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Lightweight manufacturing at the AMRC

University of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment

The University of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment, according to the latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
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Computer Science Alumna Wins Award for Social Action

Congratulations to Computer Science alumna, Dr Qamar Naith, who won the Study UK Alumni Award for Social Action in Saudi Arabia
Andrei Popescu at POPL conference

Dr. Andrei Popescu receives distinguished paper award at POPL for the third consecutive year

Andrei has received distinguished paper awards at the last three Principle of Programming Languages (POPL) conferences, one of the most prestigious conferences in Computer Science.
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New AI guidance could help businesses and government use the technology

A new framework that could help businesses better understand and use AI has been developed by researchers from the University of Sheffield.
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Students vote computer science subject as number one for satisfaction among Russell Group universities

Students have voted the University of Sheffield’s computer science subject as number one for overall satisfaction in the Russell Group, according to the latest National Student Survey (NSS).
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How long will Twitter stand by as ‘online violence’ curtails our right to know?

Professor Kalina Bontcheva features in The Guardian for her work as part of an international research project to develop an early warning system for gender-based online violence against women journalists.

| The Guardian
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Our Opteran spin-out lands £3.3m investment from Northern Gritstone.

Sky News reports on the ‘brain biomimicry’ company Opteran, a spin-out from the Department of Computer Science, which receives a ground-breaking new investment.

| Sky News
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New research finds Insect-inspired intelligence is the key to robotic autonomy

University of Sheffield spin-out, Opteran Technologies, has collaborated on a new paper which highlights that insect intelligence can inspire an alternative to mainstream approaches to robot intelligence.
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Paul Richmond is a research software engineer in the United Kingdom.Credit: Shelley Richmond

Why science needs more research software engineers

Paul Richmond speaks to Nature about life as a Research Software Engineer, the role of software in the research enterprise and the state of the field as it reaches its tenth anniversary.

| Nature