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James Kermode @jrkermode.co.uk · 25/03/2026

I built a @marimo.io-native autograder for computational science courses. Here's what student setup looks like. 👇

James Kermode @jrkermode.co.uk · 22/01/2026

Fully-funded PhD at @hetsys.bsky.social: ML for Fracture in Fusion Materials 🔬 Develop #MLIP for brittle-ductile transition in W for fusion, with me, @pbro.bsky.social, Albert Bartok-Partay and @erikbitzek.bsky.social Deadline: 28th Jan warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/hetsys/themes/projects2026/2026-008/

$Illustration of transition from low temperature brittle behaviour to high temperature ductile fracture in tungsten$

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James Kermode @jrkermode.co.uk · 27/08/2025

Great to be at #Psik2025 in Lausanne along with a strong contingent from @hetsys.bsky.social. I am giving talk C1.09 at 17:45 today in Room 1 on fine tuning foundation MLIPs for applications in chemomechanics of structural materials- do come along if interested!

Students and staff from the HetSys CDT outside the Psi-k 2025 conference in Lausanne

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James Kermode @jrkermode.co.uk · 08/07/2025

I enjoyed speaking at the QSP-UK Knowledge Exchange Workshop at Warwick this afternoon. I talked about uncertainty quantification, predictive modelling and scientific machine learning and their potential future application to #pharmacokinetics. #Marimo notebook at github.com/jameskermode...

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James Kermode @jrkermode.co.uk · 23/04/2025

Visiting IESC in beautiful Cargèse, Corsica forTOTEMIC Training School. Great to give a lecture on multiscale materials modelling in age of machine learning to engaged audience of early career researchers, to meet new people, and catch up with friends and colleagues www.eera-set.eu/events/4969:...

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TOTEMIC Training School 2025: "Tools for Energy Materials Modelling ...

Organised by the Cost Action EU-MACE project, the TOTEMIC “Tools for Energy Materials Modelling Acceleration” Training School 2025 is set to take place from 20 to 26 April in Corsica, France. TOTEMIC....

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James Kermode @jrkermode.co.uk · 31/03/2025

We’re all setup and ready to go for this exciting CECAM workshop on getting information out of the atomistic scale (and the ideally doing something useful with it!), with a fantastic line up of speakers and participants www.cecam.org/workshop-det...

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CECAM - Fulfilling the Multiscale Promise in Materials: Getting Information out of the Atomistic Scale

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James Kermode @jrkermode.co.uk · 02/12/2024

We're now open for applications for 2025 PhD projects in the HetSys CDT at Warwick. Come and join us here!

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HetSys CDT at Uni of Warwick @hetsys.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

HetSys is shaping the next generation of experts to push the boundaries of computational modelling in a variety of complex, heterogeneous systems. We have a range of fully funded PhDs starting in October 2025. Explore the possibilities and get in touch #EPSRC #computationalmodelling bit.ly/3OA76tP

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Available Projects for 2025 entry

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James Kermode @jrkermode.co.uk · 01/12/2024

I’m having a go at Advent of Code in Rust this year to try to learn the language. Finished the day 1 puzzle at least 😀. I’ll post my solutions at github.com/jameskermode...

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GitHub - jameskermode/AdventOfCode2024

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James Kermode @jrkermode.co.uk · 26/11/2024

Thrilled that two PhD students from my group and #HetSysCDT passed their vivas with minor corrections: Lakshmi Shenoy today, and Iain Best two weeks ago. Thanks to @erikbitzek.bsky.social, Tom Hudson, @pbro.bsky.social and Michael Herbst for acting as examiners and congrats to Lakshmi and Iain!

Collection of prosseco corks signed by PhD students from my group after their vivas

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James Kermode @jrkermode.co.uk · 24/11/2024

Like many others, I’ve made one of these world clouds from scholargoggler.com. Very happy with the result, represents the key themes of my research very nicely.

$Word cloud from scholar goggle for James Kermode: atomistic simulations, multiscale materials, hybrid fracture all listed.$

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James Kermode @jrkermode.co.uk · 16/11/2024

Great to be here on BlueSky: feels like a breath of fresh air after the other place. I'm an academic interested in electronic/atomistic materials modelling. I've found many friends from computational materials science, #ai4science and #compchem active here, and looking forward to making many more!

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