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Two Informatics academics elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

07 April, 2026

Professors Subramanian Ramamoorthy and Mahesh Marina from the School of Informatics have been…

EUFS Launches New ADS Race Car “SISU26” Ahead of 2026 Silverstone Competition

30 March, 2026

Edinburgh University Formula Student (EUFS) has unveiled its 2026 autonomous race car, “SISU26”, at…

Deepfake detection techniques vulnerable to attack, study finds

26 March, 2026

Researchers from the School of Informatics have contributed to a major new study evaluating the…

Edinburgh researchers join £12.5 million national centre for next‑generation semiconductor systems

19 March, 2026

Researchers from the School of Informatics are contributing to a new £12.5 million national…

Funding boost to turbocharge quantum computing research

17 March, 2026

A major £20 million boost to the University’s Quantum Software Lab (QSL) will drive forward…

NASA’s Valkyrie Robot Concludes a Decade at Edinburgh

06 March, 2026

A robot developed by NASA in preparation for missions to Mars is returning to the USA following a…

Informatics Alumnus Raises $6M to Build the Next Generation of AI‑Powered Music Creation

23 February, 2026

Pascual Merita, MSc Artificial Intelligence graduate from the School of Informatics, The Univeristy…

Two simple steps turn classical computing into quantum, according to newly published framework co-authored by Professor Chris Heunen

19 February, 2026

Researchers from an international collaboration, including Professor Chris Heunen from the School…

Global network puts spotlight on quantum software

10 February, 2026

Scientists from around the world have joined forces to highlight the critical role that quantum…

Professor Judy Robertson receives Suffrage Science Award

02 February, 2026

Professor Judy Robertson, Chair in Digital Learning, who holds a joint appointment with the School…

Improving Security Standards in Financial Services with ASC X9

26 January, 2026

The Blockchain Technology Laboratory at the University of Edinburgh is working with Accredited…

Professor Aggelos Kiayias named 2025 ACM Fellow

21 January, 2026

Professor Aggelos Kiayias, Chair in Cyber Security and Privacy at the University of Edinburgh’s…

Shrinking AI memory boosts accuracy

22 December, 2025

Researchers have developed a new way to compress the memory used by AI models to increase their…

Europe takes another step toward AI sovereignty with the launch of EuroLLM-22B

16 December, 2025

A European Consortium including the University of Edinburgh has launched EuroLLM-22B, a fully open…

Informatics Graduate Wins at Scottish EDGE 26 for Responsible AI Platform

09 December, 2025

University of Edinburgh startups monitoring ocean health, developing accessible antivenoms, and…

Kawada Robotics partners with University of Edinburgh to advance next-generation humanoids for industrial packaging

21 November, 2025

Kawada Robotics joins forces with the School of Informatics to develop next-generation humanoid…

New drug target identified in fight against resistant infections

14 November, 2025

The discovery of a new mechanism of resistance to common antibiotics could pave the way for…

Chip and software breakthrough makes AI ten times faster

12 November, 2025

A research team led by Dr Luo Mai from the School of Informatics, has developed WaferLLM, a…

Quantum Software Lab team reaches semi-finals of $5M global quantum competition

28 October, 2025

A team from the Quantum Software Lab (QSL) in the School of Informatics at the University of…

Lei Zhong awarded Google PhD Fellowship for research in human-motion generation

28 October, 2025

PhD student Lei Zhong has been named a recipient of a 2025 Google PhD Fellowship in Machine…