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Zienkiewicz Institute Community Event – 19th November 2025
Date: 19th November 2025 Time: 13:30 – 15:30 Location: Engineering North, 102 Speakers: Oubay Hassan, Siraj Shaikh Overview of Event: Dear colleague, For the upcoming ZI community event, Professor Oubay Hassan and Professor Siraj Shaikh have kindly agreed to share their recent experience in winning a Programme Grant and a Prosperity Partnership Grant. Date: Wednesday…
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Connecting Expertise Webinar Series: HDR UK Wales & Grenoble University
Date: Thursday, 27 November 2025 Time: 12:00–13:00 (UK time) | 13:00–14:00 (France time) Location: Online Overview of the Event: Join us for the first event in the HDR UK Wales “Connecting Expertise” webinar series – bringing together researchers, professionals, and industry partners to share expertise and explore opportunities for collaboration across health data research. This session will…
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Zienkiewicz Institute Community Event for Grant Calls
Time: 15th October 2025 Location: Eng North 010 and 008 Speakers: Overview of the Conference: The next Zienkiewicz Institute community event will be held on Wednesday, 15th October 2025. It will focus on the following three grant calls: UKRI Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science Phase One (Deadline 11 December 2025) UKRK Addressing Nuclear Fission Challenges for a…
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Constitutive Modelling by Symbolic Regression
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, 9th September 2025 Location: Computational Foundry (Bay Campus), Robert Recorde Room (102) Speakers: Prof. Mikhail Itskov, Department of Continuum Mechanics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Overview of the Seminar: Symbolic regression represents an interesting method of machine learning which allows an unbiased, automated generation of constitutive models for various…
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Zienkiewicz Institute Community Event – July 2025
Time: 23rd July 2025 Location: B001, Engineering Central, Bay Campus Speakers: Chenfeng Li, Arnold Beckmann, Djordje Peric, Khiêm Vu Ngoc, Fabio Caraffini, PhD Students Overview of the Conference: Programme:• 09:30-10:00: Welcome coffee & collection of your FREE ZI polo shirt• 10:00-11:00: Celebrating ZI’s achievements and looking ahead to new opportunities.• 11:00-12:00: Launch of the ZI…
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Machine Networks of Attention from Human Networks of Attention
Project Overview The addition of ‘attention’ to machine learning has recently improved many algorithms with the potential to transform a wide range of machine learning approaches (transformers, perceivers). Attention, simply, allows an algorithm to allocate more weight to input that is relevant for certain tasks, and less weight to the irrelevant. We propose that attention…
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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers for Reversible Actuation and Energy Dissipation
Speaker: Mohand Saed Time: 14:00-16:00, 18th June 2025 Location/Room: Engineering Central, Bay Campus, B003 Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are a versatile class of functional materials exhibitingexceptional properties, including large-stroke reversible actuation, anomalous mechanicaland vibration energy damping, and reversible pressure-sensitive adhesion. A defining featureof LCEs is their soft elasticity, characterised by a plateau of low, nearly constant stress during…
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From Mechanics to AI: Engineering Lightweight Composites for Green Energy Systems
Speaker: Dr Wei Tan Time: 14:00-16:00, 28 May 2025 Location/Room: Engineering Central, B003 (Bay Campus) Lightweight composite and porous architected materials are pivotal enablers of the global transition to net-zero emissions, offering transformative potential across sectors such as transportation, aerospace, and renewable energy. By reducing structural weight while maintaining performance, these materials minimise energy consumption and carbon footprints.…
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Mathematical Modelling of Cancer – Adipocyte Interactions in Ovarian Cancer
Project Overview Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate of all gynaecological cancers, with 5-year survival rates of less than 50%. A primary reason for this is the location of the adipocyte-rich omentum, which has been demonstrated to play an important role in generating a pro-metastatic tumour microenvironment within the peritoneal cavity. This project aims…
