21 Interest Groups
The CMI supports 21 interest groups (IGs) which bring together Sheffield researchers and professional services staff from across the disciplines, around an AI related theme.
![Woman looked into a microscope](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/pexels-artem-podrez-5726794.jpg?h=f562d692&itok=3jgcfQYx)
Disease diagnosis/treatment
Early and accurate detection, diagnosis and treatment of illness(es)
![Image of two people sitting on sofas in therapy setting](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/pexels-alex-green-5699418.jpg?h=2e3b9da0&itok=GDy38TbV)
Mental health
Tackling mental health (e.g. depression, dementia, and cognitive) problems
![Two medical staff looking at an xray of teeth](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/30380.jpg?h=395dd26e&itok=ytOjhOZj)
Medical images/omics
Collection, analysis, and interpretation of medical images and omics data
![Image of inside of autonomous car](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/safety-self-driving.jpeg.jpg?itok=xrEdL8oI)
Sensing & auto operation
Data-driven design for sensing and autonomous operations
![Computer coding over image of woman's face](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/artificial-intelligence-2167835_1280.jpg?h=3417dba6&itok=MkpSJGVS)
Complex systems
Physics-guided/ compliant learning for complex systems
![Person looking up at the night sky/universe](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/greg-rakozy-oMpAz-DN-9I-unsplash.jpg?h=298c2476&itok=Z62ZTv0V)
Universe's fundamentals
Detecting rare events for new insights into the Universe’s fundamentals
![Image of a gloved hand holding ice](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/philipp-trubchenko-IUurTTEUDuE-unsplash.jpg?h=fe90ec27&itok=RDtCE4kw)
Climate environment & bio
Tackling climate/environmental change & understanding biology
![Urban IG Image](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2024-05/IG%20photo2.png.jpg?itok=FvQioW-U)
Urban, Built Environment and Population Studies IG
Studying mobility, active lifestyles, urban environments, and population health
![Hands painted with a heart](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/Data-driven%20arts_humanities_social%20sciences.jpg?h=dd7be773&itok=yZwuPN_B)
Data-driven arts/humanities/social sciences
Revolutionising data-driven research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences
![Finger touching symbol of a lock](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/Misinformation%2C%20privacy%2C%20security.jpg?h=c2cdfac7&itok=aFe5AXEG)
Misinformation, privacy, security
Identifying and tackling mis- and disinformation & enhancing privacy/security
![Person holding up poster of innovative ideas](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/Innovation%20%26%20entrepreneurship.jpg?h=4938c091&itok=mXEXBFK8)
Innovation & entrepreneurship
Shaping the future of innovation and entrepreneurship and building trust
![Image of library](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/Pedagogy%20%26%20policy%20for%20education.jpg?h=51fd32a5&itok=s4FZctsM)
AI ED: Pedagogy & policy for education
Advancing pedagogy and policy to develop education in DS & AI
![Two people looking at laptops](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/Accessible_sustainable_scalable.jpg?h=c862260c&itok=rpX91vpr)
Accessible/sustainable/scalable
Best practices for accessible, sustainable, and scalable systems
![close up image of microchip/circuit](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/Explainability%20_%20energy-efficiency.jpg?h=c5dcaa07&itok=ujfeXx2a)
Explainability / energy-efficiency
Increasing AI transparency, explainability, interpretability, and energy-efficiency
![Person looking at data on a laptop](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/visualisation.jpg?h=81c55c40&itok=_nJbGJ1f)
Visualisation
Effective and efficient information visualisation to various audiences
![Abstract image of data](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/data%20integration.jpg?h=298c2476&itok=4UQ8kqzJ)
Data integration
Integration of data/knowledge & disentangling of hidden factors
![Road sign with arrows pointing left and right](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/uncertainty%20estimation.jpg?h=da1579e4&itok=_GaSC61n)
Uncertainty estimation
Accounting for uncertainties in models for physical and social processes
![Image of robots in lab](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/hci_robotics.jpg?h=5f21dd96&itok=etpr_93S)
HCI / robotics
Safe, smart, connected technology (e.g. robotics) and human-machine interaction
![Abstract image with laptop](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/Automate%20data%20prep_access_use%20.jpg?h=75ca23a0&itok=pY2oXW9r)
Automate data prep/access/use
Automating/improving data preparation, access, understanding & exploitation
![Abstract image of a human brain surrounded by data](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-11/Causality%20inference.jpg?h=4938c091&itok=LA8j6iNE)
Causality inference
Using and analysing data to confidently infer causal relationships