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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 person interacting with a chatbot on their laptop

Security threats in AIs such as ChatGPT revealed by researchers

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT can be tricked into producing malicious code, which could be used to launch cyber attacks, according to research from the University of Sheffield.
Digital Health Hub

South Yorkshire leads the UK’s digital healthcare revolution

Researchers from the Department are part of an ambitious new digital healthcare hub in South Yorkshire which is set to lead the UK’s digital health revolution and address inequalities in patient care.
A woman holding a mobile phone and looking at a laptop computer

The UK just passed an online safety law that could make people less safe

Cybersecurity Lecturer Dr Benjamin Dowling explains how the government's new online safety law could potentially leave UK users of end-to-end encryption less safe online.

| The Conversation
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Researcher wins ‘Best Paper’ award at European Symposium on Algorithms

A researcher from the Foundations of Computation (FOX) research group is celebrating after winning the ‘Best Paper’ award at the recent European Symposium on Algorithms.
A digital illustration of the bladder

Unlocking the secrets of bladder dysfunction: $3.2 million digital twin project aims to combat global health issue

Pioneering technology aiming to uncover the mysteries of a bladder dysfunction that affects millions of people is being developed thanks to a partnership between the University of Sheffield and the University of Pittsburgh.