A study led by the University of Cambridge and the University of Birmingham, in collaboration with other colleagues around the world, has unveiled unique findings showcasing the capabilities of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) model GPT-4 in revolutionising the assessment of eye problems. The study, which was published in the journal PLOS Digital Health, saw a “large language model” called GPT-4 tested on a variety of medical professionals, including junior doctors without specialisation and expert and trainee eye doctors. Each was asked to provide a diagnosis or treatment advice after b ..read more

The University of Birmingham and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) are launching a new Joint Masters programme in Sustainable Energy Systems. The Institutions have opened applications for this new course. Building on last year’s launch of the partners’ first Joint Masters programme in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, the new course will help its graduates become specialists in a fast-growing industry that is leading the fight against climate change. Students will study in both Chennai and Birmingham before receiving a single degree awarded jointly ..read more

After the thorough renovation of the Pope’s College, the former restaurant of the residence will be given a new purpose and name. The space, where lectures, debates and seminars can take place from now on, will be named after Hortense Daman. This young resistance heroine played a crucial role in Leuven during the Second World War. The former student restaurant of the Pope’s College, which is not only centrally located but also has a rich history, will bear the name of Hortense Daman . This room will be used in the future for lectures, debates and seminars, among other things, and thus pr ..read more

As the financial implications of climate change continue to soar, a forthcoming journal article explores its effects on company values. Professor Henk Berkman (Business School) and co-authors Naomi Soderstrom (University of Melbourne) and Jonathan Jona (University of New Mexico) developed a novel way to figure out just how exposed individual companies are to climate risks using a detailed analysis of annual reports. “There has been a real movement over the past decade to require firms to be forthcoming regarding their sustainability performance and climate risks,” says Professor Berkman ..read more

Growing the careers of research faculty at Georgia Tech is an integral part of Research Next, the strategic plan for the Institute’s research enterprise. Georgia Tech’s research faculty, who conduct vital research in labs, centers, and departments across campus, play a critical role in the research enterprise. To support these essential employees, Georgia Tech launched an initiative to recognize and develop its research faculty. The Research Next team, now in the implementation phase of the plan, was tasked with finding ways to recognize, support, and retain research faculty. This included de ..read more

Georgia Tech ranks second on Forbes’ Public Ivies list, underscoring the rising value employers are placing on specific universities and skills. In a survey of nearly 300 Future of Work newsletter subscribers with direct hiring authority, 33% said they are less likely to hire Ivy League graduates than they were five years ago. Conversely, 42% of respondents indicated they are more likely to hire public university graduates than five years ago. Hiring managers are increasingly turning to these 20 public and private institutions for graduates who are better prepared to enter the workforce ..read more

A spinout company at the University of Glasgow is celebrating after securing more than £3.2 million in grant and investment funding. Nami Surgical said the double cash injection “marked a significant milestone” in its journey towards revolutionising surgical technologies. The young company was started in December 2021 by entrepreneurial researchers Nico Fenu and Rebecca Cleary. In that time, it has developed advances in cutting-edge ultrasonic surgical instrumentation for use in robotic-assisted surgery which it says are ready to go out to market. The new funding has come in the form of a £2 ..read more

Researchers from the University of Glasgow will play leading roles in projects supported by £12m in new funding from Responsible AI UK (RAi UK). Glasgow computing scientists are involved in two of the three new initiatives announced by RAi UK during the CogX conference in Los Angeles. The projects will look to tackle emerging concerns of generative and other forms of AI currently being built and deployed across society. Dr Simone Stumpf will lead the £3.5m Participatory Harm Auditing Workbenches and Methodologies (PHAWM) project. Meanwhile, Professor Dame Muffy Calder and Dr Michele ..read more

The University of Glasgow has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Arab American University Palestine (AAUP). The MoU will promote medical collaboration between the two universities, including hosting students from AAUP in Glasgow, to gain experience of clinical practice in the UK. The agreement was signed on Wednesday 1 May by Rachel Sandison, Deputy Vice Chancellor of External Engagement and Vice Principal of External Relations at the University of Glasgow, and Professor Mohammad Asia, President Assistant for Medical Faculties, and the Dean Faculty of Allied Medical Scie ..read more

Professor Jiwon Jang and Seungbok Yang, a PhD candidate, from the Department of Life Sciences at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), and Dr. Mahdi Golkaram from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) have uncovered a novel regulator governing how cells respond to mechanical cues. Their findings were published on May 3 in the online edition of “Nature Cell Biology”, an international journal in the field of cell biology. Much research in cell biology has traditionally centered on understanding how cells react to chemical sign ..read more