Research Overview
The Computing Department has a strong international reputation for its research and was rated 5 (excellent) in the 2001 research assessment exercise.
One of the Department's particular strengths is the overall coherence of its research, with the work clustered around experimental systems-oriented computer science. This strength was acknowledged by the recent International Review of UK Computer Science who cited us as one of only a handful of centres undertaking "leading edge systems research".
The research in the Department has a strong practical focus, with excellent links to industry. The Department currently holds over £10m in grants; over 25% of this figure comes directly from industry. In total, the Department comprises 25 academic staff and over a 100 researchers, creating a thriving research culture in the department.
Research themes
Research in the department is organised as a series of closely related themes:- Networked & distributed systems
- Mobile and ubiquitous computing
- Software systems engineering
- Cooperative & interactive systems
Collectively, these research themes provide comprehensive coverage of the major technologies and techniques underpinning contemporary computer systems (from low level networking aspects to HCI issues).
There is extensive overlap between these themes and new areas of work such as aspect- orientation, peer-to-peer systems and grid computing cut across the boundaries of these areas.