Past Events

The Scottish Blockchain Meetup aims to enhance dialogue, empower blockchain app developers, and improve tech skills, promoting diversity in opinions and covering topics from web3 philosophy to NFTs and blockchain's societal impacts.

Join Huawei and Melissa Terras for the tech talk, taking place on 16 April 2024.

In this performance, researchers from the RSE Saltire project Geography of Collaborations explore with choreographer Brendan Le Delliou of Frichti Concept, how dance can aid our work to map and analyse global research collaboration, such as in seaweed research.

Explore the role of AI in shaping our future health. Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the future of healthcare. With AI we can learn more from medical images, improve the way we look after patients, rethink the way we diagnose disease, and give doctors more time to focus on the things that humans do best.

Join this interactive workshop highlighting cutting edge pregnancy research. Flash talks from interdisciplinary researchers will show how health in pregnancy builds lifelong health for parents, children and communities.

Join the Institute for Design Informatics in transforming the complex world of MRI physics – Making controlling a three million dollar medical device as easy as operating a smartphone.

Magnetic resonance imaging is the most complex technology medical imaging has to offer. This talk will show how MRI experts join forces to make this magic accessible to students, clinical staff, artists, and even the broader public.

This conversation between bioethicists, philosophers, and data specialists invites you to consider whether you want to outsource the job of deciding ‘what sorts of people we can be’ to algorithms.

Join  experts for a documentary film screening and panel discussion exploring mental health. While the film explores the lived experience of hearing voices and other unusual sensory perceptions, their researchers discuss the history of mental health research and today’s cutting edge use of brain scans and genetics.

Learn how you can look after your amazing brain in this interactive discussion. In this discussion with Dr Catherine Pennington from Edinburgh Dementia Prevention, they will discuss the knowns and unknowns of brain health. How do we slow down brain ageing? Can we prevent dementia? Is staying sharp into old age down to your genes, your environment or just good luck?

Explore the latest technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in this deep-dive discussion. Join researchers from The School of Geosciences and The School of Social and Political Science who will be discussing the role of the latest technologies and nature-based solutions to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in tackling climate change.

Experience a series of musical compositions inspired by early microscope technology. Robert Hooke’s remarkable 1655 book ‘Micrographia’ details the wonderful sights viewed through early microscope and telescope lenses. His spectacular hand-drawn images of fleas, snowflakes and cells have become world-famous.

Join this talk on "Spatial Resilience of Complex Ecosystems," taking place at the Bayes Centre on Thursday, 28 March, and online via Zoom.

The Alan Turing Institute’s national showcase of data science and artificial intelligence (AI), will take place for a fourth year on 19 - 20 March 2024.

ASA DataFest is a data analysing group competition for all undergraduate students at the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University who have an interest in working with data.

Join Huawei and Hugo Paquet for the tech talk, taking place on 12 March 2024.

Join Huawei and Cristina Matache for the tech talk, taking place on 5 March 2024.

Join us for our next Bayes Community Event, where Geovation Scotland takes over the Bayes Centre. Geovation Scotland will provide some insight into what they do and some of their companies will give lightning talks about themselves and the work they are doing. This event is open to all Bayes building residents.

Join us as we welcome Sarah Shimmen, as she gives a talk on “workplace wellbeing: creating safe & positive workplaces.” This event is open to all Bayes Centre building residents.

The RSS Edinburgh Local Group will be hosting an evening with the William Guy lecturers where each will share aspects of their WG talks and research fields before answering questions. There will then be the opportunity to network after this.

Join us for our first community event of 2024, our Bayes Burns Night. This event is open to all Bayes Centre building residents.

 The 2nd Scottish Black Talent Summit & Hiring Fair taking place on 30th and 31st October 2023, will bring together Government, Talent Acquisition leaders, HR professionals and other stakeholders to explore successful strategies and new developments in the recruitment and retention of untapped talent pool.

Join Huawei and Bob Atkey for this tech talk, taking place on 9th of January.

The Edinburgh Fluid Dynamics Group is pleased to welcome Professor Matthew Juniper as the next speaker in their new series of colloquia on Thursday 7th December.

Join upcoming Design Informatics exhibition and opening reception, Ximulacra featuring artist talk by Shankar Saanthakumar, showcasing a digital-analogue installation in collaboration with Zhu Runzi and Low Tech Art Lab. Ximulacra is a robot which scans analogue film photo negatives of mountain scenes and re-interprets them as dance!

Join the Alan Turing Institute for the final lecture of the series. They will explore the potential futures of generative AI, and what they could mean for AI applications as the technology progresses.

Join upcoming Inspace City Screens exhibition and opening event, featuring the launch of Who Cares multi-screen moving image work alongside talks and a panel discussion with artist Caroline Broadhead, dancemaker Angela Woodhouse, guest speakers Nichole Fernandez and Susan Lechelt.   

Join Huawei and Ursula Martin for this tech talk, taking place on 14th of November.

Drop-in, pick up a drink and refresh yourself at the end of each month at our Bayes Monthly Refresh. (no sign-up required). The Bayes Monthly Refresh on 29th November will be a bake sale in aid of the Cash for Kids appeal 2023. Open to all Bayes building residents.

Join the Smart Manufacturing Data Hub Community as they explore the future of AI in SME manufacturing and discover how AI-driven technologies could help you to revolutionise your production processes.

Come along to the third Edinburgh Robotics Meet Up, taking place on 1st December at the Bayes Centre. This is a chance to socialise and network with a variety of professionals, academics and enthusiasts across Edinburgh.

Join us for our next Bayes Community Event: Understanding Motivation & How It Impacts Your Strategic Success with Jo Lee Coaching. This event is open to Bayes Centre Members and Partners.

Join Huawei and Andrew Pitts for this tech talk, taking place on 7th of November.

The School of Mathematics is excited to take part in the DataFest Fringe organised by the DataLab as part of the DataFest 2023; join them as they hear from five speakers about the importance that mathematics plays in data.

TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh 2023 will explore 'The Great Unknown' - how can we make systems more trustworthy, reliable and effective?

Join the Alan Turing Institute as they explore the various angles of large-language models and generative AI in the public eye. Across three lectures, they aim to provide a comprehensive, thoughtful and engaging understanding of this rapidly emerging field and its impact on society.

Register for the Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase and celebrate the visionary people and groundbreaking projects that have been part of, and inspired, the Creative Informatics programme over the past five years.

Join Huawei and Marc de Visme for this tech talk, taking place on 10th October.

Drop-in, pick up a drink and refresh yourself at the end of each month at our Bayes Monthly Refresh. (no sign-up required). This event is open to all Bayes building residents.

Join the Alan Turing Institute as they will delve into the world of generative AI and explore what it is, how it works, its history and reliability.