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As yet, the number of women in computer science is small, but it is growing. On this page, you can meet some of the inspiring women computer scientists in this Department

Dr Rika Antonova joined us in October 2024 as an Associate Professor

Transforming Robot Dexterity

29 May 2025

As part of an ambitious 'Robot Dexterity' programme, Associate Professor Rika Antonova is leading a new project aimed at speeding up how robots learn to be useful, reliable and affordable.

Dr Katie Seaborn will join us in February 2026 as our new Associate Professor in Human-Computer Interaction

Welcoming our new Associate Professor in Human-Computer Interaction

27 May 2025

With computing technologies influencing how we think, work and play at a grand scale, we need a human-centred perspective to tackle the resulting challenges and opportunities says Dr Katie Seaborn.

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.

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".

Fellowship funds new research into 'hearable' health sensors

25 November 2024

Turning 'hearable' devices like earbuds into genuinely reliable instruments for measuring human health: that's the goal of a new research project that will shortly get underway.

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.

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.

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.

Marking 20 years of Women@CL

27 March 2024

We celebrated 20 years of the Department's Women@CL network - which exists to support female and non-binary computer science students here - at a special event this month.

Research internship programme offers students from under-represented backgrounds insights into AI research

16 January 2024

Through the new Research Ready programme, we are offering paid eight-week research placements here this summer to students from under-represented backgrounds.

As yet, the number of women in computer science is small, but it is growing. On this page, you can meet some of the inspiring women computer scientists in this Department

Transforming Robot Dexterity

Welcoming our new Associate Professor in Human-Computer Interaction

Hosting the 2025 Oxbridge Women in Computer Science Conference

Recognition for "significant achievements in computing"

Fellowship funds new research into 'hearable' health sensors

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

Lovelace Medal for Dr Sue Sentance

First students complete our Women in Computer Science programme

Marking 20 years of Women@CL

Research internship programme offers students from under-represented backgrounds insights into AI research

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