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The annual MPLS Impact Awards aim to foster and raise awareness of impact by rewarding it at a local level, preparing the ground for the impact case studies that will be needed for REF 2021, and future similar exercises. Awards comprise a pay award of £1,000 (minus taxes) made to the individual.
Michael Wooldridge Wins 2021 Outstanding Educator Award
Award Computer science
8 March 2021
Professor Wooldridge has received this award, given by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI), for outstanding global leadership in AI education and public awareness.
Science Blog: From rust to riches? Computing goes green...or is that brown?
Computer science Physics Research
3 February 2021
Professor Paolo Radaelli from Oxford’s Department of Physics, working with Diamond Light Source, has been leading research into silicon alternatives and his group’s surprising findings are published in Nature on 4th February.
‘Science’ publishes new paper on Inferring the effectiveness of government interventions against COVID-19
COVID-19 Computer science Engineering Research Statistics
17 December 2020
DeepMind offer four scholarships at Oxford University for under-represented students
Computer science Equality and Diversity Funding
10 December 2020
Four more DeepMind graduate scholarships for students wishing to pursue a master’s degree in Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science will be made available for students commencing courses in 2021–22.
BCS Lovelace Medal 2020 awarded to Prof Ian Horrocks & Prof Michael Wooldridge
Award Computer science
13 November 2020
The award is presented annually to individuals who, in the opinion of BCS Academy Awards Committee, have made a significant contribution to the advancement of Information Systems.
Oxford ranked first in world for Computer Science
Computer science
2 November 2020
For the third year running the University of Oxford has been ranked first in the world for Computer Science in The Times Higher Education 2021 World University Rankings
Oxford University creates its 200th spinout company PhishAR
Computer science Spin out
28 October 2020
PhishAR builds on the work of Professor Ivan Martinovic and Dr Ivo Sluganovic from the Department of Computer Science, and employs augmented reality to crack down on “phishing”.
Scientists discover the unique signature of a lion’s roar using machine learning
Computer science Research Zoology
13 October 2020
A team of scientists based in WildCRU at the University of Oxford, well-known for their research involving Cecil the Lion, has teamed up with colleagues in the Department of Computer Science to discover the precise ways in which each lion’s roar is distinct, identifiable and trackable.
Computer scientist Dr Chao Mbogo on her pathbreaking career
Computer science Equality and Diversity Women in science
2 October 2020
Dr Mbogo got onto the Masters in Computer Science programme at Oxford with a full scholarship through the Shell Centenary Foundation, and is now Dean of the School of Science and Technology at the Kenya Methodist University and the first ever Kenyan to receive the prestigious OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award earlier this year.
MPLS success in Vice-Chancellor's Innovation Awards 2020
Award Chemistry Computer science Innovation and Enterprise Physics
28 July 2020
The Vice-Chancellor Innovation Awards celebrate research-led innovation that is having societal or economic impact.
Citizenship in a networked age: an agenda for rebuilding our civic ideals
Computer science Materials science
2 June 2020
Air traffic surveillance data used in analysis by Bank of England
COVID-19 Computer science Research
20 May 2020
Oxford University and Amazon Web Services create a test-bed for cloud-based research
Computer science Engineering Funding MPLS
1 May 2020
Today the University of Oxford is delighted to announce a new strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The collaboration will focus on building a portfolio of new research projects relating to AI, robotics, cyber-physical systems, human-centred computing, and support to the University’s new “Lighthouse” Doctoral Scholarships.
Three MPLS scientists awarded prestigious Royal Society Research Professorships
Award Computer science Earth sciences MPLS Physics
9 April 2020
Oxford wins £5.5 million EPSRC funding for High Performance Computing
Computer science Engineering Funding Maths
19 February 2020
The University of Oxford has been awarded £5.5 million by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), as part of a £27 million investment in seven High Performance Computing (HPC) services.
New Oxford unit will assemble AI experts from across Europe
Computer science Engineering Funding Statistics
11 December 2019
Oxford University will be home to one of 17 new ELLIS units, part of a pan-European effort to shape how machine learning and artificial intelligence will change the world. The units' efforts span from core theoretical underpinnings and methodologies to applications in robotics, finance, health and biology.
Five MPLS researchers secure European Research Council Consolidator Grants
Award Chemistry Computer science Earth sciences Funding Maths Physics
10 December 2019
DeepMind renews commitment to under-represented students at Oxford
Computer science Engineering Equality and Diversity Funding
4 October 2019
DeepMind, the leading British artificial intelligence company, has renewed and extended its commitment to supporting students at the University of Oxford following the success of its inaugural scholarships for under-represented groups, announced in 2018.
Oxford University Professor named as BCS Lovelace Medal Winner 2019
Award Computer science Research Women in science
28 June 2019
Marta Kwiatkowska, Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Oxford has been named as the recipient of the 2019 BCS Lovelace Medal, the top award in computing in the UK, awarded by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
Oxford academics honoured by the Royal Society
Award Chemistry Computer science MPLS
17 April 2019
Five Oxford academics, including two from MPLS Division, are among fifty eminent scientists who have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society for their exceptional contributions to science.