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Read more at: Computer modelling helps researchers value the carbon storage potential of natural habitats
Tropical rainforest is under threat. According to new data collected by the University of Maryland, the tropics lost 10% more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021.

Computer modelling helps researchers value the carbon storage potential of natural habitats

30 October 2023

Researchers have invented a more reliable and transparent method than previously of estimating the benefit of carbon stored as a result of forest conservation.


Read more at: Announcing the Hopper Studentship
Professor Sir Andy Hopper

Announcing the Hopper Studentship

18 October 2023

Professor Sir Andy Hopper has created something very valuable to us – a Hopper Studentship fund that will enable one recipient a year to study for their PhD here.


Read more at: Supporting Human Intelligence

Supporting Human Intelligence

17 October 2023

In a year when Artificial Intelligence has been at the centre of public debate, a new research group has been set up here to refocus attention on human intelligence.


Read more at: Opportunity for research internships in Japan
PhD student Ieva Raminta Staliunaite is currently a research intern at NII

Opportunity for research internships in Japan

10 October 2023

PhD students here can apply this month for an internships scheme that offers opportunities for a wide range of research in a very different cultural environment.


Read more at: Meet our new Head of Department
Professor Alastair Beresford took over in October 2023 as our new Head of Department

Meet our new Head of Department

3 October 2023

A new Head of Department - Professor Alastair Beresford - takes up his post this week as the University's academic year gets underway.


Read more at: Ada Computer Science - the new online computer science learning platform

Ada Computer Science - the new online computer science learning platform

13 September 2023

Ada Computer Science is a new, free online learning platform for teachers and students of computer science jointly developed by this Department and the Raspberry Pi Foundation.


Read more at: Celebrating the renewal of our Centre for Mobile, Wearable Systems and Augmented Intelligence

Celebrating the renewal of our Centre for Mobile, Wearable Systems and Augmented Intelligence

11 September 2023

We'll be celebrating the renewal of the Centre for Mobile, Wearable Systems and Augmented Intelligence with a special Open Day on Wednesday 20th September.


Read more at: Welcoming alumni to our 'Computer Vision' event

Welcoming alumni to our 'Computer Vision' event

6 September 2023

Three speakers will introduce this Department and some of our latest research – in AI, Education and the Environment – at an alumni event on Friday 22 September.


Read more at: Discovering what Computer Science is like at Uni

Discovering what Computer Science is like at Uni

16 August 2023

This week's Sutton Trust Summer School is in full swing, with teaching on topics from programming to graphics giving sixth formers a taste of what it's like to study Computer Science at university.


Read more at: Can AI diagnose patients with severe respiratory tract infections?

Can AI diagnose patients with severe respiratory tract infections?

14 August 2023

Researchers using AI to identify patients at risk of developing severe respiratory tract infections have just won support from UK Research and Innovation.