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Facebook’s AI doctoral research programme makes inroads into UK
Facebook collaborates with University College London to bring artificial intelligence doctoral research programme to the UK, with aim to open-sourcing the findings
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Facebook is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) PhD programme to the UK through a four-year partnership with University College London (UCL).
The PhD programme – which adds to those Facebook already has underway in the US, France and Canada – will initially host four students over the coming year, with the opportunity to add more each year.
The students will be assigned mentors from the Facebook AI Research (Fair) division, and will spend time at both UCL and Facebook as they purse their AI-related projects, which Facebook has indicated will be open-sourced.
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Ubisoft has announced an initiative to encourage and promote the inclusion of more people of colour in the UK games industry. Inspired by British musician Stormzy’s #Merky Foundation, The Ubisoft Scholarship for Black UK Students will include a three-year programme of support for two black students applying to a Computer Science Degree course at Newcastle University’s prestigious School of Computing in 2021.
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