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Keep up to date with the latest news from the Department of Computer Science.
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New national prize for AI named in University’s honour
15 Mar 2023
The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt has today announced a new prize for artificial intelligence named after The University of Manchester’s invention of the first stored program computer in 1948.
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University partners with leading online coding boot camp provider
19 Dec 2022
HyperionDev, one of the largest global providers of online coding boot camps, is now working with three major education bodies in England: The University of Manchester, The Department for Education (DfE) and University of Nottingham Online in a bid to bridge the widening tech skills employment gap in England.
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Manchester AI Fun team attends NeurIPS conference
13 Dec 2022
AI Fun academics from Manchester made a notable presence at NeurIPS Conference 2022 in New Orleans, USA.
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Manchester professor to co-lead new Network in materials for quantum technologies
11 Aug 2022
The Network aims to ensure that the world-leading UK materials research base, the existing National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP), and the developing quantum industry base are brought together in a UK-wide coordinated effort.
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University honoured with national cyber security recognition
08 Jun 2022
The Department of Computer Science at The University of Manchester is thrilled to have received recognition for the MSc in Advanced Computer Science.
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An International conference on the advances in AI and data science returns to Manchester
12 May 2022
World-leading experts in AI and data science are set to gather in Manchester – the birthplace of the modern computer and original thought leadership in AI – as they join an international science conference.
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Manchester launches centre to design AI-enhanced robots for real world applications
08 Apr 2022
The Manchester Centre for Robotics and AI brings together projects from across different disciplines.
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University of Manchester mathematician honoured with ‘Nobel Prize of Computing’
31 Mar 2022
The ACM Turing Award, which is often referred to as “The Nobel Prize of Computer Science,” and comes with a $1 million cash prize, funded by Google has been awarded to Professor Jack Dongarra for “pioneering contributions to numerical algorithms and libraries that enabled high performance computational software to keep pace with exponential hardware improvements for over four decades.”
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Tackling the skills gap - Manchester awarded funding for innovative software engineering course
08 Mar 2022
The University of Manchester is developing a new software engineering course that will help fill a skills gap in the IT sector whilst encouraging lifelong, flexible learning for those already in work.
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FSE duo shortlisted for 2021 Shaw Trust Disability Power 100
01 Jul 2021
Professor Robert Stevens and Dr Amy Bonsall have both been shortlisted.
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