The Department of Computer Science of the University of Bristol, is the

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

department of the

University of Bristol The University of Bristol is a public university, public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Br ...

and is based in the

Merchant Venturers The Society of Merchant Venturers is a charitable organisation in the English city of Bristol. The society can be traced back to a 13th-century guild which went on to fund the 15th-century voyage of John Cabot to Canada. In 1552, it gained a mono ...

building on Woodland Road, close to

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

city centre. the department is home to 145 academic staff, researchers, and

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students.

Research

Research in the department is organised around 10 research groups, which focus on

cryptography Cryptography, or cryptology (from "hidden, secret"; and ''graphein'', "to write", or ''-logy, -logia'', "study", respectively), is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of Adversary (cryptography), ...

algorithms In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm () is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation. Algorithms are used as specifications for per ...

, Human–computer interaction (HCI),

computer vision Computer vision tasks include methods for image sensor, acquiring, Image processing, processing, Image analysis, analyzing, and understanding digital images, and extraction of high-dimensional data from the real world in order to produce numerical ...

, artificial intelligence (AI), verification,

computational neuroscience Computational neuroscience (also known as theoretical neuroscience or mathematical neuroscience) is a branch of neuroscience which employs mathematics, computer science, theoretical analysis and abstractions of the brain to understand th ...

cybersecurity Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is a subdiscipline within the field of information security. It consists of the protection of computer software, systems and networks from thr ...

robotics Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots. Within mechanical engineering, robotics is the design and construction of the physical structures of robots, while in computer s ...

high-performance computing High-performance computing (HPC) is the use of supercomputers and computer clusters to solve advanced computation problems. Overview HPC integrates systems administration (including network and security knowledge) and parallel programming into ...

, and

programming languages A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Programming languages are described in terms of their syntax (form) and semantics (meaning), usually defined by a formal language. Languages usually provide features ...

History

The Department of Computer Science was formally established around 1984. Its heads of department include # Professor Mike Rogers (1984-1995) # Professor David May (1995-2006) # Professor

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(2006-2008) # Professor

Nishan Canagarajah Cedric Nishan Canagarajah (born 1966) is a British Tamil academic and the current president and vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester. He was previously one of the pro-vice-chancellors of the University of Bristol. Early life and fami ...

(2008- ?) # Dr Neill Campbell (?-2011) # Dr Ian Holyer (2011-?) # Professor Andrew Calway (?-2016) # Professor Seth Bullock (2016-2020) # Professor Christian Allen (2020-2021) # Dr. Aisling O'Kane (2021-)

Notable faculty members

the department employs fourteen

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s, shown below: # Professor Awais Rashid # Professor Dave Cliff # Professor

Peter Flach Pieter Adriaan Flach (born 8 April 1961, Sneek) is a Dutch computer scientist and a Professor of Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Department of Computer Science at the University of Bristol. H ...

# Professor Majid Mirmehdi # Professor Seth Bullock # Professor Kerstin Eder # Professor Walterio Mayol-Cuevas # Professor Simon McIntosh-Smith # Professor Andrew Calway # Professor Kirsten Cater # Professor Ian Nabney # Professor Chris Preist # Professor Bogdan Warinschi # Professor Dima Damen

References

University of Bristol

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