2024 CMP Lunchtime Seminar Series
CMP hosts are invited to give short presentations about their proposed projects at the CMP Lunchtime Seminar Series. The seminar includes a buffet lunch and be followed by tea and coffee in the Central Core where interested students will have the opportunity to talk informally with the hosts to find out more about their projects.
The 2024 CMP Lunchtime Seminar Series has now finished. Recordings have been made available where possible, please see below for links. To view the recordings you will need to log into Moodle/Panopto or Google with your CRSID and password.
Past Seminars
Tuesday 30 January 2024, 1:30-3:00pm, MR3
This first seminar in the series featured a panel discussion with some students who worked on CMP projects in 2023 as well as a short presentation from Dr Sonali Shukla (Careers Consultant) from the Careers Service with advice on making your applications.
Dr Sonali Shukla, Careers Consultant, Cambridge University Careers Service
Getting an Internship: a look at CVs and Cover Letters
Click here to view the recording of Dr Shukla's presentation on Moodle/Panopto (Login required). It was not possible to record the panel discussion.
The student panel:
Johann Williams, Anglo Scientific
Sai Bot AI Artist: Techniques in Deep Reinforcement Learning for a Robotic Hand
Zhimei Liu, Anglo Scientific
Sai Bot AI Artist: reproduction of a particular art form
Yaël Dillies, Department of Computer Science and Technology
Formalisation of material in number theory/additive combinatorics using Isabelle/HOL, aka Arithmetic Progressions - Almost Periodicity
Wednesday 31 January 2024, 1:30-3:00pm, MR3
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Rashmi Tank and Timothy Brooks, Barclays
Risk management in FX electronic trading
Euan Smithers, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)
How do plant cells develop, grow and communicate?
Elise Laruelle, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)
Parameter inference from time-lapse images
Tuesday 6 February 2024, 1:30-3:00pm, MR3
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Florian Jaeckle, Lyzeum Ltd / Department of Pathology
Developing an explainable segmentation tool for duodenal biopsy diagnosis from whole slide images, to maximise likelihood of clinical adoption
Tamsin A. Spelman, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)
Microtubule organisation in plant cells
Daniil Soloviev, Department of Chemistry
Model comparison and robust estimators for equilibria in supramolecular chemistry
Tuesday 13 February 2024, 1:30-3:00pm, MR3
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William Clements, ORCA Computing
Solving graph problems with a photonic quantum processor
Anita Karsa, Cambridge Advanced Imaging Centre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Embryo segmentation in microscopy images using AI
Dorothée Arzounian, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Shaping electrical stimulation in hearing implants
Wednesday 14 February 2024, 1:30-2:30pm, Zoom
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Richard Boyle, Apex Horticulture *This talk was not recorded*
Evaluating the impact of alternative freight methods on the transportation of cut roses from the Equator to Europe
Nicola De Maio, Goldman Group at EMBL-EBI
Pandemic-scale genomic epidemiology
Lidea Shahidi, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Statistical Properties of Speech: Guiding the Generation of Synthetic Speech Corpora
Tuesday 20 February 2024, 1:30-3:00pm, MR3
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Marie Lisandra Zepeda Mendoza, Novo Nordisk, Digital Science and Innovation, Machine Intelligence
Providing genomic and molecular network context for in-silico predicted drug-target candidates to aid hypothesizing their mode of action
Lewis Marsh, Novo Nordisk, Digital Science and Innovation, Human Genetics CoE
Diffusion Models for Context-Aware Splice Site Prediction
Yesmine Bahloul, Aspect Capital *This talk was not recorded*
Pricing and hedging short term interest rate options
Andrew D. Friend, Department of Geography
Modelling tree growth responses to climate change
Rachel Thomas and Marianne Freiberger, Plus Magazine
Communicating mathematics – developing comprehensive and targeted coverage on Plus (plus.maths.org)
