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Visitors to the Intel Lab could try some fun computer science-related activities like digital air hockey and lock-picking

Welcoming students at our 2026 Open Days

14 July 2026

We held Open Days on 9 – 10 July where we welcomed prospective undergraduate students to come and look round, try a taster lecture and find out about the Computer Science degree course here.

A farmer works among small plots in the Lower Nyando Basin in western Kenya.

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.

Dr Mark Hayter is endowing a professorship and a PhD studentship here at the Department of Computer Science and Technology

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.

The blue plaque unveiled in this Department in June 2026 commemorates the development of EDSAC, a landmark event in the history of modern computing.

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.

Joining the Science of Fundamental AI Research Lab, a major national initiative

23 June 2026

This Department is delighted to be part of the newly-announced Science of Fundamental AI Research (SOFAIR) Lab, a major national research initiative.

Prof Sue Sentance has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours 2026

OBE for leader in computing education

13 June 2026

Many congratulations to Professor Sue Sentance who has been awarded an OBE in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours. She is recognised for her services to education.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Welcoming students at our 2026 Open Days

How AI could bring satellite crop monitoring to the world's most vulnerable farms

Cambridge's history of pioneering computer science inspires generous gift from alumnus

A Blue Plaque for EDSAC – Cambridge University’s pioneering first computer

Joining the Science of Fundamental AI Research Lab, a major national initiative

OBE for leader in computing education

Royal Society Fellowships honour two Computer Scientists

GitHub celebrates open source compiler project here

TESSERA - the AI model helping to protect hedgehogs from space

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

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