Events
March 2026 | |
 Today14:30 - 15:30 |  Seminar: Gravitational instability revisited in the youngest discs - Alison Young  Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy There is plenty of evidence now that planet formation begins very soon after the formation of the disc itself. At early stages, protostellar discs tend to be more massive and are therefore likely to be susceptible to the gravitational instability, which can play a key role in their evolution and in planet formation. As such, there is renewed interest from the planet formation community in exploring the role of the gravitational instability in building planets. So far, modelling has largely been... |
| Wed 11 Mar 2026 15:00 - 16:00 | Seminar: Orchisama Das: Efficient rendering of room acoustics in complex and connected spaces for eXtended Reality applications  Centre for Multimodal AI Abstract XR applications such as gaming require high-quality 6DoF acoustic rendering to achieve perceptual immersion. In Virtual Reality (VR), room geometry and materials are known, whereas in Augmented Reality (AR) they must be inferred from... |
| Thu 12 Mar 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Jaime Agudo-Canalejo (UCL): Emergent phenomena in protein complexes out of equilibrium: from topologically-protected states to computation Centre for Complex Systems Protein complexes, often made up of a few identical subunits, are very common in biology. These subunits can additionally undergo post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation and dephosphorylation, resulting in a high dimensional state... |
| Thu 12 Mar 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Yu Luo (KCL): General Bayesian updating using loss functions Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science In the usual Bayesian setting, a full probabilistic model is required to link the data and parameters, and the form of this model and the inference and prediction mechanisms are specified via de Finetti's representation. In general, such a... |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 12:30 - 13:30 | Seminar: Seminar: Assembly and epigenetic inheritance of human centromeres
Centre for Molecular Cell Biology Speaker: Lars Jensen, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford Abstract: The centromere is a specialized chromatin domain that drives accurate chromosome segregation. Remarkably, centromere... |
| Mon 16 Mar 2026 11:00 - 12:00 | Seminar: Intelligent Light Sensing with Bandgap Engineering - Prof. Zhipei Sun, Aalto University, Finland Centre for Electronics Click to Join the Online Seminar Synopsis Intelligent light sensing is central to applications in spectroscopy, imaging, communications, and environmental monitoring. Bandgap engineering provides an exciting approach for such technologies,... |
| Tue 17 Mar 2026 11:00 - 12:00 |  Seminar: Flexible Printed Electronics for Robotics and Interactive Systems - Prof. Ravinder Dahiya, Northeastern University (USA) Centre for Electronics Seminar Online Link Synopsis The miniaturization of electronics has enabled rapid advancements in computing and communication over the past several decades. However, as we look toward the next frontier of technological innovation, it is increasingly evident that miniaturization alone is not enough. A new class of emerging applications—including wearable systems, soft robotics, biomedical implants, interactive devices, and flexible displays—demands electronic systems that not only... |
| Tue 17 Mar 2026 14:30 - 15:30 |  GAnG Seminar: Suvendu Giri (Uppsala)Centre for Geometry, Analysis and Gravitation NOTE: Pre talk intro for non experts starts at 2pm, with seminar starting at 2.30pm Title: tbc. |
| Wed 18 Mar 2026 13:30 - 15:00 |  Seminar: MIGDAL - Lex MillinsCentre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy MIGDAL - details to follow 13:30-14:00 - In person refreshments 14:00-15:00 - seminar |
| Wed 18 Mar 2026 15:00 - 16:00 | Seminar: Antonio Criscuolo: Intra- and inter-individual variability in body-brain-behavioral rhythms: an ongoing multimodal study with smart wearables Centre for Multimodal AI Abstract: Our sensory landscape features a multitude of semi-periodic input streams: there are temporal regularities in speech and music, as well as in bodily physiological activity. The brain displays (semi-)rhythmic patterns of activity, too:... |
| Thu 19 Mar 2026 | Seminar: Xiaowen Dong (Oxford): Bayesian optimisation of graph-based functions Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science The increasing availability of graph-structured data motivates a new type of optimisation problems over graph-based functions, i.e., searching for the graph or node that maximises the value of an underlying function. Such optimisation problems are... |
| Thu 19 Mar 2026 11:00 - 12:00 |  Seminar: Metasurfaces: building blocks for tomorrow’s Technologies - Prof. Mohsen Rahmani and Dr. Lei Xu, Nottingham Trent University (UK)Centre for Electronics Seminar Online Link Synopsis Light-matter interactions can be highly controlled via nanoscale structures, hundreds of times thinner than human hair. Indeed, a single layer of designed and engineered subwavelength nanostructures, so-called metasurfaces, can resonantly couple to incident light and manipulate its behaviour on demand. Indeed, metasurfaces are a valuable tool for enhancing nanoscale light-matter interactions by exciting both optically induced electric and magnetic Mie... |
| Thu 19 Mar 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Karl J. Friston (UCL): The physics of sentience Centre for Complex Systems How can we understand ourselves as sentient creatures? And what are the principles that underwrite sentient behaviour? This presentation uses the free energy principle to furnish an account in terms of active inference. First, we will try to... |
| Thu 19 Mar 2026 14:00 - 15:00 |  Seminar: Kostas Skenderis (Southampton U.)Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy TBA |
| Tue 24 Mar 2026 14:30 - 15:30 | GAnG Seminar: Jingeon An (U. Basel) Centre for Geometry, Analysis and Gravitation NOTE: Pre talk intro for non experts starts at 2pm, with seminar starting at 2.30pm Title: tbc. |
| Thu 26 Mar 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Constantino Tsallis (Rio de Janeiro): Complexity: what is it, and how does it relate to possibly nonadditive entropic functionals? Centre for Complex Systems |
| Thu 26 Mar 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Euan McGonigle (University of Southampton): General purpose time series segmentation using estimating functions Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science In time series analysis, many data sets of practical interest contain abrupt changes in structure, such as the canonical setting of change points in the mean. We propose new methodology based on estimating functions in a general framework for... |
| Fri 27 Mar 2026 |  ML Seminar - Marika TaylorCentre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy Title: Bayesian PINNs and overconfidence Abstract: Bayesian physics informed neural networks (B-PINNs) merged data with the governing equations of a physical system, to solve differential equations under uncertainty. However, interpretation of uncertainty and overconfidence in B-PINNs can be subtle. Overconfidence can reflect warranted precision, enforced by physical constraints, rather than miscalibration. In this talk we will explore overconfidence in B-PINNs through several physical... |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Maximilian Engel (Amsterdam/Berlin) Centre for Complex Systems |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 14:30 - 15:30 | GAnG Seminar: Julien Barrat (DESY) Centre for Geometry, Analysis and Gravitation NOTE: Pre talk intro for non experts starts at 2pm, with seminar starting at 2.30pm Title: tbc. |
April 2026 | |
| Thu 2 Apr 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Rajen Shah (Cambridge): Hunt and test for assessing the fit of semiparametric regression models Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science We consider testing the goodness of fit of semiparametric regression models, such as generalised additive models, partially linear models, or quantile additive regression models. We propose an approach that involves first splitting the data in two... |
| Wed 8 Apr 2026 13:30 - 15:00 | Seminar: LHCb - Yasmine Sara Amhis Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy LHCb - details to follow 13:30-14:00 - In person refreshments 14:00-15:00 - seminar |
| Thu 9 Apr 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Tom Berrett (Warwick): Density Ratio Permutation Tests with connections to distributional shifts and conditional two-sample testing Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science We introduce novel hypothesis tests to allow for statistical inference for density ratios. More precisely, we introduce the Density Ratio Permutation Test (DRPT) for testing $H_0: g \propto r f$ based on independent data drawn from distributions with... |
| Thu 16 Apr 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Sabine Klapp (TU Berlin) Centre for Complex Systems |
| Thu 16 Apr 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Abhinav Venkatesh Natarajan (Oxford): Chromatic Delaunay Triangulations for Labelled Datasets Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science TBC |
| Mon 20 - Wed 22 Apr 2026 | Conference: Statistical Physics Methods for Sustainable Energy Systems Centre for Complex Systems Focus topics: microgrids, digital twins, solar panels, data analytics, load shedding, stochastic modelling, wind power forecasting, machine learning techniques, interdisciplinary applications, storage and battery solutions, complex network approaches... |
| Tue 21 Apr 2026 09:00 - 17:00 |  Russell Binions PhD Research Symposium Centre for Bioengineering The Russell Binions Research Symposium is the School of Engineering and Materials Sciences annual PhD Students Research Event. Both talks and posters from PhD students will be shown. All the centres will have sessions and prizes will be awarded both for the best presentations on the day and on papers published in the last year. https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/r.binions/ |
| Wed 22 Apr 2026 14:00 - 15:30 |  Centre colloquium: Ruth Gregory (King's College London)Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy |
| Thu 23 Apr 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Haiyan Zheng (University of Bath): TBC Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science TBC |
May 2026 | |
| Wed 6 May 2026 13:30 - 15:00 |  [Colloquium] Gravitational Waves: An Interface Across Scales and Disciplines - Gianluca Inguglia - RESCHEDULED TO A DIFFERENT DATECentre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy Since the first experimental detection of gravitational waves in 2015, observations in this field have profoundly transformed our understanding of the Universe, leading to discoveries that were once only anticipated and are now being realised. In this presentation, I will offer a personal (and admittedly biased) overview of gravitational wave science, emphasising how this field naturally operates at the interface of multiple disciplines, ranging from astrophysics and cosmology to particle... |
| Thu 7 May 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Emma Simpson (UCL): TBC Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science TBC |
| Thu 14 May 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Emiko Dupont (University of Bath): TBC Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science Hybrid: MB503, SMS, QMUL, or via the Teams link below |
| Wed 20 May 2026 | Conference: One-Day Ergodic Theory Meeting Centre for Complex Systems Details to be confirmed |
| Thu 21 May 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Sandipan Roy (University of Bath): Double Adjacency Based Spectral Clustering in Networks Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science Spectral clustering has been used widely as a popular tool for community detection in data with network structure. However, spectral clustering does not perform well on certain network structures, particularly core-periphery networks. To improve... |
| Thu 28 May 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Gabriel Wallin (Lancaster): TBC Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science TBC |
June 2026 | |
| Wed 3 Jun 2026 14:00 - 15:30 | Centre colloquium - Claudia de Rham (Imperial College) Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy |
| Mon 8 Jun 2026 09:30 - 17:30 |  Conference: 2026 RSC Chemical Biology and Bio-organic Group Postgraduate SymposiumCentre for Molecular Cell Biology The RSC Chemical Biology and Bio-organic Group invite you to their annual postgraduate meeting which will take place in-person at Queen Mary University. This meeting is designed to give early career researchers, from across a broad range of chemical biology backgrounds, a platform to share their latest research. In addition to our excellent plenary speaker, Prof. Mark Bradley, there will also be opportunities for postgraduate students to present their work through short talks and posters.... |
| Mon 29 Jun - Fri 3 Jul 2026 |  Conference: Amplitudes 2026Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy The Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy at the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences is delighted to announce that Queen Mary University of London will host Amplitudes 2026, the international conference on scattering amplitudes, from 29 June to 3 July 2026. Amplitudes is an annual international conference series focused on scattering amplitudes in quantum field theory, string theory, and related areas of high-energy theoretical physics. The series has become since its inception in... |