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6th March 2024 – AR, VR: Augmented Reality for Vector Representations from Deep Learning Models

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We are pleased to welcome Alex Davies, a PhD student with the Interactive AI CDT at the University of Bristol. In this talk, Alex will present his work on using new augmented reality hardware to gain real insight into how AI models understand data.

Wednesday 6th March, 2-3pm
In-person in seminar room SM4 of the Ada Lovelace Building on Tankard’s Close, Bristol.

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Alex Davies
Alex is a PhD student with the Interactive AI CDT at the University of Bristol. His work mainly focusses on using AI for graph data, meaning molecules, social networks, road networks, proteins, and anything else where you can draw a line between two points.

7th February 2024 – Logging the pandemic

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During the pandemic, Oliver spent a fair amount of time tweeting graphs of COVID data from his account @BristOliver. In this talk, Oliver will share some thoughts and experiences about data visualisation from this time. In Particular, Oliver will explain his love for logarithmic scales and try to justify his use of basic plotting tools as being part of a “less is more” philosophy when it comes to DataViz.

Wednesday 7th February, 2-3pm
In-person in Room 2.04 of the Fry Building on Woodland Road, Bristol.

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Oliver Johnson
Oliver Johnson is Director of the Institute of Statistical Science in the School of Mathematics. During the COVID pandemic he provided commentary and graphical representations from a mathematical point of view. His book Numbercrunch (Heligo Books, 2023) is written for a general audience and describes the value of maths as a tool for making sense of the world.

10th January 2024 – Data visualisation in practise – illustrating functional neuroscience data

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In this talk i will discuss some fundamental principles of data visualisation, along with practical tips, with examples from my own PhD research, as well as some examples from other organisations and publications.

Wednesday 10th January, 2-3pm
In-person in Room 2.04 of the Fry Building on Woodland Road, Bristol.

Oscar Davy
I am a data scientist at a tech consultancy company, with a PhD in computational Neuroscience (Neural Dynamics programme, Bristol University). Whilst the academic life was not for me, I always greatly enjoyed the challenge of not only generating insights from complex and messy datasets, but also how to effectively communicate these insights to audiences who may be non-specialists, unfamiliar with the specifics, or just tired and slightly bored at the end of a long meeting/conference.