DeepMind renews its commitment to UCL

Global leading artificial intelligence company DeepMind has renewed its support of Master's level scholarships in UCL's Department of Computer Science. The scholarships are the fourth cohort supported by DeepMind, highlighting the long-standing relationship between the two organisations. They are open to students from backgrounds underrepresented in the sector, including women, those of African or Caribbean heritage and those from low-income families. Professor David Barber (UCL Computer Science) said: "DeepMind's continuing commitment provides much needed support to train a new generation of students and helps maintain a healthy independent AI research provision in the UK. "I'm delighted that DeepMind have been unfailingly generous in backing our efforts to create a unique environment at UCL in which students and researchers have the freedom and support to address some of the most challenging issues in creating an AI driven future that will benefit us all." The announcement comes as the inaugural DeepMind Chair in Artificial Intelligence took up the post at the start of October. Professor Marc Deisenroth, who joined UCL from Imperial College London, is a recipient of a Google Faculty Research Award and a Microsoft PhD Grant. He specialises in data-efficient machine learning, probabilistic modelling and autonomous decision making, and will spearhead AI research at UCL.