News archive 2020

Helping make future technologies more secure

15 June 2020

Two research teams here are among the recipients of a £10 million government investment in 'Digital Security by Design' - a programme aiming to help the tech infrastructure of UK organisations and digital devices be more resilient to cyber attacks

We’re old hands at new-style teaching

8 June 2020

The news that large lectures will be delivered online, rather than in person, next year has raised some concerns. But it's not new for us to offer students a mix of recorded lectures and face-to-face teaching: it's something we started doing 50 years ago.

Lockdown 'helps fuel rise in cybercrime'

2 June 2020

While lockdown has helped reduce the spread of the coronavirus, it is also helping fuel a rise in cybercrime. That's the warning from researchers in the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre here.

St John's College Cambridge recreated on Minecraft

Undergraduate creates platform for a virtual community

28 May 2020

A Minecraft server set up by one of our undergraduates to help students missing Cambridge during the lockdown is now the platform for a University-wide virtual community.

The Wheeler Lecture 2020: The Future of Microprocessors

20 May 2020

At this year's Wheeler Lecture, Dr Sophie Wilson looked at the history of microprocessors, how we got to where we are now, and what constraints there are on the future. As predicted, there were laws, graphs and references to Star Wars...

Security research wins 'Test of Time' award

Denial-of-service attacks research wins 'Test of Time' award

18 May 2020

A researcher here was presented with an award today for work that he and colleagues conducted more than 20 years ago. But it is precisely because their research is considered to have stood 'the test of time' that it is receiving recognition now.

OWLS seminars Take Flight

14 May 2020

With researchers currently unable to meet in person for their weekly seminars, new Research Fellow Jamie Vicary and two colleagues have set up online meetings that recreate as much of the real-world experience as possible – right down to the coffee breaks.

How Isaac is helping students learn Computer Science from home

4 May 2020

A Computer Science learning platform that was developed by experts from this department and the Raspberry Pi Foundation has just added new materials to support to those learning or teaching A Level Computer Science from home.

The essential travel assistant that could guide us out of lockdown

28 April 2020

A virtual travel assistant that can help users make socially distanced journeys – including when travelling on public transport – could help us as we emerge from lockdown. So says Janet Wang, an alumna of this department...

Alumni commended for their contributions to computer science

20 April 2020

Two alumni of this department have been highly commended by the judges of a prestigious academic award for their research contributions to computer science.

Helping make future technologies more secure

We’re old hands at new-style teaching

Lockdown 'helps fuel rise in cybercrime'

Undergraduate creates platform for a virtual community

The Wheeler Lecture 2020: The Future of Microprocessors

Denial-of-service attacks research wins 'Test of Time' award

OWLS seminars Take Flight

How Isaac is helping students learn Computer Science from home

The essential travel assistant that could guide us out of lockdown

Alumni commended for their contributions to computer science

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