About

We provide a interdisciplinary platform and network for researchers at the University of Glasgow interested in artificial and biological intelligence.

Our goal is to create a space for inspiration, learning, and collaboration.

Any career level (undergraduate, graduate students, postdocs, PIs) and any discipline from any school or college is welcome to join!

We organize invited talks, workshops, lectures, networking events, journal clubs with researchers from inside and outside of academia.

Interdisciplinary is hard, but rewarding. The fundamental challenge is to find a common language to communicate, and to understand the questions and concepts that drive research and innovation in different fields. For this to be productive, we all need to be open to learning from each other, and making the extra effort to "translate" our thoughts for a more general audience.

ABI themes are designed to address the inherent challenges of interdisciplinary work: ABI themes group events around a certain topic. For example, an ABI theme might start with a first event of a lecture or tutorial for an informed but non-specialist audience, introducing relevant background and state-of-the art, laying the groundwork for interdisciplinary interactions and discussions. A seminar might be the second event, hosting an expert from academia or industry to present cutting-edge work within the theme. As a third event a journal club might focus on particularly exciting papers and discuss potential future research directions.

Check out upcoming events and themes here.

ABI Salon is generously supported by

• The School of Psychology & Neuroscience Project Fund

• QuantIC, the UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Enhanced Imaging

• Extreme Light Research Group @ University of Glasgow