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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).
Hey MiRo demo at Festival of the Mind

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.
The team in the Heartspace

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.

Jungong Han headshot

AI-powered project to transform UK beef farming

New research set to tackle beef farming's critical challenges using AI.Prof Jungong Han is PI for Sheffield, focusing on applying computer vision techniques to monitor animals remotely & using AI to support decision-making for the digital twin engine

Demi infront of a slide showing 'Welcome to the BGN Hackathon'

Computer Science student wins at Google hackathon

At the recent Google BGN (Black Googler Network) hackathon, Folademilade Oyeleke, a 3rd year student studying Computer Science, and her team were amongst the winners for their project built around the theme of gamification of education.

A portrait photo of Professor James Marshall

Research at the University of Sheffield is exploring new ways of solving robot autonomy

Opteran, a Computer Science spinout, which is led by Professor James Marshall, Dr Alex Cope, and David Rajan, uses 'natural intelligence' to redefine the autonomy of robots by mimicking the brains of insects.
Two students looking at a video game on a laptop

Interdisciplinary team of students making video games for charity

Watch this new video about Project Pixel, started by two computer science students and now what could be the biggest team of students producing 2D video games at any UK university, with 100% of the revenue generated donated to charity.
External view of the Diamond

We’re ranked top 10 in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2025 and The Mail University Guide 2025

Computer Science at The University of Sheffield has been highly recognised amongst the best in each guide, both published in September.