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Congratulations to Professor Geoffrey E. Hinton, the founding director of the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at UCL Life Sciences, for being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics!

His pioneering discoveries and inventions with artificial neural networks that enable machine learning have transformed the field and continue to inspire the next generation of scientists. We’re incredibly proud to have him as part of our UCL community!

Read more about Professor Geoffrey E. Hinton's Nobel Prize win at UCL News: https://bit.ly/3U0wrjz

Celebrating the Smell Care Project

On 20 September 2024, over 100 attendees from across the globe gathered to celebrate the EPSRC/NIHR-funded Smell Care Project. The event showcased the project's innovative digital smell training for individuals with smell loss, with 74% of participants completing their daily exercises - offering key insights and lessons for the future of digital smell training. Presentations from industry, charity, international and medical partners highlighted their contributions and future visions, while an interactive session featuring scent-related demos immersed the audience in the intersection of technology, clinical practice and citizen science. The event ignited discussions on the future of smell care and its vital role in health and wellbeing.

Read more: https://www.smell-care.co.uk/news-and-events

Delighted to announce our new Head of Department; Professor Daniel Alexander! 🎉

Danny brings a wealth of expertise as former deputy head of UCL Computer Science and director of UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing (CMIC).

Join us in celebrating this exciting new chapter! 👏

Read more about Danny's appointment. Link below.

We would also like to take this time to give a big thanks to Professor Steven Hailes for his outstanding leadership as Head of Department over the last five years. We wish both Danny and Steve every success.

Congratulations to UCL-supported startup, eNOugh, for securing their first investment!

The startup, founded by UCL alumni Ina Jovicic (MSc Entrepreneurship) and Gaelic Jara Reinhold (BEng Engineering), is tackling the critical issue of personal safety head-on. Their innovative AI-powered protection badge is designed to empower women and ensure they feel safe walking alone at night.

The startup has just completed its first pre-seed funding round, raising £240,000. The round was led by PurposeTech VC and included contributions from several global angel investors.

Co-founder Ina said: “We initially planned to raise only from angel investors, but we’re thrilled that the process exceeded our expectations, and we were approached by an incredible VC, which, of course, adds even more credibility.”

The startup is being supported as part of the UCL Hatchery incubator programme. 🚀

Find out more: https://bit.ly/3ySVtdb

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More on our Touchless Computing software; MotionInput, which was featured on BBC Click recently.

Software that allows users to control a computer using a range of gestures and movements with just a we**am and PC, invented by academics from UCL Computer Science, was put through its paces by school students and the BBC’s Paul Carter.

Initially developed in 2020, MotionInput Games has undergone several generations of improvements, integrating offline and privacy-safe Artificial Intelligence for PCs, with the help of industry partners including Intel Corporation.

Learn more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/ai-enhanced-touchless-computing-helps-users-take-control-their-gaming-experience