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Centre news 2025/26

  • AI-Fun at ICML 2026
    20/05/2026

    AI-Fun researchers have had a total of ten papers and posters accepted for the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), which is taking place from Monday, July 6th to Saturday, July 11th at the Coex Center in Seoul, South Korea.

    AI-Fun's contributions cover a range of topics including Generative AI models, Task-Shift Adaptation through Causal Embeddings, Bayesian Experimental Design and Optimisation; Multi-Output Gaussian Processes; Reinforcement Learning and Empirical and Certified Adversarial Robustness.

    For more details, please see the full article and paper listing on LinkedIn.

  • Three new researchers for AI-Fun!
    19/05/2026

    In recent weeks we have welcomed three new researchers to the AI-Fun team. 

    Thomas Hudson completed his PhD at Durham University exploring task reformulation and decomposition for NLP and multimodality. Thomas is currently working on foundation models for large healthcare datasets as well as collaborating on methods to aid clinicians in decision making.

    Roussel Desmond Nzoyem recently graduated with a PhD in Machine Learning from University of Bristol and is working on foundation models for science, interested in improving their ability to generalise out of distribution. The aim is to develop these in a principled way, incorporating meaningful support for uncertainty quantification, which is critical for applications like drug design, materials engineering, and beyond.

    Xingyuan Zhang's PhD (part of a collaboration between the Technical University of Munich and Volkswagen Group researched world models to relax standard assumptions in imitation learning and unlock the potential of massive, untapped datasets. He is currently developing frameworks for an autonomous, curiosity-driven AI scientist designed to collaborate seamlessly with human researchers and rapidly accelerate the scientific discovery process.

    Welcome to the team!

  • Goodbye Andi!
    30/04/2026

    Andi Zhang has secured an exciting new role as Assistant Professor at the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick and so sadly, is leaving the Centre for AI Fundamentals. Although we will undoubtedly keep in touch, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank Andi for his valuable contribution to the Centre and wish him the best of luck!

  • Michele Caprio announces Seoul workshop
    13/04/2026

    Following on from the success of last year's event, Michele has announced the second Workshop on Epistemic Intelligence in Machine Learning (EIML), happening at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) Seoul in July this year. For more details, please visit the EIML@ICML2026 event website.

  • Arya Karami joins the Centre for AI Fundamentals
    02/03/2026

    Last month, AI-Fun welcomed Arya Karami as a new postgraduate researcher in the Centre. Arya brings experience from the NARRATE Horizon Europe project and from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at UNSW. He is a data scientist whose current research focuses on collaborative AI for medical decision-making.

    Welcome Arya!

  • 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.

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