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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.
A close up shot of a desert ant

New tracking technology reveals the hidden foraging lives of desert ants

Groundbreaking tracking technology that has revealed new insights into how desert ants navigate their complex worlds could inspire the next generation of smart, efficient robots.
A mobile phone with the Twitter logo on the screen

Women journalists receive abuse "within seconds" from posting online

The Department's Professor Kalina Bontcheva and Dr Diana Maynard feature after helping to develop a new tool to measure the amount of abuse that journalists receive on Twitter.

| Journalism.co.uk
Guanyu Huang and Mary Hewitt in Diamond

PhD students take top prize for design of musical robot companion

A team of PhD students are jumping for joy after their music-loving robot companion won Best Design at the influential Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 2023 Student Design Competition.
Image shows abstract representation of neural network

University of Sheffield becomes member of newly-established Turing University Network

The University of Sheffield has further strengthened its ties with The Alan Turing Institute as it joins the UK’s national centre for data science and AI’s newly launched Turing University Network.
healthcare tech

Remote technologies help occupational therapists get patients home quicker

Using remote consultation technology to assess a patient’s home environment allowed for quicker hospital discharge and freed up staff time for other care.