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Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
What Can Be Computed in Infinite-Dimensional Spectral Problems?
β οΈ GSTW03 - Interactions of geometric spectral theory with numerical methods and applications
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Morning Break
β οΈ GSTW03 - Interactions of geometric spectral theory with numerical methods and applications
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Pollution in Helmholtz boundary integral methods
β οΈ GSTW03 - Interactions of geometric spectral theory with numerical methods and applications
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Computation of free boundary minimal surfaces via extremal Steklov eigenvalues
β οΈ GSTW03 - Interactions of geometric spectral theory with numerical methods and applications
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Afternoon Break
β οΈ GSTW03 - Interactions of geometric spectral theory with numerical methods and applications
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Director's Welcome
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Organiser's Welcome
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Talk title TBC
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Using numerical simulations for solving spectral geometry problems
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Talk title TBC
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Talk title TBC
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
An AI-Assisted Proof in Spectral Geometry
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
What Can a Spectrum Learn? AI Perspectives on the Kohn Laplacian of Sphere Quotients
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Discussion I
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group
RSC Organic Chemistry Community South & East Regional Meeting 2026
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Machine Learning for Spectral Geometry and Vice Versa
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Talk title TBC
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Talk title TBC
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Discussion II
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars
Title to be confirmed
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Discussion II continued
β οΈ GSTW07 - AI in Spectral Geometry, perspectives and directions: the Round Table
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Topology of the Ritz energy landscape
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title abstract tbc
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Cambridge Natural History Society
Scattering Plenty: the people who made the modern countryside
β οΈ Note unusual day - Wednesday - and start time - 7.45pm
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine
Decoding genomic chaos - a pancancer compendium of chromosomal instability
Theory of Condensed Matter
Title to be confirmed
Applied and Computational Analysis
Title to be confirmed
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Optimal metric and approximation of free boundary minimal surfaces
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Kirk Public Lecture: Title TBC
β οΈ CIF - Causal inference: From theory to practice and back again
Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)
CSAR lecture: In a post-Ozempic world, have we cured obesity?
Cambridge Psychometrics Centre Seminars
Geometry and Generalization: The case of Grokking
β οΈ Please contact the organiser if you'd like to attend the talk online.
Mordell Lectures
How Much Does Homology Really Know?
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Online Causal Inference Seminar
β οΈ CIF - Causal inference: From theory to practice and back again
British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series
Polar Oceans Seminar Talk
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title and abstract tba
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group
Assembly of icosahedral quasicrystals from colloidal particles
Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)
Title to be confirmed
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine
From lab to clinic: an introduction to translational research
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
CONFERENCE: Chemical and material sciences enabled by AI and automation
Theory of Condensed Matter
Title to be confirmed
Making connections- brains and other complex systems
Coming soon
Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group
Title to be confirmed
Cavendish Quantum Colloquium
Toward affordable preventive healthcare
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Quantum graphs with a time asymmetry: spectral optimization and spectral statistics
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Engineering - Mechanics and Materials Seminar Series
Title to be confirmed
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Online Causal Inference Seminar
β οΈ CIF - Causal inference: From theory to practice and back again
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Differences between Robin and Neumann eigenvalues
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group
How fast is Quantum? Exploring the speed limits of quantum information spread
Cavendish Quantum Colloquium
Title to be confirmed
Theory of Condensed Matter
Synthesizing Diverse Policies for Multi-Agent Coordination
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Bigger Picture Talk: Developing future marine engines running on ammonia and other green fuels
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Director's Briefing
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Organiser Welcome
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Morning Break
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Dirac Lecture
The Dirac equation and geometry
Dirac Lecture
The Dirac equation and geometry
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Afternoon Break
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience
Task performance predicts the substitution of feedforward by feedback drive in visual cortex
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Welcome Reception and Poster Session
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)
CSAR lecture: Decarbonizing road freight (TBC)
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Morning Break / Group Photo
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Afternoon Break
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Mathematical Physics Seminar
Carrollian momenta from anti de Sitter
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Online Causal Inference Seminar
β οΈ CIF - Causal inference: From theory to practice and back again
Cambridge Endangered Languages and Cultures Group
From majority to minority: Heritage language in the diaspora
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Morning Break
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series
Polar Oceans Seminar Talk
Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group
Title to be confirmed
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Afternoon Break
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)
Title to be confirmed
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani ( EDI Film Screening)
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Formal Dinner at Selwyn College
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine
Overview of treatment for non-small cell lung cancer
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Morning Break
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Theory of Condensed Matter
Title to be confirmed
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Afternoon Break
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Making connections- brains and other complex systems
Coming soon
Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group
Advances in Label-Free High-Resolution Molecular Imaging using J Series III Cluster SIMS
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Spectral rigidity of random covers of compact hyperbolic surfaces
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Morning Break
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title TBC
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Afternoon Break
β οΈ GSTW04 - Random and arithmetic models in spectral theory
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Scientific Steering Committee meeting
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Rothschild Public Lecture: The Quantum Centenary: from Order to Chaos
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Online Causal Inference Seminar
β οΈ CIF - Causal inference: From theory to practice and back again
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Spectral theory for Dirac operators with singular potentials
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
title abstract tba
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group
Title to be confirmed
Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group
Title to be confirmed
Cavendish Quantum Colloquium
Title to be confirmed
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine
The role of radiation in cancer care: a spotlight on cancers of the oesophagus, head and neck
Theory of Condensed Matter
Title to be confirmed
Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group
How bubble acoustics can help in three apocalypses
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
title and abstract tba (joint seminar with Spectral Geometry in the Clouds)
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Rothschild Public Lecture: Forty years of causal inference: Report of a great-grandfather
β οΈ CIF - Causal inference: From theory to practice and back again
Mathematical Physics Seminar
Shape modes of CP^1 vortices
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Online Causal Inference Semina
β οΈ CIF - Causal inference: From theory to practice and back again
British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series
Polar Oceans Seminar Talk
Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group
Title to be confirmed
Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)
Title to be confirmed
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Title and abstract tba
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Engineering - Dynamics and Vibration Tea Time Talks
Non-stationarity in structural dynamics, challenges and implications for modelling and structural health monitoring
Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)
CSAR lecture: Climate Repair (TBC)
Theory of Condensed Matter
Title to be confirmed
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Online Causal Inference Seminar
β οΈ CIF - Causal inference: From theory to practice and back again
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
title abstract tbc
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
title abstract tbc
β οΈ GST - Geometric spectral theory and applications
Cavendish Quantum Colloquium
Quantum optics with organic molecules
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine
Using Light for Cancer Detection
Theory of Condensed Matter
Title to be confirmed
Applied and Computational Analysis
Title to be confirmed
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Online Causal Inference Seminar
β οΈ CIF - Causal inference: From theory to practice and back again
Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)
Title to be confirmed
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine
Early cancer clinical trials
Theory of Condensed Matter
Title to be confirmed
Making connections- brains and other complex systems
Coming soon
Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)
CSAR lecture: 46&: Development of a probiotic that supports the natural removal of forever chemicals from the body
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine
Pancreatic cancer - the clinical challenge;Β Why the microenvironment matters during pancreatic cancer progression and treatment
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Online Causal Inference Seminar
β οΈ CIF - Causal inference: From theory to practice and back again
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine
Clonal haematopoiesis, early detection and pre-leukemia to leukemia development
Theory of Condensed Matter
Title to be confirmed
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine
A scientists guide to the art of radiation therapy and Neurosurgery for the oncologist
Theory of Condensed Matter
Title to be confirmed
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Talk TBC
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Talk TBC
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Talk TBC
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Talk TBC
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Tea and Coffee Break
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Talk TBC
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Talk TBC
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Complete and Submit Project Choice Forms
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Dinner
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Teams Announced
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Morning Tea and Coffee
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Work
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Tea and Coffee Break
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Work
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Work
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Tea and Coffee Break
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Work
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Morning Tea and Coffee
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Work
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Tea and Coffee Break
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Work
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Work
Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group
Harnessing Radical Reactivity for Molecular Innovation
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Tea and Coffee Break
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Work
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Morning Tea and Coffee
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Work
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Tea and Coffee Break
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Work
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Work
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Tea and Coffee Break
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Work
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Morning Tea and Coffee
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Presentation 1
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Presentation 2
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Presentation 3
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Presentation 4
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Group Presentation 5
Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
Tea and Coffee Break
Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group
tbc
Darwin College Lecture Series
Cooperation as a Laboratory of Being
Darwin College Lecture Series
Cooperation in Nature
Darwin College Lecture Series
Market Failure, Organ Shortage, Pandemic and Climate Change: The Architecture of Cooperation
Applied and Computational Analysis
Title to be confirmed
Darwin College Lecture Series
Welfare Reform and the Imperative of Cooperation
Darwin College Lecture Series
The Magic of Magnetism
Darwin College Lecture Series
Security Cooperation within Government and between Governments
Darwin College Lecture Series
Together Now: Cooperation and Collaboration in Social Art Practice
Darwin College Lecture Series
Cooperation for Nature
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