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Read more at: Royal Society Fellowships honour two Computer Scientists
The Royal Society is the UK's national academy of sciences

Royal Society Fellowships honour two Computer Scientists

26 May 2026

The Royal Society has today honoured our colleagues Professors Anuj Dawar and Srinivasan Keshav by electing them as Fellows. Many congratulations to them both!


Read more at: GitHub celebrates open source compiler project here
PhD students Sasha Lopoukhine & Mathieu Fehr contribute to the development of open source tool xDSL

GitHub celebrates open source compiler project here

25 May 2026

As part of its 'Maintainer Month', code-hosting platform GitHub is celebrating a project here to develop and maintain an open source compiler development tool.


Read more at: TESSERA - the AI model helping to protect hedgehogs from space
The number of hedgehogs in rural areas has fallen by 75% since the start of this century

TESSERA - the AI model helping to protect hedgehogs from space

19 May 2026

Hedgehogs are under threat with numbers in rural areas dropping by 75% since 2000. But thanks to researchers here, the animals are now getting help from an unexpected ally: AI.


Read more at: 'Test of Time' Award for research into why we can't do without passwords
The IEEE awarded its 2026 'Test of Time' Award in Security and Privacy to research into why it's so hard to find alternatives to passwords

'Test of Time' Award for research into why we can't do without passwords

18 May 2026

Passwords are irritating to manage and can be a weak link in security. Yet they're very difficult to replace. Today, research explaining why this is the case has won a prestigious award... 14 years after it was first published.



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