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Research publications and software Trustworthy Assurance of Digital Mental Healthcare There is a culture of distrust surrounding the development and use of digital mental... Citation information PDF: Burr, C. and Powell, R... Trustworthy Assurance of Digital Mental Healthcare
Research spotlight Premdeep Gill Enrichment student Premdeep Gill is studying Antarctic seals and their sea ice habitats through satellite data, to better understand how they are coping with climate change Premdeep Gill
Research spotlight Erin Young As co-lead of the Turing’s Women in Data Science and AI project, Research Fellow Erin Young’s vital research maps the gendered career trajectories in data science and AI Erin Young
Event Turing TIN Data Study Group – February 2023 Monday 13 Feb 2023 - Friday 03 Mar 2023 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Turing TIN Data Study Group – February 2023
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Can our algorithm predict the winner of the 2022 football World Cup? And how likely are England or Wales to win?
The Turing Lectures: How to speak whale Inside the technology that’s decoding the voices of ocean giants
#TalkDataToMe – The future of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) The first episode of our new series, #TalkDataToMe, looks at the future of NFTs with Dr Andrea Baronchelli
The Turing Lectures: Where next for self-driving vehicles? Navigating the journey from science to policy
AI UK 2022: 'Love, life and AI' with Jeanette Winterson Discussing the future of AI and asking challenging questions about humanity, art, religion and the way we live and love
#TalkDataToMe: introducing the Turing’s new video series for curious minds The series launches with an introduction to NFTs
Driverless vehicles Join Aoife and Torty as they chat to Professor Sarah Sharples about the future and current state of the technology and AI around driverless vehicles. Sarah, chief scientific advisor for the department for transport recently gave a Turing lecture at the Royal Institute, discussing the topic. In this podcast, she’ll be answering a range of different questions that weren’t answered from the audience at the lecture.
Footballers on Twitter: What is fair game? This week we are joined by Manchester United women's footballer Aoife Mannion, Author and CEO of Glitch Seyi Akiwowo and Turing Researcher Pica Johansson to discuss online abuse suffered by football players and other athletes online.
How to communicate science We chat about all things science communication with two Turing colleagues: Ethics Research Fellow Mhairi Aitken and Science Writer James Lloyd. They discuss why we need science communicators in the first place, what makes for good communication, and what specific challenges are associated with communicating data science and AI research to the general public
Robert Winston on science and the public in the COVID-19 era We are joined by Robert Winston to talk about engaging with the public about the science of combatting COVID-19. Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London, Robert has also had an incredible career in television, presenting the BBC’s The Secret Life of Twins, Child of Our Time and the BAFTA award-winning The Human Body
Nicol Turner Lee: Bridging the digital divide The hosts were joined by Dr Nicol Turner Lee to discuss her research on public policy, designed to enable equitable access to technology and digital equity. We talk about themes in her recent book on the Digitally Invisible and the real-life consequences of the growing digital divide
You don’t need anybody’s permission to be a great mathematician In this episode we talk to Dr Nira Chamberlain, president of The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. We talk with Nira about Black History Month, mathematicians though history that have inspired him and how mathematics can cross racial, geographical and cultural boundaries
Careers in data science with Accenture This episode features a special roundtable discussion with our strategic partner Accenture about career options in the data science sector. Our hosts were joined by three influential figures in AI and data science: Henrietta Ridley (Data Science Manager, Accenture), Alice Aspinall (Senior Manager, Mudano) and Kirstie Whitaker (the Turing’s Director of Tools, Practices and Systems)
"The problems of AI" with James Geddes The hosts chat with Dr James Geddes, Principial Research Data Scientist in the Research Engineering Group at the Turing. The discussion revolves around an all-important question: What actually is AI? James breaks down three categories of computer programs that could be considered AI: simulations, symbolic AI and machine learning, and the hosts debate which, if any of these, are really intelligent
In conversation with Sue Black In this episode the hosts were joined by Professor Sue Black to discuss her inspirational life story and career, as well as the initiatives she has set up to encourage more women into the tech sector and her hopes for the future.
Pick up a postcard from the Penguin Post Office in Antarctica Postcards designed by London schoolchildren will be stocked in the world’s most southerly post office
Better together: The people-centred approaches driving forward data ethics Participatory projects at the Turing are leading the way for responsible research and innovation in data science
A change of tune: the evolution of music tastes on Desert Island Discs over 80 years The latest instalment from our Turing Data Stories project considers how music and guests have changed on the long-running radio programme
Ibrahim Animashaun Research Data Scientist Ibrahim Animashaun was the first intern placed at the Turing as part of Health Data Research UK’s (HDR UK) second black internship programme
Tim Hillel With his research, Tim Hillel aims to model how the rise of electric vehicle usage and homeworking in the UK will impact demand on both energy and transportation networks
Morgan Briggs Research Associate for Data Science and Ethics Morgan Briggs is exploring a variety of topics that all relate to ethical and responsible research
Premdeep Gill Enrichment student Premdeep Gill is studying Antarctic seals and their sea ice habitats through satellite data, to better understand how they are coping with climate change
Heather Selley Turing Enrichment student Heather Selley is applying machine learning to satellite imagery to detect Antarctic ice shelf changes
Taha Yasseri Turing Fellow Taha Yasseri’s work aims to understand human social behaviour through analysing data produced by our digital lives
Pamela Ugwudike Pamela Ugwudike's research considers the ethics and social implications of AI technologies when applied in justice systems to predict crime risks and determine levels of criminal justice intervention
Mhairi Aitken Ethics Fellow Mhairi Aitken is passionate about engaging the public in conversations around the ethics of data science and AI
Drew Hemment Turing Fellow Drew Hemment is exploring how the arts can create interactive experiences that help to reframe problems in AI
Maria Liakata Turing AI Fellow Maria Liakata’s work is creating tools that can help individuals and clinicians monitor mental health conditions
AI UK 2023: Call for demonstrations This call is now closed for submissions. AI UK 2023 The Alan Turing Institute's...
The Northern Data Debates – Gaming the system, the data science of sports Join us in-person in Newcastle at the award-winning Catalyst Building theatre, or virtually from the comfort of your own home, for a series of five Data Debates starting in April and running throughout 2022. The Debates are aimed at the general public and engage with complex questions with real-world relevance, including decision-making, artificial intelligence, the workforce of the future, health, data, and fairness. Catch up on the previous series of Data Debates, a collaboration between The Alan Turing Institute and the British Library.
The Turing Lectures: How to speak whale In our first Turing Lecture for everyone aged 11+, wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill reveals how a close encounter with a humpback whale inspired him to find out whether we could ever talk to these ocean giants. We invite you to submerge yourself in Tom’s underwater world, hear about the amazing advances scientists are making in decoding animal communication, and be rumbled by the voices of our deep-sea orca-stra! This event is organised in collaboration with the Royal Institution of Great Britain.