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Exploration of machine learning in camera trapping and bioacoustics
Speaker: Time: 13:00–14:00, 8th July 2025 Location/Room: Zoology Museum, Wallace Building, Singleton Campus Contact Information: Andrew King (a.j.king@swansea.ac.uk) Camera trapping and bioacoustics are both methods of monitoring wildlife ecosystems. They both involve hardware and software development, data collection, data analysis and drawing of insights. In this seminar, we will look at how we designed and implemented low-cost…
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2nd ZI Community event on AI and Data Science for Healthcare
Speaker: Time: 9am, 5th June 2025 Location/Room: Wallace 218 The ZI has hosted a collaborative event aimed at Swansea-based researchers (and others) who are interested in advancing healthcare research through Data, Modelling and AI.
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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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UK-Belgium Deeptech Innovation Event
Speaker: Professor Xianghua Xie, Computer Science, Swansea University Time: 20th March 2025 Location/Room: Brussels, Belgium Together with AI4Belgium, British Embassy Belgium invited leading Belgian companies, UK representatives, and innovators in the health tech, medtech, and life sciences sectors to meet to exchange ideas and explore collaborations during the European AI Week. This Conference was attended by Professor Xianghua…
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Measuring Behavioral Variations in Wild Animals Using 3D Computer Vision and AI
Speaker: Dr Hemal Naik (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz & Germany Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Germany) Time: 13:00, 15th May 2025 Location/Room: Wallace Zoology Museum, Park Campus Intraspecific behavioral variation is a key driver of behavioral diversity in animals. However, studying such variation in wild populations remains challenging, particularly when…
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Morphing and moving matter: mimicking nature
Speaker: Mingchao Liu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Time: 14:00-15:30, 31st October 2024 Location/Room: Room 010 (ground Floor), Engineering North, Bay Campus How to find us Nature’s ingenuity serves as a profound source of inspiration for developing advanced materials and robotic systems. In this presentation, we explore how biological phenomena inform innovative engineering solutions, focusing on…
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Registration open for event with Hartree Centre
“Extreme Scaling Computing and Emerging Computational Approaches in Science and Engineering” Find further programme details here Venue: Y Twyni, Room 105 (Bay Campus) Registration Deadline: Wed 18th September Register here The main purpose of the workshop is to scope future collaborations between Swansea and the Hartree Centre. Subjects covered include Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Transport and Logistics, Computational Chemistry,…
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Neural networks meet hyperelasticity: One single constitutive modelling approach applicable to all materials
Dominik K. Klein Date: 18th July 2024Time: 14:00-15:30Venue: Room B001, Engineering Central, Bay Campus Bio: Dominik K. Klein is a research assistant at the Cyber-Physical Simulation Group of Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany), which he joined in 2021 after finishing his master’s studies in mechanics. There, he conducts research on constitutive modeling with physics-augmented neural networks.…
