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  • The Learning Machine at the Bristol Data & AI Showcase

    The Learning Machine at the Bristol Data & AI Showcase

    Ever wondered whether machines understand emotion? Join us at the Bristol Data & AI Showcase on Tuesday 7 June 2022, to play the emotion machine game. Match human faces to emotions and watch the machine learn. Hear from the creators, Dr Oliver Davis, Reader in Statistical Genetics, Bristol Medical School and Dr Valerio Maggio, Senior Research…

  • Data Hazards Workshop at the Bristol Data & AI Showcase

    Data Hazards Workshop at the Bristol Data & AI Showcase

    Data can do so much good, but it can also reinforce existing bias if it’s not used properly. Join us at the Bristol Data & AI Showcase on Tuesday 7 June 2022, for a free Data Hazards workshop at our  to explore the ethical issues of #data and #AI. Hear from the creators, Natalie Zelenka,…

  • Welcoming our new Institute Manager, John Newby

    Welcoming our new Institute Manager, John Newby

    John Newby has joined the Jean Golding Institute (JGI) as the Institute Manager and the University Liaison Manager to The Alan Turing Institute, in March 2022. “I am very excited to be taking over the reigns from Patty Holley as the Institute Manager over the next two years while she is seconded to The Alan Turing Institute. I…

  • Strathmore University Data Week 2022

    Strathmore University Data Week 2022

    Strathmore Data Week is a grassroots training initative that provides an avenue for Data Science training, exposure, and mentorship to Data Science students, professionals, and researchers. This year’s Data Week theme was on cultivating Data Science research in Africa. The event provided a platform for PhD students and early career researchers in Data Science to…

  • The Beauty of Data Competition 2022 is open now!

    The Beauty of Data Competition 2022 is open now!

    An opportunity to showcase data visualisations from your research. Competition Details The Jean Golding Institute would like to invite staff and students at the University to submit their data visualisations for this exciting competition to find the best University of Bristol data visualisation.  You can see the entries from past competitions on our Flickr page.  This year the prize for the winner…

  • climatearchive.org at the Bristol Data & AI Showcase

    climatearchive.org at the Bristol Data & AI Showcase

    Join us at the Bristol Data & AI Showcase on Tuesday 7 June 2022, for a chance to play with and find out more about visualising past and future climate change with a new 3D visualisation tool. Look back to your birth year, your parents’ birth years, or even as far back as the dinosaurs!…

  • JGI awarded Turing Collaboration Fund 2022

    We plan to use the collaboration fund to support networks and public engagement events that will contribute to the aims of the Turing Institute and the University of Bristol, to utilise data science to change the world for the better. Find out more about the funded projects: Establishing a national vision for “Data-centric biological design”…

  • JGI Seed corn funding call 2022 – Selected projects announced

    JGI Seed corn funding call 2022 – Selected projects announced

    The Jean Golding Institute Seed Corn Funding is a fantastic opportunity to develop multi and interdisciplinary ideas and promote collaboration in data science and AI.  We are delighted that a new cohort of interdisciplinary research has been supported through this funding. Summaries of the selected projects:    An AI-based app to recognise, gather data on…

  • Software Sustainability Fellowship announcement

    Software Sustainability Fellowship announcement

    Dr. Valerio Maggio, Senior Research Associate of the Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, has been awarded a Fellowship from the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI). The focus of his fellowship will be on Privacy-Enhancing technologies for Machine Learning. These methods have the huge potential of becoming the new Data Science paradigm of the…