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PhD student wins IET Doctoral Dissertation Prize

Former PhD student Dr Andrei Braitor has been awarded the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Control & Automation Doctoral Dissertation Prize 2022.

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In memory of Emeritus Professor Stephen Billings

It is with great sadness that we inform you that Professor Stephen Billings, Emeritus Professor of Signal Processing and Complex Systems, passed away on 18 December 2022.
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New robots set to triage UK military personnel in combat

Robots will soon be able to provide medical care to military personnel during combat, as part of new research at the University of Sheffield.
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Graduate awarded best research paper in swarm intelligence

MEng Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering graduate Gopesh Yadav Dosieah won an award for best research paper at the 2022 International Conference on Swarm Intelligence.
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Swarms of advanced UAVs to collect key environment data

Swarms of advanced unmanned aircraft are set to carry out aerial surveys of Antarctica – gathering crucial data on changes to the region’s environment and wildlife – as part of new research with engineers from the University of Sheffield.
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Professor George Panoutsos becomes Head of Department 

Professor George Panoutsos has started his role as the Head of the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering.

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UK Computational Intelligence Workshop hosted in Sheffield

The University of Sheffield this year hosted the UK Computational Intelligence Workshop, showcasing the latest research into neural networks, fuzzy systems and evolutionary computation.
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Shamoil Khomos writes about his experience studying in the UK

Shamoil Khomas a student from India, has written an article about his experience studying a BEng Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering with a Year in Industry student for the Free Press Journal.

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