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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 Sheffield ranked within top 100 universities in QS World University Rankings

Â鶹ֱ²¥app 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 Sheffield 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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Simplifying Text with SIMPATICO

Researchers at the University of Sheffield are building an automatic tool which simplifies online text making it more accessible to readers.
Professor Guy Brown - Head of Department of Computer Science

Prof. Guy Brown reappointed for second four-year term

The Department of Computer Science is delighted to announce that the Head of Department, Prof. Guy Brown, has been reappointed in his role for a second four-year term.
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Dr Haiping Lu receives prestigious Amazon Research Award

Congratulations to Dr Haiping Lu who has been awarded an Amazon Research Award for his work which could help customers find products more easily.
IoC group members

The Institute of Coding celebrates 1st birthday with Â鶹ֱ²¥app

Â鶹ֱ²¥app is today celebrating its partnership with the Institute of Coding. In just 12 months, IoC partners have successfully signed-up over 5,000 people onto its leading tech courses at universities across the country.
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MSc Data Analytics students published in pattern recognition journal

Congratulations to MSc Data Analytics Students Peizhen Bai and Fangling Liu who have published a full research paper "Joint Interaction with Context Operation for Collaborative Filtering" in Pattern Recognition Journal (IF 3.96).