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Department of Computer Science and Technology

 

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

Read more at: Marking 20 years of Women@CL

Marking 20 years of Women@CL

7 March 2024

We are celebrating 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.


Read more at: Research internship programme offers students from under-represented backgrounds insights into AI research

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.


Read more at: A long, hard journey
PhD student Jessica Man

A long, hard journey

16 January 2024

Jessica Man's journey here has been highly unconventional. She traces her route from a remote Hong Kong fishing village, via 20 years in industry, to her place here as an award-winning graduate student.


Read more at: The life robotic: Meet the Cambridge researchers investigating how robots could help foster wellbeing in humans
The little robot Nao could help evaluate mental wellbeing in children

The life robotic: Meet the Cambridge researchers investigating how robots could help foster wellbeing in humans

19 July 2023

Researchers in the Affective Intelligence and Robotics Laboratory here are studying the potential robots have to help foster wellbeing in humans.


Read more at: Hosting the Oxbridge Women in Computer Science Conference

Hosting the Oxbridge Women in Computer Science Conference

26 April 2023

The 2023 Oxbridge Women in Computer Science Conference takes place here in the William Gates Building this Saturday.


Read more at: The researcher scaling new frontiers in multi-robotic research

The researcher scaling new frontiers in multi-robotic research

6 December 2022

Meet Dr Amanda Prorok, an award-winning researcher whose team is working on practical ways to solve problems that require robots to coordinate with each other.


Read more at: 'Innovative' teaching wins Dr Amanda Prorok a Pilkington Prize

'Innovative' teaching wins Dr Amanda Prorok a Pilkington Prize

16 March 2022

Congratulations to our colleague Dr Amanda Prorok who has won a 2022 Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching.


Read more at: The climate crisis: 'change is possible'

The climate crisis: 'change is possible'

7 December 2021

"Though watered down, the [COP26] text is abundantly clear that the days of fossil fuel are over and the days of new clean, green solutions are upon us," says Emily Shuckburgh, our Professor of Environmental Data Science.


Read more at: Support for student using machine learning to understand forest ecosystems

Support for student using machine learning to understand forest ecosystems

24 November 2021

An award to a PhD student will help her work with local communities as she uses machine learning techniques to monitor the health, biodiversity and deforestation of Ghanaian forests.


Read more at: #StateSchoolProud to be here
Tanya Morris

#StateSchoolProud to be here

7 July 2021

"Don’t worry that you might not fit in. When you get here, you will naturally find other people like you." So says former comprehensive school pupil Tanya Morris who has just finished her first year as a Computer Science undergraduate.