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Jean Golding Institute
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Jean Golding Institute for data intensive research at @bristoluni.bsky.social, England, UK. Making data work for everyone. #DataScience #AI
Our website: http://bristol.ac.uk/golding/
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A huge thank you to @very-laurie.bsky.social for delivering a fantastic UoB Turing seminar. Her talk was entitled “Common Crawl: open web data for everybody.”

In this talk, she introduced the @commoncrawl.bsky.social and the data products they offer.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Over the summer, we ran a pump-priming funding call to support innovative applications of AI in health or biomedical research with @ebibristol.bsky.social

We are excited to announce 10 projects involving more than 30 researchers supported by this funding.

Read more here: tinyurl.com/ybpzjctk
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November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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The Turing Liaison Team is excited to host @very-laurie.bsky.social and Thom Vaughan to introduce the @commoncrawl.bsky.social and the data products it offers.

📆 26 November
⏰ 13:00 - 14:00
📍C44 Biomedical building, University of Bristol

Find out more: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n
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November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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AI for Good Panel Discussion from #BristolDataWeek

With @conjh.bsky.social, @sanakb.bsky.social, @sethbullock.bsky.social, @simonmcs.bsky.social, Sidharth Jaggi, Agnes Nairn, @digitalfutures.bsky.social, Genevieve Liveley

Watch now: tinyurl.com/3fnc9mtv

Video credits: @beestonmedia.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Highlights from our latest newsletter:

🎥 Bristol Data Week 2025 recordings now available!

🩻 Interpreting AI Solutions for Healthcare with @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social

👨‍🏫 High Growth AI Accelerator Showcase with @innovateuk.bsky.social

Read more here: tinyurl.com/5n89xktp
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November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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The Turing Liaison Team is excited to host @asteixeira.bsky.social, who will deliver a seminar entitled 'Tracing Affective and Cognitive Patterns Across Scales: From Minds to Networks to Human-AI Systems'

📆 19 November
⏰ 13:00 - 14:00
📍University of Bristol

Find out more: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n
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November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Another fantastic Turing Seminar last week! 👨‍🏫

Giovanni Petri @lordgrilo.bsky.social from @northeasternu.bsky.social and @nunetsi.bsky.social delivered a very captivating talk, Tracing the Cultural Fabric of Sperm Whale Societies.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Highlights from our latest newsletter:

📔 ARIA call for research proposals for working with AI Scientist systems

📢 @hellobrigstow.bsky.social Exploratory Research Funding call

📝 Upcoming submission deadline for @ants2026.bsky.social

Read more here: tinyurl.com/59ce5k95
October 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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The Turing Liaison Team is excited to host @lordgrilo.bsky.social, who will deliver a seminar entitled 'Tracing the Cultural Fabric of Sperm Whale Societies.'

📆 5 November
⏰ 13:00 - 14:00
📍Biomedical Building, C42 at the University of Bristol

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n
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October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Peter Tennant joined us yesterday to deliver a brilliant talk for our Turing Seminar Series. Peter explored both sides of the argument for causal directed acyclic graphs, and whether they truly increase transparency and clarify common analytical pitfalls.

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/yc3wbsdf
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October 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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To celebrate Black History Month, we recorded a special edition of our Bristol Data Stories podcast with @leighan.bsky.social 🎙️

In this episode, Leighan discusses her recent work with Research IT, where they have been digitally archiving folk stories in St Lucia.

Listen now: tinyurl.com/3burb5mh
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October 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The Turing Liaison Team is excited to be welcoming Peter Tennant to deliver a seminar entitled, ‘Have DAGs fulfilled their promise in epidemiology and health research?’

📆 22 October
⏰ 13:00 - 14:00
📍1.18LT, Queens Building, University of Bristol

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n
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October 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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📰 2024/25 JGI Seedcorn project blog post now available!

'Telling Tales: Building a Folk Map of St Lucia'

Blog post by Leighan Renaud
@leighan.bsky.social

Read more now: tinyurl.com/3pws9hwb
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October 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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The Turing Liaison Team, in collaboration with The School of Geographical Sciences, was pleased to welcome Krzysztof Janowicz from the University of Vienna.

For information on future Turing Seminars and information about the Turing Liaison Team, please visit our webpage: tinyurl.com/yc3wbsdf
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September 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Today we are wishing Professor Jean Golding a very happy Birthday! 🎂

Earlier this year, we had a wonderful time sitting down with Jean to discuss her life story for our podcast series.

Watch the full podcast: lnkd.in/eHCk2RpM
September 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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We are offering online training sessions to all University of Bristol staff and students. Training will include sessions on Python, R, an Introduction to AI, and Best Practices in Software Engineering.

See the JGI Training Session schedule and book your place: tinyurl.com/f8wzpfmf
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September 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Highlights from our latest newsletter:

📔 Trustworthy (artificial) intelligence only comes with real understanding of language

🍎 @cabot-institute.bsky.social showcase & annual lecture

👩‍💻 Trust Everything Everywhere - ARIA Programme Discovery Workshop

Read more here: tinyurl.com/52ppuks3
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September 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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We are currently running a survey which will take 5mins to complete. You will have the option to be entered into a prize draw to win a £100 Love2Shop voucher.

Feedback form for UoB staff/students: tinyurl.com/yv7xkjyv

Feedback form for externals: tinyurl.com/3tz66465
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September 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Highlights from our latest newsletter:

📝 Complete the JGI feedback survey

🎥 @hellobrigstow.bsky.social Ideas Lunch: Digital childhoods and media practices

📊 A Decade of Open Humanities Data

Read more here: tinyurl.com/39smwcht
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September 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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The Data Ethics Club write-up for the 'UK announces AI funding for teachers: how this technology could change the profession' is now available!

Write-up credit: Jessica Woodgate

Read it now: tinyurl.com/3z6b2ht5
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September 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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The Data Ethics Club write-up for the 'Understanding and supporting the mental health and professional quality of life of academic mental health researchers: results from a cross-sectional survey' is now available!

Write-up credit: Jessica Woodgate

Read it now: tinyurl.com/ym55nnc2
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August 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Highlights from our latest newsletter:

👩‍💻 Artificial intelligence humanities sandpits: Canada, UK, and US

👨‍🏫 Smart Data Research UK Fellowships

🤖 National call for access to Isambard-AI is now open

Read more here: tinyurl.com/53hfpabu
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August 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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The Data Ethics Club write-up for the 'The Political Economy of Death in the Age of Information: A Critical Approach to the Digital Afterlife Industry' is now available!

Write-up credit: Jessica Woodgate

Read it now: tinyurl.com/2jturyah
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August 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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This year, we supported four internships through the Widening Participation scheme. We are delighted by the feedback that we have received from their project supervisors and look forward to watching their future progress.

Read our blog post for more information: tinyurl.com/ms8tsjzu
Research poster on ‘Automating the Linkage of Open Access Data for Health Sciences’ by Frihah Farooq Sindenyi Bukachi holding their research poster Grace Gilman's headshot on the left and her research poster on the Fair Tales project on the right Photo of Imogen at a restaurant on the left and her research poster on the right
August 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Bristol Data Stories Episode 3: Understanding human interaction through geographic data science with Lenka Hasova

In this episode, Lenka discusses human interaction in space and talks about her career journey, which began with a degree in cartography.

Listen now: tinyurl.com/4yam4xce
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August 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM