Department of Computer Science and Technology

An AI 'unicorn' company and the world's first commercial-quality open-source chip were among the winners at our annual Hall of Fame Awards on 23 April, which celebrates the companies and achievements of our alumni and staff.

Tractable has been named Company of the Year and OpenTitan is Product of the Year in our annual Hall of Fame Awards. These celebrate the companies set up by students, staff and alumni of this Department.

Ten years after he completed his own PhD here thanks to a scholarship, alumnus Dr Raoul-Gabriel Urma – a successful EdTech entrepreneur – is giving another students here the same opportunity.

Awards were presented at the end of term to those second-year students judged to have created the most impressive Group Design Projects.

At a special event in Cambridge our alumnus, Nobel laureate Sir Demis Hassabis, explored how AI can accelerate scientific discovery and offered glimpses of how the technology might evolve.

At our Cambridge Festival Open Day here on Saturday 22 March, researcher Dr Sam Nallaperuma will be demonstrating how AI and neuroscience can create sleep and relaxation treatments for insomnia sufferers. 

We're getting ready to host the 2025 Oxbridge Women in Computer Science Conference here in Cambridge this May. It's being co-organised by Women@CL, our own Departmental network to support women and non-binary people in computing research.

Researchers here have released GreenLens, a free app that uses AI to measure trees with a high degree of accuracy yet works on a cheap, second-hand Android phone.

Congratulations to Prof Cecilia Mascolo who was today named a 2024 ACM Distinguished Member, an accolade that recognises "significant achievements in computing beyond the norm".

On Saturday 22 March, visitors can see how a swarm of robots learns to work together, meet researchers using AI to improve health care, hear about "the joy, beauty, and creativity of computer science" – and much more.

Led by researchers in this Department, campaigners across industry and academia are calling for a concerted effort to finally solve the stubborn security issue that lies behind the majority of all cyberattacks.

At our January Research Showcase, we highlighted our research in human-centred computing & human-machine interaction. Topics ranged from creating 'digital twins' of buildings to using robots to assess the mental wellbeing of children.

"Now I've done this, I hope I can go great places in future." As applications open for our 2025 Research Ready Internships, 2024 intern Michael Ogunrinde tells us how he benefited from spending a summer in Cambridge conducting AI research.