News News stories Keep up-to-date with all the latest news from the Department of Computer Science. 2 February 2023 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. 21 March 2023 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. 14 March 2023 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 7 March 2023 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 21 February 2023 '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. 20 February 2023 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. 16 February 2023 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. Search Sheffield businesses first to receive millions from new Northern investment company Opteron, a Department of Computer Science spin-out, is one of two companies to receive millions of pounds in investment from Northern Gritstone. 27 July 2022 Algorithms Group have three papers accepted for prestigious FOCS 2022 Academics from the Department’s rapidly growing Algorithms Group are celebrating having three papers accepted for the 63rd Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2022) 27 July 2022 Computer science students help team reach final of international Mars rover competition A group of students from the Faculty of Engineering are the only team from the UK to qualify for the finals of an international competition to build a Mars rover. 19 July 2022 Students vote computer science subject as number one for satisfaction among Russell Group universities Students have voted the University of Sheffield’s computer science subject as number one for overall satisfaction in the Russell Group, according to the latest National Student Survey (NSS). 8 July 2022 How long will Twitter stand by as ‘online violence’ curtails our right to know? Professor Kalina Bontcheva features in The Guardian for her work as part of an international research project to develop an early warning system for gender-based online violence against women journalists. 5 July 2022 | The Guardian Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Current page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
