Royal Holloway’s School of Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences invites alumni to a half-day showcase of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and drone research.
AI is one of the most exciting and rapidly developing aspects of technology. It pervades our everyday lives, and its potential is vast. This half-day workshop will celebrate Royal Holloway's world-leading AI research covering topics from High Stakes AI, AI in Science, AI in the creative sector and AI of autonomous vehicles.
We will also hear a guest talk titled ‘Aligning Large Language Models: Techniques, Challenges, and the Future’ from Dr Yang Gao, Google Deep Mind. A former Lecturer in Computer Science at Royal Holloway, Yang’s talk will explore why it's important to align language models, what are the popular alignment techniques and their effectiveness and vulnerabilities, and some future directions to explore.
At this showcase, we hope to encourage discussion, develop new links and foster future collaboration.
This event will take place at Royal Holloway's Egham Campus.
Registration has now closed, please email alumni@rhul.ac.uk if you missed getting tickets.
Event schedule
- 13:30 to 14:00 - Arrival and Registration, Moore Building, Royal Holloway, University of London
- 14:00 - Welcome
- 14:15 - Guest lecture from Dr Yang Gai, Google Deep Mind
- 15:15 - Tea/coffee break
- 15:45 to 17:00 - AI @ Royal Holloway talks:
- Hight Stakes AI, Prof. Chris Watkins, Department of Computer Science
- The RHUL Omnidrome Centre, Prof. Jurgen Adam, Department of Earth Sciences
- AI in the CoSTAR National Lab, Prof. Peter Richardson, Department of Media Arts
- AI in Science, Dr Alessio Spurio Mancini, Department of Physics
- 17:00 to 18:15 - Drinks reception with AI poster display
- 18:30 - Picture Gallery welcome and talk
- 19:00 to 20:00 - Buffet dinner and wine
- 21:00 - Event ends
Getting to Royal Holloway
Address
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham Hill
Egham
Surrey
TW20 0EX
Royal Holloway is situated in Egham, Surrey, just two miles from junction 13 of the M25 and a mere fifteen minutes from Heathrow airport. It is also easily accessible from London City or Gatwick airports.
There is a good bus service from London Heathrow, Terminal 5 to Royal Holloway, which stops on Egham Hill, just outside the gates to the main entrance of the University. You can see the bus timetable here.
There are also frequent train services from London Waterloo to Egham (35 – 40 minutes).
Download a copy of our campus map.
While traveling to us by public transport is encouraged parking is available.
Accessibility
You can view accessibility information for Royal Holloway here.
Who can come to this event?
This event is open to all Royal Holloway alumni working in or with an interest in Artificial Intelligence and industry partners/connections who want to hear more about AI at Royal Holloway.
Alumni can have studied any subject or be working in any industry but should have a keen interest in and a good understanding of Artificial Intelligence. Alumni can purchase up to 5 alumni rate tickets, guests do not need to also be alumni.
What does my ticket include?
Your ticket includes:
- Access to all the event content including guest lecture, AI at Royal Holloway talks and poster reception.
- Afternoon refreshments
- Drinks reception
- Buffet Dinner with wine
- A talk on Royal Holloway’s historic Picture Gallery
- Free event parking
Event terms and conditions
All bookings are subject to our event terms and conditions.
