Sir Tim came to Wolfson in 2018 after 35 years in the British Diplomatic Service. He studied English at Christ’s College Cambridge. His last overseas posting was as British Ambassador to Tokyo. Before that he was Africa Director. His postings took him to Pakistan, Afghanistan, France and Japan. For four years he was Assistant Private Secretary to The Queen.

Sir Tim is also Chairman of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (a charity which funds scholarships for young people to travel to Japan) and he is a Commonwealth War Graves Commissioner

If any college members would like to make an appointment with the President, please contact presidents.office@wolfson.ox.ac.uk.

The 2nd Wolfson Engineering Day will take place on Tuesday 28 May 2024. The Wolfson Engineering Society will be holding the event at the Buttery on the same day from 12:00 to 14:00. Come along and find out what your fellow Wolfies are working on.



Wolfson Engineering Day is an excellent opportunity for Wolfies to showcase their work and meet our highly skilled and motivated Wolfies face to face. All disciplines are welcome!

Unravel the complexities of modern conflict in our presentation "The Changing Character of Conflict: Exploring Technological, Social and Political Dimensions". Delve into the intricate interplay between technology, society and politics that shapes today's conflicts. Join us as we analyse emerging trends and strategies in conflict resolution and gain invaluable insights into navigating the dynamic landscape of global challenges. Be at the forefront of understanding the evolving nature of conflict in the 21st century.

Ever wondered what your rights are if you're accused of a crime? Curious about the elements of different offences? Want to understand how the legal system works? This talk is your gateway to clarity!

Transitioning from PhD to a permanent position (academic or not) can be challenging. In this process, mentoring by a senior/more experienced professional can provide support in identifying problems and solutions and planning next steps. The Wolfson Mentor Connect programme aims to promote the career development of early career researchers considering both professional and personal aspirations.

Come to learn more about the Wolfson Mentor Connect Programme and hear about the extraordinary professional journeys of our panellists, and how they navigated both professional and personal milestones, particularly in the early stages of their careers. The panellists are: Sir Tim Hitchens, Dr Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, and Professor Annina Schmid, who will share their extraordinary professional journeys, and how they navigated both professional and personal milestones, particularly in the early stages of their careers. Each speaker will have 5-10 minutes to reflect on their careers thus far, and this will be followed by a Q&A session. To conclude, there will be an opportunity for networking over cake, tea, and coffee.

If you are interested in attending, please contact presidents.office@wolfson.ox.ac.uk

Wolfson College Music Society presents Harry Kneeshaw & Anna Reiley



A lunchtime recital with violinist Harry Kneeshaw, and pianist Anna Reiley.



Eugène Ysaÿe - Sonata No. 4

Ludwig van Beethoven - Romance No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50

Erich Wolfgand Korngold -"Much Ado About Nothing" Suite

Amy Beach - Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23

Camille Saint Saëns - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso



1-2pm Friday 10 May 2024



Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford,

OX2 6UD



Admission Free (Donations gratefully received for AMREF)

Abstract:

Electrocardiogram (ECG) is widely considered the primary test for evaluating cardiovascular diseases. However, the use of AI models to advance these medical practices and learn new clinical insights from ECGs remains largely unexplored. Utilising a data set of 2.3 million ECGs collected from patients with 7 years follow-up, we developed a DNN model with state-of-the-art granularity for the interpretable diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities, gender identification, and hypertension screening solely from ECGs, which are then used to stratify the risk of mortality. Our model demonstrated cardiologist-level accuracy in interpretable cardiac diagnosis, and the potential to facilitate clinical knowledge discovery for gender and hypertension detection which are not readily available. In addition, we explored the design of optimal DNN models through of a novel Neural Architecture Search (NAS) approach, which was able to find networks outperformed the state-of-the-art models with fewer than 5% parameters.



Bio:

Dr. Lei Lu is a Lecturer in Health Data Science and AI at King’s College London, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford. Lei obtained his PhD from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China, complemented by two-year visiting research at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Upon completing his PhD study, Lei had his postdoctoral research at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Subsequently, he joined the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at University of Oxford as a Senior Research Associate. Lei’s work focuses on clinical machine learning to advance healthcare outcomes. Lei is actively engaged in a range of academic roles, including invited speaker at the IET Annual Healthcare Lecture and the IEEE-EMBS Symposium on MDBS. He also served as conference session chair, workshop committee, and guest editor for IJCAI, CIKM, ICRA, and IEEE JBHI. He received the IET J.A. Lodge Award in 2021, which is presented annually to one early-career researcher with distinction.