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AI and Human Rights

Date added: Thursday, December 9, 2021

Genome sequencing children: is it the future of medicine?

Date added: Friday, November 19, 2021

Reaping AI’s potential requires more intelligent industry collaboration

The brain drain from academia to industry is just one of the glitches that need addressing, says Greg Slabaugh

Date added: Sunday, November 7, 2021

Congratulations to Prof Shaogang Gong who has been elected an ELLIS Fellow in the ELLIS Program Multimodal Learning Systems.

Shaogang (Sean) Gong is Professor of Visual Computation at Queen Mary University of London where he established the Queen Mary Computer Vision Laboratory in 1993. His research is in Computer Vision and Machine Learning with a focus on Object Recognition, Action Recognition, and Video Analysis.

Date added: Thursday, November 4, 2021

Queen Mary partner with industry to train next generation of ‘AI-native’ biological scientists

Queen Mary University of London are partnering with Exscientia, MSD and Heptares Therapeutics to deliver a new doctoral training programme that will train researchers to apply cutting-edge AI expertise to the discovery and development of new drugs.

Date added: Wednesday, October 27, 2021

The Alan Turing Institute awards Turing Fellowships to 42 academics from Queen Mary

Queen Mary is one of 13 University partners of The Alan Turing Institute, the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence. Through The Alan Turing Institute, our experts can participate in strategic partnerships, connect and collaborate with colleagues from other institutions, share expertise and shape innovative research.

Date added: Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Police investigate whether Sarah Everard murderer Wayne Couzens could be responsible for more crimes

Dr Mark Freestone comments on the Sarah Everard case

Date added: Monday, October 4, 2021

The Digital Environment Research Institute Celebrates Official Launch

The Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) was officially launched on March 24th 2022 at an exclusive event hosted by Queen Mary – Towards 2030: Realising the UK’s AI Ambitions.

Date added: Friday, March 25, 2022

The Digital Environment Research Institute Welcomes Professor David Leslie

The Digital Environment Research Institute makes its first key academic appointment, welcoming Professor David Leslie as Professor of Ethics, Technology and Society.

Date added: Thursday, August 25, 2022

First Cohort of students start on the UKRI/BBSRC AI for Drug Discovery Programme

In October 2022, the Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) welcomed the first cohort of students on the UKRI/BBSRC funded AI for Drug Discovery Collaborative Training Partnership Award.

Date added: Friday, November 4, 2022

Claudia Langenberg Appointed as the Director of the new Precision Healthcare University Research Institute

Queen Mary welcomes Professor Claudia Langenberg as the Director of the newly established Precision Healthcare University Research Institute (PHURI).

Date added: Monday, September 5, 2022

DERI Director part of new group to advance digital twins in healthcare

Professor Greg Slabaugh, Director of DERI and Professor of Computer Vision, along with researchers from across Queen Mary is part of a consortium of 19 partners that will aid personalised healthcare by using virtual copies of objects

Date added: Wednesday, October 19, 2022

DERI hosts a Delegation from Malaysia

On March 16th, DERI welcomed a delegation from Malaysia to Empire House.

Date added: Friday, March 17, 2023

Queen Mary Joins Turing University Network

Queen Mary University of London has joined The Alan Turing Institute’s new university network, further strengthening its ties to the Institute and its connections with other leading universities

Date added: Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Researchers share expertise at AI for Drug Discovery Summer Symposium

Researchers and students from Queen Mary University of London’s Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) came together with industry partners and experts from other universities to discuss artificial intelligence (AI)’s significant potential for drug discovery at the Summer Symposium, hosted by the Collaborative Training Partnership (CTP), led by Exscientia

Date added: Thursday, July 13, 2023

Queen Mary's Innovative Digital Health Collaboration Workshop: A Landmark Meeting of Minds in Healthcare AI

Queen Mary University of London, University College London and Imperial College London. hosted a successful Multi-scale & Multi-modality Digital Health Collaboration Workshop on Tuesday, 18th July. Supported by the local organising team of Queen Mary's Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) and Centre for Bioengineering, this event brought together an impressive group of 122 participants from numerous universities, institutes, and industry partners to Queen Mary’s Whitechapel Campus. 

Date added: Tuesday, July 18, 2023

DERI Fellow Awarded Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship

Dr Emmanouil Benetos, Reader in Machine Listening & Director of Research at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, and DERI Fellow has been awarded one of seven Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships awarded to support engineering research with benefits for society and economy.

Date added: Friday, August 4, 2023

Professor David Leslie Leads AI Fringe Event putting Children’s rights and inequality on the AI Agenda

On November 2nd 2023, Professor David Leslie, Professor of Ethics, Technology and Society at Queen Mary University London, and Director of Ethics and Responsible Innovation Research at the Alan Turing institute, led an AI Fringe event aligned with the UK Government's AI Safety Summit, in partnership with the Alan Turing Institute, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI, and Big Innovation Centre

Date added: Friday, November 3, 2023

Queen Mary students successfully awarded placements at The Alan Turing Institute

Four postgraduate research students from Queen Mary University of London have successfully been awarded an Enrichment placement at The Alan Turing Institute. They will be able to gain valuable research experience through the placements.

Date added: Monday, November 6, 2023

Unveiling the Secrets of Tudor History: 'Tudor Networks of Power' - A Pioneering Collaboration

New book from Queen Mary academic Professor Ruth Ahnert, an early modern book historian, and Dr. Sebastian E. Ahnert, a physicist specialising in complex networks, brings to light the complex power dynamics, the spy-craft, and the intrigues that defined the Tudor era (1509-1603).

Date added: Sunday, January 21, 2024

Professor David Leslie galvanises support for a global AI Ethics Observatory at UNESCO in Slovenia

Professor Leslie has warned of a ticking time bomb if governments and world leaders don’t proactively address the ethical issues around AI.

Date added: Monday, February 5, 2024

DERI Professor secures 275K Grant from the AHRC BRAID Programme

Professor David Leslie and Dr Aoife Monks will lead for Queen Mary on the newly funded AHRC BRAID Programme Award focused on Generative AI's impact on creative industries.

Date added: Thursday, February 8, 2024

Clumped isotope data reveals hidden CO2 sink in ocean transform faults

DERI Professor, Cedric John, Head of Data Science for the Environment and Sustainability and his team played a pivotal role in a new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), uncovering a previously unknown aspect of the geological carbon cycle

Date added: Monday, February 12, 2024

Queen Mary researchers shine at The Alan Turing Institute

Three exceptional Queen Mary researchers have been awarded Turing Fellowships by The Alan Turing Institute.

Date added: Friday, March 1, 2024

Annual Symposium Showcases Excellence in AI for Drug Discovery Research

Hosted by the UKRI/BBSRC AI for Drug Discovery Collaborative Training Partnership (AIDD-CTP) PhD programme, the Symposium brought together researchers from across Queen Mary, programme industry partners, and staff and students from other Institutions to hold a captivating day of discussions focusing on AI’s potential to revolutionise the drug discovery process.

Date added: Monday, July 1, 2024

DERI Awarded AI Futures Grant Funded by the UK Government

Lead by Professor Greg Slabaugh, Director of the Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) and Professor of Computer Vision and AI, Queen Mary University of London has received funds from the UK Government aimed at future leaders in AI.

Date added: Monday, July 8, 2024

Digital Environment Research Institute welcomes two new professors

The Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) at  Queen Mary University of London is delighted to announce the appointment of two distinguished professors to its team,  Professor Gina Neff and Professor Venet Osmani.

Date added: Friday, September 13, 2024

DERI Professor Leads UK and Qatar Project to Boost Artificial Intelligence Collaboration

Professor David Leslie leads a joint Artificial Intelligence (AI) research commission, seeking to establish a roadmap for UK-Qatar collaboration on AI that will benefit both countries.

Date added: Thursday, December 5, 2024

Can AI and sustainability co-exist?

Professor Cédric John, Head of Data Science for the Environment and Sustainability writes about whether AI and sustainability can co-exist. 

Date added: Monday, January 20, 2025

Queen Mary University host world’s first Children’s AI summit

This week Queen Mary University of London co-hosted the world’s first children’s artificial intelligence (AI) summit.  

Date added: Thursday, February 6, 2025

New Accessible Resources to Support Public Understanding of Large Language Models

QM researchers work to help the public better understand and safely use large language models (LLMs).

Date added: Thursday, November 13, 2025

How is AI being used in war?

Watch David Leslie, DERI's Professor of Ethics, Technology and Society discuss the use of AI in war. David discusses with the Sky team how AI is transforming warfare; its use in the military across all of its operations and logistics, intelligence gathering and weaponry.https://news.sky.com/video/how-is-ai-being-used-in-war-13515531

Date added: Friday, March 6, 2026

Queen Mary receives £25 million in funding to develop next generation of researchers

We are delighted to celebrate Queen Mary University of London’s success in securing £25 million for four new multidisciplinary doctoral training programmes. More than £20 million of this funding comes from Wellcome and will support around fifty healthcare professionals to undertake PhDs across three programmes, with the first cohorts beginning in 2027.

Date added: Friday, September 4, 2026

Bill Gates meets DERI researchers during Queen Mary visit

Researchers from Queen Mary's Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) had a unique opportunity to meet Bill Gates during his visit to the University last week, sharing their work and discussing how artificial intelligence is helping to tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges.

Date added: Wednesday, October 28, 2026