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The Red Queen hypothesis - a new way forward for self-improving AI

21 July 2026

At a time when there's widespread interest in self-improving AI, researchers here have tackled one of the central challenges affecting its development by using an approach adapted from evolutionary biology.

Meet the researcher teaching AI drones to count trees

21 July 2026

A new forest vision training simulator developed by a PhD student here is teaching algorithms how to see trees, to help AI tools to calculate how forests are growing and how much carbon they store.

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 Red Queen hypothesis - a new way forward for self-improving AI

Meet the researcher teaching AI drones to count trees

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

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