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PhD profiles

Our PhD students share their experiences while researching in the School of Computer Science.

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My experience at Sheffield has definitely helped with my career

Katerina Margatina

PhD Student,
Computer Science, Natural Language Processing research group

Zhipeng with a horse

Seeing how AI can directly contribute to sustainable agriculture, improving food security while also addressing practical needs in the field, has give

Zhipeng Yuan

PhD student,
MSc Advanced Computer Science alumnus

Nathan Pevy

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: Nathan's Story

Nathan Pevy

PhD Student,
Class of 2023

Avgoustinos Vouros

Sheffield is a wonderful city to live in. Living here is like being in a small town but with all the advantages of a city.

Avgoustinos Vouros

PhD Student,
Computer Science - Machine Learning research group

Matthew Leach

There is a world of opportunity here and you will really get out what you put in.

Matthew Leach

PhD Student,
Computer Science - Visual Computing research group

Our Alumni

Yulan Liu, PhD Alumni. Standing in a field of lavender

Yulan Liu

Yulan Liu graduated in 2017 with a PhD in Computer Science. She now works for Amazon, looking to improve speech recognition for smart devices.

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Alfredo Kalaitzis

Alfredo's research interests lie in Machine Learning, Computational Statistics, and its applications for social good.

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