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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.

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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.

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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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Transforming Defence: Six Science and Tech Trends Set to Change the World

Opteran, a University Spinout led by co-founders Professor James Marshall and Dr Alex Cope, is mentioned on page 21 of the Transforming Defence: Six Science and Tech Trends Set to Change the World report for their work on biomimicry.

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Undergraduate student wins award at the FDM Everywoman in Technology Awards 2022

Congratulations to undergraduate student, Lea Button, who has received the One to Watch Award at the FDM Everywoman in Technology Awards 2022 for her work encouraging girls to study STEM subjects at school.
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Professor in Text Analytics Awarded Membership to DCMS College of Experts

Professor Kalina Bontcheva from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield has become a member of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports’ (DCMS) College of Experts.
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Sheffield one of first recipients of Turing Network Development Awards

The University of Sheffield has been announced as one of the first recipients of a new award launched by The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence (AI).
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New research grant to support research into digital twins for high-value engineering applications

James Law and John Clark are part of a team led by David Wagg (Mechanical Engineering) that have been awarded £890k of grant funding by The Alan Turing Institute to support research into digital twins for high-value engineering applications.