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Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol
View of the Merchant Venturers Building, home to the department of computer science, with the Wills Memorial Building in the background
Established1984 (with origins in 1968)
Head of DepartmentDr. Aisling O'Kane
Academic staff
62
Location
Bristol
,
United Kingdom
CampusClifton Campus
Websitewww.bristol.ac.uk/engineering/departments/computerscience/

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. As of 2021 the department is home to 145 academic staff, researchers, and PhD students.[1]

Research

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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

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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

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As of 2021 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

References

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  1. ^ a b "All Computer Science academic people". University of Bristol.
  2. ^ "Research". Computer Science. University of Bristol. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ^ "The History of the Department of Computer Science at Bristol". Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Seth Bullock's website". Retrieved 20 November 2021.


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