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Parinya Chalermsook

Welcoming Professor Parinya Chalermsook to the School of Computer Science

Parinya joins the school as Professor of Algorithms.
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University of ΞΆΓάΘ¦ ranked within top 100 universities in QS World University Rankings

ΞΆΓάΘ¦ has been ranked within the top 100 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2026, reaffirming its place as a leading global university for teaching and research excellence.
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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 ΞΆΓάΘ¦ 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.
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ΞΆΓάΘ¦ scientists sequence over 1,000 Covid-19 genomes to aid pandemic response

Dr Dennis Wang is part of a team who have now produced over 1,000 sequences of the coronavirus genome. The work hasΒ been done by scientists and clinicians from the University of ΞΆΓάΘ¦ and ΞΆΓάΘ¦ Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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Computer Science Supports The ΞΆΓάΘ¦ COVID-19 Genomics Group

The ΞΆΓάΘ¦ COVID-19 Genomics Group are sequencing the genomes of the SARS-CoV-2 virus collected from COVID-19 patients at ΞΆΓάΘ¦ Teaching Hospitals in the hope of better understanding the disease.
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Professor Thomas Hain elected as ISCA Fellow

We are delighted to announce that Professor Thomas Hain has been elected on one of this year's ISCA (International Speech Communication Association) Fellows for 'leadership in the field of automatic speech recognition.'
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New artificial intelligence tools could help tackle online abuse

New tools which could be used to automatically detect and counter abuse on social media, are being developed by researchers in the department
Department collects donations from staff for charities

Department of Computer Science staff donate to two local charities this Christmas.

This year the Department of Computer Science have been collecting donations from staff for two local charities: ΞΆΓάΘ¦ S6 foodbank and Mission Christmas cash for kids.