Talks

2026

• [invited] [link] TBD. DIGITAL TWINS – Hottopic session. 22 Apr 2026, Delft, NL.
• [panel] [link] Future of AI & LLM/model hosting in the Netherlands and Europe. Towards Democratized Academic LLM Hosting. 16 Mar 2026, Delft, NL.
• [invited] Machine learning for monitoring biodiversity at scale. Sorbonne Laboratoire Jean Perrin (LJP) department. 12 Jan 2026, Paris, France.

2025

• [oral] NeurEO: dissecting Earth observation embeddings with computational neuroscience. EurIPS REO workshop. 01 Dec 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• [poster] [best poster] Machine learning for monitoring biodiversity at scale. DUCOMS 2025. 01 Nov 2025, Utrecht, NL.
• [invited guest lecture] AI for nature conservation: Monitoring biodiversity in UK National Parks. Queen Mary University. 01 Oct 2025, London, UK.
• [contributed] Flexible metadata harvesting for ecology using large language models. LTER LIFE. 10 Sep 2025, Amsterdam, NL.
• [contributed] Flexible metadata harvesting for ecology using large language models. TPDL EcoDL. 01 Sep 2025, Tampere, Finland.
• [contributed] Predicting butterfly species presence from satellite imagery using soft contrastive learning. BEES Lifewatch 2025. 01 Jul 2025, Heraklion, Greece.
• [poster] Multi-stage semantic segmentation to map small and sparsely distributed habitats. ESA Biospace 2025. 01 Feb 2025, Frascati, Italy.
• [poster] Predicting butterfly species presence from satellite imagery using soft contrastive learning. ESA Biospace 2025. 01 Feb 2025, Frascati, Italy.

2024

• [invited guest lecture] AI and Earth Observation for environmental applications. Queen Mary University. 01 Dec 2024, London, UK.
• [invited] Prediction of biodiversity from citizen science data combined with EO. Partnership for European Environmental Research. 01 Oct 2024, virtual.
• [poster] [best poster] Multi-stage semantic segmentation to map small and sparsely distributed habitats. Computer vision for Earth observation school. 01 Sep 2024, Benevento, Italy.
• [poster] Multi-stage semantic segmentation to map small and sparsely distributed habitats. ICLR ML4RS workshop. 01 May 2024, Vienna, Austria.
• [invited] Multitask learning improves stimulus representations in neuroscience and biodiversity. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. 01 May 2024, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
• [poster] Multi-stage semantic segmentation quantifies fragmentation of small habitats at a landscape scale. AI UK ECR day. 01 Mar 2024, London, UK.
• [invited] Very-high-resolution land cover mapping in the Peak District to quantify habitat fragmentation. Centre for Excellence in Environmental Data Science. 01 Feb 2024, virtual.

2023

• [poster] Multi-stage semantic segmentation quantifies fragmentation of small habitats at a landscape scale. Data Science of the Natural Environment. 01 Nov 2023, Manchester, UK.
• [contributed] Aerial biodiversity monitoring, from mapping habitats to mapping habitat quality. Turing space day. 01 Nov 2023, London, UK.
• [contributed] Multimodal biodiversity monitoring. Turing multimodal research sprint. 01 Nov 2023, London, UK.
• [poster] Reproducible figures for scientific publication. Mediterranean Machine Learning School. 01 Aug 2023, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• [oral] [reproducibility award] Neural assemblies inferred by generative modeling. BioInference. 01 Jun 2023, Oxford, UK.
• [contributed] Perception and the propagation of neural activity. Sherrington Talks. 01 Jun 2023, Oxford, UK.
• [contributed] Perception and the propagation of neural activity. Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) symposium. 01 Jun 2023, Oxford, UK.
• [poster] Reproducible figures for scientific publication. JupyterCon. 01 May 2023, Paris, France.
• [contributed] Multi-stage semantic segmentation quantifies fragmentation of small habitats at a landscape scale. AI for biodiversity monitoring workshop. 01 May 2023, Liverpool, UK.
• [invited] Mapping land cover in the Peak District using deep learning of aerial photography. Ordnance Survey. 01 Mar 2023, virtual.

2022

• [oral] Predictive learning enables neural networks to learn complex working memory tasks. COLLAS. 01 Aug 2022, virtual/Montreal, Canada.
• [poster] Neural assemblies uncovered by generative modeling explain whole-brain activity statistics and reflect structural connectivity. Population models workshop. 01 Jun 2022, Edinburgh, UK.
• [poster] Generalisation of stimulus representation across somatosensory cortex areas in a cellular-resolution photostimulus detection task. DTC symposium. 01 May 2022, Oxford, UK.
• [invited] Predictive learning enables neural networks to learn complex working memory tasks. Gatsby, UCL. 01 Feb 2022, London, UK.

2020

• [contributed] Emergent sequential task learning facilitates convergence in recurrent neural networks. Neuromatch 3. 01 Oct 2020, virtual.
• [poster] Generalisation of stimulus representation across somatosensory cortex areas in a cellular-resolution photostimulus detection task. CNS. 01 Jul 2020, virtual.
• [contributed] Memory in RNNs: uncovering neural mechanisms that underpin segregation of sensation and memory. VWMS. 01 Jun 2020, virtual.
• [contributed] Memory in RNNs: uncovering neural mechanisms that underpin segregation of sensation and memory. Neuromatch 2. 01 May 2020, virtual.
• [poster] Statistical models discover an accurate low-dimensional latent representation of zebrafish neural activity. Neuronal Networks winter school. 01 Feb 2020, Paris, France.

2019

• [poster] Statistical models discover an accurate low-dimensional latent representation of zebrafish neural activity. Bernstein conference. 01 Sep 2019, Berlin, Germany.
• [poster] Whole-brain calcium imaging during physiological vestibular stimulation in larval zebrafish. Cosyne. 01 Mar 2019, Lisbon, Portugal.
• [invited] Fishualizing large functional data. Janelia. 01 Feb 2019, Ashburn, Virginia, USA.
• [invited] Generative modeling of zebrafish brain data to characterize brain states. Ecole Normale Supérieure. 01 Jan 2019, Paris, France.

2018

• [poster] Whole-brain calcium imaging during physiological vestibular stimulation in larval zebrafish. Zeebrain. 01 Dec 2018, Brighton, UK.
• [contributed] Generative modeling of whole-brain data to characterize brain states. Donders Discussions. 01 Oct 2018, Nijmegen, NL.
• [poster] Whole-brain calcium imaging during physiological vestibular stimulation in larval zebrafish. Bernstein conference. 01 Sep 2018, Berlin, Germany.