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« Back to NewsProfessor David Deutsch awarded Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
22 September 2022
Award Computer science Maths Quantum Research
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
22 September 2022
Award Computer science Engineering Research Women in science
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
12 September 2022
AI and data science Computer science Research
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
7 September 2022
COVID-19 Computer science Research
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
26 August 2022
Chemistry Computer science Engineering Funding Maths Physics Statistics Teaching Women in science
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
11 July 2022
AI and data science Award Biomedical engineering COVID-19 Computer science Engineering Innovation and Enterprise Physical sciences underpinning health Physics Public Engagement Quantum Research Space Spin out
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
16 June 2022
Computer science Functional materials Innovation and Enterprise Materials science Research
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
4 May 2022
Award Computer science Engineering Maths Statistics
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
12 April 2022
Computer science Engineering Funding Physics Space
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
29 March 2022
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
24 March 2022
AI and data science Computer science Research The Conversation
Keri Grieman, Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science, writes about the 'ethical black box' for robots.
New £3m EPSRC-funded programme in Robust and Reliable Quantum Computing - RoaRQ
22 March 2022
Computer science Funding Materials science Physics Quantum
The programme will establish a cross-disciplinary community of researchers in quantum computing and computer science, who will collaborate to address the global challenge of delivering quantum computing that is robust, reliable, and trustworthy.
DeepMind donation creates 12 new research internships in artificial intelligence and machine learning
1 March 2022
Computer science Engineering Equality and Diversity Funding Maths Statistics
The University’s flagship UNIQ+ graduate access programme for students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds will expand further in 2022 thanks to a generous donation from leading British artificial intelligence company DeepMind.
Royal Society cautions against online censorship of scientific misinformation
19 January 2022
Governments and social media platforms should not rely on content removal for combatting harmful scientific misinformation online, according to a report today from the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science. Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Oxford Professor of Computing Science, was on the working group for the report.
Key surveys overestimate COVID-19 vaccination rates in the USA
9 December 2021
COVID-19 Computer science Research Statistics
Estimates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the USA based on large surveys that are used to guide policy-making decisions tend to overestimate the number of vaccinated individuals, research published in Nature suggests.
Tracking endangered sea turtles with hardware the size of a pound coin
9 December 2021
Computer science Engineering Food security & biodiversity Research
As part of their research project Amanda Matthes and Jonas Beuchert, supervised by Professor Alex Rogers, developed ‘SnapperGPS’, a low-cost, low-power wildlife tracking system based on satellite navigation. In summer 2021, they deployed it for the first time on wild animals: endangered loggerhead sea turtles in Cape Verde.
Building safer AI for the next era of transformation
2 December 2021
AI and data science Computer science
An article by Professor Marta Kwiatkowska, Department of Computer Science, for the Capgemini Research Institute.
DeepMind offers five scholarships at Oxford University for under-represented students
1 December 2021
Computer science Equality and Diversity
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.