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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.

External view of the Diamond

Computer science climbs five places in Guardian University Guide 2023

The University of Sheffield has been ranked among the best in the UK for studying computer science and information systems, climbing five places in the Guardian University Guide 2023.
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Matrix chat encryption sunk by five now-patched holes

The Department's Dr Benjamin Dowling discusses his role in identifying five cryptographic vulnerabilities in code libraries that can be exploited to undermine Matrix encrypted chat clients.
unPhone rolling off the production line

Innovative unPhone helps students learn and be creative

A locally manufactured device that looks similar to a mobile phone is offering a low-energy route for students to learn and be creative in the Internet of Things (IoT).
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Clive Humby – data can predict nearly everything about running a business

Visiting Department of Computer Science Professor Clive Humby, inventor of the Tesco Clubcard, discusses his pioneering career in data science and offers advice on how to not be overwhelmed by data.

| Information Age
Katie Kay outside the Diamond

Student wellbeing front and centre with new appointment

In the Department of Computer Science, the wellbeing of our students is incredibly important to us. That’s why we’re pleased to announce that we’re the first Department within the University to have our own dedicated Student Wellbeing Advisor.