A joint project between Aston University and the University of Leeds to establish a network for assessing publicly available artificial intelligence (AI) tools for PhD research has been awarded £3.4 million by the Research England Development Fund.

The UK will get a new centre to pioneer brain-inspired, energy-efficient computing technologies. The UK Multidisciplinary Centre for Neuromorphic Computing, led by Aston University, will receive £5.6 million over four years from the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).