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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.
The 25th Midlands Graduate School in the Foundations of Computing Science (MGS 25) in Sheffield

School of Computer Science hosts the 25th Midlands Graduate School in the Foundations of Computing Science (MGS 25)

The event was hosted here at the University of Sheffield between 7 and 11 April 2025.
Swagato Sanyal

Meet our new Lecturer in Algorithms: Dr Swagato Sanyal

We are delighted to be welcoming Dr Swagato to the School of Computer Science.

Students who took part in the engineers for business final

Second year engineering students pitched ideas at 2025 Engineers in Business final

Six top teams from the University of Sheffield pitched innovative solutions in high-stakes competition.
Paul Richmond receiving RSE award

Paul Richmond honoured for contribution to Society of Research Software Engineers

An academic from the Department of Computer Science has been honoured by the Society of Research Software Engineers for his outstanding contribution as President of the organisation.
COM researchers Phil McMinn and Owain Parry

Researchers find new hope through machine learning for dreaded ‘flaky test’

Researchers from the Department’s Testing Research Group are working on innovative solutions to a problem that causes much frustration among software developers - flaky tests.
External view of the Diamond

Computer science climbs five places in Guardian University Guide 2023

The University of Sheffield has been ranked among the best in the UK for studying computer science and information systems, climbing five places in the Guardian University Guide 2023.
unPhone rolling off the production line

Innovative unPhone helps students learn and be creative

A locally manufactured device that looks similar to a mobile phone is offering a low-energy route for students to learn and be creative in the Internet of Things (IoT).