Our case studies showcase academic research from across the Department that has had an impact on the world or local community, and feature some of our current academics, research staff, Alumni and students.
Oxford start-up sale is largest ever student-led company return on investment
Spin-out
Onfido, an innovative start-up created by students including Engineering Science alumnus Ruhul Amin, uses artificial intelligence to verify customer identities and has been sold to Entrust Corp. This purchase marks the highest value return on investment for a student-led start-up for the University of Oxford. The university proceeds will support and fund the creation of more companies and entrepreneurship programmes at Oxford.
A new era of Medicine - using AI to make a positive difference
Biomedical
Professor David Clifton leads the Computational Health Informatics (CHI) Lab within the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Oxford. He was recently appointed to the GlaxoSmithKline/Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Clinical Machine Learning and an NIHR Research Professorship. Here he discusses how he strikes the right balance between AI theory and AI practice to build real tools for social good.
Begbroke Innovation District: a living lab for sustainable development
Energy / Sustainability
The development of the Begbroke Innovation District is envisioned as a ‘Living Lab’, providing the opportunity to model sustainable practices from energy use to community engagement, and biodiversity to building design.
Transformative solutions to antibiotic resistance
Bioengineering
More than 1.2 million people already die each year as a direct result of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections*. But this number could soon rise dramatically: as resistance spreads, an increasing number of infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat as antibiotics become less effective.