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Or Meir

Welcoming Professor Or Meir to the School of Computer Science

Professor Meir joins us in his role as Professor of Algorithms.
AI For Math Fund

Sheffield to lead $1M project on AI-powered theorem proving, funded by Renaissance Philanthropy and XTX Markets

Titled ‘Copilots for Isabelle: Learning Logical Structure for a Better Proving Experience’, will advance the foundations and technology of interactive theorem proving, developing next-generation methods for proof assistants.
Bei 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
Academics from the University's Centre for Machine Intelligence have won an impact award at the UK's first national conference for AI research. The award recognises their research that is driving the responsible use of AI. Credit: UK AI Research 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.

A team photo showing all of the participants in the IEEE Entrepreneurship Event held at the University Sheffield in February 2024

Engineering Research Assistant and PhD students host IEEE Entrepreneurship pitch event

The University of Sheffield recently hosted an IEEE Entrepreneurship Event with seven teams of engineering students pitching their ideas to an expert panel. The three winning teams will now advance to the regional finals with teams from across Europe
Clive Humby OBE

Visiting Professor, Clive Humby OBE, honoured with the Don Schultz Award

Visiting Professor in Computer Science, Clive Humby OBE, has been selected for the Don Schultz Award for Innovation in Integrated Marketing Communications

Dr Carolina Scarton with academics and students from the University of São Paulo

Dr Carolina Scarton visits the University of São Paulo to plan research collaborations

Dr Carolina Scarton visited the University of São Paulo (USP) recently under a Fellowship, to meet with students and academics, and to plan collaborations with researchers at USP.
Foundations of Computation abstract image

Workshop on Foundations of Computation in Sheffield

Join us on 29-30 January for our Foundations of Computer Science Workshop.

Photo of Donghwan Shin with tetris blocks

How artificial intelligence slots into research

It was coding a Tetris-winning AI agent that flipped Dr Donghwan Shin’s focus from software engineering to AI. Now he’s investigating how AI can transform the research environment, and beyond.