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Andrew Pitts is Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Computer Science

Royal Society Fellowship honours Theoretical Computer Scientist

20 May 2025

Professor Andrew Pitts has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is one of more than 90 new Fellows recognised for their substantial contribution to the advancement of science.

Can AI offer better conservation advice than human experts?

15 May 2025

An undergraduate here is among the authors of a new paper on how AI tools can help conservationists quickly access the information they need to tackle the biodiversity crisis.

Government pushes for adoption of cybersecurity technology co-developed here

7 May 2025

The UK government has announced measures to drive the commercial adoption of CHERI, the pioneering cybersecurity technology co-developed by researchers here.

Announcing the winners of our Hall of Fame Awards

28 April 2025

An AI 'unicorn' and the world's first commercial-quality open-source chip were among the winners at our annual Hall of Fame Awards, which celebrate the companies and achievements of our alumni and staff.

Alumnus Dr Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Founder & Group CEO of Cambridge Spark, is helping support a PhD student conducting research into computing education.

Gift from alumnus supports PhD programme in Computer Science

23 April 2025

Ten years after he completed his own PhD here thanks to a scholarship, alumnus Dr Raoul-Gabriel Urma – a successful EdTech entrepreneur – is giving another students here the same opportunity.

The students who worked on the three best projects received their prizes at a special award ceremony.

Celebrating our students' Group Design Projects

2 April 2025

Awards were presented at the end of term to those second-year students judged to have created the most impressive Group Design Projects.

Touring a supercomputer and meeting robots at our Cambridge Festival Open Day

31 March 2025

Visitors to our Family Open Day in March saw how a swarm of robots learns to work together, met researchers using AI to improve health care and heard about "the joy, beauty, and creativity of computer science".

Our alumnus Sir Demis Hassabis explored how AI can accelerate scientific discovery.

Nobel laureate and Cambridge University alumnus Sir Demis Hassabis heralds a new era of AI drug discovery at 'digital speed'

25 March 2025

At a special event in Cambridge our alumnus, Nobel laureate Sir Demis Hassabis, explored how AI can accelerate scientific discovery and offered glimpses of how the technology might evolve.

Dr Sam Nallaperuma researchers how AI and neuroscience can create sleep and relaxation treatments.

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Sam Nallaperuma-Herzberg

17 March 2025

At our Cambridge Festival Open Day here on Saturday 22 March, researcher Dr Sam Nallaperuma will be demonstrating how AI and neuroscience can create sleep and relaxation treatments for insomnia sufferers.

Hosting the 2025 Oxbridge Women in Computer Science Conference

6 March 2025

We're getting ready to host the 2025 Oxbridge Women in Computer Science Conference here in Cambridge this May. It's being co-organised by Women@CL, our own Departmental network to support women and non-binary people in computing research.

Royal Society Fellowship honours Theoretical Computer Scientist

Can AI offer better conservation advice than human experts?

Government pushes for adoption of cybersecurity technology co-developed here

Announcing the winners of our Hall of Fame Awards

Gift from alumnus supports PhD programme in Computer Science

Celebrating our students' Group Design Projects

Touring a supercomputer and meeting robots at our Cambridge Festival Open Day

Nobel laureate and Cambridge University alumnus Sir Demis Hassabis heralds a new era of AI drug discovery at 'digital speed'

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Sam Nallaperuma-Herzberg

Hosting the 2025 Oxbridge Women in Computer Science Conference

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