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Oxford Computer Science student Lia Yeh awarded Google PhD Fellowship

Lia Yeh, a DPhil student in the Department of Computer Science, is one of 67 doctoral students around the world, and the only one in the UK, to be awarded a 2023 Google PhD Fellowship.

Researchers successfully train a machine learning model in outer space for the first time

For the first time, researchers have trained a machine learning model in outer space, on board a satellite. This achievement could enable real-time monitoring and decision making for a range of applications, from disaster management to deforestation.

Professors awarded prestigious UKRI Turing AI World-Leading Fellowships

Professor Michael Bronstein and Professor Alison Noble will conduct ground-breaking work on some of artificial intelligence’s biggest challenges.

Alison Etheridge and Marta Kwiatkowska elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Congratulations to Professor Alison Etheridge (Mathematical Institute and Department of Statistics) and Professor Marta Kwiatkowska (Department of Computer Science, and Associate Head for Finance in the MPLS Divisional Office) who have been elected as International Honorary Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

€2m grant awarded to Oxford researcher for fundamental research in machine learning

Associate Professor Patrick Rebeschini, in the Department of Statistics, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant worth €2 million, to develop theoretical foundations that could advance machine learning methods used to analyse Big Data.

COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in the US

A new study led by researchers at the Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States, ranking eighth overall.

Professor Marina Jirotka on the need for Responsible Innovation and holding AI accountable

Professor of Human Centred Computing, Marina Jirotka, talks to Oxford Profiles about the battle to make tech ethical, sustainable and fair.

DeepMind offers six scholarships at Oxford University for under-represented students

DeepMind, the leading British artificial intelligence company, has renewed its commitment to supporting students at the University of Oxford following the success of its scholarship programme for under-represented groups in AI.

Oxford tops Times Higher Education world ranking for Computer Science for fifth consecutive year

Professor David Deutsch awarded Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Professor David Deutsch has today been named as one of four internationally pioneering physicists to receive the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his work on quantum information, while Professor James Maynard has received one of six New Horizons in Mathematics Prizes.

Two MPLS Professors elected as Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows

Professors Niki Trigoni and David Hills are among 72 leading figures in engineering and technology to be elected as Fellows of The Royal Academy of Engineering this week.

Oxford computer scientists develop new AI to help autonomous vehicles adapt to challenging weather

Researchers in the Department of Computer Science, working with colleagues from Bogazici University in Turkey, have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) system that enables autonomous vehicles to achieve safer and more reliable navigation, especially in adverse weather.

More than 10 million children affected by COVID-19-associated parental and caregiver deaths

Oxford's computer scientists contributed to an international study published this week, which estimates that more than 10.5 million children experienced the death of a parent or caregiver as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, by 1 May 2022.

Oxford partners with the Optiver Foundation to launch new international postgraduate scholarship programme for women in STEM

The partnership aims to increase the number of women from low- and middle-income countries who take up offers to study Master's programmes in MPLS departments, with the first Optiver Foundation Scholars joining in October 2023.

Research winners and commendation announced for MPLS Impact Awards 2022

Eleven MPLS researchers have been recognised in this year’s MPLS Impact Awards, which showcase research impact across the division and help us to identify examples of impact excellence that will help us to prepare the ground for future Research Excellence Framework (REF) submissions and similar exercises.

Researchers develop world's first ultra-fast photonic computing processor, using polarisation

The innovative technique, developed in the Department of Materials, uses multiple polarisation channels to carry out parallel processing – enhancing computing density by several orders over conventional electronic chips.

MPLS researchers make the Forbes Europe '30 under 30' list

Four early-career researchers have been recognised by Forbes' 2022 list, which is intended to illustrate the power that young entrepreneurs and leaders have to transform business and society.

Government gives £15 million to build software and computer systems at the heart of a new international telescope system

Six institutions, including the University of Oxford, are leading efforts to deliver computational systems that will enable the world’s largest radio telescope

Electric vehicles vulnerable to attack that prevents charging

Researchers Richard Baker and Sebastian Köhler (with Ivan Martinovic) from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, and Martin Strohmeier of armasuisse Science + Technology, have discovered a cyber attack that allows individual vehicles to be disrupted in a stealthy way, or even entire fleets to be denied charging en masse.

From The Conversation: How to investigate when a robot causes an accident – and why it’s important that we do

Keri Grieman, Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science, writes about the 'ethical black box' for robots.

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