |
| 1110 | Value & Benefits | SPECIAL CONFERENCE EPISODE getting the inside scoop on UK Cyber Strategy. | Arianna Schuler Scott, Chris Ensor, Bernard Parsons, Harmonie Toros | 04 Jul 2022 | |
| 1109 | Relevant & Useful | We discuss communication challenges and pipeline problems in cyber security. | Arianna Schuler Scott, Claudine Tinsman, Andrew Martin, Louise Axon | 27 Jun 2022 | |
| 1108 | Raising the Bar | Surprising social media harms and the Online Safety Bill. This week we're talking about Claudine's research into long term harms of social media content and managing the 'mundane'. | Arianna Schuler Scott, Claudine Tinsman | 24 Jun 2022 | |
| 1107 | Creative Commons | A Theory of Weak-Supervision and Zero-Shot Learning | A lecture exploring alternatives to using labeled training data. | Eli Upfal | 09 Jun 2022 |
| 1106 | Power to the Ppl | Data protection and making consent more of a conversation. Listen up, and prosper! | Arianna Schuler Scott, Claudine Tinsman | 09 Jun 2022 | |
| 1105 | Creative Commons | Voice Hackers R Us | We’re learning about speech interfaces and hacking home assistants with nonsense and wordplay. | Arianna Schuler Scott, Claudine Tinsman, Mary Bispham | 28 May 2022 |
| 1104 | Creative Commons | We are what we do | Instead of passwords, what if computers used our high fives to log us in? | Arianna Schuler Scott, Claudine Tinsman, Klaudia Krawiecka | 22 May 2022 |
| 1103 | Creative Commons | Make or Break | Join us as we explore how to describe trust, reputation and messiness using maths! | Arianna Schuler Scott, Claudine Tinsman, Sean Sirur | 16 May 2022 |
| 1102 | Creative Commons | Rethinking Risk | Sometimes threats come from inside the system (content warning: intimate partner violence). | Arianna Schuler Scott, Claudine Tinsman, Julia Slupska | 10 May 2022 |
| 1101 | Creative Commons | The Kids aren’t OK | Designing and building apps to protect children and young folk from data harms. | Arianna Schuler Scott, Claudine Tinsman, Anirudh Ekambaranathan | 20 Apr 2022 |
| 1100 | Creative Commons | Technospheres | Political influence and the trading power of surveillance and censorship technologies. | Arianna Schuler Scott, Claudine Tinsman, Valentin Weber | 20 Apr 2022 |
| 1099 | Creative Commons | Networks of Hate | Exploring how hate groups use, lose and abuse social media networks. | Arianna Schuler Scott, Claudine Tinsman, Fatima Zahrah | 20 Apr 2022 |
| 1098 | Creative Commons | Intro | Welcome to Proving the Negative, a podcast exploring the wide wonderful world of cyber security research. | Arianna Schuler Scott, Claudine Tinsman | 20 Apr 2022 |
| 1097 | Creative Commons | Victims of Algorithmic Violence: An Introduction to AI Ethics and Human-AI Interaction | A high-level overview of key areas of AI ethics and not-ethics, exploring the challenges of algorithmic decision-making, kinds of bias, and interpretability, linking these issues to problems of human-system interaction. | Max Van Kleek | 06 Apr 2022 |
| 1096 | Creative Commons | The practicalities of academic research ethics - how to get things done | A brief introduction to various legal and procedural ethical concepts and their applications within and beyond academia. | Katherine Fletcher | 05 Apr 2022 |
| 1095 | Creative Commons | Statistics, ethical and unethical: Some historical vignettes | David Steinsaltz gives a lecture on the ethical issues in statistics using historical examples. | David Steinsaltz | 05 Apr 2022 |
| 1094 | Creative Commons | Joining Bayesian submodels with Markov melding | This seminar explains and illustrates the approach of Markov melding for joint analysis. | Robert Goudie | 05 Apr 2022 |
| 1093 | Creative Commons | Neural Networks and Deep Kernel Shaping | Rapid training of deep neural networks without skip connections or normalization layers using Deep Kernel Shaping. | James Martens | 05 Apr 2022 |
| 1092 | Creative Commons | Introduction to Advanced Research Computing at Oxford | Andy Gittings and Dai Jenkins, deliver a graduate lecture on Advance Research Computing (ARC). | Andy Gittings, Dai Jenkins | 05 Apr 2022 |
| 1091 | Creative Commons | Ethics from the perspective of an applied statistician | Professor Denise Lievesley discusses ethical issues and codes of conduct relevant to applied statisticians. | Denise Lievesley | 31 Mar 2022 |
| 1090 | Creative Commons | A Day in the Life of a Statistics Consultant | Maria Christodoulou and Mariagrazia Zottoli share what a standard day is like for a statistics consultant. | Maria Christodoulou, Mariagrazia Zottoli | 31 Mar 2022 |
| 1089 | Creative Commons | Metropolis Adjusted Langevin Trajectories: a robust alternative to Hamiltonian Monte-Carlo | Lionel Riou-Durand gives a talk on sampling methods. | Lionel Riou-Durand | 31 Mar 2022 |
| 1088 | Modelling infectious diseases: what can branching processes tell us? | Professor Samir Bhatt gives a talk on the mathematics underpinning infectious disease models. | Samir Bhatt | 31 Mar 2022 | |
| 1087 | Strachey Lecture: How Are New Technologies Changing What We See? | There has been a proliferation of technological developments in the last few years that are beginning to improve how we perceive, attend to, notice, analyse and remember events, people, data and other information. | Yvonne Rogers | 16 Mar 2022 | |
| 1086 | Rock'n'roll for wolves with Jen GaNun | In this final episode for Season 2, Julia and Sofia talk to dancer, choreographer and singer Jen Ganun about leveraging the power of rock and roll for wolf conservation in Colorado. | Julia Migne, Sofia Castello y Tickell, Jen GaNun | 10 Mar 2022 | |
| 1085 | Exploring the treetops with Tim Kovar | In this episode, Julia and Sofia talk to tree climber Tim Kovar about trees, inclusivity and connecting people with nature. | Tim Kovar, Sofia Castello y Tickell, Julia Migne | 17 Jan 2022 | |
| 1084 | Strachey Lecture: Mixed Signals | Mixed Signals: audio and wearable data analysis for health diagnostics | Cecilia Mascolo | 06 Jan 2022 | |
| 1083 | Culture and conservation with Miriam Supuma | In this episode, Julia and Sofia talk to conservationist Miriam Supuma about traditional knowledge, birds of paradise and the role of cultural identity in preserving biodiversity. | Julia Migne, Sofia Castello y Tickell, Miriam Supuma | 17 Dec 2021 | |
| 1082 | Artivism and conservation with Sofiya Shukhova | In this episode, Julia and Sofia talk to artivist Sofiya Shukhova about the complexities of the wildlife trade and finding inspiration in unexpected places. | Sofia Castello y Tickell, Julia Migne, Sofiya Shukhova | 08 Nov 2021 | |
| 1081 | Strachey Lecture: The Quest for Truth in the Information Age | The advantages of computing for society are tremendous. But while new technological developments emerge, we also witness a number disadvantages and unwanted side-effects. | Sonja Smets | 04 Nov 2021 | |
| 1080 | Becoming a field conservationist with Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh | In this episode, Sofia and Julia talk to conservationist Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh about conserving chimpanzees, the importance of mentorship, and also being a woman in the field. | Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh, Julia Migne, Sofia Castello y Tickell | 04 Oct 2021 | |
| 1079 | Polar pursuits with Tom Hart | In this episode, Sofia and Julia talk to penguinologist Tom Hart about the dynamics of polar ecosystems and creating a sense of home in remote places. | Sofia Castello y Tickell, Julia Migne, Tom Hart | 22 Sep 2021 | |
| 1078 | Shifting perspectives with Sara Lil Middleton | In this episode, Julia and Sofia talk to plant ecologist Sara Lil Middleton about seeing beyond the “green carpet” to understand grasses and climate change and her work to promote equality and diversity in the biological sciences. | Sara Lil Middleton, Sofia Castello y Tickell, Julia Migne | 10 Sep 2021 | |
| 1077 | Inspiring love for insects with Dino Martins | In this episode, Sofia and Julia talk to Kenyan entomologist Dino Martins about his passion for insects, the importance of art, and his work engaging farmers in conservation. | Dino Martins, Sofia Castello y Tickell, Julia Migne | 16 Aug 2021 | |
| 1076 | Nature Notes: Spotting tree kangaroos with Danny Nane | In this week’s Nature Note, Danny shares his childhood experience with endangered Matschie’s tree kangaroos in Papua New Guinea’s first protected area. | Danny Nane, Sofia Castello y Tickell, Julia Migne | 04 Aug 2021 | |
| 1075 | Nature Notes: Smelling sage with Mike Clark | In this week’s Nature Note, Mike transports us to a sagebrush prairie in Montana and reconciles big spaces with small details. | Mike Clark, Sofia Castello y Tickell, Julia Migne | 30 Jul 2021 | |
| 1074 | Causality and Autoencoders in the Light of Drug Repurposing for COVID-19 | Caroline Uhler (MIT), gives a OxCSML Seminar on Friday 2nd July 2021. | Caroline Uhler | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 1073 | Recent Applications of Stein's Method in Machine Learning | Qiang Liu (University of Texas at Austin) gives the OxCSML Seminar on Friday 4th June 2021. | Qiang Liu | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 1072 | Do Simpler Models Exist and How Can We Find Them? | Cynthia Rudin (Duke University) gives a OxCSML Seminar on Friday 14th May 2021. | Cynthia Rudin | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 1071 | Practical pre-asymptotic diagnostic of Monte Carlo estimates in Bayesian inference and machine learning | Aki Vehtari (Aalto University) gives the OxCSML Seminar on Friday 7th May 2021 | Aki Vehtari | 29 Jul 2021 |
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