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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 18h

Congratulations to Professor Alice Hutchings (@message4bob.bsky.social), Professor of Emerging Harms here and the Director of our Cambridge Cybercrime Centre. She was honoured at the National Cyber Awards last night with The Alan Turing Cyber Leadership Award. www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/nationa...

The Alan Turing Cyber Leadership Award, one of the National Cyber Awards, comes in the shape of a robot standing on a plinth. The Leadership award is supported by Sir Dermot Turing (nephew of Alan Turing) and "recognises a senior technical leader who has made a significant contribution to the digital safety of society," say the awards organisers.

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TESSERA @geotessera.org · 29/09/2026

Countries like Senegal could soon use #AI to help plan for food shortages. Former @cam.ac.uk PhD student Madeline Lisaius mapped smallholder crops with Tessera, beating other methods with far less computing power and labelled data. Read more: www.cam.ac.uk/research/new... #FoodSecurity 📷 @wfp.org

Aerial photo of a man working in a flooded rice field in Senegal, with the headline 'AI tool for mapping smallholder crops proves itself in Senegal'. Photo: © WFP/Richard Mbouet.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 15/09/2026

Even where pollution levels are below the World Health Organization's recommended limit, daytime pollution is strongly linked to higher levels of coughing at night, finds a team of researchers based in this Department, Tsinghua University and sleep technology company SleepCycle. shorturl.at/mDjx9

An image of a man covering his mouth while coughing illustrates this post about research that links even low levels of air pollution to increased coughing at nighttime.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 09/09/2026

'The promises & pitfalls of secret communication'. Our Head of Department @arberesford.bsky.social – architect of the @theguardian.com secure messaging system – discusses this in his Strachey Lecture at Oxford University @compscioxford.bsky.social on 27 October. www.eventbrite.com/e/strachey-l...

Our Head of Department, Prof Alastair Beresford, will discuss the promises and pitfalls of secret communication in his Strachey Lecture at Oxford University on 27 October 2026. The poster advertising his talk includes a photo of him below an official-looking 'Top Secret' stamp.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 18/08/2026

Law enforcement agencies are closing down #cybercrime marketplaces, but bad actors aren't going away. Instead they're using other platforms like messaging app Telegram. In 1 year, researchers here collected 14m messages & 3.6m files from criminals trading stolen data on Telegram. shorturl.at/vZiAw

Stolen data – like log-in credentials, personal details & credit card information – is being sold online by cybercriminals not just in underground cybercrime forums, but now on the messaging app Telegram channels.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 17/08/2026

We had a great time at our Women in #CompSci programme last week, which gives female & non-binary Year 12 students an insight into studying CS at uni. Students had lectures & workshops, stayed in @trinityhallcamb.bsky.social college, learned about applying to Cambridge & met women working in tech.

Students and staff on our Women in Computer Science programme enjoyed visiting and dining at Trinity Hall College Cambridge. Women in Computer Science is a programme we run every year to give female and non-binary students in Year 12 an insight into studying Computer Science at university.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 02/07/2026

Small farms grow much of the world's food, but from space are nearly invisible. Now AI tool Tessera, trained on years of satellite imagery, shows it can map crops on small farms better & cheaper than standard methods, which could greatly aid food security planning. www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/how-ai-...

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 19/05/2026

Hedgehogs are under threat in the UK, particularly in rural areas where numbers have fallen by up to 75% since 2000, government figures suggest. 🦔 But now, thanks to researchers here, these much-loved animals are getting help from an unlikely-seeming ally: AI. www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/tessera...

Hedgehogs frequently live in bramble patches (which hide them from predators and shelter them from harsh weather). So Cambridge University researchers are training an AI tool called TESSERA to look for patterns in the data that matched how bramble bushes scatter light from above. In this way, they can map hedgehog habitat and learn about why hedgehog numbers are declining.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 13/05/2026

'A School for Scoundrels: How Newbies learn in the Cybercrime Ecosystem': this is just one of the talks on the agenda at our 2026 Cambridge Cybercrime Conference. 🗓️ Monday 22 June 📍the William Gates Building, Cambridge. ℹ️ For more details & to register, see: www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/school-...

Cybercrime researchers from around the world will be attending the 2026 Cambridge Cybercrime Conference on Monday 22 June. Among others, there will be sessions on understanding offender behaviour, and how AI can help detect sophisticated email phishing attacks.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 28/04/2026

A new study led by ethical tech researcher Dr @elepetrovs.bsky.social shows that when gambling firms advertise on social media, they reach young men - the group most likely to exhibit problem gambling behaviour - at more than double the rate of women... www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

A Facebook ad from a gambling firm welcomes new customers with the offer of free spins and real money winnings.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 16/04/2026

Semiconductor company Rivos; the researchers turning earbuds into health sensors; an AI-assisted drug discovery advance; & a tool used by millions of software developers. All started by our current/former staff & students, they won Hall of Fame Awards last night: www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/celebra...

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 26/03/2026

Happy birthday to our #CHERI project, which has grown from an ambitious research idea into a transformative approach to computer security that is bringing academia and industry together. We're celebrating 15 years of CHERI with a conference today & party tonight! buff.ly/00XIsvx

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 25/03/2026

"War in Iran risks triggering cyber insurgency: hackers are usually more interested in money than patriotism but this time might be different." A thought-provoking piece in yesterday's @financialtimes.com by Prof Alice Hutchings, Director of our Cambridge Cybercrime Centre www.ft.com/content/4e88...

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War in Iran risks triggering cyber insurgency

Hackers are usually more interested in money than patriotism but this time might be different

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 17/03/2026

We're not the only ones talking about #AI during #CamFest this year. We'll be showcasing some of our #AI research at our Open Day this Saturday, 21 March. And our colleagues from @ai.cam.ac.uk will be discussing the future role of #AI in improving public health next Wednesday, 25 March.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 16/03/2026

We're HIRING an organised & enthusiastic Outreach Coordinator to deliver our growing Outreach Programme. Do you want to share your passion for Computer Science? And encourage more people from all backgrounds to engage with this field of work and study? If so, see: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/outreac...

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Are you keen to share your passion for Computer Science?[AN1.1] And do you want to encourage more people from all backgrounds to engage with this field of work and study? The Department of Computer

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 12/03/2026

#AI makes our world more convenient, saves time & possibly lives. But it also adds risk to vital things like hospitals & food supplies. Hear researcher Hanna Foerster discuss this at our #CamFest Open Day on Sat 21 March. www.festival.cam.ac.uk/.../can-we-t.... @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

Would you be happy giving a camel access to your computer? Some of the new AI 'computer use agents' could potentially wreak the same havoc on it. So research student Hanna Foerster will argue when she asks 'Can We Trust AI to Use Our Computers?' in a talk at the 2026 Cambridge Festival.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 11/03/2026

We're running a new 'escape room' at our @cambridgefestival.bsky.social Family Open Day on Sat 21 March - 'Help Us Find our Missing Computer Science Professor'. Find clues, make connections & see if you can solve the riddle! More details on this & other activities on the day at: shorturl.at/Jeu63

Post-it notes, cryptic clues, a key - and someone trying to piece them all together to solve a riddle. Just like the 'Help Us Find Our Missing Computer Science Professor' escape room we're running during our Family Open Day on Sat 21 March 2026.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 16/02/2026

We're getting ready for our Computer Science Open Day as part of this year's Cambridge Festival! @cambridgefestival.bsky.social Visit us on Saturday 21 March to program mini robot cars, make music with code, Stop An Evil Hacker Deleting The Internet, and lots more. tinyurl.com/2zacmubb

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 11/02/2026

The CHERI project started as an ambitious research idea; 15 years later, it's a transformative approach to computer security. We're celebrating its 15th birthday in February & March with talks, a tutorial, an exhibition & a conference. Interested in taking part? cst.cam.ac.uk/news/landmar...

The Arm Morello board was a prototype hardware and early-stage software with the potential to block security vulnerabilities in future computer systems.

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 10/02/2026

The next @ellis.eu Distinguished Lecture will be in one week, on February 17. Hatice Gunes (@cst.cam.ac.uk) will present Fairness for Affective and Wellbeing Computing Systems and Agents, online and at @oulu.fi. Details here: www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-distin...

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 27/01/2026

Prof @ceciliamascolo.bsky.social explores how AI can diagnose diseases as well from analysing body sounds like heartbeats and coughs as it does by analysing medical images like scans & x-rays. Today she receives an @erc.europa.eu Proof of Concept grant to take her work further. shorturl.at/qDHNF

Cecilia Mascolo, Professor of Mobile Systems here, is a researcher with expertise in using AI tools to monitor human health. In the last few years, she and her team have developed and trained machine learning models to help doctors diagnose Covid from recordings of people coughing, breathing and talking.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 13/01/2026

Environmental AI business Ötzi, set up by two of our alumni, is in the final of the The Trinity Bradfield Prize on 28 Jan (one of Cambridge University's leading early stage tech & science awards). Ötzi's mission is to use AI to improve how we predict & manage climate risks. 👇 shorturl.at/Ju9PA

Ötzi is carrying out a pilot to develop long-term wildfire statistics, including estimates of how many wildfires may occur over the next decade. Photo by Michael Held on Unsplash.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 12/01/2026

The AI Sciencepreneurship Bootcamp is an immersive two-day programme for entrepreneurial Cambridge researchers on how to turn their AI ideas into business. It's run by our colleagues at @ai.cam.ac.uk and applications are open until 28 January. See full details in their post, below.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 06/01/2026

A former refugee & a mature student who returned to education after 30 years in hospitality. Just 2 of the students from backgrounds underrepresented in AI who did paid AI research placements with us last summer thanks to the Google DeepMind Research Ready scheme. Meet them here: shorturl.at/St577

In summer 2025, 10 students from backgrounds under-represented in AI came to Cambridge to do a paid 8-week AI research placement with us. This was thanks to the Google DeepMind Research Ready programme, which will run again in summer 2026. Interested in applying? Visit https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/outreach/deepmind-research-ready

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 16/12/2025

Are you a Cambridge University researcher with ideas about using AI to address challenges in local government? Or a local authority interested in collaborating on an AI challenge? Then the @ai.cam.ac.uk Local Government AI Accelerator may be of interest. www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/local-...

Cambridge University is encouraging researchers with an interest in AI to work with local authorities on ways that AI could help them to address key challenges.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 04/12/2025

200 MILLION. That's how many question attempts have been made on Isaac Science, a free and innovative science learning platform for schools co-developed by researchers in our Department. Want to know what the 200 millionth question was? Find out here: www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/200-mil...

Students learning with Isaac Science - an innovative and free online learning platform that our Department helped to develop - have now made over 200 MILLION question attempts on the platform.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 01/12/2025

📢*FACULTY HIRING* There are just 2 weeks left to apply for the position here as Asst/Assoc Prof in Algorithms & Complexity. Exceptional applicants from all areas of Computer Science considered. ℹ️ See more details about the role & how to apply at shorturl.at/aN1ra 📅 Apply by 15 December 2025

The Department of Computer Science and Technology is based in a modern, purpose-built facility on Cambridge University's West Cambridge site.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 25/11/2025

🎉 We're delighted that a donation from Cadence means we can offer more fully-funded PhD studentships in computer architecture and design automation at our CASCADE Centre. tinyurl.com/565s49f3 Interested in doing a PhD in this area? There is still (just) time to apply for a start in October 2026...

Our CASCADE Centre is a dedicated new centre for research in computer architecture and semiconductor design.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 11/11/2025

'From research lab to newsroom: deploying secure whistleblower technology'. @arberesford.bsky.social & @lambda.bsky.social discuss their secure comms technology CoverDrop which now helps whistleblowers contact @theguardian.com journalists safely. 🗓️ Weds 12 Nov 🕒 15:05 (GMT) 👉🏼 shorturl.at/FbMWc

The Guardian's Secure Messaging Service helps whistleblowers contact journalists without fear of their messages being discovered and read by others. It builds on the 'CoverDrop' secure messaging technology that was developed by researchers here, as Prof Alastair Beresford and Dr Daniel Hugenroth will discuss in their talk on Wednesday 12 November 2026.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 04/11/2025

Our (virtual) Postgraduate Open Day takes place this Thursday, 6 November. We'll have an online admissions talk and Q&A session for prospective students at: 09:00 (GMT) for MPhils 16:00 (GMT) for PhDs. Want to attend? Book your place in advance here: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday

The image shows postgraduate students working in computer architecture and semiconductor design, affective intelligence and robotics.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 03/11/2025

AI researchers are fascinated by Large Language Models. But Large Tabular Models? Nope, they don't get anything like as much research love. Our PhD student Xiangjian Jiang hopes to change this. A 2025 Global Google PhD Fellow, he aims to highlight this unloved area of research. shorturl.at/8lBPn

Xiangjian Jiang, who is developing foundational AI models to analyse and understand tabular data (i.e. data stored in tables and spreadsheets), has just been named as a 2025 Google PhD Fellow.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 21/10/2025

We're so pleased to welcome the first PhD candidates - Luisa and Qianhui - to the CASCADE Centre, our new Computer Architecture and Semiconductor Design Centre. Their research has been made possible by the support the Centre receives from industry, including Arm & AMD. shorturl.at/OmJxt

In October 2025, Luisa Cicolini and Qianhui Wang started their PhDs at CASCADE, our new Computer Architecture & Semiconductor Design Centre.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 29/09/2025

Researchers should move away from the pursuit of a single all-knowing robot because the future of #robotics isn't a solitary genius, it's a collaborative community. So says Amanda Prorok, our Professor of Collective Intelligence & Robotics, in the journal '@science.org Robotics'. shorturl.at/FdVtO

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Extending robot minds through collective learning

Robotics should shift from monolithic AI to collective robotic intelligence for scalable, adaptable, and efficient solutions.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 24/09/2025

@ceciliamascolo.bsky.social has been elected as a Fellow of the @raeng.org.uk! Prof of Mobile Systems here, she's a pioneer in devising frameworks to collect and analyse sensing data from devices like phones and earbuds, and use it to understand behaviour & health. shorturl.at/GnuZq #RAEngFellows

Cecilia Mascolo, Professor of Mobile Systems at the University of Cambridge, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 10/09/2025

It's been a summer of accolades for our researchers. Work by several members of this Department has been honoured by leading conferences and organisations in fields ranging from #AI to #cybersecurity to #socialrobotics. Congratulations to our colleagues! www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/summer-...

Researchers Dr Guy Laban and Dr Fethiye Irmak Dogan collecting the Interdisciplinary Research Award in Social Human-Robot Interaction at the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication in August 2025.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 09/07/2025

It's our annual Open Days tomorrow & Friday when hundreds of potential students come to find out what it's really like to study Computer Science 💻 here at Cambridge Uni. They can hear admissions talks & sample lectures - and try lock-picking with the Computer Security group! buff.ly/0j5OGJT

The booklet attendees will pick up on the day explains the structure of our Computer Science degree course, what modules they can take and how to choose the ones that most interest them.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 08/07/2025

The rapid rise in AI-generated fraudulent academic papers is "poisoning" scientific literature, say Cambridge researchers in Nature magazine today. But though AI is the problem, it could also help in ensuring the integrity of scientific discovery... buff.ly/AuSNcGd @anil.recoil.org @sadiq.toao.com

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 24/06/2025

🎨 Artists urgently need stronger defences 🛡️ to protect their work from being used to train #AI models without their consent. So say the researchers, led by a Security PhD student here, who uncovered critical weaknesses in two art safeguarding tools very widely used by artists... buff.ly/IiTrzLb

Artists urgently need stronger defences to protect their work from being used to train AI models without their consent.
So say an international team of researchers from this Department and from the Technical University of Darmstadt, where this image was created.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 18/06/2025

Congratulations to Prof Srinivasan Keshav on receiving the inuagural #ACM SIGEnergy Achievement Award for his "pioneering contributions to energy systems and informatics, including seminal research, capacity building, and helping to create SIGENERGY and eEnergy." energy.acm.org/sigenergy-ac...

Prof Srinivasan Keshav conducts research at the intersection of computer science and sustainability. He is the Robert Sansom Professor of Computer Science at the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 09/06/2025

From today, @theguardian.com's new Secure Messaging system will generate dummy messages as 'air cover' for real messages sent by whistleblowers. This is to stop adversaries seeing that they're contacting journalists. The new system builds on security research carried out here: shorturl.at/Et0Rf

The Guardian's new Secure Messaging service for whistleblowers wanting to contact journalists was developed in collaboration with security reseachers at Cambridge University.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 04/06/2025

"One of the next frontiers for AI lies in deciphering human-centred data captured by wearable devices," says Dr Dong Ma, who'll join us next year as Associate Professor in Wearable Computing. "This holds the promise of tackling some profound societal challenges..." www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/new-ass...

Dr Dong Ma will join us in January 2026 as an Associate Professor in Wearable Computing. Dong is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at Singapore Management University. His research interests lie broadly in the area of mobile computing with a special focus on wearable-based human sensing systems.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 02/06/2025

Exploring the trust-building mechanisms that support #cybercrime markets on Telegram, and understanding the techniques #hackers use for exploiting human elements. Two of the topics to be discussed at the annual Cambridge Cybercrime Conference on 23 June. www.cambridgecybercrime.uk/conference20...

The annual Cambridge Cybercrime Conference brings together researchers working in interdisciplinary cybercrime research. In June 2025, the conference will cover topics including trust and identity in cybercriminal ecosystems, technical threats and disruption and resilience in illicit online activites.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 29/04/2025

🎉 Congratulations @pietrolesci.bsky.social, Clara Meister, Thomas Hofmann, @andreasvlachos.bsky.social & Tiago Pimentel! They won Publication of the Year at our annual Hall of Fame awards last week for their paper on 'Causal Estimation of Memorisation Profiles'. www.cst.cam.ac.uk/announcing-w...

Andreas Vlachos, our Professor of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning, collected the award from Head of Department Alastair Beresford at our Hall of Fame Awards ceremony on 23 April 2025.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 23/04/2025

10 years ago Dr Raoul-Gabriel Urma completed his PhD here thanks to a scholarship. Now he's giving another student the same opportunity. A gift from EdTech entrepreneur Raoul, founder and Group CEO of Cambridge Spark, will help support a PhD student researching computing education. shorturl.at/YXO3V

Raoul completed his PhD in programming languages in our Department before going on to set up AI and data skills training company Cambridge Spark.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 14/04/2025

The stories here shed light on how our researchers are pioneering ways to use #AI to protect nature and climate. For example, our Planetary Computing Professor @anil.recoil.org is developing the 'Terra' AI, a predictive model of all terrestrial life on Earth. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ai-a...

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Turbocharging the race to protect nature and climate with AI

Rebalancing the planet must happen faster. Cambridge researchers are using AI to help.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 20/03/2025

Congratulations to our researchers who just won the Best Paper Award at #IEEE PerCom 2025 for their work in repurposing the microphones in our earbuds to collect & analyse vital bodily signs. Come and Meet the team this Saturday at our @cambridgefestival.bsky.social Open Day! shorturl.at/wGaSy

Researcher Yang Liu holds the Mark Weiser Best Paper Award, given at IEEE PerCom 2025, the International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications. Yang and colleagues won for their work in repurposing the in-ear microphones in our earbuds for collecting and analysing our breathing rates (a key vital sign), demonstrating a new way for us to monitor our health.

Researcher Jake Stuchbury-Wass holds the Mark Weiser Best Paper Award, given at IEEE PerCom 2025, the International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications. Jake and colleagues won for their work in repurposing the in-ear microphones in our earbuds for collecting and analysing our breathing rates (a key vital sign), demonstrating a new way for us to monitor our health.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 17/03/2025

Some of our AI research is on this week's BBC Click! Presenter @spenley.bsky.social watches swarms of autonomous cars and drones working together in the Prorok Lab, wears earbuds that can sense our body's vital signs & learns how robots can help our wellbeing. Watch at: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

BBC Click viewers will see the amazing work taking place in the Prorok Lab as researchers train swarms of autonomous cars and drones to work together.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 11/03/2025

How do you train a fleet of driverless cars to work together to achieve common goals - and avoid humans? Come and see (and take part in!) a demo by researchers in our Prorok Lab during our Cambridge Festival Open Day on Sat 22 March. shorturl.at/wGaSy @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

Researchers in our Prorok Lab are looking for new ways to induce AI agents – such as robots, machines and driverless cars – to achieve common goals while working in shared spaces like warehouses and roads. Visitors to our Cambridge Festival Open Day on Saturday 22 March 2-25 can enjoy a demo of what happens when a group of driverless cars, working in formation, have to interact with a human.

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