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Researchers receive funding to explore ambitious new ways of improving AI security

7 October 2026

At a time when concerns about AI safety are hitting the headlines almost daily, three researchers here are receiving funding from a £50m UK government programme to explore ambitious new ways of improving AI security.

Undergraduates' work is presented at major conference

6 October 2026

Among the presenters at a major ACM conference today (6 October) will be an undergraduate from this Department, sharing research on ways to improve bias and accuracy in new AI tools that are being developed to assess patients' mental health.

Emily Shuckburgh is Professor of Environmental Data Science here.

Professor becomes new head of Royal Meteorological Society

1 October 2026

Professor Emily Shuckburgh CBE has today (1 October 2026) become the President of the Royal Meteorological Society. Emily is Professor of Environmental Data Science in this Department.

Image of the Alan Turing Cyber Leadership Award presented to Prof Alice Hutchings at the National Cyber Awards 2026

National Cyber Award for our Professor of Emergent Harms

29 September 2026

Congratulations to our colleague Prof Alice Hutchings who was honoured with The Alan Turing Cyber Leadership Award yesterday (28 September) at the National Cyber Awards 2026.

How new AI tool could help efforts to improve food security in the Global South

29 September 2026

Tessera, an AI tool that can map crops from satellite images, could offer valuable help to those working to improve food security in the Global South, new research suggests.

Professor Margaret Martonosi (Princeton) discusses 'Challenges & Opportunities in Closing the Algorithms-to-Devices Gap in Quantum Computing' at our 2026 Wheeler Lecture on Wednesday 4 November.

Wheeler Lecture 2026: 'Mind the Gap in Quantum Computing'

16 September 2026

The 2026 Wheeler Lecture will focus on the 'Challenges & Opportunities in Closing the Algorithms-to-Devices Gap in Quantum Computing'. It will be given by Prof Margaret Martonosi from Princeton University.

New research has found that higher daily air pollution levels were strongly linked to nighttime coughing levels.

Sleep app tracks link between air pollution and a bad night’s sleep

15 September 2026

Analysing data collected via a sleep app, researchers have found that daytime pollution is strongly linked to higher levels of coughing at night, even where pollution is below the World Health Organization's recommended daily exposure limit.

The ethos of the CC BY copyright licence is to 'help build and sustain a commons of shared knowledge and culture'.

'Why we should amend copyright licences to halt AI misuse and reassert human control'

27 August 2026

Three leading researchers in human-computer interaction have told the journal Nature about their concerns over the failure of current copyright licences to protect their work from misuse by AI.

Learning about student life on our Women in Computer Science residential

18 August 2026

Taster lectures, a mock admissions interview, a programming workshop and tours of Cambridge colleges were among the activities sampled by the prospective undergraduates who came to our Women in Computer Science residential course last week.

Stayin' Alive: How Global Stolen Data Markets Thrive on Telegram

17 August 2026

With more and more cybercrime marketplaces being shut down, sellers of stolen data – such as log-in credentials, personal details, and credit card information – are instead using the messaging app Telegram to trade with each other.

Researchers receive funding to explore ambitious new ways of improving AI security

Undergraduates' work is presented at major conference

Professor becomes new head of Royal Meteorological Society

National Cyber Award for our Professor of Emergent Harms

How new AI tool could help efforts to improve food security in the Global South

Wheeler Lecture 2026: 'Mind the Gap in Quantum Computing'

Sleep app tracks link between air pollution and a bad night’s sleep

'Why we should amend copyright licences to halt AI misuse and reassert human control'

Learning about student life on our Women in Computer Science residential

Stayin' Alive: How Global Stolen Data Markets Thrive on Telegram

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