Department of Imaging Neuroscience
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
The Department of Imaging Neuroscience, home of the Functional Imaging Laboratory (The FIL), is part of the Institute of Neurology, UCL
#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert! 🎺
This Friday, November 14th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Adrien Doerig giving a talk entitled "LLMs as models of high level perceptual processing"
In person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, November 14th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Adrien Doerig giving a talk entitled "LLMs as models of high level perceptual processing"
In person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert! 🎺
This Friday, November 14th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Adrien Doerig giving a talk entitled "LLMs as models of high level perceptual processing"
In person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, November 14th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Adrien Doerig giving a talk entitled "LLMs as models of high level perceptual processing"
In person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert! 🎺
This Friday, November 7th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Simon Van Gaal giving a talk entitled "Linking global state fluctuations and recurrent processing to conscious perception in humans"
In person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, November 7th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Simon Van Gaal giving a talk entitled "Linking global state fluctuations and recurrent processing to conscious perception in humans"
In person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
November 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert! 🎺
This Friday, November 7th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Simon Van Gaal giving a talk entitled "Linking global state fluctuations and recurrent processing to conscious perception in humans"
In person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, November 7th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Simon Van Gaal giving a talk entitled "Linking global state fluctuations and recurrent processing to conscious perception in humans"
In person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert! 🎺
This Friday, October 24th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Terence Sanger, MD, PhD.
This talk will be online only. 12 Queen Square Seminar room (4th Floor) will be available if you need a space to watch the stream. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, October 24th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Terence Sanger, MD, PhD.
This talk will be online only. 12 Queen Square Seminar room (4th Floor) will be available if you need a space to watch the stream. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
October 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert! 🎺
This Friday, October 24th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Terence Sanger, MD, PhD.
This talk will be online only. 12 Queen Square Seminar room (4th Floor) will be available if you need a space to watch the stream. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, October 24th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Terence Sanger, MD, PhD.
This talk will be online only. 12 Queen Square Seminar room (4th Floor) will be available if you need a space to watch the stream. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
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🗞️ Front page news of The Express today: @uclqsion.bsky.social scientists have developed a method for producing “ultra-fast” MRI scans, slashing the time patients need to spend in the machine from 20-30 minutes to less than 7 minutes. @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
Major dementia breakthrough could turbocharge UK diagnosis rates
EXCLUSIVE: Scientists have found a way to dramatically accelerate one of the key tests used to diagnose the condition.
www.express.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🗞️ Front page news of The Express today: @uclqsion.bsky.social scientists have developed a method for producing “ultra-fast” MRI scans, slashing the time patients need to spend in the machine from 20-30 minutes to less than 7 minutes. @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert! 🎺
This Friday, October 17th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Prof Andreas Nieder giving a talk entitled "From Monkeys to Humans: The Neurons Behind Our Sense of Number"
All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, October 17th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Prof Andreas Nieder giving a talk entitled "From Monkeys to Humans: The Neurons Behind Our Sense of Number"
All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
October 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert! 🎺
This Friday, October 17th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Prof Andreas Nieder giving a talk entitled "From Monkeys to Humans: The Neurons Behind Our Sense of Number"
All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, October 17th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Prof Andreas Nieder giving a talk entitled "From Monkeys to Humans: The Neurons Behind Our Sense of Number"
All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
This Friday, October 3rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Prof Li Su giving a talk entitled "Digital twin models that talk the talk and walk the walk"
All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, October 3rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Prof Li Su giving a talk entitled "Digital twin models that talk the talk and walk the walk"
All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
September 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
This Friday, October 3rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Prof Li Su giving a talk entitled "Digital twin models that talk the talk and walk the walk"
All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, October 3rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Prof Li Su giving a talk entitled "Digital twin models that talk the talk and walk the walk"
All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
In this video, Andy Jahn discusses the latest developments in #SPM, the latest release #SPM25 and our recent #SPM Homecoming with the wonderful @corticalpete.bsky.social, @liviasimela.bsky.social and @johmedr.bsky.social.
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SPM Homecoming & SPM25 | Prof. Peter Zeidman, Dr. Olivia Kowalczyk & Dr. Johan Medrano
YouTube video by Andy's Brain Tube
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September 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In this video, Andy Jahn discusses the latest developments in #SPM, the latest release #SPM25 and our recent #SPM Homecoming with the wonderful @corticalpete.bsky.social, @liviasimela.bsky.social and @johmedr.bsky.social.
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Peter Bandettini notes SPM “catalyzed more progress towards understanding the human brain than perhaps any other discovery or methodological advance in neuroimaging”. He also urges continuous revisiting of assumptions and their validity. Excellent food for thought as our #SPM Homecoming kicks off!
“From mapping to explaining brain function: the generative theoretical ambition of SPM” - our article in Cerebral Cortex forms part of our 30(ish) year celebration of SPM.
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SPM—30 years and beyond
Abstract. This paper marks the 30th anniversary of the Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM) software and the journal Cerebral Cortex: two modest milestones
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September 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Peter Bandettini notes SPM “catalyzed more progress towards understanding the human brain than perhaps any other discovery or methodological advance in neuroimaging”. He also urges continuous revisiting of assumptions and their validity. Excellent food for thought as our #SPM Homecoming kicks off!
Klaas Enno Stephan notes “Three decades is an unusually long period for a purely academic software to exist, enjoy enormous popularity, and stay at the top of the game”. Go #SPM, go #MethodsTeam members, past and present, from all around the world! 🧠🌏
“From mapping to explaining brain function: the generative theoretical ambition of SPM” - our article in Cerebral Cortex forms part of our 30(ish) year celebration of SPM.
academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
SPM—30 years and beyond
Abstract. This paper marks the 30th anniversary of the Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM) software and the journal Cerebral Cortex: two modest milestones
academic.oup.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Klaas Enno Stephan notes “Three decades is an unusually long period for a purely academic software to exist, enjoy enormous popularity, and stay at the top of the game”. Go #SPM, go #MethodsTeam members, past and present, from all around the world! 🧠🌏
In an associated commentary Ed Bullmore notes that #SPM “achieved scientific impact on an unprecedented scale” and “was a leader in open science before open science was a thing”.
Thank you, Ed! 🤩🧠
Thank you, Ed! 🤩🧠
“From mapping to explaining brain function: the generative theoretical ambition of SPM” - our article in Cerebral Cortex forms part of our 30(ish) year celebration of SPM.
academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
SPM—30 years and beyond
Abstract. This paper marks the 30th anniversary of the Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM) software and the journal Cerebral Cortex: two modest milestones
academic.oup.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
In an associated commentary Ed Bullmore notes that #SPM “achieved scientific impact on an unprecedented scale” and “was a leader in open science before open science was a thing”.
Thank you, Ed! 🤩🧠
Thank you, Ed! 🤩🧠
“From mapping to explaining brain function: the generative theoretical ambition of SPM” - our article in Cerebral Cortex forms part of our 30(ish) year celebration of SPM.
academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
SPM—30 years and beyond
Abstract. This paper marks the 30th anniversary of the Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM) software and the journal Cerebral Cortex: two modest milestones
academic.oup.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
“From mapping to explaining brain function: the generative theoretical ambition of SPM” - our article in Cerebral Cortex forms part of our 30(ish) year celebration of SPM.
academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
August 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Absolutely delighted to be at @meguki2025.bsky.social at lovely Mary Ward house, London.
Really enjoyed talk by Stephanie Mellor (Zurich/UCL) about ambulation with OPMs. The tech is evolving fast!
Thanks to hosts @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social for organising. Looking forward to this 🙂
Really enjoyed talk by Stephanie Mellor (Zurich/UCL) about ambulation with OPMs. The tech is evolving fast!
Thanks to hosts @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social for organising. Looking forward to this 🙂
July 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Absolutely delighted to be at @meguki2025.bsky.social at lovely Mary Ward house, London.
Really enjoyed talk by Stephanie Mellor (Zurich/UCL) about ambulation with OPMs. The tech is evolving fast!
Thanks to hosts @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social for organising. Looking forward to this 🙂
Really enjoyed talk by Stephanie Mellor (Zurich/UCL) about ambulation with OPMs. The tech is evolving fast!
Thanks to hosts @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social for organising. Looking forward to this 🙂
Lots of exciting work being showcased by the SPM Team and other Fellows from the UCL Department of Imaging Neuroscience at #OHBM2025 this week! A thread 🧵 ... [1/7]
June 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Lots of exciting work being showcased by the SPM Team and other Fellows from the UCL Department of Imaging Neuroscience at #OHBM2025 this week! A thread 🧵 ... [1/7]
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NEW DEADLINE: Friday 20th June 🚨
MEG‑UKI 2025 lands in London (16–18 July)! A 3-day deep dive into the brain—naturalistic neuroscience, OP-MEG, cutting-edge methods, and real-world impact. Keynotes by Dominik Bach & Jamie Ward. Art, abstracts, and more!
Register here: meguk.ac.uk/registration/
MEG‑UKI 2025 lands in London (16–18 July)! A 3-day deep dive into the brain—naturalistic neuroscience, OP-MEG, cutting-edge methods, and real-world impact. Keynotes by Dominik Bach & Jamie Ward. Art, abstracts, and more!
Register here: meguk.ac.uk/registration/
June 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
NEW DEADLINE: Friday 20th June 🚨
MEG‑UKI 2025 lands in London (16–18 July)! A 3-day deep dive into the brain—naturalistic neuroscience, OP-MEG, cutting-edge methods, and real-world impact. Keynotes by Dominik Bach & Jamie Ward. Art, abstracts, and more!
Register here: meguk.ac.uk/registration/
MEG‑UKI 2025 lands in London (16–18 July)! A 3-day deep dive into the brain—naturalistic neuroscience, OP-MEG, cutting-edge methods, and real-world impact. Keynotes by Dominik Bach & Jamie Ward. Art, abstracts, and more!
Register here: meguk.ac.uk/registration/
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How do you tell if something is real or imaginary? 💭
Dr @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social) speaks to the New Scientist about how brain regions seem to work together to determine whether we can believe what we're seeing.
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Dr @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social) speaks to the New Scientist about how brain regions seem to work together to determine whether we can believe what we're seeing.
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We've figured out how our brains sort imagination from reality
Two brain regions seem to work together to determine whether we are seeing something real, or merely a product of our imaginations - and understanding them further may help treat visual hallucinations
www.newscientist.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
How do you tell if something is real or imaginary? 💭
Dr @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social) speaks to the New Scientist about how brain regions seem to work together to determine whether we can believe what we're seeing.
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Dr @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social) speaks to the New Scientist about how brain regions seem to work together to determine whether we can believe what we're seeing.
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The moment we've all been waiting for... 🥁
📋 FULL SCHEDULE IS HERE!
Incredible speakers from every corner of the globe are ready to blow your minds! 🤯
⚠️ URGENT: Only 3 days left to join us!
Check it out → meguk.ac.uk/programme/
📋 FULL SCHEDULE IS HERE!
Incredible speakers from every corner of the globe are ready to blow your minds! 🤯
⚠️ URGENT: Only 3 days left to join us!
Check it out → meguk.ac.uk/programme/
June 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The moment we've all been waiting for... 🥁
📋 FULL SCHEDULE IS HERE!
Incredible speakers from every corner of the globe are ready to blow your minds! 🤯
⚠️ URGENT: Only 3 days left to join us!
Check it out → meguk.ac.uk/programme/
📋 FULL SCHEDULE IS HERE!
Incredible speakers from every corner of the globe are ready to blow your minds! 🤯
⚠️ URGENT: Only 3 days left to join us!
Check it out → meguk.ac.uk/programme/
🎺 #BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
This Friday, June 20th, the brain meeting speaker will be Bernhard Staresina giving a talk entitled "How sleep boosts memory"
All welcome, in person or online. Full details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/how-sl...
This Friday, June 20th, the brain meeting speaker will be Bernhard Staresina giving a talk entitled "How sleep boosts memory"
All welcome, in person or online. Full details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/how-sl...
June 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🎺 #BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
This Friday, June 20th, the brain meeting speaker will be Bernhard Staresina giving a talk entitled "How sleep boosts memory"
All welcome, in person or online. Full details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/how-sl...
This Friday, June 20th, the brain meeting speaker will be Bernhard Staresina giving a talk entitled "How sleep boosts memory"
All welcome, in person or online. Full details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/how-sl...
As part of #AphasiaAwarenessMonth the amazing Cathy Price discusses her work on predicting language outcome and recovery following stroke.
Read all about it here 👇
Read all about it here 👇
How can stroke affect language processing?
This #AphasiaAwarenessMonth, we spoke to Professor Cathy Price (@uclqsion.bsky.social, @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social) about her research into the effect of stroke on language.
This #AphasiaAwarenessMonth, we spoke to Professor Cathy Price (@uclqsion.bsky.social, @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social) about her research into the effect of stroke on language.
Meet the expert: Professor Cathy Price
Professor Cathy Price is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Queen Square Institute of Neurology. Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging (2016-2024).
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June 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
As part of #AphasiaAwarenessMonth the amazing Cathy Price discusses her work on predicting language outcome and recovery following stroke.
Read all about it here 👇
Read all about it here 👇
🎺 #BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
This Friday, June 13th, the brain meeting speaker will be Adam Steel with a talk entitled “Mechanisms underlying perceptual and mnemonic interaction in the brain”
This will be an online only meeting. All are welcome. Details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/mechan...
This Friday, June 13th, the brain meeting speaker will be Adam Steel with a talk entitled “Mechanisms underlying perceptual and mnemonic interaction in the brain”
This will be an online only meeting. All are welcome. Details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/mechan...
June 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🎺 #BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
This Friday, June 13th, the brain meeting speaker will be Adam Steel with a talk entitled “Mechanisms underlying perceptual and mnemonic interaction in the brain”
This will be an online only meeting. All are welcome. Details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/mechan...
This Friday, June 13th, the brain meeting speaker will be Adam Steel with a talk entitled “Mechanisms underlying perceptual and mnemonic interaction in the brain”
This will be an online only meeting. All are welcome. Details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/mechan...
Super work from @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social and colleagues discerning the neural basis for distinguishing reality from what we imagine. 👏👏👏
Learn more here👇
Learn more here👇
I am so excited to share that our paper 'A neural basis for distinguishing imagination from reality' is now published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social! 🧠✨ See thread below! doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
June 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Super work from @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social and colleagues discerning the neural basis for distinguishing reality from what we imagine. 👏👏👏
Learn more here👇
Learn more here👇
New Paper Alert!
Evidence that the hippocampus works with the visual cortex in the making of visual predictions, courtesy of our Visual Perception group.
Evidence that the hippocampus works with the visual cortex in the making of visual predictions, courtesy of our Visual Perception group.
News story on the UCL Brain Sciences website about our recent paper using 7T fMRI to study the communication between hippocampus and neocortex. www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc... Link to the paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... #neuroskyence
Researchers reveal how our brains predict what we’re about to see
Researchers in the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology find that the hippocampus sends signals to the visual cortex to predict what we are about to see.
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New Paper Alert!
Evidence that the hippocampus works with the visual cortex in the making of visual predictions, courtesy of our Visual Perception group.
Evidence that the hippocampus works with the visual cortex in the making of visual predictions, courtesy of our Visual Perception group.
🎺 #BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
This Friday, May 30th, the brain meeting speaker will be Aysegul Gunduz giving a talk entitled "Closed-loop Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Involuntary Movements"
All welcome, in person or online. Full details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/closed...
This Friday, May 30th, the brain meeting speaker will be Aysegul Gunduz giving a talk entitled "Closed-loop Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Involuntary Movements"
All welcome, in person or online. Full details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/closed...
May 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🎺 #BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
This Friday, May 30th, the brain meeting speaker will be Aysegul Gunduz giving a talk entitled "Closed-loop Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Involuntary Movements"
All welcome, in person or online. Full details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/closed...
This Friday, May 30th, the brain meeting speaker will be Aysegul Gunduz giving a talk entitled "Closed-loop Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Involuntary Movements"
All welcome, in person or online. Full details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/closed...
🎺 #BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
This Friday, May 23rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Stefano Palminteri with a talk entitled "Assessing and correcting belief about energy sources using reinforcement learning"
All welcome, in person or online. Full details here:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/assess...
This Friday, May 23rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Stefano Palminteri with a talk entitled "Assessing and correcting belief about energy sources using reinforcement learning"
All welcome, in person or online. Full details here:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/assess...
May 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🎺 #BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
This Friday, May 23rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Stefano Palminteri with a talk entitled "Assessing and correcting belief about energy sources using reinforcement learning"
All welcome, in person or online. Full details here:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/assess...
This Friday, May 23rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Stefano Palminteri with a talk entitled "Assessing and correcting belief about energy sources using reinforcement learning"
All welcome, in person or online. Full details here:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/assess...
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Deadline approaching, only 6 days left!
Follow the link below to submit your abstract:
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Follow the link below to submit your abstract:
meguk.ac.uk/abstract-sub...
May 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Deadline approaching, only 6 days left!
Follow the link below to submit your abstract:
meguk.ac.uk/abstract-sub...
Follow the link below to submit your abstract:
meguk.ac.uk/abstract-sub...