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Or Meir

Welcoming Professor Or Meir to the School of Computer Science

Professor Meir joins us in his role as Professor of Algorithms.
AI For Math Fund

Sheffield to lead $1M project on AI-powered theorem proving, funded by Renaissance Philanthropy and XTX Markets

Titled ‘Copilots for Isabelle: Learning Logical Structure for a Better Proving Experience’, will advance the foundations and technology of interactive theorem proving, developing next-generation methods for proof assistants.
Bei and Amir

Meet our new academics

We are delighted to be welcoming Bei Peng, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence & Applications of AI, and Amir Ghalamzan, Associate Professor, to the School of Computer Science.

Academics from the University of Sheffield's Centre for Machine Intelligence being presented with an award on stage at the UKAIRS symposium
Academics from the University's Centre for Machine Intelligence have won an impact award at the UK's first national conference for AI research. The award recognises their research that is driving the responsible use of AI. Credit: UK AI Research Symposium

University of Sheffield researchers win UK first national AI prize

A new award recognising the strength and impact of the UK’s AI research, has been awarded to academics at the University of Sheffield.

A woman holding a mobile phone and looking at a laptop computer

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
Three members of Opteran pose for a photo

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
Photo of a honey bee about to land on a flower

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
Student working at a laptop computer

We started a commercial software company at our university – and you should too

Mike Holcombe, Emeritus Professor of Computer Science, explains how he launched a software development company at the University and the impact it has had on students' education.

| Published by Time Higher Education