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Sheffield AI research highlighted in Financial Times feature on UK digital economy

Professor James Marshall, Director of the Centre for Machine Intelligence, discusses how South Yorkshire's physical AI and advanced engineering are driving UK economic growth outside of London.
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Forging a Responsible Future: University of Sheffield's Centre for Machine Intelligence Unveils 2026 Strategy

The University of Sheffield’s Centre for Machine Intelligence (CMI) has launched its Strategy 2026, a plan to advance artificial intelligence while championing responsible, human-centric development.
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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.

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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.
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Professor Thomas Hain elected as ISCA Fellow

We are delighted to announce that Professor Thomas Hain has been elected on one of this year's ISCA (International Speech Communication Association) Fellows for 'leadership in the field of automatic speech recognition.'
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New artificial intelligence tools could help tackle online abuse

New tools which could be used to automatically detect and counter abuse on social media, are being developed by researchers in the department
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Department of Computer Science staff donate to two local charities this Christmas.

This year the Department of Computer Science have been collecting donations from staff for two local charities: Sheffield S6 foodbank and Mission Christmas cash for kids.
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Online abuse towards politicians rises ahead of General Election, study finds

Politicians have been targeted by increasing levels of abuse on social media as the General Election approaches, according to research done by the Department of Computer Science.

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Engineering students win top project prize

​​​​Sheffield students have won the best project in their category at The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation competition.