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DJ Air brings gesture-controlled technology to the British Science Festival
MINDS and SustAI postgraduate researchers brought DJ Air to the British Science Festival, inviting visitors to mix music and control lighting through gestures captured by an ordinary camera.
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Nehal Yasin wins MINDS poster prize for research into shortcut learning
MINDS postgraduate researcher Nehal Yasin is investigating why machine-learning models rely on convenient patterns instead of learning the full range of information available to them. Her poster, Understanding Shortcut Learning, won the MINDS poster competition at the 2026 MINDS and SustAI Showcase.
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From neurons to new technology: Xander Lowe on understanding the brain
UKRI MINDS CDT postgraduate researcher Xander Lowe combines experiments on real neurons with computational modelling to investigate how the brain processes and holds information. At the British Science Festival 2026, he found a simple but effective way to begin a much bigger conversation about neural connections, memory and brain-inspired computing.
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What talking robots can teach us about building more useful AI
MINDS postgraduate researcher Yaseen M. Osman is working to make large language models faster and less demanding to run. His experience with Rosie and Reachy shows why public engagement matters.
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Talking rivers, robots and low-power computing: postgraduate researchers share AI research at the British Science Festival
Postgraduate researchers from the UKRI MINDS and SustAI Centres for Doctoral Training brought four interactive demonstrations to the British Science Festival, opening conversations about environmental monitoring, conversational robotics, accessible interfaces and brain-inspired computing.
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Sam Hilton-Jones takes his large language model research to ICML 2026 in Seoul
MINDS postgraduate researcher Sam Hilton-Jones presented his first conference poster at ICML 2026 in Seoul, and came home with ideas that are shaping his PhD.
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Navigating magnetic robots for assisted robotic surgery
MINDS postgraduate researcher Jack Hilton-Jones presented his work on magnetic continuum robots for surgery at the 2026 Showcase, and found the alumni speakers invaluable.
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Talking Itchen: what researchers learn when the public questions AI
A new film follows MINDS postgraduate researcher Yaseen Mohammed Osman and his SustAI collaborators as they use sensors and artificial intelligence to give the River Itchen a voice. It also shows why putting developing research in front of the public matters.
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Mixing music with a wave of the hand: the gesture recognition behind DJ Air
DJ Air lets anyone mix music with hand gestures and a laptop camera. MINDS researchers Keniel Peart, Rudra Mutalik and Epifanios Baikas helped build it.
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Xander Lowe’s neural connections game shows Festival visitors the scale of the brain
At the British Science Festival, MINDS CDT researcher Xander Lowe used a hands-on neural connections game to show visitors how the brain builds concepts.
