All the latest news from Informatics. Search Tags 202420252026AIAIANCAwardAwareness DayEventFunding announcementICSAILCCInnovation & CommercialisationIPABLFCSOutreach and EngagementPartnershipsPublicationResearchStaffStudent Publication date Date from Date to Professor Peter Dayan awarded an honorary degree for outstanding contributions to computational neuroscience and machine learning 14 July, 20252025 Award [11/07/2025] The University of Edinburgh has conferred an honorary doctorate on Professor Peter… Informatics student awarded Glushko Dissertation Prize for a thesis about honeybee dance 25 June, 20252025 Research Student [25/06/2025] Informatics PhD student Anna Hadjitofi supervised by Professor Barbara Webb, won the… Professor Michael Rovatsos appointed to Scottish Technology Council 18 June, 20252025 Research Staff [18/06/2025] Professor Michael Rovatsos, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the School of… Professor Ursula Martin named Dame in King’s Birthday Honours 16 June, 20252025 Award Research Staff [14/06/2025] Ursula Martin, Professor Emerita of the School of Informatics, has been appointed Dame… CDT-RAS students develop soft robots that walk off 3D printer that makes them 26 May, 20252025 Student [26/05/2025] PhD student Maks Gepner from Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Autonomous… Quantum Fringe Festival 2025: Bridging a Century of Innovation with Future Possibilities 14 May, 20252025 Event [08/05/2025] This summer, Scotland becomes the staging ground for a celebration of quantum science… Informatics student leads a study that links higher risk of depression to combinations of chronic illnesses 12 May, 20252025 Publication Research Student [13/05/2025] A study led by Lauren DeLong, PhD student at the School of Informatics, found that… Walid Magdy finds that deleted Facebook posts on Middle East conflict broke no rules 25 April, 20252025 Research Staff [25/04/2025] Dr Walid Magdy, reader at the School of Informatics led a recent study which found… Joschka Roffe awarded EPSRC Quantum Technology Career Acceleration Fellowship 14 April, 20252025 Award Research [14/04/2025] Dr Joschka Roffe, a Senior Researcher in the Quantum Software Lab, is among eleven… Kia Nazarpour’s spin out raises $8m to revolutionise magnetic sensing for the future of human-machine interaction 10 April, 20252025 Funding announcement Staff [10/04/2025] Deep tech semiconductor company Neuranics, a joint spinout between the universities of… Barbara Webb develops a robotic gripper that mimics ants’ jaws 04 April, 20252025 Research Staff [31/03/25] Professor Barbara Webb led the research that developed a prototype ‘hairy robotic… Professor Michael O'Boyle Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 31 March, 20252025 Award Research Staff [25/03/2025] Professor Michael O’Boyle, Chair in Computer Science at the School of Informatics, is… Informatics PhD student develops an AI-powered coffee-making robot 19 March, 20252025 Student Research [19/03/2025] Ruaridh Mon-Williams, a PhD student jointly at the University of Edinburgh,… Sethu Vijayakumar involved in UK-Japan Strategic Partnership discussions 06 March, 20252025 Event Research [20/02/2025] Professor Sethu Vijayakumar, Professor of Robotics at the School of Informatics played… Edinburgh Hoppers celebrate International Women’s Day 05 March, 20252025 Awareness Day Student Event [08/03/2025] International Women’s Day is a global holiday celebrated annually on 8th March that… Informatics student develops a dating app based on musical tastes 13 February, 20252025 Student [14/02/2025] Ben Stevenson, a fourth-year Computer Science and AI student at the University of… Inspiring Futures: Women and Girls in STEM 07 February, 20252025 Awareness Day Student [11/02/2025] On 11th February, we celebrate the contributions of women and girls to the scientific… Hinton among seven engineers to win 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 05 February, 20252025 Award [05/02/2025] Edinburgh graduate and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton is among seven engineers… Informatics colleagues celebrated for their long service 17 January, 20252025 Award Event Staff [17/01/2025] Colleagues from the School of Informatics were recognised for their long-standing… 1 2 3 News archive This article was published on Wednesday 18 September 2024