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External advisory board members

New external advisory board appointed for the Centre for Machine Intelligence

Ten leaders from organisations from industry, government, and the third sector, have joined a new advisory board to guide AI research at the University of Sheffield.

EYH winning team

Engineering You’re Hired students showcase innovation and creativity at the Engineers and Scientists in Business Final

The entrepreneurial talent and creativity of our students was celebrated at the 2026 Engineers and Scientists in Business Competition Final.
Carolina Scarton

“If you tell kids they can’t go on social media, that’s exactly what they will do.”

Dr Carolina Scarton speaks to Sheffield Tribune on the increasing number of children using social media who are being targeted with lies online.
Data verification abstract AI

School of Computer Science awarded funding to build datasets shaping the future of AI

The project builds datasets to stress-test AI’s ability to safely analyze complex charts, tables, and long text within professional fact-checking scenarios.
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Haiping Lu listed in Top 100 AI Leaders in Biomarkers Technology

Professor Haiping Lu has been recognised by the Aging Analytics Agency as a leader in the field of AI Biomarker Technology.

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.
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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.