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Read more at: Celebrating at our Hall of Fame Awards

Celebrating at our Hall of Fame Awards

19 April 2024

Arm has been named Company of the Year in our annual Hall of Fame Awards — a celebration of the companies set up by students, staff and alumni of this Department.


Read more at: Success for inaugural Cambridge Algorithms and Complexity Workshop

Success for inaugural Cambridge Algorithms and Complexity Workshop

17 April 2024

Stellar speakers and a growing recogntion that Theoretical Computer Science has relevance far beyond its own discipline made the inaugural Cambridge Algorithms and Complexity Workshop this week a great success.


Read more at: Ross Anderson, 1956 - 2024
Portrait photo of Ross Anderson holding a text book

Ross Anderson, 1956 - 2024

3 April 2024

Professor Ross Anderson FRS FRSE FREng, our friend and longtime colleague, died unexpectedly at home on Thursday 28th March, aged 67.


Read more at: Marking 20 years of Women@CL

Marking 20 years of Women@CL

27 March 2024

We celebrated 20 years of the Department's Women@CL network - which exists to support female and non-binary computer science students here - at a special event this month.


Read more at: Meeting robots, solving puzzles & making music with code at our Cambridge Festival day

Meeting robots, solving puzzles & making music with code at our Cambridge Festival day

19 March 2024

Negotiating with a robot, tackling pirate-themed puzzles and making music with code were among the activities visitors could try at our Cambridge Festival Open Day.


Read more at: Students' Group Design Projects enjoy success

Students' Group Design Projects enjoy success

14 March 2024

Student projects on better ways to write music, improving supply chain resilience and sourcing second hand electronic components were winners of the Group Design Project Awards 2024.


Read more at: Making the development of AI more democratic

Making the development of AI more democratic

14 March 2024

Many congratulations to Nic Lane, Professor of Machine Learning here. He has been awarded a prestigious Chair in Emerging Technologies by the Royal Academy of Engineering for work to make the development of AI more democratic.


Read more at: 'For excellence in teaching' - Dr Carl Henrik Ek wins a Pilkington Prize

'For excellence in teaching' - Dr Carl Henrik Ek wins a Pilkington Prize

7 March 2024

Congratulations to our colleague Dr Carl Henrik Ek who has won a 2024 Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching.


Read more at: 'Escaping the Pointless' research wins undergraduate top prize

'Escaping the Pointless' research wins undergraduate top prize

21 February 2024

Congratulations to undergraduate Jakub Bachurski who won first prize in the Student Research Competition at the Principles of Programming Languages (POPL) 2024 conference.


Read more at: Department spin-out lowRISC and OpenTitan coalition announce world's first commercial quality open-source chip

Department spin-out lowRISC and OpenTitan coalition announce world's first commercial quality open-source chip

20 February 2024

Department spin-out lowRISC and the OpenTitan coalition have announced the production of the first commercial quality open-source chip in the world.