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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.
Generative AI: what actually is it?

Educ-AI-tion Week 2024: Find out more about GenAI and education at Sheffield

Educ-AI-tion Week 2024 (11-15 November) aims to support you in exploring responsible, critical and ethical approaches to the use of AI in education.
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AI-powered project to transform UK beef farming

The University of Sheffield is part of the £1.2m UKRI-funded BeefTwin project, using AI to tackle key environmental and economic challenges in beef farming.

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Live Podcast: Will AI make a good companion?

Hear Prof. Tony Prescott from the School of Computer Science at The University of Sheffield discuss the potential of AI in addressing human loneliness on a special Guardian Science Weekly podcast, recorded live at the recent British Science Festival.
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New additions to the Centre for Machine Intelligence team

We at the Centre for Machine Intelligence (CMI) are delighted to announce a significant expansion, marking a new chapter for us, and the extension of our support of the AI community. 
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BBC podcast The Artificial Human - Can AI get me a new job?

Dr Nicola Thomas, from the University of Sheffield Management School, explains how recruitment has changed as a result of AI.
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Festival of the Mind returns to Sheffield

Sheffield's Festival of the Mind is back for its seventh edition this September (19-29 September). The free Festival, which features several exhibitions about AI, promises to be the most ambitious programme yet.

AI helps create soundtrack for breathtaking Mercury flyby

An extraordinary new film showing the planet Mercury appear from the shadows is soundtracked with the help of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) tools developed at the University of Sheffield.
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University of Sheffield receives grant to boost semiconductor skills in the UK

From driving our smartphones and computers to enabling advancements in artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and renewable energy, semiconductors have become the backbone of modern innovation.
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University of Sheffield AMRC announces largest ever research project as part of new South Yorkshire Investment Zone

A groundbreaking new research and development facility, harnessing technologies such as machine learning and AI, has been announced as part of the new South Yorkshire Investment Zone.
Researchers who have been awarded The Future NHS Award

AI heart disease technology scoops national win at NHS Parliamentary Awards

Innovative tool developed by scientists and clinicians from the University of Sheffield’s Insigneo Institute and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals provides a super-fast analysis of the heart’s function, spotting heart damage on MRI heart scans in seconds
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The Alan Turing Institute secures £3 million to establish new digital twin research network

The University’s Prof. David Wagg, Project PI, said: “Our ambition is to build a broad community of stakeholders to expand digital twin research to address key challenges such as trust, interoperability and the societal aspects of digital twinning."

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