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Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ and Facebook AI Research to deliver PhD programme

26 February 2021

This new strategic partnership between Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ and FAIR, sees Facebook’s PhD programme launch in the UK for the first time.

Red Bus in the Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾  front Quad in front of the Wilkins Portico.

We are pleased to announce Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ has agreed a four-year research partnership with Facebook AI Research (FAIR), enabling PhD students to spend time at both Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Computer Science and Facebook.

The FAIR London site already hosts a number ofÌýPhD students, including Patrick Lewis, aÌýthirdÌýyearÌýresearch studentÌýworking on teaching machines to answer any natural language question. Patrick is equally immersed atÌýboth Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ and Facebook, noting: “Unlike a summer internship, the FAIR PhD programme provides the continuity that allows for deeper collaboration, enabling us to build out long research visions and execute on them."

Prof Nigel Titchener-Hooker, Dean of Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Engineering

“Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Engineering is a Faculty at the forefront of innovation and research, and our Department of Computer Science is no exception to this. This strategic partnership between Facebook AI Research and Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Computer Science will enable the next generation of innovators to excel in some of the most exciting and important areas of artificial intelligence research.
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