Events
February 2026 | |
 Today14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: You (Neil) Zhang: From Neural Fields to Perception-Informed Learning: Scalable and Perceptually Grounded HRTF Personalization  Centre for Multimodal AI C4DM Seminar: You (Neil) Zhang: From Neural Fields to Perception-Informed Learning: Scalable and Perceptually Grounded HRTF Personalization QMUL, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science Centre for Digital Music Seminar Series ... |
| Today 14:30 - 15:30 |  GAnG Seminar: Daniela Cors (Cambridge)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 Feb 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Pierre-François Rodriguez (ICL): Loop soups in 2 + epsilon dimensions Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science Abstract: the talk will be about a natural percolation model built from the so-called Brownian loop soup. We will give sense to studying it in dimension d = 2 + epsilon, with epsilon varying in [0,1], and discuss how to perform a rigorous "epsilon... |
| Wed 18 Feb 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Eleonora Secchi (ETH): Nonlinear rheology and mass transport in bacterial biofilms: a polymer-network perspective Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science Biofilms are aggregates of bacteria embedded in a self-secreted extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) matrix [1]. From a physical perspective, they can be regarded as living complex fluids [2]: soft, heterogeneous polymer networks that undergo... |
| Wed 18 Feb 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Chemistry Seminar Series - Dr Annina Lieberherr (Quantum Motion) Centre for Experimental Physics and Quantum Technology |
| Wed 18 Feb 2026 15:00 - 16:00 |  SEMS Seminars: Prof Sonja Billerbeck, Unlocking the Yeast Toxicome, Imperial College LondonCentre for Bioengineering Title: The yeast toxicome: A potential source for new antifungals for biocontrol, food and human health. Abstract: Fungal pathogens are an emerging threat to human health and food security. Very few fungicides are available and resistance to these is rising. It is a long-standing challenge to develop new antifungals. As eukaryotic pathogens, fungi offer very few selective drug targets and we urgently need new strategies for antifungal development. Ascomycete yeasts – such as... |
| Wed 18 Feb 2026 15:00 - 16:00 |  Seminar: Integrated, Intelligent and Ubiquitous 6G: Beyond Just CommunicationsCentre for Networks, Communications and Systems Please register your attendance by using the link below. Registration Link: Centre for Networks, Communications, and Systems - Seminar [18/02/2026] Registration – Fill in form Speaker: Prof. Aryan Kaushik Abstract: Prof. Kaushik will present on the wireless evolution towards latest IMT-2030/6G framework, trends, challenges, standardization aspects, new spectrum opportunities, and related use cases. In particular we will discuss about achieving the "integrated", "intelligent" and ... |
| Thu 19 Feb 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Luke Davis (U Edinburgh): Stochastic geometry of active matter Centre for Complex Systems For equilibrium hard spheres the stochastic geometry of the insertion space, the room to accommodate another sphere, relates exactly to the equation of state. We begin to extend this idea to active matter, analyzing insertion space for repulsive... |
| Thu 19 Feb 2026 14:00 - 15:00 |  Seminar: Jung-Wook Kim (CERN)  Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy Magnusian: an integrated approach to gravitational dynamic One of key theoretical inputs for gravitational wave detection is an analytic description of binary dynamics, which provides the foundation for constructing waveform models used to generate waveform templates for detection. The conventional approach to binary dynamics is to construct the effective two-body Hamiltonian, which provides the equations of motion of the binary source. Motivated by the eikonal approximation of 2-to-2... |
| Thu 19 Feb 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Edson Utazi (University of Southampton): Mapping the risk of Guinea worm disease in sub-Saharan Africa using geostatistical and machine learning approaches Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science High-resolution risk maps of infectious diseases such as Guinea worm disease (GWD, dracunculiasis) are crucial to guide the planning, implementation and monitoring of intervention strategies, including water treatment with Abate™ and surveillance... |
| Fri 20 Feb 2026 14:30 - 15:30 |  Seminar: Disentangling Galaxy Bias in Cross-Correlation Tomography - Sara Maleubre MolineroCentre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy How do we reconstruct the Universe's thermal and star-forming history without being fooled by galaxy bias? Using the FLAMINGO hydrodynamic simulations, we show that cross-correlation tomography can be made robust against small-scale clustering effects. We build estimators for the halo bias-weighted electron pressure 〈bPe〉 and star-formation density 〈bρSFR〉—quantities accessible through tomographic analyses of the SZ and CIB signals—and demonstrate 1–3% accuracy across redshift and... |
| Tue 24 Feb 2026 14:30 - 15:30 | GAnG Seminar: Marcelo Malagutti (UCL) 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 25 Feb 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Thomas Wolley (Cardiff University): TBC Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science TBC |
| Thu 26 Feb 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Edon Kelmendi (QMUL): Decision Problems for Linear Dynamical Systems Centre for Complex Systems This talk is about algorithms for iterations of linear maps. Given a linear map in the form of a matrix M with rational entries, and some point x, what can we say algorithmically about the sequence Mx, M^2 x, M^3 x, … . In particular, is there an... |
| Thu 26 Feb 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Rafael Aoude (U. Edinburgh, Higgs Ctr. Theor. Phys.) Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy TBA |
| Thu 26 Feb 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Chengchun Shi (LSE): Doubly Robust Alignment for Large Language Models Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science This talk focuses on reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) for aligning large language models with human preferences. While RLHF has demonstrated promising results, many algorithms are highly sensitive to misspecifications in the... |
| Fri 27 Feb 2026 |  ML Seminar - Marika TaylorCentre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy Title: The geometry of the loss landscape |
| Fri 27 Feb 2026 14:30 - 15:30 | Seminar: TBA - George Miloshevich Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy TBA |
March 2026 | |
| Wed 4 Mar 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Sanjay Kumar (Banaras Hindu U) Centre for Complex Systems |
| Wed 4 Mar 2026 13:30 - 15:00 |  Seminar: ATLAS Muon Upgrade - Arisa Wada Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy ATLAS Muon Upgrade - details to follow 13:30-14:00 - In person refreshments 14:00-15:00 - seminar |
| Thu 5 Mar 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Helen Ogden (University of Southampton): TBC Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science TBC |
| Thu 12 Mar 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Jaime Agudo-Canalejo (UCL) Centre for Complex Systems |
| Thu 12 Mar 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Yu Luo (KCL): TBC Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science TBC |
| 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 Millins Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy MIGDAL - details to follow 13:30-14:00 - In person refreshments 14:00-15:00 - seminar |
| Thu 19 Mar 2026 | Seminar: Xiaowen Dong (Oxford): TBC Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science TBC |
| 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): TBC Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science TBC |
| 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... |
| 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 Centre 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 Symposium Centre 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... |