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24 June 2024

C2D3 Seed Fund winners for 2024

C2D3 are delighted to announce the winners of the Early Career Researcher Seed Fund for 2024! 

The aim of the grants was to provide a step towards an independent research career with applications focusing on cross-disciplinary data science or AI. We received the highest number of applicants for this call to date, and the quality of applications was high.

Activities funded by the grants include student internships, workshops and seminars, and establishing an expert network. The researchers will complete their projects by January 2025. 

News
5 February 2024

Using AI to tackle society's biggest challenges

The five winners of the challenge - called AI-deas - have been selected by ai@cam: the University of Cambridge’s new flagship mission to drive AI innovation that benefits science, citizens and society. They will receive seed funding to get off the ground and support to scale their impact.

News
15 January 2024

The quiet AI revolution in weather forecasting

Richard Turner, Professor of Computer Vision and Machine Learning, recently gave a talk for the Cambridge Philosophical Society discussing the quiet AI revolution that has begun in the field of numerical weather prediction.

News
15 January 2024

Accelerating how new drugs are made with machine learning

Researchers have developed a platform that combines automated experiments with AI to predict how chemicals will react with one another, which could accelerate the design process for new drugs.

News
15 January 2024

Using machine learning to monitor driver ‘workload’ could help improve road safety

Researchers have developed an adaptable algorithm that could improve road safety by predicting when drivers are able to safely interact with in-vehicle systems or receive messages, such as traffic alerts, incoming calls or driving directions.

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The Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery (C2D3) brings together researchers and expertise from across the academic departments and industry to drive research into the analysis, understanding and use of data science and AI. C2D3 is an Interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Cambridge.

  • Supports and connects the growing data science and AI research community 
  • Builds research capacity in data science and AI to tackle complex issues 
  • Drives new research challenges through collaborative research projects 
  • Promotes and provides opportunities for knowledge transfer 
  • Identifies and provides training courses for students, academics, industry and the third sector 
  • Serves as a gateway for external organisations 

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