Technology News

Congratulations to 3rd-year undergraduate Jakub Bachurski who won first prize in the Student Research Competition at the Principles of Programming Languages (POPL) 2024 conference.

Cambridge engineers exploring how innovative applications of AI can be deployed in research and real-world contexts, have been awarded funding in recognition of tools capable of delivering benefits for science and society.

Department spin-out lowRISC and the OpenTitan coalition have announced the production of the first commercial quality open-source chip in the world .

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the world’s largest aerospace professional society, has selected Professor Dame Ann P. Dowling as the 2024 Pendray Aerospace Literature Award winner, for her publications on combustion noise.

Dr Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong, Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), leads a multidisciplinary team announced as a winner of the 'AI-deas' challenge – a new University prize supporting ambitious ideas for how AI can address critical societal issues.

Negotiating with a robot, tackling pirate-themed 'Escape Room' puzzles and making music with code are just some of the activities visitors can try at our Cambridge Festival Open Day on Saturday 16 March 2024.

Researchers have developed an augmented reality head-up display that could improve road safety by displaying potential hazards as high-resolution three-dimensional holograms directly in a driver’s field of vision in real time.

Researchers have developed a robotic sensor that incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most human readers.

The 2023 Danckwerts-Pergamon Prize has been awarded to Jana Weber.

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Kasun Kariyawasam talks about how his PhD research and contacts helped him to develop a potentially revolutionary way of monitoring the condition of bridges.

Researchers from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CEB) have autonomously optimised a chemical reaction by digitally linking labs in Cambridge and Singapore. This breakthrough could help integrate and automate research laboratories around the world, which in turn could dramatically advance...

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Researchers have developed a virtual reality application where a range of 3D modelling tools can be opened and controlled using just the movement of a user’s hand. 

We are celebrating 20 years of the Department's Women@CL network - which exists to support female and non-binary computer science students here - at a special event this March.

'How old weather forecasts can help us design future energy systems' and 'Space Lasers for Good: Remote measurement of tropical forest degradation'. These were among the topics at our Climate & Sustainability Research Showcase.

Alumnus, Nick Bailey has recently launched Boost Bikes a new business to convert road bikes to electric bikes. With a potential congestion charge in Cambridge and the Ultra Low Emission Zone being extended in London, it’s a perfect time to make cycling easier, more accessible and affordable, at a fraction of the cost of buying an e-bike.