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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.

Haiping Lu

Newly-formed Turing Interest Group strengthens ties with The Alan Turing Institute

The University of Sheffield is strengthening its connections with The Alan Turing Institute with another success in leading one of nine newly-formed Turing Interest Groups, by Dr Haiping Lu from the Department of Computer Science. 
Cyberselves collage

Spin-out Cyberselves pushes technology to exciting new spaces in global competition

A Department of Computer Science spin-out company, whose avatar system allows people to teleport into and control a robot from a vast distance, pushed their technology further than ever before in the finals of a prestigious international competition.
Tony Prescott profile photo

Do robots have a role in care?

The Department of Computer Science's Professor Tony Prescott discusses the future role of robots in care settings.

| Caring Times
A woman checking her phone at night

New report reveals link between online and offline violence against women journalists

A groundbreaking report into online violence against women journalists draws on Department of Computer Science research to call for urgent action by UK policymakers to protect lives, livelihoods and press freedom.
Ola Olayinka and Grace Lim podcast

Protect your Tech - stay safe online with our new cybersecurity podcast

The Department of Computer Science has stepped into the podcasting arena with its new offering, Protect your Tech.