An EPSRC funded Hub in the Mathematical and Computational Foundations of AI.
Enabling world-leading research in probabilistic AI
The ProbAI Hub is a £8.5M research hub funded by EPSRC to develop better understanding of and new methods in AI. This will be achieved by research at the interface of AI and Mathematics. The Prob_AI hub will focus on probabilistic AI, and bring researchers with skills across areas such as Bayesian and Computational Statistics, Dynamical Systems, Numerical Analysis, PDES, Probability, Stochastic Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification to work with AI and Machine Learning researchers.
Its vision is to enable ground-breaking research into more efficient, reliable, trustworthy and uncertainty-aware AI; to bring a culture change within the Mathematical Sciences so that cross-disciplinary research in AI is the norm; and to transform the people-pipeline.
A research agenda at the interface of Mathematics and AI
The research agenda covers the use of probabilistic methods and probabilistic reasoning within AI. This will include the use of probabilistic algorithms to fit AI models; the use of probability-based models within AI; and the use of probability to quantify uncertainty in AI predictions.
Building the UK community in probabilistic AI
The Prob_AI Hub will have a range of events highlighting open research problems in AI which need input from the mathematical sciences, and catalysing new cross-disciplinary research partnerships. The Hub also has funding available to help develop new networks and collaborations and to facilitate discipline-hopping into probabilistic AI.
Engagement with Industry
The Hub aims to engage widely with industry and other users of AI, with initial support for the Hub in excess of £1M from over ten project partners. This will include a range of engagement and knowledge exchange events, joint PhD projects and internships.