Four Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council Advanced Grants
31 March 2023The funding will enable these researchers to explore their most innovative and ambitious ideas.
Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council funding
09 December 2020Five researchers at the University of Cambridge have won consolidator grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premiere funding organisation for frontier research.
Artificial intelligence is growing up fast: what’s next for thinking machines?
06 February 2018Our lives are already enhanced by AI – or at least an AI in its infancy – with technologies using algorithms that help them to learn from our behaviour. As AI grows up and starts to think, not just to learn, we ask how human-like do we want their intelligence to be and what impact will machines have on our jobs?
Preparing for the future: artificial intelligence and us
02 February 2018Today we begin a month-long focus on research related to artificial intelligence. Here, four researchers reflect on the power of a technology to impact nearly every aspect of modern life – and why we need to be ready.
Celebrity Twitter accounts display ‘bot-like’ behaviour
02 August 2017‘Celebrity’ Twitter accounts – those with more than 10 million followers – display more bot-like behaviour than users with fewer followers, according to new research.
Cambridge to host transatlantic cyber security competition
20 July 2017A major cyber security challenge, aimed at educating and inspiring the next generation of cyber defenders from across the UK and US, will be held at the University of Cambridge next week.
Researchers design AI system to assess pain levels in sheep
01 June 2017An artificial intelligence system designed by researchers at the University of Cambridge is able to detect pain levels in sheep, which could aid in early diagnosis and treatment of common, but painful, conditions in animals.
Cambridge alumni's tech firm startup Improbable raises $500m
13 May 2017Improbable, founded by Cambridge alumni Herman Narula (Girton 2007) and Rob Whitehead (Robinson 2009), became the UK's latest $1billion tech startup this week.
Physical activity, even in small amounts, benefits both physical and psychological well-being
05 January 2017The largest-ever smartphone-based study examining the relationship between physical activity and happiness has found that even minimal levels of activity can have a positive effect on happiness.
Combating cybercrime when there's plenty of phish in the sea
21 October 2016As more and more crime moves online, computer scientists, criminologists and legal academics have joined forces in Cambridge to improve our understanding and responses to cybercrime, helping governments, businesses and ordinary users construct better defences.
