<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><img src="http://www.codata.org/uploads/images/ai_ml.png" alt="" width="600" height="300" style="margin: 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: bottom;"></p><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-SCXW27967327" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW27967327" style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The official launch of the EPSRC Funded Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Intelligence for Automated Investigations for Scientific Discovery (AI3SD) Network+ <a href="http://www.ai3sd.org">www.ai3sd.org</a> will take place on Wednesday 5th December in South West London at the Society of Chemical Industry, situated in the picturesque Belgrave Square just South West of Hyde Park Corner.</p><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW27967327" style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Our network aims to bring together dedicated researchers looking to show how cutting edge artificial and augmented intelligence technologies can be used to push the boundaries of scientific discovery. We are looking to involve and collaborate with academics, commercial organizations and government officials. Everyone will be welcome to gain a deeper insight into the grand plans of our network, and to ask questions and engage in debate about the research area the network aims to address, and the future plans of the network.</p></div><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW27967327" style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">This launch event will set the scene for the events that our Network will be organizing over the next three years, including networking activities, conferences, workshops, hackathons, funding opportunities for pilot projects and feasibility studies, and incubator secondments.</p><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-SCXW11364918" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><h2 class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW11364918" style="margin:8px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:22px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;line-height:32px;color:rgb(59,102,60)">Keynote Speakers</h2><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Our speakers will be giving thought provoking talks on a number of topics that are highly pertinent to the Network, ranging from machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques in science, to the philsophy of science, and the difficulties of procuring data for AI.</p></div><ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;list-style:none;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 19px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;background-image:url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:0% 7px;line-height:26px"><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-brown-10806a2/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">Dr Nathan Brown</a> - Head of Cheminformatics at BenevolentAI & Advisory Board Member of AI3SD</p></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 19px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;background-image:url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:0% 7px;line-height:26px"><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profi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e="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________________________<br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2018/codata-elections-2018" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><b>Provisional List of Candidates for CODATA Elections Announced.</b></a><b> <span> </span>CODATA General Assembly, 9-10 November 2018, University of Botswana.</b></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><b>Applications are now open for the <a href="http://www.codata.org/working-groups/research-data-science-summer-schools/sao-paulo-2018" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science, Sao Paulo,</a> ICTP-SAIFR, 3-14 December 2018: <a href="http://ictp-saifr.org/sis/datasci2018step0.php" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">deadline for applications, 30 September</a>.</b></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________________________</div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.codata.org</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">asha@codata.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>