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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.

Using AI to see the wood for the trees

17 February 2025

Researchers here have released GreenLens, a free app that uses AI to measure trees with a high degree of accuracy yet works on a cheap, second-hand Android phone.

Recognition for "significant achievements in computing"

12 February 2025

Congratulations to Prof Cecilia Mascolo who was today named a 2024 ACM Distinguished Member, an accolade that recognises "significant achievements in computing beyond the norm".

Campaigners call for concerted effort on software memory safety issues

6 February 2025

Led by researchers in this Department, campaigners across industry and academia are calling for a concerted effort to finally solve the stubborn security issue that lies behind the majority of all cyberattacks.

Researchers here are using the small robot Nao to explore how robots can help assess the mental wellbeing of children

January Showcase highlights importance of humans in computing

27 January 2025

At our January Research Showcase, we highlighted our research in human-centred computing & human-machine interaction. Topics ranged from creating 'digital twins' of buildings to using robots to assess the mental wellbeing of children.

"This opportunity is great for people like me"

8 January 2025

"Now I've done this, I hope I can go great places in future." As applications open for our 2025 Research Ready Internships, 2024 intern Michael Ogunrinde tells us how he benefited from spending a summer in Cambridge conducting AI research.

Can we use AI to regulate AI?

10 December 2024

Can we use AI to help regulate AI? Researchers here will pose the question at a conference this Sunday, just weeks before parts of the EU's new AI Act – the world’s first comprehensive law on the use of AI – come into effect.

Dr Christopher Pulte is the recipient of a Royal Society University Research Fellowship

The researcher looking for better ways to prove systems software is correct

26 November 2024

If errors in an operating system enable a virus or malware to infect it, it can lead to security breaches or financial losses. Now a researcher here has been awarded a Royal Society Fellowship to look for better methods to verify if systems software is correct.

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

Using AI to see the wood for the trees

Recognition for "significant achievements in computing"

Campaigners call for concerted effort on software memory safety issues

January Showcase highlights importance of humans in computing

"This opportunity is great for people like me"

Can we use AI to regulate AI?

The researcher looking for better ways to prove systems software is correct

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