I-X
Imperial College London's interdisciplinary AI initiative. We bring together specialists in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Statistics, Robotics, and Data.
🔗 https://ix.imperial.ac.uk
- I-X at Imperial White City Deep Tech Campus 🚀 In our latest video, I-X students and academics discuss why being embedded in the White City ecosystem is key to unlocking innovation and fostering meaningful collaboration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJFn... @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
- There is still time to sign up for our next AI: Cutting-Edge Overviews and Tutorials with Dr Michael Betancourt @betanalpha.bsky.social. 🕓 12:30-1:30pm 📅 6 May 📢 The event is open to Imperial staff and students. External participants are welcome to join online. www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19314...
- We are excited to welcome Dr Andrew Duncan to the I-X Team! 🎉 Andrew is a Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Data-centric Engineering at I-X & Mathematics. His research focuses on applied probability, computational statistics and machine learning. 🔗 Learn more: ix.imperial.ac.uk/news/i-x-mee...
- Join us for our next AI: Cutting-Edge Overviews and Tutorials with Dr Michael Betancourt @betanalpha.bsky.social. 🕓 12:30 - 13:30 📅 Tue, 6 May 📢 Please note that the event is open to Imperial staff and students. External participants are welcome to join online. www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19314...
-
View full thread🗓 26 April | 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM 📍 Hall 3 + Hall 2B #442 Dr Cristopher Salvi: "Signature Kernel Conditional Independence Tests in Causal Discovery for Stochastic Processes" 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2402.18477
- 🗓 28 April | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 📍 Peridot 202–203 Viktor Ohanesian from Dr Roberto Bondesan's (Department of Computing & I-X) group: "Feynman-Kac Correctors in Diffusion: Annealing, Guidance, and Product of Experts". 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2503.02819
- 🗓 24 April | 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM 📍 Hall 3 + Hall 2B #364 Dr Cristopher Salvi (Department of Mathematics & I-X) and Barbora Barancikova: "SigDiffusions: Score-Based Diffusion Models for Time Series via Log-Signature Embeddings" 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2406.10354
- 🗓 26 April | 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM 📍 Hall 3 + Hall 2B #442 Dr @e-giunchiglia.bsky.social [EEE & I-X) & Mihaela Stoian: "Beyond the convexity assumption: Realistic tabular data generation under quantifier-free real linear constraints" 🔗 arxiv.org/pdf/2502.18237
- 📢 Funding Reminder! Applications for the I-X Women in AI Network Early Career Development Grant Round 3 are closing this month! 🗓️ Deadline: 30 April 2025 imperial.ac.uk/ix-ai-in-sci... @imperialsci.bsky.social @impengineering.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social @imperialbusiness.bsky.social
- We are excited to announce that I-X will support seven research projects in the second round of its Moonshot Seed Funding scheme, co-sponsored by I-X and the I-X Centre for AI in Science. 🚀🌕 🔗 You can read about the winning projects here: ix.imperial.ac.uk/news/i-x-boo... 1/n
-
View full thread🚀 “Bayesian Optimisation for the Discovery of Supramolecular Assemblies” led by Dr Austin Mroz and Annabel Basford. 🚀 “Toward Generalist Hallucination Detection in Large Language Models for Reliable Deployment in High-Stakes Domains” led by Mengjia Niu.
- 🚀 “Beyond Loss: A Graph Theoretic Approach to the Learning Dynamics of LLMs” led by Dr Sara Veneziale. 🚀 “Autonomous Pipe Inspection Microbots” led by Houzhe Wang. Congratulations to all the winners! 👏
- Projects awarded in this round: 🚀 “C.A.L.C.” project led by Dr Tao Bi. 🚀 “Building a Physical Platform for Testing Online Learning and Reinforcement Learning Algorithms” led by Dr Lloyd Fung. 🚀 “Evolving Neural Networks through Augmenting Modules” led by Dr @marcusghosh.bsky.social.
- Join us for the IX-WAI Women in Science Career Day! Whether you are interested in academia, industry, or launching your own startup, our Career Day offers something for everyone! 📅 11 June 2025 🕙 10:00 - 17:00 📍 I-X Level 6 (White City Campus) 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ix-wai-wom...
- 🌾 AI Solutions for Early Drought Detection Read our blog to discover how, in her postdoctoral research, Dr AliceMalivert (Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship alumna) used AI to create a tool to detect drought stress from images. blogs.imperial.ac.uk/ai-for-scien...
- Join us for our next I-X seminar with Professor Tim Rocktäschel (UCL & Google DeepMind) titled "Open-Endedness and General Intelligence". 🕓 13:30 - 14:30 (GMT) 📅 Thursday, 3 April 📍 Hybrid (White City Campus / MS Teams) 🔗Register now: ix.imperial.ac.uk/event/i-x-se... @e-giunchiglia.bsky.social
- Women at Imperial Week: Celebrating I-X Women in AI Network 🎉 To mark International Women’s Day and Women at Imperial Week, today we spotlight the fantastic work of the I-X Women in AI Network Committee! 🔗 Learn more about their mission and initiatives: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/261855/...
- Join us for our next I-X seminar with Dr Pasquale Minervini (University of Edinburgh), titled "Integrating Symbolic Algorithms in Neural Models (and LLMs)". 🕓 13:00 - 14:00 📅 20 March 📍 Hybrid (White City Campus / Teams) 🔗 Register: ix.imperial.ac.uk/event/i-x-se... @e-giunchiglia.bsky.social
- Congratulations to Mary-Brenda Akoda who has secured Fetch Compute Grant for her project on Deep Generative AI to accelerate MRI reconstruction, enabling quicker and higher-quality imaging. The grant is provided by I-X Business Partner, Fetch.ai Innovation Lab! 🚀 🔗 ix.imperial.ac.uk/news/i-x-stu...
- 📢 The call for the 3rd round of IX-WAI Network’s Early Career Development Grant is now open! We invite applications from women and non-binary individuals pursuing their Master’s, PhD, or Postdoc at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 April 2025 www.imperial.ac.uk/ix-ai-in-sci...
- Huge congratulations to the winners of the previous round! 🎉 ▫️ Irea Mosquera Lois (@imperialmaterials.bsky.social) ▫️ @aileencooney.bsky.social (@imperialchemistry.bsky.social) ▫️ Farwa Abbas (@imperialeee.bsky.social) ▫️ Niki Kotecha (@imperialchemeng.bsky.social) #AI #WomenInSTEM
- Celebrating Excellence in AI! 🎉 Dr Islem Rekik (Department of Computing & I-X) has been awarded the prestigious AI Award by the Tunisian AI Society. To celebrate this achievement, we spoke to Islem about her research and the importance of inclusive AI. 🔗Read more: ix.imperial.ac.uk/news/dr-isle...
- Congratulations to Dr Guang Yang, his research group—Xiaodan Xing (first author), Fadong Shi, Jiahao Huang, Yinzhe W., Yang Nan, Sheng Ziang, Yingying Fang—and the entire team, for their article in "Nature Machine Intelligence" on AI autophagy! 👏 Learn more below ⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s42...
- We are excited to announce that @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social signed a partnership with Sweden's WASP to deepen research collaboration, including work on AI. The partnership will centre around I-X, enhancing long-term UK-Sweden research links. Read more below. www.imperial.ac.uk/news/260794/...
- We are excited to welcome Dr Nicola Gnecco to the I-X Team! 🎉 Nicola joined @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social as a Lecturer in Statistics at I-X and the Department of Mathematics. 🔗 To learn more about his work, research plans, and interests, read the interview: ix.imperial.ac.uk/news/i-x-mee...
- 🚀 PhD Opportunity Alert! Join Dr Eleonora Giunchiglia (@e-giunchiglia.bsky.social) on a fully funded PhD project in neurosymbolic AI for finance! More details below. ⬇️
- Last week, I-X had the privilege of hosting a delegation from India's nasscom companies. The visit provided senior leaders from NASSCOM insights into Imperial's research on AI and the role of the White City Deep Tech Campus in driving innovation. www.imperial.ac.uk/news/260757/...
- Interested in applying for our MSc Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovation? Watch our latest video to discover what makes our course unique! 📽️ youtube.com/watch?v=lBh9... @imperialchemistry.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social @imperialeee.bsky.social @imperialbusiness.bsky.social
- Don't forget to register for our upcoming AI: Cutting-Edge Seminar with Dr @ftobar.bsky.social(I-X & Department of Mathematics), titled “Optimal Transport for Machine Learning and Data Analysis”. 🗓️ 4 February (Tuesday) 🕐 1 – 2 pm (GMT) 📍 Hybrid (I-X & MS Teams) www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18831...
- 🚀 New PhD Research Spotlight! Today, we feature Mili Ostojic, a PhD student at @imperiallifesci.bsky.social & I-X. Mili’s project aims to enhance ecoacoustics by using drones to move acoustic sensors to capture more data across various locations. 🌍🦉 Read more ➡️ ix.imperial.ac.uk/news/i-x-phd...
- Event alert! Join us for our next AI: Cutting-Edge Seminar with Dr @ftobar.bsky.social (Department of Mathematics & I-X), titled “Optimal Transport for Machine Learning and Data Analysis”. 🗓️ 4 February 🕐 1 – 2 pm (GMT) 📍 Hybrid (I-X & Teams) Register here ➡️ ix.imperial.ac.uk/event/ai-cut...
- 📢 Funding reminder! The I-X Centre for AI in Science will support up to 4 studentships as part of the Mary Lister McCammon Research Fellowship Programme, organised by the Department of Mathematics. 📆 Deadline: 18 February 2025 🔗 Learn more about the programme: imperial.ac.uk/mathematics/...
- Following Prof. Hamed Haddadi’s (Computing & I-X) fantastic Inaugural Lecture last week, we are excited to share our latest Research Spotlight delving into his research on IoT, Privacy & Security, and Human-Centred Systems. 🔗 ix.imperial.ac.uk/news/privacy... @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
- 🚀 Dr Nicole Salomons (Department of Computing & I-X) is featured in the latest Imperial People Blog. In her research, Nicole explores the potential of AI and robots to benefit society through learning, teaching, and therapy in domestic and public settings. 🤖 blogs.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-peo...
- Don't miss Professor Hamed Haddadi's (Department of Computing & I-X) Inaugural Lecture, "My academic random walk towards building networked systems", hapenning tomorrow! 🗓️ Wednesday, 8 January ⏰ 17:30 - 18:30 (GMT) 📍 Hybrid (South Kensington & Online) 🔗 www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18525...
- If you have not done so yet, there is still time to register for the upcoming London Networks & Systems Symposium organized by Professor Hamed Haddadi.🌐💻 Event information: 📅 8 January 2025 🕝 1 - 5pm 📍 South Kensington Campus, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-net...
- 🚀 New PhD Research Spotlight! Today, we feature Maria Stoica, a PhD student at the Department of Computing and I-X. Maria's fascinating research focuses on ensuring the reliability and safety of neural networks when deployed in real-world scenarios. 🔗 Read more: ix.imperial.ac.uk/news/i-x-phd...
- Event News! Prof. Hamed Haddadi (Department of Computing & I-X) is organising the Multi-Service Networks workshop, focusing on the latest trends in networks and systems. 🌐 🗓 Wednesday, 8 January 🕐 13:00 - 17:00 📍 Huxley Building (@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social) eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-net...
- 📢 PhD funding opportunity! Dr Andreas Jørgensen (Dep. of Mathematics & I-X) and Professor Camille Kandiko Howson are looking for a PhD student to work on a 4-year fully funded project, “Computational modelling for educational research”. 🗓️ Deadline: 15 Jan 2025 🔗 ccmi-cdt.org/phd_projects...
- 📢 PhD funding opportunity! Dr Felipe Tobar (Department of Mathematics & I-X) is seeking PhD students to join his research group. The research areas include Gaussian processes, optimal transport, diffusion models, and time series. Apply through the CDTs: 🔗 CCMI: ccmi-cdt.org 🔗 StatML: statml.io
- @neuripsconf.bsky.social starts today! Don't miss Dr Cristopher Salvi (I-X & Department of Mathematics) and the team presenting their research on rough paths & signatures in deep learning this Thursday! Congrats to Cris and the team! 👏 #NeurIPS #MachineLearning #AI
- 🔹 Exact Gradients for Stochastic Spiking Neural Networks Driven by Rough Signals (led by Christian Holberg) 📅 Thursday, 12 December 🕝 11 am – 2 pm PST 📍 East Exhibit Hall A-C, #3802 arxiv.org/abs/2405.13587
- 🔹 Theoretical Foundations of Deep Selective State-Space Models (led by Nicola Muca Cirone) 📅 Thursday, 12 December 🕝 11 am – 2 pm PST 📍 West Ballroom A-D, #6907 arxiv.org/abs/2402.19047
- 📢 Funding Alert! The I-X Women in AI Network's Early Career Development Grant is open for applications! We encourage women and non-binary individuals pursuing their Master’s, PhD, or Postdoc at Imperial College London to apply. 🗓️ Deadline: 31 December 2024 🔗 www.imperial.ac.uk/ix-ai-in-sci...
- 📢 Ready to shape the future of #AI? Apply for our MSc in Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovation! Applications are open for 2025 academic year. The deadline for round one applications is Thursday, 16 January 2025. 🔗 Find out more and apply: ix.imperial.ac.uk/masters-prog...
- This weekend, MSc and PhD students from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and affiliated CDTs at King's College participated in a Hackathon organised by Fetch.ai Innovation Lab and hosted by I-X. The challenge was provided by Moderna, Imperial Business Partner. 🔗 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/258973/...
- During the hackathon, participants were tasked with creating AI applications aimed at tackling vaccine hesitancy using Fetch.ai's uAgents technology. The challenge required attendees to develop solutions to help Medical Affairs understand and address the factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy. 💡
- We made a starter pack for the I-X Community on Bluesky! Follow us for the updates in AI, ML, Robotics, and other exciting research areas. go.bsky.app/fw7xiK #AI #ML #Statistics #Robotics #Research #Interdisciplinaryat://did:plc:apuqusq3jbolordh6z7mqctx/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lc3vghwknu2h
- Join our AI in Higher Education Starter Pack! Please reply if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/8m9UPwHat://did:plc:yz27wm6tfuncltic7dy4gtni/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbdbhedy2u2n
- Could we please be added? Thanks!