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The Red Queen hypothesis – a new way forward for self-improving AI
21 July 2026
At a time when there’s keen public interest in AI that can make itself better, researchers here have tackled one of the central challenges affecting its development. More …
Computer Laboratory Student wins 2008 Europe Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship
4 September 2008
Congratulations to Silvia Breu who has been awarded a €5000 Anita Borg scholarship for the 2008–2009 academic year. More …
2MinuteChallenge: Computer Science in Two Minutes
30 May 2008
Sixth form students have the opportunity to win prizes by telling the world about computer science and how important it is to our society. The University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory is running a competition this summer to find short YouTube video clips that help to educate the public (www.2minutechallenge.org). Entrants, mostly school students, must submit a video or animation that is less than two minutes long that describes some aspect of computer science in an entertaining way. The authors of the best entries will win an expenses-paid trip to see the new Google Zurich offices as well as receiving new Asus eeePCs. Entries from the general public are also being accepted, and are eligible for a separate prize. More …
Computer Laboratory graduates receive the 2008 Pierre Bézier Award
19 May 2008
Ian Braid, Alan Grayer and Charles Lang have been awarded the 2008 Pierre Bézier Award for their many fundamental contributions to practical solid modelling and the profound influence their work has had on today's commercial solid modelling systems. More …
Valediction for the Diploma Course
10 April 2008
The Diploma Course is to be withdrawn at the end of the current academical year, after 55 years of invaluable service. To mark its passing, all Diploma Course students, alumni, staff and those with past or present association with the Course are invited to attend a valedictory party at 12:30 on Wednesday 16 July 2008, in the Atrium of the William Gates Building. More …
Arthur Norman’s last lecture
12 March 2008
Today marked another landmark in Computer Science in Cambridge – Arthur Norman gave his last lecture (after continuing to lecture past his retirement). More …
Industrial Supporters' Club Annual Recruitment Fair is a sell-out
16 October 2007
Fifty-five exciting companies from software, animation and gaming, as well as many of the major names in finance, defence, communications and commerce will be attending the Industrial Supporters' Club Annual Recruitment Fair on 15 November 2007. More …
PhD Student elected to a Junior Research Fellowship at Trinity College
15 October 2007
PhD student Mbou Eyole-Monono has been elected to a Title A (Junior Research) Fellowship, 2007 at Trinity College, Cambridge. More …
European Conference on Wireless Technology award for PhD student
10 October 2007
Francisco Monteiro (Fitzwilliam College), a third year PhD student in the Digital Technology Group, and his supervisor Dr Ian Wassell received the €3000 best paper award during the 10th European Conference on Wireless Technology for a paper at the European Microwave Week 2007, jointly organised by the European Microwave Association and the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society. More …
Undergraduates cruise in the Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge – Europe
4 October 2007
The Cambridge team (which included Computer Laboratory undergraduates Sunil Shah and Andy Prichard) were runners up in the Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge – Europe (SAUC-E), a competition for students from across Europe. More …
Students win IBM UK "University Team Challenge" for the third time
1 October 2007
A group of six Computer Laboratory students won the IBM University Team Challenge (formerly: ThinkPad Challenge), held at IBM Hursley on 28 September 2007. Cambridge has become the first university, among the 18 that compete, to win the contest three times. More …
Sir Maurice Wilkes wins the IEEE Computer Society 60th Anniversary award
27 September 2007
Sir Maurice Wilkes and Professor David Parnas have won the IEEE Computer Society 60th Anniversary award for seminal contributions to the discipline of computing. More …
Spin out XenSource to be acquired by Citrix Systems for $500million
25 September 2007
XenSource, the leading provider of enterprise-class virtual infrastructure solutions built on the open source Xen® hypervisor, is to be acquired by Citrix Systems, the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, for approximately $500million in a combination of cash and stock. More …
Awards for Karen Spärck Jones
15 March 2007
We are delighted to announce the following honours for Karen Spärck Jones, emeritus professor of Computers and Information at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory: More …
QUALCOMM US$ 1 million Research Students Fund donation
20 November 2006
We are delighted to announce that QUALCOMM Incorporated has funded a Research Studentship in Computing with an endowment gift of US$ 1 million. More …
2009 Computer Laboratory Research Students Fund formally announced
30 October 2006
The establishment of the 2009 Computer Laboratory Research Students Fund was formally announced in the Graces submitted to the Regent House on August 9th 2006. More …
Andy Hopper elected Fellow of the Royal Society
18 May 2006
The Royal Society elected on 18 May 2006 forty-four new Fellows, including: More …
Computer Lab students win IBM Thinkpad Challenge
3 October 2005
Last Friday, the Cambridge undergraduate team were overall winners of this year’s IBM UK “Thinkpad Challenge” competition held at IBM Hursley. The Cambridge entry had been selected as best among last year’s second-year group projects, on the basis of their Logo interpreter implementation. Cambridge has become the first university, among the 18 that compete, to win the Thinkpad Challenge twice. More …
Computer Lab team wins competition
26 May 2005
BOPPHY Technologies, founded by Dr Inaki Berenguer and Stavros Tsiakkouris from the Digital Technology Group in the Computer Laboratory together with Michele Palazzi, Prof Xiaodong Wang, Dr Mohammad Madihian and Prof Jon Crowcroft is named winner of the Cambridge University Entrepreneurs’ £50K Business Creation Competition. The other two winners are EnvAl and Cambfix. More …