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12 January 2021
Silicon photonics showcase reports dramatic advances in industry compatible technology
World-leading experts highlighted the dramatic progress made in silicon photonics technology at a research showcase event hosted by the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics.The Silicon Photonics for Future Systems (SPFS) Showcase reported advances that will both enhance conventional silicon photonics applications, but also transform new application areas such as programmable photonics and video production in mainstream media.The ambitious £6m programme, led by Southampton's Professor Graham Reed, has successfully...
12 January 2021
Regius Professor in Computer Science welcomes UK AI Roadmap
Dame Wendy Hall is "excited to see the release of the UK's AI Council Roadmap".
Professor Dame Wendy Hall has urged the UK to keep its foot "firmly on the accelerator" in Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills and diversity with the publication of a new independent report to guide the UK government.The Regius Professor in Computer Science at the University of Southampton welcomed the AI Council Roadmap that sets out how the nation can be one of the very best places in the world to live with, work with...
11 January 2021
MINDS Centre for Doctoral Training Summer Internships 2020
One of the aims of this internship scheme is to encourage and support students from a wider range of disciplines to consider PhD research in AI. We didn’t let the Covid-19 pandemic stop us in summer 2020, and three students studying Mathematics and Physics worked with us remotely.One of our interns worked with Dr Bahar Rastegari and two PhD students on the “Distributed Inference” project. She investigated techniques for splitting trained deep learning models across multiple, coordinating hardware devices such that the overall system performs the function of the trained model. She used Alexnet...
08 January 2021
Cold atom chip for quantum technologies on show at world's biggest tech show
Caption: The Southampton technology miniaturises conventional cold atom setups.
Innovative technologies developed by researchers at the University of Southampton will be unveiled in an online edition of the world’s largest and most influential technology show, CES 2021.Aquark Technologies, founded by quantum physicist Dr Andrei Dragomir, has developed a miniaturised cold atom system that will help enable the next generation of revolutionary technologies.The business is one of eight startups...
08 January 2021
AI-powered archaeology and team sports insight on show at world's biggest tech show
Caption: ArchAI can automatically detect archaeology from earth observation data.
Innovative technologies developed by computer scientists at the University of Southampton will be unveiled in an online edition of the world’s largest and most influential technology show, CES 2021.Postgraduate researchers Iris Kramer and Ryan Beal will demonstrate two AI-based startups based on cutting-edge Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) research across the four-day show, running from Monday 11th to...
05 January 2021
Southampton nanophotonics pioneer awarded international President's Science Award
Professor Nikolay Zheludev
Professor Nikolay Zheludev, Deputy Director of Southampton's Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics, has received one of Singapore's highest honours for achievements in science and technology.The renowned nanophotonics pioneer, who is also co-Director of The Photonics Institute at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, has been presented with the President's Science Award.Professor Zheludev and his Singapore-based colleagues Associate Professor Chong...

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