Jean Golding Institute

Two smartwatch faces with a "What did you have?" prompt and multiple choice answers. The one on the left displays the prompt and answers in Malaysian. The smartwatch display on the right displays the prompt and answers in English.

We’re pleased to share a new publication from our team in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on the feasibility of using smartwatches and micro-ecological momentary assessment (μEMA) to track eating patterns in children and adolescents in Malaysia.

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/2nyajxtp

Aewis Hii is standing at a lectern and pointing towards a projector screen with 3D cubes displayed on it.

Another fantastic Turing seminar! A massive thank you goes to Aewis Hii from The Bristol Composites Institute! They presented a talk on 'Machine learning assisted multi-scale mechanical simulation of large composite structures.'

Turing seminar graphic with event details on the left and a headshot of Aewis Hii on the right

The next Turing Seminar will feature Aewis Hii from the Bristol Composites Institute for a talk on: "Machine learning assisted multi-scale mechanical simulation of large composite structures."

📆 4 March, 13:00 - 14:00
📍 Queens Building

Find out more: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n

Turing Seminar series event graphic featuring the event details on the left and a headshot of Nicolas Boullé

The next Turing Seminar will feature Nicolas Boullé from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social for a talk on: "Convergent Methods for Koopman Operators on Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces."

📆 18 February, 13:00 - 14:00
📍 Wills Memorial Building

Find out more: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n

The Little Prince from the book "The Little Prince".

Two EEG graphs showing brain activity overtime. The graph on the right shows a large spike in data at the end of the graph.

The top graph shows headplots at different timepoints of the experiment. A colour gradient is used to show the effect in the electrode location of the scalp. The bottom graph is a line graph that shows the average across all electrodes for verbs and nouns. Both graphs represent results for English participants.

The top graph shows headplots at different timepoints of the experiment. A colour gradient is used to show the effect in the electrode location of the scalp. The bottom graph is a line graph that shows the average across all electrodes for verbs and nouns. Both graphs represent results for Chinese participants.

📰 2024/25 JGI Seedcorn project blog post now available!

'Studying grammar across the brains of different language speakers.'

Blog post by Georgia Sains

Find out more about this seedcorn project: tinyurl.com/32xy2r84

Graph showing the fixed effects of the explanatory variables (nitrogen limitation, iron limitation, phosphorus limitation, temperature, photoperiod and light) carbon:nitrogen stoichiometry for marine phytoplankton. 

📰 2024/25 JGI Seedcorn project blog post now available!

'C-GAPS: Cellular to Global Assessment of Phytoplankton Stoichiometry'

Blog post by Nicola Wiseman

Find out more about the findings of this seedcorn project: tinyurl.com/yfz52xvp

Sarah Koerner sitting at a table facing the participant. Sarah is holding an Oura Ring and showing it to the participant.

On the left is an image of the OvuSense sensor shown next to a ruler and tampon. On the right is an image of a hand wearing a silver coloured ring (Oura Ring) on the index finger.

📰 2024/25 JGI Seedcorn project blog post now available!

'Comparing two devices for measuring body temperature across the menstrual cycle'

Blog post by Sarah Koerner & Louise Millard

Find out more about this seedcorn project: tinyurl.com/yc68t52r

Bristol Data Stories YouTube thumbnail. On the left is a headshot of Becky Collins. On the right are headshots of Madlen Williams and Will Chapman. The episode number and title are at the bottom.

Bristol Data Stories Episode 5: Muddying the waters: Laser scanning for bank erosion monitoring with Rebecca Collins.

In this episode, Becky discusses her interest in rivers, how they shape landscapes, and her use of a state-of-the-art laser scanner.

Listen now: tinyurl.com/2ux76yny

Check out our latest blog post about the Web Archives for Social Sciences Datathon.

The Datathon was organised as part of the @sdruk.bsky.social project 'An Atlas of Economic Activities in the UK: tapping into web archives for social science research'.

Read the blog post: tinyurl.com/57fseyvw

Poster on a blue posterboard with Huw Day standing to the left and Laura Fryer standing to the right

Collage of various words from the survey. Some words are larger than others based on how repetitive the word was

Two laptops with the one on the left showing some code and the one on the right showing the graph that the code produced

📰 2024/25 JGI Seedcorn project blog post now available!

'Visualisation tool for Enhancing Public Engagement Using Supermarket Loyalty Card Data'

Blog post by Laura Fryer

This seedcorn project was supported by Huw Day Huw Day

Read more now: tinyurl.com/2pmwe3ms

In both panels, the number in each theme indicates the total number of unique mentions of actions within the theme (e.g., repeated mentions of an action in response to the same weather hazard by the same respondent only count as one action). The vertical length of each theme is proportional to the number of actions within it, so themes with few actions may be difficult to read. Examples include “Other: 52” in the orange box at the bottom of panel (a), and “Check in on people: 35” in the yellow box within “Precaution: 360” in panel (b).

In 2025, @huwwday.bsky.social completed a project working with @eunicelo.bsky.social and Joanne Godwin, helping them with a study of lived experiences in extreme climate conditions in the South West of England.

Read our latest blog post about the project: tinyurl.com/yc2rfpj2

Clifton Suspension Bridge in the snow

Highlights from our latest newsletter:

🧠 Bridging AI & Biosciences One-Day Workshop

💡 @gw4alliance.bsky.social Building Communities Generator Fund

👨‍🏫 NetDRIVE Summer School 2026

Read more here: tinyurl.com/3z5ws23b

A collage of photos of people walking around the Bristol Museum with their phones out to play the CultureQuest game.

📢 Upcoming event!

CultureQuest, a location-based, AI-driven game, turns Bristol Museum’s Egyptian Gallery into an interactive quest guided by the gods.

📆 9 February, 10:00 - 17:00
📍 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Find out more: tinyurl.com/c9h3hp4v

View from the audience watching Anna Xambo Sedo's Turing Seminar presentation

A zoomed-in view from the audience watching Anna Xambo Sedo deliver her Turing Seminar presentation with a photo of a forest on the projector

Another fantastic Turing seminar! A huge thank you to Anna Xambó Sedó, who presented her project, ‘Sensing the Forest: Let the Forest Speak using the Internet of Things, Acoustic Ecology and Creative AI’.

A plot showing the comparison between the total provided by the Exchequer clerk, versus the computed total. Most are matching, but there are outliers where the computed total is higher, which needed extra investigation.

A plot showing the availability of data per financial year and terms. Most years are complete, but some, such as 1281–1282, are missing, or incomplete, like 1284–1285.

A plot showing total computed incomes recorded on the receipt rolls per financial year. Most complete years are approaching or over £5000.

A plot showing the total received per term as a percentage of the year's total.

JGI Seedcorn follow-on funding 2023-25 blog post now available! 📰

'Irish Financial Records from the Reign of Edward I: What Applying Data Science Techniques Can Reveal'

Blog post by Mike Jones and Brendan Smith
@mikej1971.bsky.social

Read more now: tinyurl.com/y2zdd9vm

Turing Seminar event details with a headshot of Anna Xambó Sedó to the right.

The next Turing Seminar will feature Anna Xambó Sedó from @qmul.bsky.social for a talk on: "Sensing the Forest: Let the Forest Speak using the Internet of Things, Acoustic Ecology and Creative AI."

📆 10 December, 13:00 - 14:00
📍 Wills Memorial Building

Find out more: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n

Laurie Burchell at a lectern presenting her Turing Seminar talk

Laurie Burchell at a lectern, with a blackboard behind her, presenting her Turing Seminar talk

A huge thank you to @very-laurie.bsky.social for delivering a fantastic UoB Turing seminar. Her talk was entitled “Common Crawl: open web data for everybody.”

In this talk, she introduced the @commoncrawl.bsky.social and the data products they offer.

Headshots of 33 of the awardees of the AI in Health funding call

Over the summer, we ran a pump-priming funding call to support innovative applications of AI in health or biomedical research with @ebibristol.bsky.social

We are excited to announce 10 projects involving more than 30 researchers supported by this funding.

Read more here: tinyurl.com/ybpzjctk

Turing Seminar event graphic with details of the event and headshots of Laurie Burchell and Thom Vaughan to the right

The Turing Liaison Team is excited to host @very-laurie.bsky.social and Thom Vaughan to introduce the @commoncrawl.bsky.social and the data products it offers.

📆 26 November
⏰ 13:00 - 14:00
📍C44 Biomedical building, University of Bristol

Find out more: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n

The panel sat on chairs on a stage with a projector screen containing slido questions behind them. Left to right: Sana Khareghani, Simon McIntosh-Smith, Genevieve Liveley, Sidharth Jaggi, Agnes Nairn, Colin Gavaghan, Seth Bullock, and Conor Houghton

AI for Good Panel Discussion from #BristolDataWeek

With @conjh.bsky.social, @sanakb.bsky.social, @sethbullock.bsky.social, @simonmcs.bsky.social, Sidharth Jaggi, Agnes Nairn, @digitalfutures.bsky.social, Genevieve Liveley

Watch now: tinyurl.com/3fnc9mtv

Video credits: @beestonmedia.bsky.social

Royal Fort House on top of a hill covered in frost

Highlights from our latest newsletter:

🎥 Bristol Data Week 2025 recordings now available!

🩻 Interpreting AI Solutions for Healthcare with @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social

👨‍🏫 High Growth AI Accelerator Showcase with @innovateuk.bsky.social

Read more here: tinyurl.com/5n89xktp

Turing Seminar Series event graphic containing Andreia Sofia Teixeira's headshot and the event details

The Turing Liaison Team is excited to host @asteixeira.bsky.social, who will deliver a seminar entitled 'Tracing Affective and Cognitive Patterns Across Scales: From Minds to Networks to Human-AI Systems'

📆 19 November
⏰ 13:00 - 14:00
📍University of Bristol

Find out more: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n

Giovanni Petri standing at a lectern

View from the audience of Giovanni Petri delivering their Turing Seminar

Another fantastic Turing Seminar last week! 👨‍🏫

Giovanni Petri @lordgrilo.bsky.social from @northeasternu.bsky.social and @nunetsi.bsky.social delivered a very captivating talk, Tracing the Cultural Fabric of Sperm Whale Societies.

Highlights from our latest newsletter:

📔 ARIA call for research proposals for working with AI Scientist systems

📢 @hellobrigstow.bsky.social Exploratory Research Funding call

📝 Upcoming submission deadline for @ants2026.bsky.social

Read more here: tinyurl.com/59ce5k95

Turing Seminar series event graphic. Headshot of Giovanni Petri on the right.

The Turing Liaison Team is excited to host @lordgrilo.bsky.social, who will deliver a seminar entitled 'Tracing the Cultural Fabric of Sperm Whale Societies.'

📆 5 November
⏰ 13:00 - 14:00
📍Biomedical Building, C42 at the University of Bristol

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n

View from the audience. Peter Tennant at a lectern presenting their talk with a projecting screen showing their presentation slides on the wall behind him.

View from the audience. Peter Tennant at a lectern presenting their talk with a projecting screen showing a meme about DAG's on the wall behind him.

Peter Tennant joined us yesterday to deliver a brilliant talk for our Turing Seminar Series. Peter explored both sides of the argument for causal directed acyclic graphs, and whether they truly increase transparency and clarify common analytical pitfalls.

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/yc3wbsdf

Podcast graphic with Leighan Renaud's headshot to the left and Madlen Williams and Will Chapman's headshot to the right

To celebrate Black History Month, we recorded a special edition of our Bristol Data Stories podcast with @leighan.bsky.social 🎙️

In this episode, Leighan discusses her recent work with Research IT, where they have been digitally archiving folk stories in St Lucia.

Listen now: tinyurl.com/3burb5mh

Event graphic with information and Peter Tennant's headshot to the right

The Turing Liaison Team is excited to be welcoming Peter Tennant to deliver a seminar entitled, ‘Have DAGs fulfilled their promise in epidemiology and health research?’

📆 22 October
⏰ 13:00 - 14:00
📍1.18LT, Queens Building, University of Bristol

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n

Screenshot from the prototype. Includes a video of a man and the transcript, interactive buttons at the top and a map that changes location with the video

📰 2024/25 JGI Seedcorn project blog post now available!

'Telling Tales: Building a Folk Map of St Lucia'

Blog post by Leighan Renaud
@leighan.bsky.social

Read more now: tinyurl.com/3pws9hwb

Check out this exciting upcoming event with @ai4cihub.bsky.social !

Register your free space now using the link in the post below 👇