🌍Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay
Today we're celebrating all the incredible women we’ve been honoured to host at the Turing Lectures.
From medicine to deepfakes, climate impact to privacy, watch back these leading figures in data science and AI: https://bit.ly/3NoXvJj
So far, the team has:
✈️ Built a probabilistic Digital Twin of UK airspace to recreate real air traffic scenarios.
✈️ Developed autonomous agents that can safely control traffic in a simulation.
✈️ Collaborated w/ Air Traffic Controllers to build the trust required for adoption.
📡Checking in with Project
Bluebird: how AI can be used to enhance Air Traffic Control
Explore the recent advances of Project Bluebird: bit.ly/4ldUuIp
@ukri.org | NATS | @exeter.ac.uk
📢 AI for Science Conference 2026: waiting list now open
Due to popular demand, we've opened up a waiting list for this event - join now to hear more: bit.ly/4byliQP
Explore how AI is transforming scientific discovery and innovation.
📅 31 Mar 2026
📍 @royalsociety.org, London
❓ How could AI reshape military leadership?
🔎 Turing Research Fellow, Rupert Barrett-Taylor and Turing Research Associate, Natasha Karner, explore AI’s potential to change how the British Army commands its forces in their report: bit.ly/4pp5vIu
How can we protect against AI information threats during
crisis events?
Sam Stockwell, Senior Research Associate, explains
recommended measures to enhance our resilience through coordinating government, regulator and industry responses.
Learn more: bit.ly/4qyrX1l
BridgeAI Annual Showcase 2026 poster
📢Registrations closing: Innovate UK #BridgeAI Annual Showcase
Join us to explore how the BridgeAI programme is advancing responsible AI innovation & adoption throughout the UK.
📅9 Mar📍Convene Sancroft, St. Paul's
🎫Register now: iuk-business-connect.org.uk/events/bridg...
@innovateuk.bsky.social
❓ How can the MoD’s AI policy be implemented in real-world operations?
Read the report, “Defence AI Assurance: Identifying Promising Practice and A System Card Template for Defence” from Turing Senior Research Associate, Anna Knack and co-authors: bit.ly/48mUMIt
The Project Bluebird team
Some of the Project Bluebird team at The Engineer’s 2025 Collaborate To Innovate (C2I) Awards
The Information, Data & Connectivity and Grand Prix awards next to a copy of The Engineer magazine
🏆Congratulations to Project Bluebird, winner of The Engineer’s Information, Data & Connectivity Award and Grand Prix Award
Together w/ NATS & @exeter.ac.uk we're exploring how AI & ML can support the future of air traffic management.
Learn more about the project: bit.ly/45x3tOn
💡 Registration open: Introduction to Isambard-AI
We’re hosting a workshop with the Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS) on Isambard-AI
Join to explore:
✅ Login and slurm
✅ Distributed training
✅ Profiling
✅ Containers
📅 12 March, 10:00–16:00
➡️ Register now: bit.ly/4u2iu5o
How is AI being weaponised during crisis events?
Sam Stockwell, Senior Research Associate, explains the different types of threats AI can be used to create.
By identifying these threats and exploring trends, we can develop protection measures.
Learn more: bit.ly/4qyrX1l
💻 Join us for tomorrow's webinar: AI for Decarbonisation – Driving Solutions
Hear from experts to understand the latest priorities on AI for decarbonisation across the UK.
📅24 Feb Jan, 11:30–13:00
➡️Secure your place: bit.ly/4ai1eQf
Katriona Goldmann, Mahwish Mohammad and Penny Yong at the London STEM Women Graduate Careers Event, standing behind a table with The Alan Turing logo on it with banners behind them saying: "Research Engineering Group" and 'National institute for data science and artificial intelligence"
Penny Yong talking to a woman at the London STEM Women Graduate Careers Event
Katriona Goldmann and Mahwish Mohammad talking to some women at the London STEM Women Graduate Careers Event
💡 Meeting the future of data science and AI innovation
This week we met 100s of women studying STEM degrees at the London STEM Women Graduate Careers Event.
We know there are many ways to build a career in data science and AI, and we’re proud to inspire the next generation of talent.
Regulating AI risks without compromising on innovation and progress
New @science.org article with contributions from the Turing’s @mavroudisv.bsky.social explores how the principle of proportionality can help balance regulation with innovation & competitiveness: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🚢 How can the study of ant colonies and evolutionary theory help us ensure the resilience and sustainability of global shipping?
🎧 Listen to the latest episode of the Turing Podcast to hear how genetic algorithms can help make shipping more sustainable: bit.ly/3MENQxN
📢 #TuringConnections PhD student presentation & networking day
📍 University of Edinburgh (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social)
📅 27 Mar 2026, 09:00–17:30
➡️ Register by 18 Mar 2026: bit.ly/4qV45VS
#DataScience & #AI #PhD students: present research, develop skills & connect with peers at this free event.
How is AI being exploited in crisis events?
Sam Stockwell, Senior Research Associate, explores the harms of AI use in crisis events, as well as its role in strengthening response efforts.
Learn more: bit.ly/4qyrX1l
💡 Registrations open: Innovate UK #BridgeAI Annual Showcase
Join us to explore how the BridgeAI programme is advancing responsible AI innovation and adoption throughout the UK.
📅 9 March 2026
📍 Convene Sancroft, St. Paul's, London
🎫 Secure your place: bit.ly/4an8lIB
@innovateuk.bsky.social
💻Malware is evolving. Can our defences keep up?
In collaboration with @ucl.ac.uk & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, we’ve demonstrated how Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) agents can improve malware detection beyond conventional supervised learning approaches.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qBXJdB
A black background with The Alan Turing Institute logo and white text reading "New CEO announced Dr George Williamson CMG" with a picture of George to the right in a suit.
We’re pleased to announce that Dr George Williamson CMG has been appointed as the CEO of the Alan Turing Institute to lead a new phase in our evolution.
Find out more: bit.ly/3OnocOI
💻 Adding Fuel to the Fire: AI Information Threats and Crisis Events
🔎 Read the new expert report from the Turing’s Sam Stockwell, Ardi Janjeva and Broderick McDonald: cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications...
🇬🇧 AI Governance around the world: UK country profile published
As the world balances competition with international cooperation and safety, we’re mapping the AI regulation and standardisation landscape through a series of country profiles.
Read the UK profile: bit.ly/4rgoHZo
🦞 Cutting through the noise: what security lessons can we draw from Moltbook and OpenClaw?
Read the new Expert Analysis from the Turing's Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS):
cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications...
Gabin Kayumbi presenting a slide at the Knowledge Quarter's Carbon Net Zero Summit
Francisco Gomez Medina presenting a slide at the Knowledge Quarter's Carbon Net Zero Summit
🌍Climate Change to Climate Action: Supporting research, innovation and sustainable practice
This week, we joined experts at the Knowledge Quarter's Carbon Net Zero Summit to explore how collaboration can enhance climate science and innovation to achieve net zero.
Learn more: bit.ly/4qwNk2I
📢Applications closing for the Turing #Undergraduate Defence & National Security Data Science Internship programme
✅8-week paid summer internship
✅Develop machine learning & AI skills
✅Increase confidence when applying for future careers
Apply now: bit.ly/4sM8oEO
A black and white image of Katriona Goldmann against a turquoise and black geometric background
🌍 Celebrating International Day of Women & Girls in Science with Katriona Goldmann
A Research Data Scientist from the Turing’s Research Engineering Group, learn more about her work & how she got to where she is today: bit.ly/4qAr08H
#IDWGS #STEM #WomenInScience
❓ How are AI threats affecting crisis scenarios? Can these tools also strengthen democratic resilience?
New research has warned that the UK must do more to mitigate against the risk of AI tools being weaponised during and after crisis events.
Learn more: bit.ly/4qyrX1l
📄 Calling Early Career Researchers: poster presentation applications open for AI for Science 2026
✅Share cutting-edge research
✅Engage w/ senior academics
✅Support interdisciplinary collaboration
📅Deadline: 23 Feb, 12:00
➡️Register & apply now: https://bit.ly/4byliQP
💻 AI for Decarbonisation: Driving Solutions
Hear from experts to understand the latest priorities on AI for decarbonisation across the UK.
📅24 Feb Jan, 11:30 –13:00
➡️Secure your place: bit.ly/4ai1eQf
📝 New @nature.com article introduces a tougher test for frontier AI: Humanity’s Last Exam (HLE)
HLE is designed to provide a clear measure of AI progress. Learn more⬇️
Article
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thoughts from the Turing's @mavroudisv.bsky.social on HLE (last year)
bit.ly/45NrC3d
