{"title": "The Dennis Gabor Lecture 2026: A collectivist, economic perspective on AI – with Professor Michael I Jordan", "start": "2026-11-18T16:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T17:45:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai"], "description": "The Dennis Gabor Lecture 2026 is a lecture titled \"A collectivist, economic perspective on AI\", held at Imperial College London's South Kensington Campus. It is the flagship event of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, honouring Dennis Gabor, the inventor of holography, with a series focusing on the impact of science and engineering on society. The speaker is Professor Michael I. Jordan of Inria Paris and the University of California, Berkeley, a leading researcher in computer science and statistics for over four decades, who will argue that intelligence lies as much in overall systems of cooperating humans and computers as in individual agents, and will discuss bringing microeconomic concepts into contact with computing, statistics and decision-making. The lecture is followed by a question and answer session, with a research poster session and refreshments around it, and is open to all on a first come first served basis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-dennis-gabor-lecture-2026-a-collectivist-economic-perspe-74084/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/214455/gabor2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/23511872fc30e2d9238c2304fedf99a54ffbe1dbb36b9699cfce207e030ee334-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-18T16:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T17:45:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Celebrating 25 years of Wikipedia", "start": "2026-11-16T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Royal Society", "address": "6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AG London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society"], "description": "A free afternoon event at the Royal Society marking Wikipedia's 25th birthday. Professor Dame Wendy Hall and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales bring together leaders from technology, policy, research, media and the open knowledge community. Talks explore how AI is changing how knowledge is created, accessed and reused, how to protect the digital commons, and what responsible reuse should mean. The programme includes a keynote, panel discussions and a closing conversation between Dame Wendy Hall and Jimmy Wales, plus a drinks and canapés reception.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/celebrating-25-years-of-wikipedia-76894/", "official_url": "https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2026/11/celebrating-25-years-of-wikipedia/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Convergence of AI and Quantum", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Mary's University, Twickenham", "address": "Waldegrave Road 268, TW1 4SX", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai"], "description": "An evening talk at St Mary's University, Twickenham exploring how artificial intelligence, quantum computing and emerging technologies are transforming organisations and reshaping responsible leadership. It features AI and cybersecurity adviser, author and international speaker Asim Khwaja, who is joining in a personal capacity. The event includes a conversation and audience discussion, a book dedication with complimentary signed copies, plus refreshments and light fare. It also celebrates the university's School of Business and Law and its commitment to critical thinking and ethical judgement.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/convergence-of-ai-and-quantum-129691/", "official_url": "https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/events/2026/convergence-of-ai-and-quantum", "image": ""}, {"title": "Beyond bits: information theory in the age of intelligent machines", "start": "2026-11-11T17:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T18:30:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/mathematics"], "description": "A free public lecture titled 'Beyond bits: information theory in the age of intelligent machines', one of the Imperial Inaugurals celebrating newly appointed professors. Deniz Gündüz, Professor of Information Processing at Imperial College London, asks whether Claude Shannon's bit and the classical limits of communication still apply when most information will soon be produced by intelligent machines for other intelligent machines. He draws on his lab's work on machines that learn their own codes and protocols, private and secure computation, wireless image and video transmission, and compression by neural networks. Registration in advance is required to attend in person, with a livestream available.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/beyond-bits-information-theory-in-the-age-of-intelligent-mac-74068/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/212280/beyond-bits-information-theory-in-the-age-of-intelligent-machines/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ae954384231dff087464d6d0f4a9de02e5f142aab078d14c115e3590591c52c4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Metabolism across scales: AI and the future of global health", "start": "2026-11-10T09:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai"], "description": "A day-long launch of the CNRS-Imperial \"Antoine Lavoisier\" International Research Lab on Multiscale Metabolism, at Imperial College London's South Kensington Campus. It is hosted by Imperial, whose President Professor Hugh Brady joins Professor Thierry Dauxois, Chairman and CEO of CNRS, to open the third International Research Lab, part of the CNRS-Imperial International Research Centre for Transformational Science and Technology. The day begins with a scientific workshop, followed by a launch event with remarks from M. Sébastien Bidaud, Chargé d'Affaires at the French Embassy, and a panel discussion on the future of AI-driven health research and innovation in the UK and France. Guests may register for the workshop, the launch event and reception, or both.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/metabolism-across-scales-ai-and-the-future-of-global-health-74059/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/215954/metabolism-across-scales-ai-and-the-future-of-global-health/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Milner Prize Lecture: Highlights from 40 years of complexity theory", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Royal Society", "address": "6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AG London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/computer-science"], "description": "The Milner Prize Lecture is a free talk on complexity theory, the study of efficient computation, delivered at the Royal Society. It is given by Professor Johan Håstad, who receives the Royal Society Milner Award for his transformational impact on circuit complexity, cryptography, parallel computing and approximate optimisation. He will present classical results and highlights from 40 years of the field, covering topics such as multiplying and factorizing large integers, problems from logic and graph theory, links to cryptography, and how quantum computers might change what can be solved efficiently. The lecture can be attended in person or watched online, with live subtitles available.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/milner-prize-lecture-highlights-from-40-years-of-complexity-76893/", "official_url": "https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2026/11/milner-prize-lecture/", "image": ""}]}