<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’d like to update the CMI steering committee and get their input on our next steps. Please see below and let me know if you want to add anything. I will send this first thing on Monday (when some of the marking they are busy with will be over):</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Dear members of the CMI steering committee</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">It’s been a busy four months since we started the Centre for Machine Intelligence. During that time we’ve organised a number of events and engaged in a number of community building initiatives. These include:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Setting up of the CMI website: <a href="http://www.cmi.ecs.soton.ac.uk" class="">www.cmi.ecs.soton.ac.uk</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Launch event on AI and Blockchain: over 100 attendees, with £700 sponsorship by Oxford Innovation. Half the attendees were from Industry as well as half the speakers.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">PhD evening event on AI and MAchine Learning: over 30 attendees with many follow up meetings and resulting Phd applications by UK/Eu students.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Evening on AI and Ethics: three guest speakers from Ordnance Survey, Dundee University, and MoD. Over 60 attendees.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Evening on Robots and their use in Warfare: over 80 attendees (with 140 signed up), mostly from across the university. Speakers included Prof. Enemark (International Relations) and Dr. Rauxloh (Law), and Dr. Munafo (NOC).</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Proposal for joint GDPs with FEE: this is being actively pushed by the Dean and Prof. Scanlan from FEE.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Proposal for modifications to AI and Computer Science UG/PGT courses: to be discussed soon at the Education committee (led by JSH2)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Received £15K from the Faculty to support our activities.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">CMI Promotional Video produced by an ex BBC producer (see link here: <a href="https://vimeo.com/user2051960/review/267428993/7d4c0d68b1" class=""><span style="color: #e4af0a" class="">https://vimeo.com/user2051960/review/267428993/7d4c0d68b1</span></a>, password: ims). </li>
</ol><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">We now need your help and advice on the following:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Feedback (however minimal) on the video.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Ideas on the following:</li>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">We are proposing to organise a showcase event on AI and Machine Learning at the end of September. The plan is to have our best work promoted through lectures, poster session, demos, over the course of a day in Garden Court.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">We are proposing to develop a membership programme that will charge Industry actors for access to our students and researchers (e.g., 1 or two speaking spots during our events to promote their internships or job opportunities or to advertise positions on the CMI website).</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">We are proposing to organise a sandpit event that will tap into existing projects’ funding to develop new cross-cutting ideas from different faculties and departments (e.g., health, law, engineering, etc..) to generate closer collaborations across research groups going beyond the faculty and spark off new grant applications.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Collect all AI and Machine Learning/Robotics relevant project descriptions under the CMI website or newsletter and to do so in a sustainable way.</li>
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</ol><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">It would also be great if you could let me know if you have any availability over the coming weeks (w/c 21st or 28th or later) for a meeting with all of you of no more than an hour to get everyones views and for you to meet our board. I’ll then send a doodle that covers your availability.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Kind regards,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Gopal</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>
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