Swansea's Research Ready Programme: Opening Doors to AI Research
This summer, we welcomed ten exceptional undergraduates to Swansea University for the Google DeepMind Research Ready programme - an eight-week initiative designed to break down barriers in AI research. Funded by The Royal Academy of Engineering, Google DeepMind and Hg Foundation, the programme specifically targets students facing social or financial obstacles to research careers.
Led by Dr Alma Rahat and Dr Megan Venn-Wycherley, the programme combined individual research projects with learning opportunities about AI and research. Students tackled real-world challenges from algorithmic trading to dementia diagnosis using AI, while learning from experts from Swansea and beyond, including Dr Piotr Mirowski (DeepMind), Professor Jonathan Fieldsend (Exeter), and researchers from the Turing Institute.