“Achievement in Science and Technology Award”KOC UNIVERSITY 2024
Cambridge · Open Reality & Visual AI
Building digital worlds for a better real one
Core Lab is a research group at the University of Cambridge developing algorithms across machine learning, computer vision, and graphics to model the world.
Department of Computer Science and Technology, Cambridge, UK
Research areas
Four pillars of our work
Digital World Models
Digital World Models Building digital representations of the world is a strategic priority for communities around the world. We are building systems for creating digital twins…
BS
Brain-AI Studies
Brain-AI Studies Brain and especially human brain is a fascinating structure. Understanding the brain more will tell us a lot about ourselves and the world. We…
EA
Explainable, Predictable, Controllable AI
Explainable, Predictable, Controllable AI AI and in particular machine learning has been progressing so fast that we sometimes know that an algorithm works well under certain…
A
Applications
Applications Our research has diverse applications. We are running projects on digital capture and understanding of plants, healthcare, preservation of human heritage, computer assisted education tools,…
What we do
Research that builds — and teaching that lasts.
We pursue fundamental questions in visual AI while training the next generation of researchers and practitioners.
For researchers
Research
Digital world models, brain-AI studies, explainable AI, and applied projects across plants, healthcare, heritage, and the arts.
Explore research areas For studentsTeaching
Cambridge courses in Further Graphics, Machine Visual Perception, and Extended Reality.
See our courses
Recognition
Recent awards and honors
“SIGGRAPH Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention”ACM SIGGRAPH 2024
“IEEE VR Best Dissertation Honorable Mention”IEEE VR 2024
“Future Leaders Fellowship”UKRI 2022
“CAPA Award”2023
From the lab
Latest news, papers, and openings
Cambridge Open Reality and Visual AI Laboratory
Future Leaders Fellowship for Cengiz Öztireli
News
Cengiz Öztireli has received the prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship. More information and an interview are here.
Read moreCAPA Award for Tianhao Wu
News
Tianhao (Walter) Wu has received the CAPE Acorn Postgraduate Research Award (CAPA) 2022
Read more
FAQ
Common questions
What is the Core Lab?
A research group in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge, focused on modelling reality with AI.
How can I join?
We accept applications for postdocs, PhD students, interns, visiting students/ scholars, and student projects. See Open Positions.
May we have a collaboration with you?
Absolutely, we collaborate closely with institutions and individuals across academia, industry, and the arts.