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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.

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Research helps preserve endangered language for future generations

A Chinese language at risk of extinction is being kept alive for future generations with the help of Department of Computer Science research.
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AI legal assistant will help defendant fight a speeding case in court

Following news of an artificial intelligence (AI) legal assistant advising a defendant in court, the Department's Dr Nikos Aletras discusses the growing use of AI in the legal system and how its adoption needs careful consideration.

| New Scientist
Two MiRo robots interacting with a human who is clapping

Next generation of self-aware robots could transform how therapy is delivered

Taking inspiration from therapy dogs, ambitious Department of Computer Science research could see next generation self-aware robots provide a novel new type of therapy for people in need.
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Multi-million pound project aims to combat disinformation with cutting edge artificial intelligence tools

A Department of Computer Science research team is collaborating on a major new European project to develop and build trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to deploy in the fight against increasingly sophisticated digital disinformation.
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Multi-million pound project aims to combat disinformation with cutting edge artificial intelligence tools

A Department of Computer Science research team is collaborating on a major new European project to develop and build trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to deploy in the fight against increasingly sophisticated digital disinformation.