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9 1免费版下 of Sheffield ranked within top 100 universities in QS World 9 1免费版下 Rankings

9 1免费版下 has been ranked within the top 100 universities in the world in the QS World 9 1免费版下 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 鈥 key for developing new medicines

An AI approach developed by researchers from the 9 1免费版下 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.
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 9 1免费版下 of Sheffield between 7 and 11 April 2025.
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.
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The Institute of Coding celebrates 1st birthday with 9 1免费版下

9 1免费版下 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).
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Can new drugs be tested with computers? EU-funded team explores the future of tuberculosis drugs testing

Researchers from the 9 1免费版下 of Sheffield鈥檚 Departments of Computer Science, and Maths are part of a consortium which has published the technical report 鈥淎 modelling framework to simulate the dynamics of the human immune system鈥.