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Read more at: Using AI to understand and tackle the spread of fake cancer treatments

Using AI to understand and tackle the spread of fake cancer treatments

29 October 2024

Can we develop tools to reduce the harm caused to cancer patients by the spread of misinformation about the disease and the sale of fake cures online? Researchers in our Security Research Group are aiming to find out.


Read more at: The 2024 Wheeler Lecture - 'Supercharging the Human Mind With AI'

The 2024 Wheeler Lecture - 'Supercharging the Human Mind With AI'

27 October 2024

How can human-centred AI enable us to achieve ever greater feats through new 'supertools' that expand our minds? That was the question Professor Yvonne Rogers, Director of the Interaction Centre at UCL, addressed in our 2024 Wheeler Lecture.


Read more at: Lovelace Medal for Dr Sue Sentance

Lovelace Medal for Dr Sue Sentance

24 October 2024

Many congratulations to our colleague Dr Sue Sentance, Director of the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre here. She has just been awarded the BCS Lovelace Medal 2024.


Read more at: Researchers' work on electronic eavesdropping attacks wins Best Paper Award

Researchers' work on electronic eavesdropping attacks wins Best Paper Award

16 October 2024

For their research into ways that spies can pick up information by 'eavesdropping' on the signals that computer devices emit, two Security researchers here have won a Best Paper Award.


Read more at: Nobel Prize for our alumnus Sir Demis Hassabis
Image of Demis Hassabis by Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach

Nobel Prize for our alumnus Sir Demis Hassabis

9 October 2024

Many congratulations to Sir Demis Hassabis, the first of our alumni to receive a Nobel Prize. The 2024 Prize for Chemistry is awarded jointly to him and his Google DeepMind colleague John Jumper "for protein structure prediction" with their AI model AlphaFold2.


Read more at: ERC Starting Grant awarded for research on new quantum algorithms
Tom Gur is Professor of Computer Science here at Cambridge

ERC Starting Grant awarded for research on new quantum algorithms

5 September 2024

What does designing new quantum algorithms have to do with predicting the outcome of a general election? The answer is more than you might think as Prof Tom Gur will be showing in research that's just been awarded an ERC Starting Grant.


Read more at: Meet 'Terra', the AI aiming to map terrestrial life on the planet

Meet 'Terra', the AI aiming to map terrestrial life on the planet

2 September 2024

We've all read the urban myths about evil AI robots that are going to take over the world. Now meet 'Terra' – the artificial intelligence that researchers hope will help us save the planet by mapping the terrestrial life on it.


Read more at: Experiencing life as a Computer Science student

Experiencing life as a Computer Science student

12 August 2024

Students on our Sutton Trust Summer School learned about algorithms, experimented with computer graphics and discovered a 10-metre 'megaprocessor' as they found out what it's like to study Computer Science at university.


Read more at: PhD student awarded Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

PhD student awarded Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

9 July 2024

Congratulations to PhD student Chaitanya Joshi who has won a $40,000 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship. He is one of just five winners from across Europe to receive this prestigious award.


Read more at: First students complete our Women in Computer Science programme

First students complete our Women in Computer Science programme

8 July 2024

The first group of Year 12 students to complete our five-month Women in Computer Science programme have just visited Cambridge for an end-of-course residential.