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Researchers will lead a new international EPSRC Centre to develop pioneering approaches to machine learning.

The University of Bristol's Smart Internet Lab led the team behind the 5G-enabled Tourism Experience Catalyst project that will be showcased at this year's Digital Transformation World in Nice, France [Tuesday 14 - Thursday 16 May].

The law firm of the future is a step closer thanks to a new partnership between Burges Salmon and the University of Bristol, which will explore how the use of AI and data science can improve productivity.

Projects in assistive robots and synthetic biology have received funding for ten years as part of the Academy's Chair in Emerging Technologies scheme.

The University of Birmingham's Professor Karen Yeung is a member and co-rapporteur of the EU Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, which has just released its Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI in Europe.

In 2013, the City of London's Walkie Talkie building, also known as 20 Fenchurch Street, 'melted' a car parked on the pavement outside.

The University of Nottingham is to be part of UK Government's wider initiative to become a world leader in tackling cyber threats.

Businesses need the skills to adapt to new technologies, such as 3D printing, but when they emerge fast and change quickly, how do workforces plan for the future? University researchers are collaborating with small and medium-sized enterprises in the region to help find the best upskill strategies for driving innovation.

The University of Bristol, University of Bath and the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), in partnership with Watershed, are delighted to announce the commissioning of three new bold and distinctive VR documentary works.

In a new film, leading Cambridge University researchers discuss the far-reaching advances offered by artificial intelligence - and consider the consequences of developing systems that think far beyond human abilities.

The UKRI will contribute £7.1 million to the project, which will be combined with funding from industry partners and Imperial to create a Centre worth £20 million.

'Out of Our Minds' , a research group which looks into what speakers know about languages by using machine-learning techniques, will be moving to the University of Birmingham.

While surfing the web or using apps is a concern for many of us and successfully shielding such data can be a struggle.

Hundreds of small robots can work in a team to create biology-inspired shapes - without an underlying master plan, purely based on local communication and movement. This is what researchers from Barcelona working with the Bristol Robotics Laboratory found when they introduced the biological principles of self-organisation to swarm robotics.

A new industrial partnership will use artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up drug discovery. Researchers at Imperial are partnering with Bayer Pharmaceuticals to explore how AI can accelerate the discovery of new drugs for heart conditions. An estimated seven million people are living with heart and circulatory disease in the UK alone, with cardiovascular diseases responsible for one in four deaths.

Professor Tom Rodden has been appointed as the Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Researchers at Cardiff University have been awarded grants totalling £1 million for the new HateLab, tasked with assessing the impact of national events on levels of hate crime and speech.

Digital technologies can help create a Wales we all want to live in, says a leading academic who chairs the Wales review of digital innovation.

A £15m project aimed at making Wales a leader in high-performance computing and big data is officially underway after a launch event at the Senedd.

English ability can directly influence the academic achievement of students' with English as an Additional Language (EAL), according to new Oxford University research.

Researchers at the University of Glasgow are celebrating three new projects which have received significant financial backing from the European Commission.

The project could lead to an aircraft jet engine simulation so accurate that it could enable new engine designs to be certified before they are physically built.

UCL is joining forces with Google to launch a £5.5m Prosperity Partnership, which aims to harness the revolutionary power of quantum computers for applications in modelling and simulation.

Professor Thomas Rodden has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of his outstanding and continuing contributions to the profession.

Three Imperial academics have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Professors Timothy Green , Yi-ke Guo , and Ricardo Martinez-Botas were among 50 new Fellows admitted to the Academy this week.