News archive 2022

Schools compete to crack the code

22 March 2022

There was fierce concentration and lively discussion in one of our computer labs today as 14 teams of students from local secondary schools took part in the first Cambridge Coding Competition.

'Innovative' teaching wins Dr Amanda Prorok a Pilkington Prize

16 March 2022

Congratulations to our colleague Dr Amanda Prorok who has won a 2022 Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching.

Students win awards for their designs

16 March 2022

There were awards today for student design projects including an app for users to compute the carbon costs of their journeys, and a tool to help people in rural Bangladesh report climate change effects.

Data Trusts Pilots unveiled

15 March 2022

A small fishing town in Devon, and a Scottish project supporting health data research into pregnancy and childhood development, have been unveiled as pilot data trusts.

Capturing Computer Science

11 March 2022

Working with 'cheeky' robots, creating a snake of smart plugs and celebrating the cycle of discovery and development: the entries to our annual photo contest show a range of aspects of Computer Science.

The life of Pi: Ten years of Raspberry Pi

28 February 2022

A very happy 10th birthday to the Raspberry Pi, which started life here as a way of sparking more students' interest in Computer Science and is now the most successful computer to come out of the UK.

Research into developing a software ecosystem for a more secure digital future

24 February 2022

Researchers here are among those jointly awarded £7.9m funding to help develop a software ecosystem for a more secure digital future.

The science behind that viral Wordle video…

21 February 2022

When a natural language processing PhD student made a TikTok video on how to calculate the best first word in Wordle – the online game of the moment – it went viral, attracting more than one million views. So he's followed it up with another explaining the maths involved.

Coding Competition for Schools launched

14 February 2022

Entries are now open for a Coding Competition for Year 8 pupils next month. They'll be invited into the Department to work on challenges, test their problem-solving – and discover more about what Computer Science can do.

Showcasing our education research

31 January 2022

An Education Research Showcase highlighted education projects we're undertaking here, such as building chatbots that can help second-language learners, and exploring ways to make the teaching of computing more culturally responsive.

Schools compete to crack the code

'Innovative' teaching wins Dr Amanda Prorok a Pilkington Prize

Students win awards for their designs

Data Trusts Pilots unveiled

Capturing Computer Science

The life of Pi: Ten years of Raspberry Pi

Research into developing a software ecosystem for a more secure digital future

The science behind that viral Wordle video…

Coding Competition for Schools launched

Showcasing our education research

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