Events

Speaker: Neil Brown (King’s College London) November 19, 2024, Tuesday. 4PM. Room TG23. Title: How novices program in Java Abstract: In order to improve the teaching of programming, it is important… Read more: Colloquium: How novices program in Java

Colloquium: Constructive and Intermediate Fuzzy Logics Andrew Lewis-Smith October 25th, 2024, Friday. 4PM. Room TG23. Title: Constructive and Intermediate Fuzzy Logics Abstract: We present recent work developing relational semantics for… Read more: Colloquium: Constructive and Intermediate Fuzzy Logics

April 24, 2024. Wednesday. 3PM. Room T23. Speaker: Halil Yetgin (Middlesex University, London) Abstract: As a promising technology for the upcoming 6G networks, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) have garnered significant… Read more: Colloquium: An Overview of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces-Assisted Wireless Networks

March 19, 2024. Tuesday. 1PM. Room T23 Title: Research Advancements in Tangible User Interface Architectures Speaker: Clifford de Raffaele (Middlesex University, London) Abstract: The colloquium presentation shall seek to present and… Read more: Colloquium: Research Advancements in Tangible User Interface Architectures

January 16, 2024. Tuesday. 3PM. Room TG23 (Town Hall) Speaker: Issam Al-Nader (Middlesex) Title Improving the Dependability of Safety Critical Wireless Sensor Network Scheduling Using Artificial Intelligence Abstract To ensure optimal functionality and… Read more: Colloquium: Improving the Dependability of Safety Critical Wireless Sensor Network Scheduling Using Artificial Intelligence

December 14, 2023. Thursday, 3PM. TG23 (Town Hall) Speaker: Olugbenga Oluwagbemi (Middlesex) Title: Voice-enabled fuzzy logic-based HIV diagnostic system with indigenous multilingual interfaces Abstract: HIV still constitutes a major public… Read more: Colloquium: Voice-enabled fuzzy logic-based HIV diagnostic system with indigenous multilingual interfaces

November 14, 2023. Tuesday, 3PM. TG23 (Town Hall). Speaker: Ali Khoshkholghi (Middlesex University, London) Title: xURLLC in 6G with Medshed RAN Abstract: 5G Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications Technology (URLLC) will… Read more: Colloquium: xURLLC in 6G with Medshed RAN

October 12, 2023. Thursday. 3PM. TG23 (Town Hall). Speaker: Roman Belavkin (Middlesex University, London) Title: Information Processing in the Human Brain: What are Our Models Missing? Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI)… Read more: Colloquium: Information Processing in the Human Brain: What are Our Models Missing?

September 15, 2023. Friday. 3PM. Room: TG23 (Town Hall Building) Speaker: Takashi Matsuoka (Suwa University of Science, Japan) Title: Compound States via Quantum Conditionality and Quantum Mutual Entropy Abstract: It… Read more: Colloquium: Compound States via Quantum Conditionality and Quantum Mutual Entropy

May 9, 2o23. 3PM (Rescheduled from November 2022) Room: TG23 (Town Hall Building) Speaker: Gunel Jahangirova Title: Mutation Testing of Deep Learning Systems Abstract: Deep Learning (DL) is increasingly adopted… Read more: Colloquium: Mutation Testing of Deep Learning Systems

March 9th, 2023. Thursday. 3PM. Room: TG23 (Town Hall Building) Speaker: Murdoch J. Gabbay (Heriot-Watt University) Title: A broadly Marxian analysis of blockchain and cryptocurrencies Abstract: Bitcoin sought to transfer… Read more: Colloquium: A broadly Marxian analysis of blockchain and cryptocurrencies

February 8th, 2023. Wednesday. 3PM. Postponed due to illness. New date to be announced. TG23 (Town Hall Building) Speaker: Samson Abramsky (University College, London) Title: Contextuality: from quantum mechanics to… Read more: Colloquium: Contextuality: from quantum mechanics to logic, language and information

January 11, 2023. Wednesday. 3.30PM. TG23 (Town Hall Building) Speaker: Edith Elkind Title: Learning axes from samples: single-peaked preferences and beyond Abstract: We consider a society where voters, who participate… Read more: Colloquium: Learning axes from samples: single-peaked preferences and beyond

November 16, 2022. Wednesday. 3PM Room: TG23 (Town Hall Building) Speaker: Ranko Lazic Title: Adversarial Reprogramming Revisited Abstract: TL;DR:  We show that neural networks with random weights are susceptible to… Read more: Colloquium: Adversarial Reprogramming Revisited

November 10, 2022. Thursday. 3PM Room: TG23 (Town Hall Building) Speaker: Ghislain Landry Tsafack Title: Making Models Work: How an Optimised ML Lifecycle Can Drive Better ROI Abstract: The potential… Read more: Colloquium: Making Models Work: How an Optimised ML Lifecycle Can Drive Better ROI

October 12, 2022. Wednesday. 3PM Room: TG23 (Town Hall Building)   Speaker: Ilina Stoilkovska Title: Automated Logic-Based Reasoning for Analyzing Prime Video Code   Abstract: Developers working in Prime Video are constantly… Read more: Colloquium: Automated Logic-Based Reasoning for Analyzing Prime Video Code

20 June 2022, Monday. 3PM. London Time. Online over Zoom. Title Bio-inspired Neural Architecture Search Speaker Wei Pang, Heriot-Watt University Abstract In this talk I will present the work of… Read more: Colloquium: Bio-inspired Neural Architecture Search

16 May 2022, Monday. 3PM. London Time. Online over Zoom. Title: Fair Division: A theoretical and a practical perspective Speaker: Maria Kyropoulou, University of Essex Abstract: In this talk I… Read more: Colloquium:  Fair Division: A Theoretical and a Practical Perspective

25 April 2022, Monday. 3PM. London Time. Online over Zoom Title: Targeted Ads, Data Openness, Digital Power: Reasons to be Cheerful” Speaker: Sam Gilbert, University of Cambridge Abstract Since the Cambridge Analytica… Read more: Colloquium: Targeted Ads, Data Openness, Digital Power: Reasons to be Cheerful

21 March 2022, Monday. 3PM. London Time. Online over Zoom Title: The Complexity of Gradient Descent Speaker: Rahul Savani, University of Liverpool Abstract PPAD and PLS are successful classes that each capture… Read more: Colloquium: The Complexity of Gradient Descent

21 February 2022, Monday. 3PM. London Time. Online over Zoom Title Representing Knowledge and Thought: Insights from the Design of Radical Representational Systems Speaker Peter Cheng, University of Sussex Abstract… Read more: Colloquium: Representing Knowledge and Thought: Insights from the Design of Radical Representational Systems

17 January 2022. Monday. 3PM. London Time. Online over Zoom. Title Goal-Directed Analysis for TypeScript Speaker Daniel Schoepe, Applied Scientist, Amazon Prime Video Abstract TypeScript is a typed version of JavaScript widely used… Read more: Colloquium: Goal-Directed Analysis for TypeScript

13 December 2021. Monday. 3PM. London Time. Hybrid (zoom and face-to-face). Room Colln CG15. Fully Online over Zoom because of omicron. Title Refractive Two-View Reconstruction for Underwater 3D Vision Speaker François… Read more: Colloquium: Refractive Two-View Reconstruction for Underwater 3D Vision

15 November 2021. Monday. 3PM. London Time. Hybrid (zoom and face-to-face). Room Colln CG15. Title Explainable AI and Its Application to Medical Diagnosis Speaker Xiaohong Gao, Department of Computer Science,… Read more: Colloquium: Explainable AI and Its Application to Medical Diagnosis

18 October 2021. Monday. 3PM. London Time. Hybrid (zoom and face-to-face). Room Colln CG15. Title Nowcasting Gentrification Using Airbnb Data Speaker Giovanni Quattrone, Department of Computer Science, Middlesex University, London… Read more: Colloquium: Nowcasting Gentrification Using Airbnb Data

1 June 2021. Tuesday. 3 PM. London Time. On Zoom. Title Quantum-like Contextuality and Ambiguity in Natural Language Speaker Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh, Department of Computer Science, University College London Abstract Language is contextual as… Read more: Colloquium: Quantum-like Contextuality and Ambiguity in Natural Language

4 May 2021. Tuesday. 3 PM. London Time. On Zoom. Title Bitcoin Alchemy Speaker Andrew M. Bailey, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Yale-NUS College, Singapore Abstract If there’s one thing ordinary… Read more: Colloquium: Bitcoin Alchemy

2 March 2021. Tuesday. 3PM. London time. On Zoom. Title Data-Driven Service Computing: Managing Information Services in the era of Big Data and Internet of Things Speaker Lu Liu, School of Informatics,… Read more: Colloquium: Data-Driven Service Computing: Managing Information Services in the era of Big Data and Internet of Things

2 February 2021. Tuesday. 3PM. London time. On Zoom. Title When Humans and Computers Come Together: A New or Resurged Old Research Paradigm? Speaker Shujin Li, School of Computing, University of Kent,… Read more: Colloquium: When Humans and Computers Come Together: A New or Resurged Old Research Paradigm?

5 January 2021. Tuesday. 3PM. London time. On Zoom. Title Cell Assembly-based Task Analysis (CAbTA) Speakers Dan Diaper, DDD Systems & Chris Huyck, Department of Computer Science, Middlesex University, London Abstract … Read more: Colloquium: “Cell Assembly-based Task Analysis”

1 December 2020. Tuesday. 3pm. London Time. On Zoom. Title Mapping the Public Debate on Ethical Concerns: Algorithms in Mainstream Media Speaker Balbir S. Barn, Department of Computer Science, Middlesex… Read more: Colloquium: “A Panel discussion on algorithms and society”

3 November 2020. Tuesday. 3PM. London Time. On Zoom. Title Human-Centred Algorithms Speaker B.L. William Wong, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction, Middlesex University London, and Professor-in-Residence, Genetec, Inc. Abstract In this talk I will… Read more: Colloquium: “Human-Centred Algorithms”

  This year’s edition of two long-standing international conferences, FroCoS 2019 and TABLEAUX 2019, will take place at Middlesex University on September 2–6. They cover a broad range of theoretical and… Read more: FroCoS and TABLEAUX coming to Middlesex in September