Fifteen UK researchers have been awarded the Fellowships, named after AI pioneer Alan Turing, supported by a £20million government investment. As a result of the government investment, Fellows will work with academia and industry to help elevate their world-class research and transfer their innovations from the lab to the real world. These innovations have the potential to change how people live, work and communicate, helping to place the UK at the forefront of the AI and data revolution. Dr Hernandez Lobato's research focus will be on'Machine Learning for Molecular Design'. Many existing challenges, from personalised health care to energy production and storage, require the design and manufacture of new molecules.

Following the wider skills and talent package announced by the UK government earlier this year, we are now pleased to announce the appointment of five new and highly talented Turing AI Fellows. The Office for Artificial Intelligence, The Alan Turing Institute and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have worked together to successfully attract the Turing AI Fellows, some of the best research talent from around the world. To continue attracting outstanding AI talent, a new call for the Turing AI Acceleration Fellowship is now open. In addition, details of the Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowships have also been released and this call will open in early November. Together, both calls have received £37.5 million of investment to support a number of fellows over five years.

The Alan Turing Institute has this week announced the first five Turing AI Fellows, each of which will carry out different research into various roles and applications of artificial intelligence. This first wave of fellows - as well as a second wave that has this week been announced by the Institute this week - forms part of the government's £1 billion AI sector deal. Working with the Office for Artificial Intelligence and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the fellowships have received £37.5 million of funding for five years. The Alan Turing Institute said that the AI Fellows are drawn from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds and will be tackling research challenges from sustainable aviation to AI for discovery in data intensive astrophysics. AI has the potential to boost productivity and enhance every industry across the economy, from developing new treatments for life-threatening diseases to tackling climate change.