Professor Graham Cormode @grahamrc.bsky.social has been appointed Research Theme Lead for AI Futures at the Oxford-UBS Centre for Applied AI. His work on trustworthy AI, data privacy and large-scale data analysis will help shape the Centre's research. www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2537-fu...

Oxford researchers Yarin Gal, Mark van der Wilk, Michael Bronstein & Michael Wooldridge are part of SOFAIR, a new UK initiative developing next-generation open-source AI through fundamental research. www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2535-fu... @yaringal.bsky.social @mvdw.bsky.social @mmbronstein.bsky.social

How can game theory help England win the #WorldCup? ⚽🏆 Ashall Professor of the Foundations of AI Mike Wooldridge explains how the use of randomness can make a difference in a penalty shootout. Concepts such as strategic randomness have applications beyond sport, including in computer science & AI.

Congratulations to Professor Elias Koutsoupias on receiving a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant. His project will develop a new mathematical framework for designing robust, fair & stable algorithms in strategic environments. www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2534-fu...

Recruiting: We're hiring 2 Senior HR Officers to take ownership of broad range of activity, including recruitment, employee relations, workforce planning, organisational change, immigration compliance & employee lifecycle processes. Details & applications: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Prof Anisoara Calinescu & Prof Shimon Whiteson are part of the team behind the new British Open-ended Learning & Discovery Lab (BOLD), a major UK initiative hosted by Oxford that will explore the next generation of AI systems capable of continuous learning, adaptation & discovery. shorturl.at/fz5ZM

Recruiting: We're hiring a Departmental Lecturer in Computer Science to be responsible for teaching and supervision of undergraduate and graduate students within the department. Details & applications: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Want to know what life at Oxford could look like for you? If so, we would like to invite you to our upcoming Open Days on the 1 and 2 of July 2026. Expect: a talk on our undergraduate courses and the admissions process, sample lectures, and a demonstration interview.

Join us for the 65th Cherwell Simon Lecture on 12 June, 5pm BST, in person. Prof Dorit Aharonov will talk about quantum computation. Everyone is welcome to join us. More information and registration via link in bio, or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/65th-cherwell-simon-lecture

Did you miss out on attending Prof Srdjan Čapkun’s Strachey Lecture ‘Hardening Digital Infrastructure: Resilient Positioning and Sovereign Smartphone Architectures’? If so, you can now catch up on everything discussed on our YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eULf... 1/2

Visiting Fellow Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE spoke on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday 6 June about the moral considerations of AI and answered the question of whether AI has already run beyond governmental control. Listen to the full discussion (starts at 15:28): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Recruiting: We're hiring a Research Associate in Neural Rendering and Medical Image Reconstruction to join the Oxford Machine Learning in Neuroimaging (OMNI) lab. Details & applications: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... @oxford-vgg.bsky.social @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @ana-namburete.bsky.social

The Pope’s recent reflections on AI raise urgent questions about how it could help - or harm - humanity. Professor Mike Wooldridge joined The Naked Scientists to discuss what AI is, how it works, and where it may lead us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNk0...

Recruiting: We're hiring a Research Associate in Computer Vision to join the Visual Geometry Group (Central Oxford), funded by ERC @erc.europa.eu. Details & applications: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... #recruiting

Is the AI revolution leaving those who don't use the tools behind, or will they be the only people left with critical thinking skills? In a recent @the-independent.com article, Prof Michael Wooldridge spoke with a self-confessed AI luddite on the issue. www.the-independent.com/life-style/c...

Professor Leslie Goldberg and Professor Michael Wooldridge have been elected Fellows of the @royalsociety.org, recognising their outstanding contributions to artificial intelligence and theoretical computer science. www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2530-fu...

Eid Mubarak to all who are celebrating! We wish you a happy Eid al-Adha. 🌙 #compscioxford #eidmubarak #eid #EidAlAdha

After teaching game theory for 15+ years, Prof Michael Wooldridge is sharing his knowledge in his new book ‘Life Lessons from Game Theory: The Art of Thinking Strategically in a Complex World’. Read @theguardian.com interview to learn more: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Associate Professor Sergii Strelchuk has helped achieve a world first: loading a complete genome onto a quantum computer. The breakthrough could help unlock new approaches to some of the biggest challenges in human health. Read more: www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2527-fu...

Are you interested in studying Computer Science at University of Oxford? If so, we would like to invite you to our upcoming Open Days on the 1 and 2 of July 2026. Expect: a talk on our courses and the admissions process, sample lectures, and a demonstration interview. #CompSciOxford #OxOpenDays

Professor Max Van Kleek @emax.bsky.social is speaking at the King's AI Summit: Workforce Futures at King's College London next week on the panel discussion 'The Workforce of 2030: What Will Change – and What Won't?'. 16:05 Tuesday 19 May 2026 Strand Campus Further details: kingsaisummit.com

Recruiting: We're hiring a Research Associate in Computational Methods for Climate & Child Health to help lead an ongoing multiyear programme of methodological research linking climate science with child health and wellbeing. Details & applications: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... @flaxter.bsky.social

Do you want to study one of our undergraduate Computer Science courses in 2027? UCAS applications are now open for 2027 entry, you can register and start your application in your UCAS Hub. For more information on how to apply: www.cs.ox.ac.uk/admissions/u... #CompSciOxford #UCAS #UCASApplication

Research Associate Lin Li & Professor Yarin Gal have won a $371k grant from Coefficient Giving to improve the safety of large language models. The project will develop new adversarial training methods designed to improve robustness without reducing model performance. www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2525-fu...

Prof Marta Kwiatkowska will give the keynote 'Provable Robustness Guarantees for Artificial Intelligence: Progress and Challenges' at the 47th IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy on 20 May at Hilton San Francisco Union Square. Details & registration: sp2026.ieee-security.org/program.html

Recruiting: We're hiring Researcher Associates in Geometric ML to develop their own research programmes relevant to the activity of research group, reporting to Prof Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social. Details & applications: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... #Recruiting @aithyra.bsky.social

DPhil student Jake Stein @jmlstein.bsky.social has co-authored a report published in the Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social titled 'Missing Infrastructure: Semantic Data for Effective Scrutiny of Online Platforms'. Read the full report: theodi.org/insights/rep... @kelloggoxford.bsky.social

What does science look like in the age of algorithms? Prof Sir Nigel Shadbolt will be part of a panel discussing how AI is reshaping research & discovery. Tuesday 19 May, 17:00 - 18:30 Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-in...

Next week on 12 May, Prof Srđan Čapkun @ethz.ch will deliver the Strachey Lecture ‘Hardening Digital Infrastructure: Resilient Positioning and Sovereign Smartphone Architectures’. Book now: www.eventbrite.com/e/strachey-l... The Strachey Lectures are generously supported by OxFORD Asset Management.

Is a leopard's roar as unique as its spots? Yes! Researchers have used bioacoustics & machine learning to identify leopards with 93.1% accuracy. Learn more this #InternationalLeopardDay zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @wildcru.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @biology.ox.ac.uk

Is AI really as good in the workplace as those selling its services are claiming it is? Alumna Anne-Marie Imafidon @aimafidon.bsky.social suggests that employers need to engage more with their staff when deploying AI in a recent @irishtimes.com article: www.irishtimes.com/business/wor...

On 12 May, Prof Srđan Čapkun (@ethz.ch) will deliver the Strachey Lecture ‘Hardening Digital Infrastructure: Resilient Positioning and Sovereign Smartphone Architectures’. Book now: www.eventbrite.com/e/strachey-l... The Strachey Lectures are generously supported by OxFORD Asset Management.

Should we be taxing robots? Prof Sara Bernardini spoke on BBC One's AI Decoded as part of a panel discussing Sam Altman's recent blueprint for AI regulation, & exploring what a future shaped by autonomous machines could mean for work, safety & society:

Welcome to Trinity term, we’re wishing good luck to all for this academic season! 📚 #compscioxford #Trinityterm #OxfordUni #UniversityofOxford

Visiting Professor Dan Olteanu and colleagues have received the ICDT 2026 Test of Time Award for their 2016 paper on Generative Datalog, a probabilistic extension of Datalog that has had lasting impact across database theory, systems and programming languages. www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2521-fu...

DPhil student Emily Jin has co-authored OXtal, a generative model that predicts molecular crystal structures in seconds from a 2D graph - a major advance on brute-force methods. The team will present at ICLR 2026 in Brazil on 24 April. Read more: www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2519-fu...

Happy #WorldQuantumDay! To celebrate, we spoke with Aleks Kissinger, Professor of Quantum Computing, to work out some myths from some facts about quantum computing. Scroll through to learn what is a myth and what is a fact, as well as some context for each answer! @worldquantumday.bsky.social 1/4

On 12 May, Prof Srđan Čapkun @ethz.ch will deliver the Strachey Lecture ‘Hardening Digital Infrastructure: Resilient Positioning and Sovereign Smartphone Architectures’. Book now: https://shorturl.at/4OrL0 The Strachey Lectures are generously supported by OxFORD Asset Management.

The fourth edition of the Solid Symposium is taking place between Thursday 30 April and Friday 1 May. The event will take place at City St George’s University (Clerkenwell Campus), London. Speakers include Emeritus Prof Sir Tim Berners-Lee & Prof Sir Nigel Shadbolt. Register: sosy2026.eu

The annual OxBridge Women in CS Conference will take place on Saturday 9 May at the Mathematical Institute Oxford. There will be inspiring keynotes, networking opportunities, workshops & CV sessions. Register for free: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Departmental Lecturer Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social suggests there is reason to worry, now we're closer than ever to the first quantum computer breaking encryption in a New Scientist article: institutions.newscientist.com/article/2521...

Emeritus Prof Bill Roscoe spoke on BBC Radio 4’s The Last Word about the life & work of Emeritus Prof Sir Tony Hoare, who sadly passed away in March. Bill discussed the inspiration behind Quicksort, one of the most widely used sorting methods in computing (starts 14:51) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Our DPhil student Evan Albers is racing in this year’s Boat Race as part of the Men’s Reserve crew. Good luck Evan!  Tune in at 14:51 (BST) on Saturday 4 April to cheer him on!   You can watch the livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/live/rm_2PR4ulb4

Recruiting: We're hiring a Research Associate on Online Algorithms to join the project "Challenges in Competitive Online Optimisation" supervised by Professor Christian Coester. Details & applications: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... #compscioxford #Recruiting #OxfordRecruitment

DPhil student Alastair McCullough has co-authored the paper ‘Digitalization strategy in service ecosystems: Managing the interplay of tensions and empowerment’ published in the Journal of Service Management. The paper is available to read: www.emerald.com/josm/article...

Oxford-led Quantum Pangenomics, led by Associate Professor Sergii Strelchuk, is featured in @technologyreview.com. One of six finalists in the Wellcome Leap Q4Bio challenge, the project explores how quantum computing could transform genomic analysis. www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/19/1...

Prof Srđan Čapkun (ETH Zurich) will deliver the Trinity term Strachey Lecture ‘Hardening Digital Infrastructure: Resilient Positioning and Sovereign Smartphone Architectures’ on 12 May. Book www.eventbrite.com/e/strachey-l... The Strachey Lectures are generously supported by OxFORD Asset Management.

Eid Mubarak to all who are celebrating! We wish you a happy Eid al-Fitr. 🌙 #compscioxford #eidmubarak #eid

For #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek, we spoke with our Learning Technologist Jenny Watson about what she's doing to provide an excellent, accessible learning experience in the department. It's important work in progress - we want students of all neurotypes to feel they belong & can thrive with us.

Do LLMs need a ‘finishing school’ to be trusted to give suitable feedback or is this just a superficial fix? Professor Mike Wooldridge discusses the possible ways of preventing harmful responses from LLMs in a BBC Science Focus article: www.sciencefocus.com/future-techn...