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MPLS Division researchers recognised in the 2025 Royal Society Awards

Professor Kayla King (Department of Biology), Professor Philipp Kukura (Department of Chemistry) and Professor Michael Wooldridge (Department of Computer Science) are amongst the four Oxford researchers recognised in the 2025 Royal Society Awards.

Martingale Foundation expands flagship postgraduate scholarship programme

The Martingale Foundation has announced a major expansion of its postgraduate scholarship programme for STEM students, with a commitment to support 800 Scholars across its partner universities by the end of the decade.

Study finds filtered data stops openly-available AI models from performing dangerous tasks

Researchers from the University of Oxford, EleutherAI, and the UK AI Security Institute have reported a major advance in safeguarding open-weight language models. By filtering out potentially harmful knowledge during training, the researchers were able to build models that resist subsequent malicious updates – especially valuable in sensitive domains such as biothreat research.

QRT funds scholarships and research internships for under-represented students

Global multi strategy investment manager Qube Research and Technologies (QRT) has pledged to support students from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds at the University of Oxford.

New research reveals Uber’s algorithmic pricing leaves drivers and passengers worse off

A new study from researchers in the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science has found that Uber’s use of dynamic pricing has led to higher fares for passengers and lower earnings for drivers, while increasing Uber’s share of revenue.

Oxford academics awarded European Research Council Advanced Grants for breakthrough research

Three researchers from the MPLS Division have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council, each worth up to €2.5 million over a period of five years.

Oxford scientists in King’s Birthday Honours 2025

The King's Birthday Honours 2025 Lists have been published, marking the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK, including members of the MPLS Division and wider University.

MPLS success at the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2025

The University honoured remarkable talent and dedication to excellence on Thursday 15 May as the winners of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2025 were announced. Dr Joshua Bull from the Mathematical Institute received the Breakthrough Researcher Award and Department of Computer Science spinout Oxford Semantic Technologies claimed the Innovation and Commercialisation Award.

What lessons in cyber resilience can be learnt from the UK high street attacks?

Dr Patricia Esteve-Gonzalez from the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC), Department of Computer Science, and Luna Rohland from the World Economic Forum Centre for Cybersecurity, outline how organisations can take a strategic approach to minimising the impacts of cyber-attacks.

Oxford researchers awarded ARIA funding to develop safety-first AI

Researchers from the Departments of Computer Science and Engineering Science are leading two major projects as part of the UK Government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) Safeguarded AI programme.

Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt appointed to the UK Government’s Council for Science and Technology

Professor Shadbolt from the Department of Computer Science will join seven other new members who will advise on strategic science and technology policy issues that cut across the responsibilities of individual government departments.

New UKRI-funded network to bolster UK’s cyber security research ecosystem

A new network led by the Department of Computer Science aims to protect cyber security in the UK and beyond, realise the benefits of emerging technologies, and better prepare society against future cyber threats.

New, ARIA-backed project aims to unlock radically cheaper AI hardware

The University of Oxford is to share in a £50 million award from the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA), to advance research that could unlock artificial intelligence (AI) hardware at a thousandth of the cost.

Intelligence Community Awards Support Oxford Security Research

Dr Christian Schroeder de Witt (Department of Engineering Science) and Dr Simon Birnbach (Department of Computer Science) have been awarded UK Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship programme to tackle emerging security challenges.

MPLS researchers awarded European Research Council Starting Grants to launch ambitious projects

The ERC - the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research - has announced the awarding of 494 major ERC Starting Grants to young scientists and scholars across Europe, including six Oxford University researchers, two of whom are from MPLS.

University of Oxford to lead two projects from new UKRI interdisciplinary scheme

The University of Oxford is to share in £32.4m funding from the first round of UKRI’s new cross research council responsive mode (CRCRM) pilot scheme. The scheme is designed to stimulate exciting new interdisciplinary research.

University spin-out Oxford Semantic Technologies acquired by Samsung Electronics

Oxford Semantic Technologies, established in 2017 by three Department of Computer Science professors — Ian Horrocks, Boris Motik and Bernardo Cuenca Grau, sees its RDFox technology incorporated into Samsung AI consumer devices.

Major research into ‘hallucinating’ generative models advances reliability of artificial intelligence

Researchers from the Department of Computer Science have made a significant advance towards ensuring that information produced by generative artificial intelligence (AI) is robust and reliable.

World leaders still need to wake up to AI risks, say leading experts ahead of AI Safety Summit

Leading AI scientists, including researchers from the University of Oxford, are calling for stronger action on AI risks from world leaders, warning that progress has been insufficient since the first AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park six months ago.

AI ethics are ignoring children, say Oxford researchers

Researchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on Ethical Web and Data Architectures (EWADA) and Department of Computer Science have called for a more considered approach when embedding ethical principles in the development and governance of AI for children.

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