Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol explained

Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol
Established:1984 (with origins in 1968)
Head Label:Head of Department
Head:Dr. Aisling O'Kane
Academic Staff:62
City:Bristol
Country:United Kingdom
Campus:Clifton Campus

The Department of Computer Science of the University of Bristol, is the computer science department of the University of Bristol and is based in the Merchant Venturers building on Woodland Road, close to Bristol city centre. the department is home to 145 academic staff, researchers, and PhD students.[1]

Research

Research in the department is organised around 10 research groups, which focus on cryptography, algorithms, Human–computer interaction (HCI), computer vision, artificial intelligence (AI), verification, computational neuroscience, cybersecurity, robotics, high-performance computing, and programming languages.[2]

History

The Department of Computer Science was formally established around 1984.[3] Its heads of department include

  1. Professor Mike Rogers (1984-1995)
  2. Professor David May (1995-2006)
  3. Professor Nigel Smart (2006-2008)
  4. Professor Nishan Canagarajah (2008- ?)
  5. Dr Neill Campbell (?-2011)
  6. Dr Ian Holyer (2011-?)
  7. Professor Andrew Calway (?-2016)
  8. Professor Seth Bullock (2016-2020)[4]
  9. Professor Christian Allen (2020-2021)
  10. Dr. Aisling O'Kane (2021-)

Notable faculty members

the department employs fourteen Professors,[1] shown below:

  1. Professor Awais Rashid
  2. Professor Dave Cliff
  3. Professor Peter Flach
  4. Professor Majid Mirmehdi
  5. Professor Seth Bullock
  6. Professor Kerstin Eder
  7. Professor Walterio Mayol-Cuevas
  8. Professor Simon McIntosh-Smith
  9. Professor Andrew Calway
  10. Professor Kirsten Cater
  11. Professor Ian Nabney
  12. Professor Chris Preist
  13. Professor Bogdan Warinschi
  14. Professor Dima Damen

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All Computer Science academic people. University of Bristol.
  2. Web site: Research. Computer Science. University of Bristol. 20 November 2021.
  3. Web site: The History of the Department of Computer Science at Bristol. 20 November 2021.
  4. Web site: Seth Bullock's website. 20 November 2021.

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