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AI could speed up discovery of new medicines

Artificial intelligence that could reduce the cost and speed up the discovery of new medicines has been developed as part of a collaboration between researchers at the University of Sheffield and AstraZeneca.
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Remote technologies help occupational therapists get patients home quicker

Using remote consultation technology to assess a patient’s home environment allowed for quicker hospital discharge and freed up staff time for other care.
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TikTok bans: what the evidence says about security and privacy concerns

Department Cybersecurity Lecturer Dr Benjamin Dowling offers his take on the furore surrounding TikTok privacy concerns.

The Conversation
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Twitter insiders: We can't protect users from trolling under Musk

Department of Computer Science research features in a BBC Panorama investigation into the escalation of online violence, abuse and trolling on the social media platform.

BBC News
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'To say I'm excited is an understatement' - student's paper accepted at influential international conference

An undergraduate student is celebrating after the dissertation project he put everything into has been accepted as a paper at a prestigious international software testing conference.
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More success for Algorithms group as papers accepted at STOC 2023

An academic from the Department’s Algorithms research group has had two papers accepted at one of the top global conferences in theoretical computer science.
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Student’s idea to become reality after winning global PayPal competition

A student has well and truly made his mark during his Industrial Placement Year at PayPal after winning the company’s Global Innovation Tournament.
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Robotics innovations aim to protect battlefield medics and nuclear engineers

Department spin-out BOW (formerly Cyberselves) has won two contracts to create robotic systems to help remove people from harm on battlefields and assist in decommissioning legacy nuclear sites.

| The Business Desk
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The Generative AI Race has a Dirty Secret

The Department's Dr Nafise Sadat Moosavi discusses the need to make large language models like the ones used by Google and Microsoft more efficient.

| Wired
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‘It's possible to create something really special’ - student celebrates dissertation prize win

Graduate Emily Ip was in ‘complete disbelief’ when she was told she’d won the Department’s Fretwell-Downing prize for her dissertation on using language cues to detect signs of cognitive decline.
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Researchers help develop guidelines for virtual home assessmets

Department of Computer Science research is helping to create guidelines for healthcare professionals to make sure virtual home assessments are accessible, practical and secure.

| National Institute for Health and Care Research
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Research helps preserve endangered language for future generations

A Chinese language at risk of extinction is being kept alive for future generations with the help of Department of Computer Science research.