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Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

The only department in the UK and one of the best in the world dedicated to automation and systems engineering.

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3D printed neuro implant
22 September 2020

Engineers link brains to computers using 3D printed implants

A team of engineers, led by ACSE's Professor Ivan Minev and Professor Pavel Musienko (St Petersburg State University), have developed a prototype neural implant that could be used to develop treatments for problems in the nervous system.
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20 October 2020

£3M awarded to interdisciplinary project to improve socio-technical resilience and trustworthiness of autonomous systems

A project that will improve the ability of autonomous systems to reason about the impact of their decisions & actions on technical & social requirements & rules has been awarded almost £3M from the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) programme.
British soldiers and mountain rescue teams evacuated people in York 2015
British soldiers and mountain rescue teams evacuated people in York, UK, as the River Ouse flooded in 2015. Credit: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
17 September 2020

Weather Prediction in the UK and Northwest Europe

Climate scientists and engineers, including academics from ACSE, aim to untangle jet stream's disruptive effects with new seasonal forecasting technique.
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23 August 2020

BBSRC’s Impact in the Biosciences

Amazing to see ACSE's Head of Department, Prof Daniel Coca, Fruit Fly Brain Observatory case study featured in the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Impact Showcase 2020. Read the case study on page 4.

BBSRC Impact Showcase 2020

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Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
The University of Sheffield
Mappin Street
Sheffield, S1 3JD

+44 114 222 5250

acse@sheffield.ac.uk

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