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Durham University to help deliver AI Growth Zone

Durham University will take a key role in delivering a new AI Growth Zone in North East England – an initiative that promises to create thousands of jobs.
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Professor Alessio Del Bue appointed Honorary Professor at Durham University

Professor Alessio Del Bue, Senior Researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, has been appointed as an Honorary Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Durham University.
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Twenty Durham researchers appointed to REF 2029 sub-panels

Twenty of our researchers will take important roles in assessing UK universities’ research quality.
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Scientists develop breakthrough drone swarm system

Scientists from our Computer Science department have created a new system that allows groups of drones to fly together more quickly and safely than ever before.
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Durham joins £1.6m project to boost UK’s digital research capabilities

We are playing a key role in a new £1.6 million initiative to strengthen the UK’s digital research infrastructure.
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Durham to lead national skills hub to boost UK research

As part of UKRI’s support of the UK’s Compute Roadmap published yesterday, we are launching a major new initiative called SHAREing (Skills Hub for Accelerated Research Environments Inspiring the Next Generation).
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Durham Students Excel at CIUK Student Cluster Competition 2024

Durham students excel at the annual UK Student Cluster Competition in 2024, hosted as part of the Computing Insight UK conference.
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Digital revolution in humanities research

Our top-rated Computer Science department is leading the charge in bringing high-performance computing (HPC) to the humanities through a new UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded project.
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Breakthrough technique to stop irregular heartbeats

Researchers from our top-rated Computer Science department have made an exciting discovery that could improve how doctors treat dangerous heart rhythms, like those seen in cardiac arrest.
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Leading the world in interdisciplinary research

We have been ranked third in the UK for interdisciplinary science research.
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New £5m research centre to support North East England’s growing space industry

We’ve launched a new £5m research centre to support North East England’s growing space industry and lead on the sustainable exploration of the cosmos.
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National biodiversity award for MammalWeb project

Our MammalWeb project has won a national biodiversity award for its work to gather information on the distribution, abundance, habits and behaviours of UK and European wild mammals.
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