AI for Collective Intelligence

#AI4CI, #A&DS and #EFI are delighted to be hosting a #PublicForum on ‘AI in the City’ in historic #Edinburgh

📆 30th Oct 🕰️ 6pm-7.30pm 🏰 Edinburgh Futures Institute

Join us for a broad and rounded discussion between expert panellists

Get your FREE tickets here 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-in-the-...

🎇 SPOTLIGHT: Meet Dr Eva Christodoulaki

Since joining the team Eva has been using bond market transaction data from our industry partner #Propellant.digital identifying & categorising reporting errors & market anomalies

Read the full article on our website👉 lnkd.in/et-VGWUp

#FinancialStability

🦄 #TeamSmartCityDesign🦄

Prof. Alison Heppenstall gave a keynote talk at the European Colloquium of Quantitative and Theoretical Geography in beautiful Tallinn, Estonia.

Alison's talk was on 'Learning the City: AI-Driven Approaches to Complexity'. A great event!

🦄 #TeamSmartCityDesign🦄

Prof. Alison Heppenstall & Dr. Yahya Gamal attended the Social Simulation Conference at TU Delft, Netherlands

Presenting research on agent-based model of housing & advances in methods for quantifying spatial uncertainty.

Big thanks go to Delft University of Technology!

🎇 SPOTLIGHT: Meet Dr Yahya Gamal, Research Associate, Smart City Design

Yahya joined Prof. Alison Heppenstall at
@uofglasgow.bsky.social in 2024.

To learn more about what he's been up to click through these slides or read the full article on our website 👉 ai4ci.ac.uk/category/news/

🎇 SPOTLIGHT: Meet Dr Thomas Griffith, Research Associate, Human-Centered Design

Thom joined Prof. Philip Morgan at @cardiffuni.bsky.social back in 2024.

To learn more about what he's been up to click through these slides or read the full article on our website 👉 ai4ci.ac.uk/category/news/

🎇 SPOTLIGHT: Meet Dr Beatrice Taylor, Research Associate, Smart City Design

Bea joined Prof. @adamdennett.bsky.social at
@ucl.ac.uk back in Oct 2024.

To learn more about what she's been up to click through these slides or read the full article on our website 👉 ai4ci.ac.uk/category/news/

AI4CI Rapid Response Funding recipients!🥁

👉 Understanding Bias for Organisational ESG Behavioural Profiling.
Lead: Dr R. Arthur #UniversityOfExeter

👉 WARM-AIR: Wearable Assisted Respiratory Monitoring for Integrated Recognition of COPD Exacerbations
Lead: Prof. J. Dodd #UniversityOfBristol

AI4CI Rapid Response Funding recipients!🥁

👉 Using collective intelligence to model the cryptocurrency circular-economy.
Lead: Dr P. Corcoran #CardiffUni

👉 Embedding EDI in the Distribution of Research Funding: An AI-assisted Collective Intelligence Approach.
Lead: Prof. E. Pournaras, #UniofLeeds

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Harnessing AI and Data Science in Congenital Heart Disease

📆 09:30–15:30, 9 July, Wills Memorial Building
📝 Registration: tinyurl.com/4jvs9u7w

Collaborators: @ebibristol.bsky.social, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social, and University Hospitals Bristol & Weston

🎇 SPOTLIGHT: Meet Dr Ensor Palacios, Research Associate, Healthcare Ecosystems

Ensor joined Dr. Theresa Smith @uniofbath.bsky.social back in Sept 2024.

To learn more about what he's been up to click through these slides or read the full article on our website 👉 ai4ci.ac.uk/category/news/

#TeamSmartCityDesign

Dr Beatrice Taylor at #UCL has written a great blog: London’s permanent accommodation crisis

Bea breaks down:
- What happened to all the state owned housing
- What analysing the planning applications has revealed
- Comparing local authorities

Check it out! 👇
lnkd.in/extVJFQc

We've (begrudgingly) released AI4CI Director Seth Bullock to join the Collective Intelligence Assembly hosted by sci.um6p.ma

We're delighted (and not at all jealous) that he will be meeting with other experts within the topic of AI, democracy, governance and group decision-making.

Text graphic: Festival of Digital Health, South West England and Wales. 30 June - 4 July 2025

📢 Bookings are now open for the Festival of Digital Health!

The Festival will run from Monday 30 June - Friday 4 July with events taking place in Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter. View the full programme here: leap-digital-health-hub.github.io/festival/

Keep reading for some regional highlights 👇

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Join our celebration event to honour @bristoluni.bsky.social recent win as AI University of the Year with a keynote talk from ‪@sanakb.bsky.social‬

🗓️ 17:00 - 20:00, 4 June, Victoria Rooms

Open to all interested in data science and AI.

Get your free ticket now: tinyurl.com/2s3tv6jy

🎇 SPOTLIGHT: Meet Dr Hailun Xie, Research Fellow, Environmental Intelligence

Hailun joined Prof. Hywel Williams @University of Exeter back in October 2024.

To learn more about what he's been up to click through these slides or read the full article (with links) on our website 👉 lnkd.in/et-VGWUp

SCRIBE Hackathon The SCRIBE Hackathon is a biothreat datathon to explore access, nature, and integration of data relating to biothreats in complex environments. Working with expert partners from across life sciences, ...

We are hosting the SCRIBE Hackathon, a collaborative event aimed at developing the Strategic Rapid Integrated Biothreat Evaluation data tool.

🗓️ Kick-off workshop: 17 June, 9:30am–4pm
🗓️ Half-day review workshop: 1 July, 2–4pm

Info: jgibristol.github.io/scribe-hacka...
Register: tinyurl.com/39e2vrma

🎇 SPOTLIGHT: Meet Dr Sachii Weerawardhana, Research Associate, HCD

Welcome to the 2nd post of our spotlight series! Where we will be shining a light on the talented researchers in our team

You can find the full article including links to papers on our website 👉 ai4ci.ac.uk/category/news/

Bristol Data Stories graphic for episode 1 with Seth Bullock. Includes headshots of Will Chapman and James Thomas on the left and Seth Bullock and the AI4CI logo on the right.

Bristol Data Stories Episode 1: AI for Collective Intelligence

Join us for the first episode of Bristol Data Stories, where we talk to Seth Bullock @sethbullock.bsky.social, Director of AI4CI hub @ai4cihub.bsky.social, University of Bristol.

Listen now: tinyurl.com/nhkpy8xf

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Five people standing in front the Isambard-AI national AI research infrastructure stand

Three people standing in front of the Towards Wearable Assistive AI stand

Five people standing in front of the From Theory to Practice in Collective AI Systems stand

There were some fantastic @bristoluni.bsky.social demonstration stands at #AIUK. With stalls from @ai4cihub.bsky.social, INFORMED-AI Hub, PrO-AI CDT, Bristol Centre for Supercomputing and School of Computer Science 🖥️

You can read more in our latest blog post: tinyurl.com/8zw6tthz

🎇 SPOTLIGHT: Meet Sam James, Research Associate, Healthcare

Welcome to the 1st post of our spotlight series! Throughout the coming months we will be shining a light on the talented researchers in our team

You can find the full article including links to papers on our website 👉 lnkd.in/ehgwq_PJ

Digital Health Seminar Series. From Research to Revenue Academia-Industry Collaboration and Entrepreneurship. Tuesday 1 April 2025. Phil Kunovski. KYMIRA Ltd.

This afternoon at 2pm we'll be joined by Phil Kunovski for our Digital Health Seminar Series. Phil will be talking about the challenges and opportunities of transitioning academic research into a successful commercial venture. Register for a place: www.tickettailor.com/events/leapd...