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Professor Guy Brown and Dr Ning Ma with the CIDRZ team at the field recording site at Kanyama Level One Hospital, Lusaka.
Professor Guy Brown and Dr Ning Ma with the CIDRZ team at the field recording site at Kanyama Level One Hospital, Lusaka.

Computer Science academics strengthen AI health research links with the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)

Dr Ning Ma and Professor Guy Brown from the School of Computer Science recently visited Zambia to initiate a second project that will research the potential of using AI analysis of cough sound to screen for tuberculosis (TB).
Hey MiRo demo at Festival of the Mind

Understanding how robots could fit into the social fabric of human society

Meet Miro! This animal-like robot integrated with AI perception and language models featured at the University's Festival of the Mind 2024 and received lots of interest from the public interested in the possibility of robot companions.
second year computer science student, Shohail Ismail, infront of a big IBM sign

Computer Science student places highly at IBM TechXchange hackathon

Second-year Computer Science student, Shohail Ismail, recently placed 5th at the IBM TechXchange watsonx hackathon out of over 4,000 participants.
The team in the Heartspace

Inside Sheffield's Indoor Urban Farm

Meet Future Greens - a team of University of Sheffield alumni (including a co-founder from Computer Science) aiming to change farming as we know it with their urban vertical farm.

The Black Dog band promo shot

Computer Science academics partner with Sheffield techno legends The Black Dog to unveil pioneering live coding system at Festival of the Mind

The Black Dog are unveiling a new live coding system, developed with University of Sheffield researchers, for composing and playing music as part of a special public masterclass and performance at the upcoming Festival of the Mind 2024.
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Deluge of abuse sent on X to prominent UK politicians in election period

One of the most comprehensive studies of online abuse in politics by researchers at The University of Sheffield has found that the UK’s most prominent politicians were subjected to a deluge of abuse on X during the general election period.
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Celebrating our 2024 Computer Science Graduates and Prize Winners

Last week, we celebrated the graduation ceremony of our undergraduates, followed by a reception in the Firth Court courtyard, during which Professor Roger Moore handed out prizes to our top-achieving students.
A little boy lying on the floor looking at a small robot

Put ChatGPT in C-3PO to make AI as intelligent as humans, scientist says

Connecting multiple AIs together and putting them in the body of a robot, similar to Star Wars’ C-3PO or R2-D2, is the most likely way AI will become as intelligent as humans, according to a scientist from the University of Sheffield.
Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft.

Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft, awarded honorary degree from University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield music alumna Jenny Lay-Flurrie, one of the tech industry’s foremost leaders on accessibility and inclusion and currently Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft, has been awarded a Doctor of Engineering by the University.