Past events
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The history and evolution of Chinese names
13:00 - 14:00 30 November 2023
Are you interested in the history of Chinese names? Do you teach or support Chinese students and want to know more about the tradition and culture behind their names? Are your classmates from China and you want to understand where their names come from? Join us for this fascinating talk given by Yichao...
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IDSAI Seminar: Cristian Bodnar
14:45 - 16:30 30 November 2023
Graph Neural Networks via Sheaves Abstract: The multitude of applications where data is attached to spaces with non-Euclidean structure has driven the rise of the field of Geometric Deep Learning (GDL). Nonetheless, from many points of view, geometry does not always provide the right level of abstraction...
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Finding and accessing data from the UK Data Service
10:00 - 11:30 29 November 2023
This introductory workshop is intended for anyone who wants to hear about finding data from the UK Data Service and contains interactive elements throughout. Participants will be given a practical overview of the tools that the service provides, particularly our data catalogue to help you make the...
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Naomi Alderman in Conversation (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)
29 November 2023 - 27 April 2024
The future is coming. The Future is here. When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Across the world, in a mall in Singapore, Lai Zhen, an internet-famous survivalist,...
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How to document quantitative and qualitative data
11:00 - 12:30 28 November 2023
Data documentation is essential to make sure that well-organised and well-documented research data can be produced from our research projects. This free introductory workshop on data documentation is intended for researchers and anyone who wants to learn how to best document research data. This workshop...
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