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ARIA Funding Launches New Innovator Circle in Sheffield

Dr Charles Grellois, Lecturer in Verification at the School of Computer Science, has secured £20,000 in funding from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).

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Computer Science student shortlisted for the targetjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards

We are proud to announce that Jasper Sion, a current Computer Science (Software Engineering) student, was shortlisted for Software Engineer of the Year at the targetjobs Undergraduate of the Year awards in London!
Poster session at WASP visit

The University of Sheffield Welcomes a Delegation from Sweden’s Largest AI Programme

A delegation from the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Programme visited the School of Computer Science, the Centre for Machine Intelligence, and the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre earlier this week.
Margaret Colling, a retired Librarian, holding her phone up at a bus stop with the Let's Talk AI campaign webtoon in the background.
Margaret Colling, a retired librarian and grandmother of three from Morecambe, is the voice of a new campaign launched by the University of Sheffield to help people better understand AI.

UK’s first community-designed AI awareness campaign launched by University of Sheffield researchers

A new AI awareness campaign designed to address people’s fears and questions about the technology, has been launched by researchers from the University of Sheffield.
Bel and Amir

Meet our new academics

We are delighted to be welcoming Bei Peng, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence & Applications of AI, and Amir Ghalamzan, Associate Professor, to the School of Computer Science.

Academics from the University of Sheffield's Centre for Machine Intelligence being presented with an award on stage at the UKAIRS symposium

University of Sheffield researchers win UK first national AI prize

A new award recognising the strength and impact of the UK’s AI research, has been awarded to academics at the University of Sheffield.

Brain-inspired neuromorphic computing

School of Computer Science to lead computational neuroscience for UK’s first brain-inspired computing centre

Here at The University of Sheffield, we are leading the computational neuroscience stream in the £12.8M national effort to create brain-inspired computing.
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University of Sheffield is accelerating the UK’s AI future with NVIDIA

The University of Sheffield and NVIDIA are working together to advance the UK’s AI future through research, education, and upskilling initiatives.
Dr Marco Valentino

Meet our new Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence & Applications of AI: Dr Marco Valentino

We sat down with Dr Marco Valentino to get to know him more, his experience, and what he will bring to the School of Computer Science.