Artificial intelligence (AI) Advancing world-class research into artificial intelligence, its applications and its implications for society, building on our academic network’s wealth of expertise.
Data science at scale Building upon advances in high-performance computer architectures, through algorithm-architecture co-design, with applications including health and life science.
Data science for science Ensuring that research across science and the humanities can make effective use of state of the art methods in artificial intelligence and data science.
Data-centric engineering Bringing together world-leading academic institutions and major industrial partners from across the engineering sector, to address new challenges in data-centric engineering.
Defence and security Collaborating with the defence and security community to deliver an ambitious programme of data science and artificial intelligence research.
Finance and economics Develop cutting-edge methods to foster financial innovation and deepen our understanding of the economy, to benefit society at large.
Health and medical sciences Accelerating the scientific understanding of human disease and improving human health through data-driven innovation in AI and statistical science.
Public policy Working with policy makers on data-driven public services and innovation to solve policy problems, and developing ethical foundations for data science and AI policy-making.
Tools, practices and systems Building open source infrastructure to empower a global, decentralised network of people who connect data with domain experts.
Urban analytics Developing data science and AI focused on the process, structure, interactions and evolution of agents, technology and infrastructure within and between cities.