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Read more at: New Associate Professor in Computer Architecture
Dr Prakash Murali is joining us as Associate Professor in Computer Architecture

New Associate Professor in Computer Architecture

5 December 2023

Dr Prakash Murali will be joining us as a new member of our faculty in January 2024. He's taking up a post as an Associate Professor in Computer Architecture. Welcome Prakash!


Read more at: Micro:bit Educational Foundation supports new research into physical computing in schools
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Micro:bit Educational Foundation supports new research into physical computing in schools

27 November 2023

In a new project about to get underway in our Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre, researchers will explore the impact of physical computing on children who are introduced to it at primary school.


Read more at: The 2023 Wheeler Lecture: 'A taste of Verse'

The 2023 Wheeler Lecture: 'A taste of Verse'

15 November 2023

Our main lecture theatre was packed out when the 2023 Wheeler Lecture was given by Simon Peyton Jones, Engineering Fellow at Epic Games and Honorary Distinguished Fellow here.


Read more at: How can compilers contribute to understanding climate change?
Dr Tobias Grosser joins us as a new member of faculty

How can compilers contribute to understanding climate change?

7 November 2023

We're very pleased to welcome Tobias Grosser as a new member of our faculty. He's taken up a role here as an Associate Professor in Compiler Design.


Read more at: Training the next generation of AI researchers

Training the next generation of AI researchers

31 October 2023

We're pleased to announce we'll be offering a new Centre for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intelligence (AI) from next year in partnership with the University of Manchester.


Read more at: Computer modelling helps researchers value the carbon storage potential of natural habitats
Tropical rainforest is under threat. According to new data collected by the University of Maryland, the tropics lost 10% more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021.

Computer modelling helps researchers value the carbon storage potential of natural habitats

30 October 2023

Researchers have invented a more reliable and transparent method than previously of estimating the benefit of carbon stored as a result of forest conservation.


Read more at: Announcing the Hopper Studentship
Professor Sir Andy Hopper

Announcing the Hopper Studentship

18 October 2023

Professor Sir Andy Hopper has created something very valuable to us – a Hopper Studentship fund that will enable one recipient a year to study for their PhD here.


Read more at: Supporting Human Intelligence

Supporting Human Intelligence

17 October 2023

In a year when Artificial Intelligence has been at the centre of public debate, a new research group has been set up here to refocus attention on human intelligence.


Read more at: Opportunity for research internships in Japan
PhD student Ieva Raminta Staliunaite is currently a research intern at NII

Opportunity for research internships in Japan

10 October 2023

PhD students here can apply this month for an internships scheme that offers opportunities for a wide range of research in a very different cultural environment.


Read more at: Meet our new Head of Department
Professor Alastair Beresford took over in October 2023 as our new Head of Department

Meet our new Head of Department

3 October 2023

A new Head of Department - Professor Alastair Beresford - takes up his post this week as the University's academic year gets underway.