Cambridge Computer Science (@cst.cam.ac.uk)

@cst.cam.ac.uk Oct 14, 2026, 12:30 PM

We look forward to hearing Prof Margaret Martonosi (Princeton University) give the Wheeler Lecture on 4 November. She'll talk about "the captivating potential" of Quantum Computing and the role computer scientists must play for it to reach its full potential. wheelerlecture2026.eventbrite.co.uk

The poster shows Professor Margaret Martonosi, from Princeton University, who will be giving our annual distinguished lecture on the algorithms-to-devices gap in quantum computing.

@cst.cam.ac.uk Oct 7, 2026, 4:44 PM

We're excited that our researchers @tomgur.bsky.social @martin.kleppmann.com & Amanda Prorok are receiving funding from the @aria-research.bsky.social 'Scaling Trust' programme to lead teams exploring ambitious new ways of improving #AI security.
Read about their projects here:
shorturl.at/8K1ck

The image shows Professors Tom Gur, Martin Kleppmann and Amanda Prorok who are exploring new ways of improving AI security. Their approaches range from borrowing tools from cryptography to finding a way to 'watermark' robot control systems to identify their creators.

@cst.cam.ac.uk Sep 29, 2026, 2:55 PM

Congratulations to Professor Alice Hutchings (@message4bob.bsky.social), Professor of Emerging Harms here and the Director of our Cambridge Cybercrime Centre. She was honoured at the National Cyber Awards last night with The Alan Turing Cyber Leadership Award.
www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/nationa...

The Alan Turing Cyber Leadership Award, one of the National Cyber Awards, comes in the shape of a robot standing on a plinth. The Leadership award is supported by Sir Dermot Turing (nephew of Alan Turing) and "recognises a senior technical leader who has made a significant contribution to the digital safety of society," say the awards organisers.

@geotessera.org Sep 29, 2026, 7:15 AMReposted by @cst.cam.ac.uk

Countries like Senegal could soon use #AI to help plan for food shortages.

Former @cam.ac.uk PhD student Madeline Lisaius mapped smallholder crops with Tessera, beating other methods with far less computing power and labelled data.

📷 @wfp.org

Aerial photo of a man working in a flooded rice field in Senegal, with the headline 'AI tool for mapping smallholder crops proves itself in Senegal'. Photo: © WFP/Richard Mbouet.

@cst.cam.ac.uk Sep 15, 2026, 3:47 PM

Even where pollution levels are below the World Health Organization's recommended limit, daytime pollution is strongly linked to higher levels of coughing at night, finds a team of researchers based in this Department, Tsinghua University and sleep technology company SleepCycle.
shorturl.at/mDjx9

An image of a man covering his mouth while coughing illustrates this post about research that links even low levels of air pollution to increased coughing at nighttime.

@cst.cam.ac.uk Sep 9, 2026, 4:15 PM

'The promises & pitfalls of secret communication'. Our Head of Department @arberesford.bsky.social – architect of the @theguardian.com secure messaging system – discusses this in his Strachey Lecture at Oxford University @compscioxford.bsky.social on 27 October. www.eventbrite.com/e/strachey-l...