Research and innovation

Innovative project to turn AI research into new businesses

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Mapping buried infrastructure

Scotland now has a unique mapping system that provides real-time, integrated data of buried infrastructure as a result of our research

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Human-like robots

Our researchers are pioneering ‘human-like planning’ in robots, which could have applications in settings ranging from healthcare to agriculture

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Research seminars

Every week we run seminars with speakers from within the School, other departments at the University and external organisations

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Research and innovation

Our research ranges from fundamental advances in algorithms and our understanding of computation, through to highly applied research into new display technologies for clinical diagnosis, energy-efficient data centres, and profound insight into data through visualisation.

We have strong links with the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, Robotics Leeds and the Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics. We're also a partner of The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence.

99%

“world-leading” or “internationally excellent”

Submitted research – REF 2021

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academic and research staff

working with over 110 PhD researchers to deliver high-impact research

83%

“world-leading”

Submitted impact case studies – REF 2021

Our research

Our interdisciplinary research is conducted across the following key research areas.

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Artificial Intelligence

Our research covers several areas of robotics and artificial intelligence. Through this diversity we play a leading role in the global trend towards the re-integration of artificial intelligence.