“Improving the Quality of Skin Lesion Data for Training Machine Learning Models" and "Imaging through hair-thin plastic fibres"

The Global Research Institute in Health and Care Technologies is delighted to invite you to the fifth seminar in the Early Career Researcher (ECR) Seminar Series!

This series brings together a diverse range of speakers, including experienced academics, professional service experts, and fellow ECRs, to share practical advice, career insights, and personal experiences. Through these sessions, we aim to explore key aspects of research careers - from publishing and funding to networking, collaboration, and career development both within and beyond academia.

Whether you are pursuing your first commercial research opportunity or looking to build your academic profile, these seminars are here to provide you with knowledge, guidance, and a supportive community of peers.

We look forward to your participation and hope this series will be a valuable resource as you navigate the exciting and sometimes challenging early stages of your research career.

We are pleased to announce that for our 5th Seminar in the Early Career Researcher Seminar Series, we will have 2 speakers; Tess Watt, Postgraduate Research Student from the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences and Pablo Roldan, Research Associate from the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences.

This session will cover Tess' talk “Improving the Quality of Skin Lesion Data for Training Machine Learning Models" and a talk from Pablo titled "Imaging through hair-thin plastic fibres"

These sessions will run from 1pm to 2pm in EMG80 (Health and Care Collaborative Space, Hybrid option available) and the dates for your diary are as follows:

• Thursday 19th February 2026 - Tess Watt and Pablo Roldan
• Thursday 19th March 2026
• Thursday 23rd April 2026
• Thursday 21st May 2026
• Thursday 18th June 2026

Please feel free to share this information with any interested parties. We look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be an engaging and thought-provoking session.

Tea/coffee and biscuits will be served on arrival.