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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 9d

Researchers should move away from the pursuit of a single all-knowing robot because the future of #robotics isn't a solitary genius, it's a collaborative community. So says Amanda Prorok, our Professor of Collective Intelligence & Robotics, in the journal '@science.org Robotics'.
shorturl.at/FdVtO

Extending robot minds through collective learning

Robotics should shift from monolithic AI to collective robotic intelligence for scalable, adaptable, and efficient solutions.

www.science.org

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 14d

@ceciliamascolo.bsky.social has been elected as a Fellow of the @raeng.org.uk! Prof of Mobile Systems here, she's a pioneer in devising frameworks to collect and analyse sensing data from devices like phones and earbuds, and use it to understand behaviour & health. shorturl.at/GnuZq
#RAEngFellows

Cecilia Mascolo, Professor of Mobile Systems at the University of Cambridge, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · 28d

It's been a summer of accolades for our researchers. Work by several members of this Department has been honoured by leading conferences and organisations in fields ranging from #AI to #cybersecurity to #socialrobotics.
Congratulations to our colleagues!
www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/summer-...

Researchers Dr Guy Laban and Dr Fethiye Irmak Dogan collecting the Interdisciplinary Research Award in Social Human-Robot Interaction at the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication in August 2025.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Jul 9

It's our annual Open Days tomorrow & Friday when hundreds of potential students come to find out what it's really like to study Computer Science 💻 here at Cambridge Uni. They can hear admissions talks & sample lectures - and try lock-picking with the Computer Security group! buff.ly/0j5OGJT

The booklet attendees will pick up on the day explains the structure of our Computer Science degree course, what modules they can take and how to choose the ones that most interest them.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Jul 8

The rapid rise in AI-generated fraudulent academic papers is "poisoning" scientific literature, say Cambridge researchers in Nature magazine today. But though AI is the problem, it could also help in ensuring the integrity of scientific discovery... buff.ly/AuSNcGd
@anil.recoil.org @sadiq.toao.com

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Jun 24

🎨 Artists urgently need stronger defences 🛡️ to protect their work from being used to train #AI models without their consent. So say the researchers, led by a Security PhD student here, who uncovered critical weaknesses in two art safeguarding tools very widely used by artists...
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Artists urgently need stronger defences to protect their work from being used to train AI models without their consent.
So say an international team of researchers from this Department and from the Technical University of Darmstadt, where this image was created.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Jun 18

Congratulations to Prof Srinivasan Keshav on receiving the inuagural #ACM SIGEnergy Achievement Award for his "pioneering contributions to energy systems and informatics, including seminal research, capacity building, and helping to create SIGENERGY and eEnergy." energy.acm.org/sigenergy-ac...

Prof Srinivasan Keshav conducts research at the intersection of computer science and sustainability. He is the Robert Sansom Professor of Computer Science at the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Jun 9

For more information on the wide range of security features in this new system, do take a look at the longer story: www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/guardia...

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Jun 9

The app is the Guardian's mobile news app - not a specific whistleblowing app - so there's nothing incriminating about having it on your phone. And when you open it, even if you've already set up an account on the Secure Messaging feature, it will deliberately look as though you haven't used it.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Jun 9

Delighted to see this technology - which builds on our 'CoverDrop' security research - being implemented by @theguardian.com
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Guardian launches messaging tech for whistleblowers developed with researchers here | Department of Computer Science and Technology

Media organisation The Guardian is today launching Secure Messaging, a confidential way for whistleblowers to contact journalists that builds on technology developed here.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Jun 9

From today, @theguardian.com's new Secure Messaging system will generate dummy messages as 'air cover' for real messages sent by whistleblowers. This is to stop adversaries seeing that they're contacting journalists. The new system builds on security research carried out here: shorturl.at/Et0Rf

The Guardian's new Secure Messaging service for whistleblowers wanting to contact journalists was developed in collaboration with security reseachers at Cambridge University.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Jun 4

"One of the next frontiers for AI lies in deciphering human-centred data captured by wearable devices," says Dr Dong Ma, who'll join us next year as Associate Professor in Wearable Computing. "This holds the promise of tackling some profound societal challenges..." www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/new-ass...

Dr Dong Ma will join us in January 2026 as an Associate Professor in Wearable Computing. Dong is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at Singapore Management University. His research interests lie broadly in the area of mobile computing with a special focus on wearable-based human sensing systems.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Jun 2

Exploring the trust-building mechanisms that support #cybercrime markets on Telegram, and understanding the techniques #hackers use for exploiting human elements. Two of the topics to be discussed at the annual Cambridge Cybercrime Conference on 23 June. www.cambridgecybercrime.uk/conference20...

The annual Cambridge Cybercrime Conference brings together researchers working in interdisciplinary cybercrime research. In June 2025, the conference will cover topics including trust and identity in cybercriminal ecosystems, technical threats and disruption and resilience in illicit online activites.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Apr 29

🎉 Congratulations @pietrolesci.bsky.social, Clara Meister, Thomas Hofmann, @andreasvlachos.bsky.social & Tiago Pimentel! They won Publication of the Year at our annual Hall of Fame awards last week for their paper on 'Causal Estimation of Memorisation Profiles'. www.cst.cam.ac.uk/announcing-w...

Andreas Vlachos, our Professor of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning, collected the award from Head of Department Alastair Beresford at our Hall of Fame Awards ceremony on 23 April 2025.

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Dominic Orchard @dorchard.bsky.social · Apr 29

I am hiring a 2-year postdoc (either at Research Associate or Senior Research Associate level) to work on static analysis tools, particular with application to Fortran, at @cst.cam.ac.uk @iccscambridge.bsky.social. Details: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51153/ (closing date 25th May)

Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in Static Analysis and Programming Language Tools (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in Static Analysis and Programming Language Tools (Fixed Term) in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Apr 23

10 years ago Dr Raoul-Gabriel Urma completed his PhD here thanks to a scholarship. Now he's giving another student the same opportunity. A gift from EdTech entrepreneur Raoul, founder and Group CEO of Cambridge Spark, will help support a PhD student researching computing education. shorturl.at/YXO3V

Raoul completed his PhD in programming languages in our Department before going on to set up AI and data skills training company Cambridge Spark.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Apr 14

Our Planetary Computing Fellow Dr Sadiq Jaffer @sadiq.toao.com works on an AI 'Conservation Co-Pilot'. And PhD student Zhengpeng Feng helped develop the 'GreenLens' app to measure trees on the ground more quickly and accurately than a person with a tape measure.

www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ai-a...

Turbocharging the race to protect nature and climate with AI

Rebalancing the planet must happen faster. Cambridge researchers are using AI to help.

www.cam.ac.uk

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Apr 14

The stories here shed light on how our researchers are pioneering ways to use #AI to protect nature and climate. For example, our Planetary Computing Professor @anil.recoil.org is developing the 'Terra' AI, a predictive model of all terrestrial life on Earth.

www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ai-a...

Turbocharging the race to protect nature and climate with AI

Rebalancing the planet must happen faster. Cambridge researchers are using AI to help.

www.cam.ac.uk

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Mar 20

Congratulations to our researchers who just won the Best Paper Award at #IEEE PerCom 2025 for their work in repurposing the microphones in our earbuds to collect & analyse vital bodily signs. Come and Meet the team this Saturday at our @cambridgefestival.bsky.social Open Day! shorturl.at/wGaSy

Researcher Yang Liu holds the Mark Weiser Best Paper Award, given at IEEE PerCom 2025, the International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications. Yang and colleagues won for their work in repurposing the in-ear microphones in our earbuds for collecting and analysing our breathing rates (a key vital sign), demonstrating a new way for us to monitor our health.

Researcher Jake Stuchbury-Wass holds the Mark Weiser Best Paper Award, given at IEEE PerCom 2025, the International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications. Jake and colleagues won for their work in repurposing the in-ear microphones in our earbuds for collecting and analysing our breathing rates (a key vital sign), demonstrating a new way for us to monitor our health.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Mar 17

And if you're in Cambridge and want to see some of this exciting research yourself, come to our Open Day this Saturday (22 March) as part of the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social Cambridge Festival!
Find full details of the day at: www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/tour-su...

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Mar 17

Some of our AI research is on this week's BBC Click! Presenter
@spenley.bsky.social watches swarms of autonomous cars and drones working together in the Prorok Lab, wears earbuds that can sense our body's vital signs & learns how robots can help our wellbeing. Watch at:
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

BBC Click viewers will see the amazing work taking place in the Prorok Lab as researchers train swarms of autonomous cars and drones to work together.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Mar 11

How do you train a fleet of driverless cars to work together to achieve common goals - and avoid humans? Come and see (and take part in!) a demo by researchers in our Prorok Lab during our Cambridge Festival Open Day on Sat 22 March. shorturl.at/wGaSy
@cambridgefestival.bsky.social

Researchers in our Prorok Lab are looking for new ways to induce AI agents – such as robots, machines and driverless cars – to achieve common goals while working in shared spaces like warehouses and roads. Visitors to our Cambridge Festival Open Day on Saturday 22 March 2-25 can enjoy a demo of what happens when a group of driverless cars, working in formation, have to interact with a human.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Mar 7

Do you suffer from insomnia? Come to our Open Day at the Cambridge Festival @cambridgefestival.bsky.social where Dr Sam Nallaperuma (herself an insomnia sufferer) will share her research into how AI could help us treat sleep disorders.
📅Sat 22 March, 11:00-17:00
ℹ www.cst.cam.ac.uk/.../tour-sup....

Dr Sam Nallaperuma is researching the ways in which we could harness AI and neuroscience to make music tuned to our own brain waves so it becomes our own personalised therapy programme for relaxation and sleep.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Feb 18

We're looking forward to being part of #CamFest 2025! At our Open Day on Sat 22 March visitors can 'tour' the Dawn supercomputer, chat to a robot, make music with code, discover how AI can help you with your insomnia - or turn you into a guitar genius! - and more.
www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/tour-su...

Visitors to our Cambridge Festival Open Day can enjoy meeting and chatting to the Furhat conversational robot.

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Cambridge Computer Science @cst.cam.ac.uk · Feb 17

The free 'GreenLens' app uses #AI to measure tree 🌳diameter. It's highly accurate – yet runs on a cheap, second-hand Android phone. Developed by researchers here, the app is for anyone interested in protecting & restoring forests.
www.cst.cam.ac.uk/using-ai-see...

Using AI to see the wood for the trees

"We believe ours is the only app to sit in the 'sweet spot' of offering high quality for low cost."

www.cst.cam.ac.uk

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