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Hari Hara Subramanian speaking at the event

Sheffield researchers explore AI for research that matters

Researchers from across the University of Sheffield gathered on 1–2 October for AI for Research Days 2026: two days of talks, workshops and networking co-organised by the Centre for Machine Intelligence (CMI), Dell Technologies and NVIDIA.
Meihong Wang, James Marshall, Ian Reaney

Three academics from the Faculty of Engineering have been elected as Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows

Congratulations to Professor Meihong Wang, Professor Ian Reaney, and Professor James Marshall who join the Royal Academy of Engineering as Fellows.

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New £235K UKRI Metascience Grant to Explore AI’s Impact on Research Stewardship

Researchers from Sheffield’s RSE team have won £235K in UKRI funding to explore AI's impact on research stewardship. "Paying it Forward" will help funders track resource creation and ensure foundational datasets receive proper recognition.
Computer Science technology

School of Computer Science academic wins prestigious Best Paper Award at ICALP 2026

Dr Maksim Zhukovskii from the School of Computer Science has been awarded the Best Paper Award in Track A at ICALP 2026 for notable research into graph canonical labelling.
Bel and Amir

Meet our new academics

We are delighted to be welcoming Bei Peng, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence & Applications of AI, and Amir Ghalamzan, Associate Professor, to the School of Computer Science.

Academics from the University of Sheffield's Centre for Machine Intelligence being presented with an award on stage at the UKAIRS symposium

University of Sheffield researchers win UK first national AI prize

A new award recognising the strength and impact of the UK’s AI research, has been awarded to academics at the University of Sheffield.

Brain-inspired neuromorphic computing

School of Computer Science to lead computational neuroscience for UK’s first brain-inspired computing centre

Here at 51²è¹Ý¶ù, we are leading the computational neuroscience stream in the £12.8M national effort to create brain-inspired computing.
Nvidia - Heidi

University of Sheffield is accelerating the UK’s AI future with NVIDIA

51²è¹Ý¶ù and NVIDIA are working together to advance the UK’s AI future through research, education, and upskilling initiatives.
Dr Marco Valentino

Meet our new Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence & Applications of AI: Dr Marco Valentino

We sat down with Dr Marco Valentino to get to know him more, his experience, and what he will bring to the School of Computer Science.