Professor Kosuke Imai, Harvard University - Does AI help humans make better decisions? A statistical evaluation framework for experimental and observational studies.

Thursday 13th March 2025, 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm in the Seminar Room, Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road, Oxford. 

All members of the University of Oxford are invited to take part in the 10 minute survey and share their feedback which will be used to guide collections, services and strategy. 

Shafi Goldwasser (Berkeley (USA), MIT (USA), Weizmann (Israel)) - Privacy, Verification, Robustness: A Cryptographer's perspective on ML

4 March, 11:00 am, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW

The Strachey Lectures are a series of termly computer science lectures named after Christopher Strachey, the first Professor of Computation at the University of Oxford.

Sunday 9th March (Week 8), 15:45-18:00, Iffley Road Sports Centre.

This year, for the first time in ages, lifesaving will be holding a cuppers event. Compete against other colleges/departments to be crowned the cuppers champions 2025. Compete in teams of four in three events: a swim and tow relay, a line throw relay and an obstacle relay. We'll teach all of the skills needed so everyone* is welcome. No lifesaving experience necessary.

This is the thirteenth year for MPLS Impact Awards, which celebrate, recognise and reward impacts achieved by researchers. The annual awards aim to foster, raise awareness of, and reward impact at a local level, and prepare the ground for the impact case studies that will be needed for future REF and similar exercises. 

Wednesday 12th March.

It would be great to have as many teams as possible racing in this idyllic 4-leg relay around Oxford, encompassing the River Thames and Christ Church Meadow and beginning and ending at Iffley Road track where Roger Bannister ran the first ever sub-4-minute mile. Each leg is approximately 7km in length. Further details can be found on the Facebook event page.

Professor David Stainforth, London School of Economics and Political Science - Climate prediction: what is it and what is achievable?

Friday 31st January, 11.00 am – 12 noon

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Statistics

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