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Three Informatics academics elected as RSE fellows | School of Informatics | School of Informatics
18 Jul 2025: [22/03/2023] Professors Alex Lascarides and Ross Anderson and Dr Fiona McNeill from the School of Informatics are joining the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, it has been announced on 21st March 2023.
Edinburgh students install UK’s first Hyperloop test track | School of Informatics | School of Informatics
18 Jul 2025: [28/09/2022] The University of Edinburgh students launched the first Hyperloop test track in the UK at the King’s Buildings campus. The Edinburgh team – HYPED – is the University’s student society dedicated to advancing Hyperloop, and the
Informatics researchers awarded for their seminal work on effect handlers | School of Informatics | School of Informatics
18 Jul 2025: [24/05/2022] Gordon Plotkin and Matija Pretnar (a former PhD in the Laboratory for the Foundations of Computer Science at the School of Informatics) were recognised for their ground-breaking 2009 paper Handlers of Algebraic Effects which received
Hands Off! Barbara Webb and colleagues report that human hands are not required to do clever things | School of Informatics | School of Informatics
18 Jul 2025: [2021] Professor of Biorobotics Barbara Webb collaborates with University of St Andrews colleagues to find out how animals perform skillful tasks.
ACRC research programme led by Jacques Fleuriot uses AI to enhance health and care | School of Informatics | School of Informatics
18 Jul 2025: [2021] Postgraduate programmes hosted by the University of Edinburgh's Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC) and School of Informatics take an interdisciplinary approach to improving later life healthcare.
Edinburgh to lead £3.2 million project into the Governance and Regulation of Decision-making Machines | School of Informatics | School of Informatics
18 Jul 2025: [2020] Researchers across the University and beyond have come together to ensure the trustworthiness of systems that put machines in charge of decisions, from virtual assistants like Alexa to aircraft autopilot.
Cutting-edge robot makes short work of gardening | School of Informatics | School of Informatics
18 Jul 2025: [2019] A gardening robot has been developed that can self-navigate and automatically prune roses and trim bushes.
Informatics researchers will investigate high school students’ use of AI in school to inform lessons of the future | School of Informatics | School of Informatics
19 Jul 2025: [20/06/2024] Fiona McNeill and Judy Robertson from the School of Informatics will survey high school students in Scotland on how they use artificial intelligence (AI) in their schoolwork, aiming to give the first national picture on how this growing
Scientists to create a Digital Twin of Antarctica | School of Informatics | School of Informatics
18 Jul 2025: [2020] The University’s Schools of GeoSciences and Informatics have received further funding to advance our understanding of the Antarctic Ice Sheet by creating a digital twin of Antarctica.
AI fintech startup from Informatics raises £11 million in Series A investment | School of Informatics | School of Informatics
19 Jul 2025: [09/08/2024] University AI fintech startup Aveni.AI, co-founded by Dr Lexi Birch from Informatics, has announced one of the largest Series A investments in a Scottish business this year, amounting to £11 million. The round was led by Puma Private