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Accelerate Programme for Scientific Discovery
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Advancing the frontiers of science through the application of AI.
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📢Booking is now open for our training courses next term!

Courses are open to all PhD students and staff at the University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk, sign up now to develop your AI skills and apply them in your research.

Find out more and book: science.ai.cam.ac.uk/events
📢 New blog! @zhou-hy.bsky.social used LLMs to investigate whether disease research happens where it's most needed.

Analysing 300k papers revealed stark disparities in global health research distribution - 43% of clinical trials occur in low/middle-income countries.

Find out more: bit.ly/47RyL2L
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Introducing our first @acceleratescience.bsky.social Winter School for AI for UK undergraduates!🎉

📍University of Cambridge
🗓️13-16 Jan 2026
🤖 LLM workshops
💻 HPC access
🤝 Career insights, networking and mentoring

Find out more and apply by 21 Nov, 5pm: science.ai.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Grant writing workshop – ECRs and PhD students in data science and AI

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 1:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Are you thinking about applying for a grant or fellowship?

www.c2d3.cam.ac.uk/events/grant...
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Interested to find out more about research taking place in AI for Science? 🔬

Join us over pizza for our second @acceleratescience.bsky.social Lunchtime Seminar this term on 24 Nov, 12 - 1pm in Room SS03, William Gates Building!

Register to attend for free: science.ai.cam.ac.uk/events/accel...
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
New AI clinic slots available to book in November and December! 🗓️

Open to all @cam.ac.uk PhD students, researchers and staff, our clinic offers free expert advice on any AI and machine learning questions.

Book a slot: training.cam.ac.uk/apsci/search
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Thank you to everyone who joined our Introduction to Diffusion Models in Generative AI workshop last week! 🤖

Are you based at @cam.ac.uk and interested to develop practical machine learning skills for research?

Sign up for an upcoming workshop: training.cam.ac.uk/apsci/search
October 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📢 New blog! FTorch software from @iccscambridge.bsky.social couples PyTorch ML to Fortran models and is now used globally in climate, weather and fusion research.

A September workshop with 40 researchers explored hybrid modelling challenges.

Find out more: bit.ly/48FYxsM
October 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Interested to find out more about research taking place in AI for Science?

Join us over pizza🍕for our first @acceleratescience.bsky.social Lunchtime Seminar this term, Mon 27 October, 12pm - 1pm in Room SS03, William Gates Building!

Register to attend for free:
science.ai.cam.ac.uk/events/accel...
October 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Excited to share details of our AI Café on 20 October organised with @cruk-ci.bsky.social! 🔬

Want to find out more about how AI is being used in cancer research? Join us to hear talks from researchers & discuss with an AI expert. Those new to AI are very welcome to attend!

Sign up: bit.ly/3KNwc9N
October 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The "Differentiable Systems and Scientific Machine Learning" workshop at the 1st @euripsconf.bsky.social is accepting submissions!💡

Submission deadline for the call for papers is Friday Oct 10th.

Find out more and submit your #EurIPS paper here: differentiable-systems.github.io/workshop-eur...
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Every #EuriPS workshop now has a webpage and the clock is ticking for the Call for Papers/Participation, many have deadlines on the 10th of Oct!

If that was not enough, the co-located @ellis.eu UnConference also has an open Call for Posters.

eurips.cc/workshops/
October 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📢 New blog! @charlesemogor.bsky.social uses machine learning to enhance anti-poaching across sub-Saharan Africa.

Working with @anil.recoil.org, @fletcherecology.bsky.social and @milindtambe-ai.bsky.social, he is developing models to help rangers patrol effectively.

Find out more: bit.ly/4mMs3Av
September 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We are thrilled to be attending the Cambridge Wearables Innovation Forum Launch today at Pembroke College, Cambridge! 🚀 @dynamicbrain.bsky.social

We look forward to chatting with attendees about how to use machine learning and AI to power scientific research on wearable health tech.
September 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Referrals to children’s #MentalHealth services have almost doubled since #COVID, but support often comes too late.

To change this, Dr Anna Moore is developing #AI-supported pathways to spot needs earlier and guide timely intervention.

Read more on the blog ⬇️
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pr...
September 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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🚀 Do you have an #AI idea that could have real-world impact? 🚀

We’re offering @cam.ac.uk researchers the chance to get up to £25k + 6 months’ support to bring bold concepts to life through our new AI-deas Sprint Programme.

📅 Deadline: 10 Oct
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/ai-dea...
September 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📢Booking is now open for our training courses next term!

Courses are open to all PhD students and staff at the University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk, sign up now to develop your AI skills and apply them in your research.

Find out more and book: science.ai.cam.ac.uk/events
September 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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🌳 Forests hold vital clues about our planet’s health.

Dr @emilyrlines.bsky.social & her team are using #AI, drones & laser scanning to build millimetre-scale 3D models of forest canopies - right down to each leaf & twig - transforming how we monitor biodiversity.

➡️ Read more: lnkd.in/e5Ff9xBn
August 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
📢 New blog! Isaac Sebenius, who recently completed his PhD @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social developed MIND with supervisors @sarahmorganuk.bsky.social and Professor Ed Bullmore - a machine learning method transforming MRI brain scans into biologically validated networks.

Find out more: bit.ly/4gccUXm
September 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New AI clinic slots available to book on 9 and 10 September! 🗓️

Open to all PhD students and researchers, our clinic offers free expert advice on any AI and machine learning questions.

Book a slot: science.ai.cam.ac.uk/events
August 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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🚨 Calling all ‪Cambridge‬ researchers 🚨

Got a bold #AI idea? Our new AI-deas Sprint Programme offers up to £25k + 6 months’ support to turn your research into a working prototype with real-world impact.

📅 Deadline: 10 Oct

Find out more & apply ⬇️
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/ai-dea...
August 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📢 New blog! Find out how Richard Diehl Martinez, a PhD student from @cst.cam.ac.uk used funding from @acceleratescience.bsky.social to develop Pico - an open-source framework with less than 500 lines of Python code that democratises AI model training for researchers.

Find out more: bit.ly/41Pkv8f
August 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Have an idea to make University operations smarter with #AI? 💡

We’re offering £10k + expert support for @cam.ac.uk professional services teams.

📅 Deadline 29 Aug

Find out more ➡️ www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/ai-for...
August 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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🧠✨ Congrats to Dr Smriti Agarwal on her 5-year
British Heart Foundation fellowship! Her AI-driven research with brain scans & health records aims to improve stroke outcomes. Big things ahead!

The project started out with @cambridgec2d3.bsky.social Accelerate Science programme 🔬
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📢 New blog! Find out how Megan Ennion, a PhD student from @camedfac.bsky.social supervised by Ros McLellan used funding from Accelerate and @cambridgec2d3.bsky.social to study how AI tutors impact student learning psychology and behaviors.

Find out more: bit.ly/46It7ky
August 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Apply by 12 September to be considered for our funding call with @cambridgec2d3.bsky.social in 3 categories:

🪴 Early Career Seed Funding up to £5,000 for PhD students/postdocs

🤝 Up to £15,000 to convene networks & events

📚 Up to £25,000 for larger scale projects

Find out more: bit.ly/4k13yyh
July 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
📢 New blog! Find out how Jakob Träuble from
@ceb.cam.ac.uk used funding from Accelerate and
@cambridgec2d3.bsky.social to help detect conditions like Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s years before symptoms appear.

Find out more: bit.ly/4mhdKEd
July 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM