We're holding Open Days this week – Thursday 9 and Friday 10 July – when we welcome prospective undergraduate students to come and look round, try a taster lecture and find out about the Computer Science degree course here.
How AI could bring satellite crop monitoring to the world's most vulnerable farms
2 July 2026
A new remote sensing AI tool, Tessera, has shown in trials that it can identify most types of crops on small farms more accurately than current methods do, while using just 8% of their computing power.
Cambridge's history of pioneering computer science inspires generous gift from alumnus
30 June 2026
An entrepreneurial alumnus whose time at Cambridge helped him develop his fascination with computers into a string of successful businesses is endowing a professorship and a PhD studentship in this Department.
A Blue Plaque for EDSAC – Cambridge University’s pioneering first computer
23 June 2026
A blue plaque will be unveiled in this Department today (Tuesday 23 June) to commemorate the development of EDSAC, a landmark event in the history of modern computing.
