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JGI Post Graduate Researchers seed corn funding winners 2020 announced
JGI Seed Corn scheme The Jean Golding Institute are pleased to announce the Post Graduate Researcher seed corn funding awards. Every year we provide seed corn funding to Post Doctoral Researchers, but this year we are pleased to also be able to provide funding to small-scale projects for Post Graduate Researchers at the University of…
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CHANGEMAKERS: Increasing diversity in data science careers
The CHANGEMAKERS initiative aims to break down stereotypes and highlights the excellent opportunities available to young women in technology-related careers. Last summer, over an exciting four days of skills development, inspiring seminars and industry insights, this initiative allowed teams of young women from across different schools in Bristol to come together and develop tech solutions…
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GCRF-ESRC funding success to explore access to the essential services of water, sanitation and energy in areas of rapid population growth and informal settlements.
Professor Guy Howard in collaboration with Professor Kate Robson Brown, Dr Jitendra Agarwal, Dr Maria Pregnolato, Dr Sam Williamson and colleagues from external partners will receive £1.7M for the project “Beyond the networked city: building innovative delivery systems for water, sanitation and energy in urban Africa” The vision for this project is to develop and…
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Bristol Data Science Seminar Series
Last October 2019, The Jean Golding Institute teamed up with the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research to bring the latest research in Data Science to our community as part of an exciting series of data science talks and seminars. Over the past few months we have welcomed an array of internationally recognised speakers from Harvard,…
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New GW4 Data Science Network Launched
The Jean Golding Institute in collaboration with the GW4 Alliance has launched a new GW4 Data Science Network which will act as a hub for news, events and funding opportunities in data science research that are available to staff and students throughout the GW4 Alliance. In particular, the Network will highlight opportunities and events coming…
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Brunel’s Network project
A blog written by James Boyd, Brunel Institute Isambard Kingdom Brunel As many Bristolians know, during the 19th century, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a major force in the development of the city, and the wider region. Working on railways, docks, bridges and revolutionary ships that forged connections across Britain and the world, many of his…
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A Challenge Owner’s perspective of the inaugural Turing Network Data Study Group – Part 2
Understanding and improving the reliability of disease monitoring in GP surgeries is the extensive, yet critical task taken on by the team of researchers at Royal Society of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the University of Surrey headed by Professor Simon de Lusignan and Dr Mark Joy. With this goal in mind, the team challenged participants…
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JGI Seed corn funding call winners 2020 announced!
The Jean Golding Institute are delighted to announce the winners of the Seed corn funding call 2020. This funding call has been successfully running for last three years and aims to support activities to foster interdisciplinary research in data science (including AI) and data-intensive research. The Jean Golding Institute has funded a total of 32…
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A Challenge Owner’s perspective of the inaugural Turing Network Data Study Group
Using AI and machine learning to increase understanding of cardiac muscle proteins – the molecular basis of heart disease – is a potentially daunting challenge. But it was one that Turing Fellow Danielle Paul, from the School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience at the University of Bristol, was keen to explore. Danielle took part in the…
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