Background

The Cantab Capital Institute for the Mathematics of Information (CCIMI) held its annual Industry engagement event virtually on the afternoon of 25th November 2020. This aimed to showcase the research that is being carried out at the Institute and enable delegates to hear more detail about some of the current project collaborations and industry challenges that CCIMI is exploring.

This event followed the previous industry and academic engagement events delivered since 2016 and more information is available on the Gateway initiatives webpage. 

The Cantab Capital Institute for the Mathematics of Information accommodates research activity on fundamental mathematical problems and methodology for understanding, analysing, processing and simulating data. Data science research performed in the Institute is at the highest international level, aiming to extract the relevant information from large and high-dimensional data with a predictable certainty. For more detailed information on projects, please see the CCIMI website.

Aims and Objectives

The main focus of this afternoon industrial engagement event was to provide an update on research and collaborations taking place at the CCIMI, as well as presenting interesting research being developed elsewhere. Speakers looked to explore the big questions in data science, especially where mathematics is most suited to help provide answers.  It included a virtual poster session where CCIMI students presented their research. 

This event was of interest to participants including economists; social scientists; physicists; engineers; biomedical scientists as well as those working in statistics; pure, applied & computational analysis; quantum computing, cryptography, communication & security and those from data processing. 

The event ran from 12.45 – 16.45.

Registration 

This event took place virtually on Zoom.