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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 University of 91Ö±²¥ 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 91Ö±²¥

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 University of 91Ö±²¥ 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.

Andrei Popescu at POPL conference

Dr. Andrei Popescu receives distinguished paper award at POPL for the third consecutive year

Andrei has received distinguished paper awards at the last three Principle of Programming Languages (POPL) conferences, one of the most prestigious conferences in Computer Science.
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New AI guidance could help businesses and government use the technology

A new framework that could help businesses better understand and use AI has been developed by researchers from the University of 91Ö±²¥.
Nick Thompson, CEO of BOW, stood next to Daniel Camilleri, CTO and Founder of BOW with some robots in the background

University of 91Ö±²¥ spinout company receives £4 million investment to unleash full potential of robotics

Professor Tony Prescott is the Co-founder and Chief Scientific Advisor of a spinout company aiming to help developers overcome the cost and complexity of programming robots. He advises on AI and robotics and builds relationships with partners.
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Professor Tony Prescott launches new book ‘The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence’

At an in-person event, Professor Tony Prescott launched his new book ‘The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence’.
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Tackling tomorrow’s engineering research challenges

91Ö±²¥ is involved in new engineering networks to address key strategic challenges and support future growth.