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Read more at: Death of computer science pioneer Sandy Fraser

Death of computer science pioneer Sandy Fraser

25 July 2022

We're sad to record the death of Dr Alexander Fraser, a computer science pioneer whose work was fundamental to the development of the internet we use today.


Read more at: Energy and Environment research group launches

Energy and Environment research group launches

19 July 2022

In a summer when the UK is recording its highest ever temperatures, it’s timely that a new research group – the Energy and Environment Group – has just been launched in this Department.


Read more at: Award for student's work in addressing bias in machine learning

Award for student's work in addressing bias in machine learning

18 July 2022

A PhD student here investigating ways to tackle bias in machine learning systems has won the Young AI Researcher 2022 Award at the Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit in Warsaw, Poland.


Read more at: Department hosts in-person Open Days again

Department hosts in-person Open Days again

12 July 2022

We really enjoyed welcoming would-be undergraduates into the Department in-person when we held our Open Days on 7 and 8 July.


Read more at: New funding programme to help deploy AI for research and innovation

New funding programme to help deploy AI for research and innovation

11 July 2022

New grant funding is available to Cambridge University researchers pursuing innovative applications of AI.


Read more at: Launching the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre

Launching the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre

4 July 2022

We're getting ready to celebrate the official launch of the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre here on Wednesday 20 July.


Read more at: A plethora of professors

A plethora of professors

15 June 2022

Congratulations to the newly-promoted members of this Department! After the 2021-22 Senior Academic Promotion process, we have seven new professors here and a new Principal Research Associate.


Read more at: An OBE for Prof Simon Peyton Jones

An OBE for Prof Simon Peyton Jones

7 June 2022

Professor Simon Peyton Jones, a Distinguished Honorary Fellow in this Department, has received an OBE for services to education and to computer science in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2022.


Read more at: Dr Peter Ochieng appointed first DeepMind Academic Fellow in Computer Science at Cambridge

Dr Peter Ochieng appointed first DeepMind Academic Fellow in Computer Science at Cambridge

25 May 2022

We're delighted to welcome Dr Peter Ochieng, a researcher in natural language processing and AI, who has just been appointed as the inaugural DeepMind Academic Fellow in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge.


Read more at: New Python for Science course will help researchers learn programming skills

New Python for Science course will help researchers learn programming skills

24 May 2022

A new self-learning module is being offered to help researchers across the University of Cambridge learn programming in Python. Meanwhile, applications have also just opened for the next Accelerate Data Science Residency.