Frontpage

A new research project – 'Roots' – gets underway this month to learn how culturally responsive computing teaching can be implemented in classrooms in England.

A pioneering new approach to computer processor security that started life here and is being further developed with Arm and other industry leaders will be rolled out for widescale testing this year through the UK government's £200m Digital Security by Design initiative.

"With this truly visionary new institute, Cambridge will blend its world-leading climate science, software engineering and computer science expertise,” said Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stephen J Toope.

A student's frustration at not being able to listen to music or answer phone calls while cycling led him to research ways of removing wind noise from microphones. His work has just won him an award.

"Though watered down, the [COP26] text is abundantly clear that the days of fossil fuel are over and the days of new clean, green solutions are upon us," says Emily Shuckburgh, our Professor of Environmental Data Science.

An award to a PhD student will help her work with local communities as she uses machine learning techniques to monitor the health, biodiversity and deforestation of Ghanaian forests.

DeepMind Cambridge Scholarships are available for postgraduate courses in computer science, AI and machine learning. They are for talented students from under-represented groups starting in the 2022 academic year.

A new Centre here will bring together computer scientists and conservation scientists to build a trusted marketplace for carbon credits and support global reforestation efforts.

How can we harness the potential of AI to accelerate scientific discovery? The frontiers, opportunities and challenges of doing so will be discussed at a symposium on 19th November.

A programme here promoting the use of machine learning to tackle major scientific challenges is offering funding for PhD students starting next autumn.