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An illustration of protein molecules. Credit: Getty

AI could accelerate protein engineering – key for developing new medicines

An AI approach developed by researchers from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield and AstraZeneca, could make it easier to design proteins needed for new treatments.
Dr Zheng Yuan

A warm welcome to Dr Zheng Yuan who joins the School of Computer Science

Dr Zheng Yuan joins us in her role as Senior Lecturer in Natural Language Processing.
The 25th Midlands Graduate School in the Foundations of Computing Science (MGS 25) in Sheffield

School of Computer Science hosts the 25th Midlands Graduate School in the Foundations of Computing Science (MGS 25)

The event was hosted here at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield between 7 and 11 April 2025.
Swagato Sanyal

Meet our new Lecturer in Algorithms: Dr Swagato Sanyal

We are delighted to be welcoming Dr Swagato to the School of Computer Science.

Text reads. Social Mining and Big Data Analytics. So Big Data. Challenge Us! 2021

Researchers from the Challenge Us programme are working with business to help explore the potentials of Big Data.

The Challenge Us programme provides free advice from Italian and European research institutions and universities to companies wishing to explore the potential of data they generate during the production, marketing, interactions with customers and the
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Dr Emma Norling joins the QAA advisory group for Computing

Congratulations to Dr Emma Norling who will join a group of experts to review the current QAA Subject Benchmark Statement for Computing.
Dr Heidi Christensen holding an award.

Congratulations to Dr Heidi Christensen who won the FDM everywoman in Technology award in the Academic Category.

This award recognises women in academia who have made an outstanding contribution to technology and science and whose work has made or has the potential to make a significant long-term impact in STEM.

Magnetic materials attract attention for reservoir computing

The study of domain walls in ferromangnetic nanorings has demonstrated behavior which has the potential to be useful in the development of reservoir computing, a brain-inspired computing method.
A honeybee flying towards a purple flower

Honeybees can solve maths tests without using numbers

Honeybees can solve a type of maths test without any need for numbers - a discovery that could be used to develop smarter artificial intelligence - according to new research from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield.