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AI news from the Centre and the wider University.

Centre news 2025/26

Applications open for RAEng AI Summer Internship Programme
09/02/2026

Our RAEng GoogleDeepMind 'Research Ready' Summer Internship programme is now open for applications.

The 'Research Ready' scheme is aimed at providing undergraduate students and recent graduates from underserved and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds with research experience in AI-related areas.

For full details, please visit the Centre for AI Fundamentals internships webpage.

Michele Caprio paper accepted for International Congress of Mathematicians 2026
06/02/2026

Michele has had his paper on Categorical Conformal Prediction for oral presentation (Short Communication) at the International Congress of Mathematicians 2026, taking place in Philadelphia in July.

Michele has also had a contribution titled Imprecise Markov Semigroups and Their Ergodicity: A Testbed for AI-Assisted Publishing Best Practices accepted as a talk to be presented at the plenary session on the Future of ML Publishing, the famous Sorrento Meeting organised by Prof Neil Lawrence.

Congratulations, Michele!

Summer School 'Early bird' discount registration opens!
05/02/2026

Registration for the ELLIS Manchester Summer School on Machine Learning for Healthcare and Biology is now open. Thanks to funding from The University of Manchester, we are offering 'early bird' registration for just £150 for the three-day programme: a 50% reduction on the last three years. Speakers are already being announced, find out full details at the ELLIS Manchester Summer School website.

Mingfei Sun named one of the UK's new Open Source AI Fellows
29/01/2026

Congratulations to Mingfei Sun for being named by The Alan Turing Institute as one of the UK's new cohort of Open Source AI Fellows!

Mark Girolami, the Turing’s Acting CEO and Chief Scientist, said: “AI has huge potential to help us anticipate risks, improve decision making and boost productivity, strengthening the UK’s resilience and prosperity. The new fellows will play an important role in putting effective AI tools into the hands of our public servants in order to realise these benefits.”

To find out more, read the Open Source AI Fellows announcement from the Alan Turing Institute.

Mauricio Alvarez named new AI@Manchester theme lead
05/01/2026

The Digital Futures Research Platform have announced Mauricio Alvarez as the new theme lead for AI@Manchester.

AI@Manchester (formerly the Institute for Data Science and AI) is an access point to the University’s expertise in data science and artificial intelligence, facilitates interactions between researchers and problem holders, owns the University’s data science strategy, and delivers sustainable support for the community.

To find out more about AI@Manchester, visit the Digital Futures website.

Funded AI internship programme for 2026!
05/01/2026

Following on from the success of last year's programme, Omar Rivasplata and colleagues have again been successful in securing funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering, Google Deepmind and the Hg Foundation to support six research interns in the summer of 2026.

The 'Research Ready' scheme is aimed at providing undergraduate students and recent graduates from underserved and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds with research experience in AI-related areas.

Applications will open soon, to be one of the first to find out, please email the Centre for AI Fundamentals team for more details.

ELLIS Manchester Summer School
11/12/2025

We are pleased to announce that our fourth annual ELLIS Summer School on Machine Learning for Healthcare and Biology will take place from 7-9 July 2026 in the Alan Turing Building at The University of Manchester.

For more information, please visit the ELLIS Manchester Summer School website.
Kaski Award as the ELLIS Institute launches
18/11/2025

AI Fundamentals’ close collaborators in Finland have launched the new ELLIS Institute. Several Manchester-based colleagues attended the high-profile AI Summit and AI Gala in Turku, where Professor Kaski was presented with the AI Leader of the Year award.

The Centre for AI Fundamentals looks forward to new activities as we continue our close relationship with colleagues in Finland.
We are recruiting!
11/11/2025

Join the Centre for AI Fundamentals as a Research Associate or Research Fellow in Machine Learning. There are three posts available. The closing date for applications is 1 December 2025.

The post-holder will work on a project from Professor Kaski’s UKRI Turing AI World-Leading Fellowship. Research here includes work to develop new principles and methods for Advanced User Modelling, sequential decision making and Automatic Experimental Design, with and without a Human-in-the-Loop.

For full details, please visit The University of Manchester jobs site.
Omar Rivasplata is 'The Expert'
01/11/2025

'Magnify' is a brand new regular research magazine from The University of Manchester and Omar is featured as the very first 'expert'. Omar was asked about his time at Google DeepMind and his reaction to the emergence of ChatGPT as well as his more general thoughts on the impact of AI in the future. You can read his interview on 'Magnify'.
Anirbit Mukherjee joins TMLR as Action Editor
25/10/2025

Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR) is a new venue for dissemination of machine learning research that is intended to complement JMLR while supporting the unmet needs of a growing ML community. TMLR emphasizes technical correctness over subjective significance, to ensure that we facilitate scientific discourse on topics that may not yet be accepted in mainstream venues but may be important in the future. Anirbit joins colleagues Mauricio Alvarez and Michele Caprio on the TMLR Editorial Board.
Michele Caprio organising EurIPS workshop
10/10/2025

Still deciding between NeurIPS and EurIPS? Maybe this will help! We are delighted to announce that the 1st Workshop on Epistemic Intelligence in Machine Learning (EIML) will take place in conjunction with EurIPS 2025, this December in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The workshop will bring together researchers to discuss the foundations and applications of epistemic uncertainty in machine learning. This workshop seeks contributions from researchers across machine learning, statistics, philosophy of science, decision theory, and related disciplines to explore theoretical foundations, algorithmic innovations, and practical applications that center around epistemic uncertainty (EU). For full details including the list of speakers, please visit the EurIPS 2025 website.
Chen Chen joins our ELLIS Unit
01/10/2025

ELLIS Manchester are pleased to announce that Chen Chen has joined our ELLIS - European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems unit!

Chen is a lecturer in Computer Vision at The University of Sheffield and a core member of Insigen Research, Centre for Machine Intelligence and ShefAI. Chen is an ELLIS scholar in the ELLIS Robust Machine Learning Program and also holds an honorary fellow position at Imperial College London.

Chen's research expertise fits neatly within our unit and as we look to expand further, Chen will be a very valuable person to have around.
Michele Caprio to open prestigious SIPTA Seminar Series
01/09/2025

Dr Michele Caprio has been invited to open the prestigious SIPTA Seminar Series for the 25/26 academic year with a talk on 1 October 2025 (14:00 UK time). This series only hosts 10 seminars a year, making Michele’s invitation a real honour. Learn more about the SIPTA Seminars.