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3D scanning robot wins Cardiff graduate top award

28 September 2017

Cardiff University computer science student named best in Europe in The Undergraduate Awards 2017

Top architects chosen for £23m maths and computer science centre

27 September 2017

University planning new centre of excellence for innovative teaching and research

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National Software Academy expansion secures long term investment in Newport

14 July 2017

Cardiff University’s National Software Academy to take up residence at the Information Station in Newport

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National Software Academy wins Wales Technology Award

26 June 2017

The National Software Academy has fought off fierce competition to win the coveted ‘Trailblazer of the Year’ award in this year’s ESTnet Wales Technology Awards.

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Detecting riots with Twitter

26 June 2017

Cardiff University research shows that events from the London riots in 2011 could be automatically detected over an hour quicker than they were reported to the police

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National Software Academy opens its doors to public for family fun day

21 June 2017

On Saturday 17 June, the National Software Academy in Newport successfully hosted Wales’ first ‘Family Jam’; an event designed to inspire the next generation of software engineers.

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National Software Academy opens its doors to public for family fun day

15 June 2017

Wales’ first ‘Family Jam’ event looks to inspire next generation of software engineers

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National Software Academy shortlisted for Technology Award

18 May 2017

The National Software Academy has been shortlisted in this year’s ESTnet Wales Technology Awards in the ‘Trailblazer of the Year’ category.

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Supercomputing Wales

27 April 2017

A new £15m supercomputing programme of investment has been announced by universities across Wales

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Cyber security centre of excellence to open at Cardiff University

24 April 2017

Cardiff University and Airbus launch first centre of its kind in Europe to tackle cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure

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First EPSRC Inverse Problems Network Meeting to be held at Cardiff

6 April 2017

The first meeting of the EPSRC sponsored Inverse Problems Network will commence with lunch at on 24 April at Cardiff University.

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National Software Academy to feature on BBC Wales Today

5 April 2017

On Wednesday 5 April, The National Software Academy will feature as part of a BBC series on the Digital Economy in Wales.

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GW4 world-first supercomputer launched at national exhibition

30 March 2017

The supercomputer, known as Isambard, is being developed by GW4 researchers in collaboration with the Met Office and Cray Inc

The Turing Lecture 2017

IBM Research Vice President impresses at this year’s Turing Lecture

22 February 2017

On Tuesday 21st February, Cardiff University hosted the annual BCS Turing Lecture with this year’s speaker, Dr Guruduth Banavar; the Vice President of IBM Research.

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Brexit hate crime

9 February 2017

Social Data Science Lab awarded £250,000 grant to set up centre to monitor Brexit-related hate crime on social media

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Prestigious BCS Turing Lecture to return to Cardiff University

3 February 2017

The BCS Turing Lecture will return to Cardiff University with guest speaker, Dr Guruduth S. Banavar, the VP and Chief Science Officer of IBM Research, the largest industrial research organisation in the world.

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Postgraduate Computer Science Students Impress at Annual Poster Day Exhibition

23 January 2017

Earlier this month saw the annual Research Student Poster Day exhibition take place at the School of Computer Science and Informatics

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University joins industry partners to develop ‘first of its kind’ supercomputer

17 January 2017

High performance computing service is a major breakthrough for UK scientists

New UK research partnership to unlock medical evidence

14 December 2016

School part of new network to transform health record free-text into practical data

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Meeting of 'big data' alliance

5 December 2016

Government, business and academia gather in Cardiff for launch of international research alliance.