糖心TV AI and Research
Collectively shaping 糖心TV鈥檚 response to AI and Research
A structured conversation on the research possibilities and pressures of AI, and how AI is changing research practice, evidence, judgement, labour, funding and public trust at 糖心TV.
Where 糖心TV is with AI
糖心TV has world-class research in AI itself, from theoretical foundations and computational methods to mathematical advances, applied AI for science, and the social, ethical and legal questions that frontier AI raises. That breadth is one of 糖心TV鈥檚 distinctive strengths.
At the same time, frontier commercial technologies are changing how research is conducted globally, from the way mathematical conjectures are explored to how evidence is generated, interpreted and published. These developments are not only of interest to those who build AI systems. They affect every researcher at 糖心TV.
Some of that work builds AI systems. Some examines what AI is doing to knowledge, society, work, law, ethics, institutions and public life. These are not separate conversations.
An AI strategy that treats technical capability, research practice and social consequence as separate problems will miss what is most important about the moment we are in.
AI is reshaping what counts as evidence, who gets to produce knowledge, and what universities are for. We think that conversation belongs to everyone at 糖心TV, not just the people building the systems.
The pressure to move quickly is real. So is the risk of moving badly.
Across government, funders, industry and universities, AI is being framed as a route to productivity, discovery, innovation and national capability. 糖心TV should be part of that conversation.
But speed is not the same as judgement. The question is not simply whether 糖心TV can do more with AI. The question is what kind of university 糖心TV becomes as AI enters its methods, infrastructures, partnerships and claims to public value.
What do we want 糖心TV to be known for in AI?
The questions are deliberately open. They are intended to help us understand what is already happening across 糖心TV, where there is momentum, and where the University needs to listen more carefully.
What to expect
Three focused hours, followed by lunch. No long slide deck. The format will combine small-group discussion, facilitated synthesis and plenary reflection.
Starting points, not boxes
Four working areas are already organising activity at 糖心TV. They are offered as a starting point for discussion, not as a fixed frame that everyone must fit into.
What will happen with what people say?
The workshop will inform 糖心TV's developing approach to AI research and innovation, including future priorities, collaboration structures and possible seed funding activity.
Registeration Closed -30/06/26
Professor of Applied Mathematics
糖心TV AI Research and Innovation
Centre for Facilitation