Week Two – Saturday 28 February 2026

Brief summary

Registration 9.45am for 10am start at the Engineering Building (entrance on Mile End Road) at https://what3words.com/preoccupied.fish.party

Detailed

Please note that ONLY people who have previously registered with the Royal Institution (the Ri) can be admitted to this and the other sessions. If you are not on the register we can’t let you in. If you need to register with the Ri please ask your teacher to nominate you by emailing masterclasses@ri.ac.uk from their school email address.

Welcome to the our second session. Please make a note of my (Jo) contact details which are j.brodie@qmul.ac.uk and 07706148772.

We will be in a different building (very close to the building we were in last week though). We’ll be in Rooms G2 and G2A on the ground floor of the Engineering Building (details below in #2 and #5). There is an accessible gender-neutral loo also on the ground floor. There are separate gents and ladies loo on the 1st floor (stairs or lift).

Please let Jo know if you can’t attend this session: j.brodie@qmul.ac.uk. Please don’t rely on telling teachers as they might not have my contact details, thank you.

Remember to bring a snack for the mid-morning break. You can have the snack in the teaching room (away from the computers!) or in the foyer.

1a. What (students), in G2/G2A

Dr Iran Roman and the Music & AI team: Analysing Music with AI

We’ll be using Artificial Intelligence to analyse some music, using laptops running Linux / Ubuntu and possibly involving Jupyter Notebooks. I will check if the laptops have headphone sockets (I’m sure that wifi / Bluetooth enabled ones will work fine) so if you have those feel free to bring them along.

If you have little brothers and sisters (aged ~8 – ~12 years) they might like the articles we’ve written with the Music and AI team which you can find here, or clicking on the image below.

Speaker image by Stefan Schweihofer from Pixabay

1b. What (parents & guardians), in foyer

If there’s not another event happening and the porter is happy for you to do stay you may be able to sit in the foyer and wait while the class runs. QMUL has free guest wifi (QM-Visitor – no login or registration required). There’s a Sainsbury’s nearby for snacks (also one right next to Stepney Green station and a Tesco very near the station). If porters or other staff ask you to leave though please do so, taking all belongings and any snack wrappers with you (or use the bins).

2. Where

The workshop will take place in The Engineering Building (Rooms G2/G2A on the ground floor) on Mile End Road. (Please see 5. Venue directions for more detailed information).

That entrance looks like this, with 5 metal bollards in front. It’s right next to a bus stop (25, 205 buses). On Google Maps Streetview it looks like this.

What3Words for this entrance: https://what3words.com/preoccupied.fish.party

Note: the post code (E1 4NS) is not very informative as we are a campus university so all post arrives centrally before being redistributed, and we are some distance from the post code ‘point’.

3. When

Saturday 28 February 2026.
Registration will be from 9.45am but you can come to the building any time after 9.30am.
The class begins at 10am and ends at 12.30pm. We’ll have a short break in the middle for snacks.
I will wait with any student who hasn’t been collected but please collect everyone by 1pm, thank you.

4. Please bring a snack

We will have a mid-morning break at some point during the workshop. Please bring with you a snack and drink if you would like one. There is a Sainsbury’s on Mile End Road just across the road from the venue (also one near Stepney Green station, and a Tesco).

5. Venue directions

From Stepney Green tube station [NEAREST]

The nearest tube station is Stepney Green tube station. Exit the station and turn left (you are now on Mile End Road (A11) and Globe Road (B120) is on your left (you’ll cross Globe Road). If you need to get a snack you have Sainsbury’s on your left (on Globe Road) and a Tesco in front of you once you’ve crossed Globe Road.
Keep walking up Mile End Road, cross Bancroft Road and keep going until Bus Stop D. The entrance to the Engineering Building is on your left with the 5 metal bollards and glass door entrance. If you see an enormous white building (that’s the Queen’s Building) and clocktower, also the People’s Palace, you’ve gone a bit far :)

If you are arriving by bus it’s the 25 or 205 which will drop you closest, at Bus Stop D.

From Mile End tube station

Mile End station is a little further away (but not much).
If you want to take the bus (25 or 205) Stop C is to your right as you exit the station – alight at Bus Stop E (Queen Mary University of London) by the Sainsbury’s.
If you want to just walk then turn left as you exit the station (you are on Mile End Road) and keep walking in that direction (you’re walking in the direction of Stepney Green). There are plenty of shops on the way including a Sainsbury’s that’s close to the venue.
You can cross to the other side of Mile End Road at the Sainsbury’s and keep walking in the same direction.
When you cross the road you’ll be looking at a very large white building called the Queen’s Building which is set back from the road. Next to it is the People’s Palace and next to that is the Engineering Building – where we are. Look for the glass door entrance and five metal bollards.

Other bus routes that go nearby include 309 (Stepney Green station) and 339 (passes part of Mile End Road).

Here’s what the rooms look like (more photos).