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Professor Guy Brown and Dr Ning Ma with the CIDRZ team at the field recording site at Kanyama Level One Hospital, Lusaka.
Professor Guy Brown and Dr Ning Ma with the CIDRZ team at the field recording site at Kanyama Level One Hospital, Lusaka.

Computer Science academics strengthen AI health research links with the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)

Dr Ning Ma and Professor Guy Brown from the School of Computer Science recently visited Zambia to initiate a second project that will research the potential of using AI analysis of cough sound to screen for tuberculosis (TB).
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Understanding how robots could fit into the social fabric of human society

Meet Miro! This animal-like robot integrated with AI perception and language models featured at the University's Festival of the Mind 2024 and received lots of interest from the public interested in the possibility of robot companions.
second year computer science student, Shohail Ismail, infront of a big IBM sign

Computer Science student places highly at IBM TechXchange hackathon

Second-year Computer Science student, Shohail Ismail, recently placed 5th at the IBM TechXchange watsonx hackathon out of over 4,000 participants.
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Inside Sheffield's Indoor Urban Farm

Meet Future Greens - a team of University of Sheffield alumni (including a co-founder from Computer Science) aiming to change farming as we know it with their urban vertical farm.

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Sheffield scientists help Nepalese orphans to grow fruit and vegetables

Scientists from the University of Sheffield, including Prof. Hamish Cunningham from the Department of Computer Science, are helping children from a Nepalese orphanage grow their own vegetables with a pioneering, sustainable technique which will provide a vital food supply all year round.
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Department is part of a new EU consortium researching solutions for speech problems

The Department of Computer Science is part of a European-wide project which aims to transform the well-being of people with debilitating speech problems.
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The Active 10 app developed by researchers from the Department for Public Health England featured on BBC1

BBC1 has dedicated a programme to Active 10, a tracking App developed by Prof. Fabio Ciravegna, Jie Gao and Chris Ingram at The OAK Group.

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Department of Computer Science is founding member of new £20 million Institute of Coding

The Department is a founding member of a new £20 million Institute of Coding – a consortium of more than 60 universities, businesses and industry experts tackling the UK’s digital skills gap, which was announced by the Prime Minister today (25 January 2018).
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Department of Computer Science awarded grant to boost graduate skills in cybersecurity and AI

The Department has been awarded £183K to develop two new MSc programmes combining cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI). The funding will help the Department inspire and educate future students - the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.