Big news today! ££ 👀 ai4ci.ac.uk/funding/
£1M of funding for #AI for #CollectiveIntelligence research projects across the UK is now available! Pls 🔁/💗!
Check the AI4CI website for info on how to apply.
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Here's a figure from a 2014 paper that makes use of those ideas: Bullock, S. (2014). Levins and the lure of artificial worlds. The Monist, 97(3), 301-320 academic.oup.com/monist/artic...

Another trip to lovely Manchester yesterday, this time with @ai4cihub.bsky.social for a UKRI AI Research Hubs meet up in the Whitworth Art Gallery. It was v nice for to meet new AI people and see some #Art - but it turned into a very long day when the trains stopped running on the way home... 😑

7th PowerPoint: Is your ppt presentation sluggish? Are your animations jerky + unresponsive? Make sure you close the Animations Pane before you launch the presentation. For some reason PowerPoint is snail-like when it's open, so keep it closed whenever you’re not actually using it. #AcademicSky

So excited to welcome the UK National Research Hub in AI for Collective Intelligence (AI4CI)! If you're interested in combining #AI + #CollectiveIntelligence for problems in #Pandemics #Healthcare #Finance #SmartCities and the #Environment, give us a big follow! #AcademicSky
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three more +a bonus pic of the weird cavernous space under the Odeon cinema..

Today's visit to Manchester Art Gallery - quick and free - and the Lowry's are always quietly powerful..

Passing through Wolverhampton this morning, the rail station had an undeniably Edward Hopper feel...

#realism #parallax #isolation #blackcountry #wolves

Had a v exciting chat with Nathalie Stroeymeyt's Ant Epidemiology group on collective construction in ants, termites +badgers!; then made it to a double inaugural lecture for 2 v impressive epidemiology modelling Profs: Ellen Brooks Pollock + Katy Turner - complete with Blue Death cocktail! #science

[sorry to monopolise your questions :) ]
I tend to use a lot of typography to keep the reviewer's eyes busy and stop them skipping over paragraphs when they get tired. underlined mini-headings, bold and italics to accent different things. i *may* tend to overdo it tbh. but i think it can help.

> Is there a sweet spot for number of figures on a grant? Or the more the better as long as they are relevant? 🧪

Here's an example of what I mean from an AI proposal that is under review: