Agentic AI study begins through University of Glasgow and Lloyds partnership
A new research partnership will test how agentic AI tools perform in real software and data engineering tasks at Lloyds Banking Group.
The University of Glasgow and Lloyds Banking Group have launched a four-year research partnership to study how agentic AI tools could support software and data engineering work.
According to the announcement, engineers at Lloyds Banking Group in Bristol, Manchester, and Hyderabad will work with large-language-model-based coding tools on different tasks each quarter. The aim is to measure effects on delivery speed and quality.
The collaboration will also create a PhD position, a Master of Research position, and a postdoctoral research associate post at the University of Glasgow.
Dr Tim Storer said: ‘Agentic-driven software engineering is a fast-developing sector with the potential to enable human engineers to work more efficiently by automating some tasks and allowing them to focus their skills on higher-level work.’
However, there has been relatively little research in industry on how integrating agentic AI into software engineering practices can be done effectively in large-scale organisations.’
We’re delighted to be partnering with Lloyds Banking Group on this groundbreaking project. Together, we will enable the Group’s plans to increase their software development capacity, produce high-quality research for the benefit of all, and influence national policy and industry standards.’
Dr Shane Montague said: ‘Lloyds Banking Group’s mission to Help Britain Prosper means leading innovation that genuinely improves how engineering gets done, with a focus on delivering enhanced digital services for our customers.’
‘We’re excited to partner with the University of Glasgow to gather rigorous, real-world evidence from day-to-day engineering work, so we can understand what really works and how agentic AI can be applied effectively and responsibly at scale.’
The partners say they plan to publish regular research papers and best-practice documents as the project develops.
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