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Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter showcasing research and enterprise highlights from Electronics and Computer Science.

Celebrate some of our top stories, including how we are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and the major announcement of a £12M research platform - the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub.

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Southampton to lead £12M research platform


The Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub will deliver world-leading best practices for the design, regulation and operation of autonomous systems such as driverless cars, drones and robots.
 

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Our response to the COVID-19 crisis...
 
 
 
 
 
Developing protection on the frontline

Southampton electronics and computer science experts have helped develop a pioneering personal respirator hood that is being used by frontline hospital staff treating COVID-19 patients.

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Producing 3D-printed faceshields for the NHS

Students and graduates have been printing thousands of emergency faceshields to help staff in hospitals and care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Enhancing well-being and performance 

Human performance expert m.c. schraefel is encouraging the public to tune technologies with how their bodies work to better cope with the lockdown.

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Support our Southampton Coronavirus Response Fund 
 
Protecting, saving and supporting more vulnerable lives from this global pandemic. #UoSCoronaFund
 
 
 
 
 
 
in other news...
 
 
 
 
 
Celebrating inspirational women in engineering

Today marks International Women in Engineering Day and we've spoken to three Southampton engineers who are changing the world with their research.

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Southampton to lead major research to curb cyber attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have been awarded over £1.2M to help the tech infrastructure of UK organisations and digital devices to be more resilient to cyber attacks.

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Detecting contaminated drinking water

Student entrepreneurs have created a device that combines machine learning and spectroscopy to alert people around the world to unsafe water.

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Spotlight on Web Science

Southampton's Web Science Institute is hosting the 12th ACM Web Science Conference (#WebSci20). The online event will be chaired by Professor Dame Wendy Hall and will focus on new directions in the Web and artificial intelligence.

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Improving the performance of football teams with AI

Southampton researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate insights that can help select teams' most efficient line-ups.

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congratulations to...
 
 
 
 
 
Ben Fletcher
Postgraduate Researcher


Ben won the IEEE Communications Society Prize for his innovative stacking of silicon chips at the STEM for Britain exhibition.

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Virginia Hodge
Former Vice-President of the IET


Virginia has been appointed a Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence in Electronics and Computer Science at the University.

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Discover what's happening elsewhere in Engineering and Physical Sciences
 
Developing rapid-result COVID-19 diagnostic tests

Delivering the first medical supplies by drone

Helping design new coronavirus drugs and vaccines

Southampton scientist wins prestigious Fellowship
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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