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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.

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.
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Dr Haiping Lu receives prestigious Amazon Research Award

Congratulations to Dr Haiping Lu who has been awarded an Amazon Research Award for his work which could help customers find products more easily.
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The Institute of Coding celebrates 1st birthday with The University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is today celebrating its partnership with the Institute of Coding. In just 12 months, IoC partners have successfully signed-up over 5,000 people onto its leading tech courses at universities across the country.
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MSc Data Analytics students published in pattern recognition journal

Congratulations to MSc Data Analytics Students Peizhen Bai and Fangling Liu who have published a full research paper "Joint Interaction with Context Operation for Collaborative Filtering" in Pattern Recognition Journal (IF 3.96).
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Can new drugs be tested with computers? EU-funded team explores the future of tuberculosis drugs testing

Researchers from the University of Sheffield’s Departments of Computer Science, and Maths are part of a consortium which has published the technical report “A modelling framework to simulate the dynamics of the human immune system”.

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Dr Achim Brucker joins panel of experts at the Sheffield City Regional QER

Dr Achim Brucker was part of a panel of experts at the recent Sheffield City Regional Quarterly Economic Review (QER) breakfast.