AI, ML and Friends is a weekly seminar series within the School of Computing on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and related topics. We are open to attendees and presenters external to the school. Please sign up to the mailing list to receive weekly announcements including zoom details, and email the seminar organiser to schedule a talk.

Upcoming Seminars

29 January 2026, 11:00#

Explainable Neuro-Symbolic AI for Automated Grading of Physics Exams#

Speaker: Lachlan McGinness

Abstract: This talk presents AlphaPhysics, a neuro-symbolic system that combines explainable machine learning, term rewriting, and large language models to automatically grade physics examinations. The approach aims to achieve accurate, transparent assessment while significantly reducing teacher workload in high-stakes educational settings.

Bio: Lachlan McGinness is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the Australian National University and CSIRO, working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and physics education. His research focuses on explainable neuro-symbolic methods for automatically grading complex physics exam responses.

Where: Building 145, room 3.41