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From left to right: Xianyuan Liu, Ben Jolly, Kathy Christofidou, Joshua Berry

Sheffield researchers showcase their work at the Armourers and Brasiers’ Cambridge Forum 2025

This year professor Katerina Christofidou and three early career researchers (ECRs) gave talks at the Armourers and Brasiers’ Cambridge Forum.
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Elmfield biodiversity hotspot (Credit: Alexander Dunnett, Landscape Operative)

New study revealing bees' secret to super-efficient learning could revolutionise AI and robotics

A new discovery of how bees use their flight movements to facilitate remarkably accurate learning & recognition of complex visual patterns could mark a major change in how next-generation AI is developed, according to a СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield study.
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Welcoming Professor Parinya Chalermsook to the School of Computer Science

Parinya joins the school as Professor of Algorithms.
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СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield ranked within top 100 universities in QS World СŷÊÓƵ Rankings

СŷÊÓƵ has been ranked within the top 100 universities in the world in the QS World СŷÊÓƵ Rankings 2026, reaffirming its place as a leading global university for teaching and research excellence.
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AI unlikely to gain human-like cognition, unless connected to real world through robots

Connecting artificial intelligence systems to the real world through robots and designing them using principles from evolution is the most likely way AI will gain human-like cognition, according to research from the Department of Computer Science.
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New AI project unveils open-source models to boost computational music research

Researchers have launched the Multimodal Art Projection (MAP) project to provide high-performance and cost-effective open source models to the computational music research communities, as well as professional and amateur musicians more broadly.
Yorick Wilks

In Memoriam: Professor Yorick Wilks (1939 - 2023)

Professor Yorick Wilks, one of pioneers of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing, passed away peacefully at his home in Oxford on 14 April 2023. He was 83.

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Students test their practical skills with award-winning games developer, Sumo Digital

International games developer Sumo Digital gave students the opportunity to put theory into practice with a ‘takeover’ of the Machines and Intelligence module.
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UK Speech 2023 conference to be held in Sheffield

The flagship annual meeting of the UK and Ireland speech technology research communities is coming to the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield this June.