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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.
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.
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An image embedded with 1000 words from Tolstoy's War and Peace, using PVD Image Steganography

Reverse-engineering insect brains to make robots ‘natural’ learners

How groundbreaking Department of Computer Science spin-out Opteran has reverse-engineered insect brains to derive new algorithms for collision avoidance and navigation that can be used in robotics.

| EE Times Europe
Sheffield skyline view of the Diamond building

Sheffield businesses first to receive millions from new Northern investment company

Opteron, a Department of Computer Science spin-out, is one of two companies to receive millions of pounds in investment from Northern Gritstone.
Dr Sagnik Mukhopadhyay and Dr Christain Coester in Regent Court

Algorithms Group have three papers accepted for prestigious FOCS 2022

Academics from the Department’s rapidly growing Algorithms Group are celebrating having three papers accepted for the 63rd Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2022)
The mars rover on the floor of an engineering workshop in Sheffield

Computer science students help team reach final of international Mars rover competition

A group of students from the Faculty of Engineering are the only team from the UK to qualify for the finals of an international competition to build a Mars rover.