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Lightweight manufacturing at the AMRC

СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment

СŷÊÓƵ leads the UK in engineering research income and investment, according to the latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
qamar naith alumna

Computer Science Alumna Wins Award for Social Action

Congratulations to Computer Science alumna, Dr Qamar Naith, who won the Study UK Alumni Award for Social Action in Saudi Arabia
Andrei Popescu at POPL conference

Dr. Andrei Popescu receives distinguished paper award at POPL for the third consecutive year

Andrei has received distinguished paper awards at the last three Principle of Programming Languages (POPL) conferences, one of the most prestigious conferences in Computer Science.
A man looking at a computer in an open plan office

New AI guidance could help businesses and government use the technology

A new framework that could help businesses better understand and use AI has been developed by researchers from the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield.
Katie Kay outside the Diamond

Student wellbeing front and centre with new appointment

In the Department of Computer Science, the wellbeing of our students is incredibly important to us. That’s why we’re pleased to announce that we’re the first Department within the СŷÊÓƵ to have our own dedicated Student Wellbeing Advisor.
Sheffield skyline view of the Diamond building

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.
Dr Sagnik Mukhopadhyay and Dr Christain Coester in Regent Court

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)
The mars rover on the floor of an engineering workshop in Sheffield

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.