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Our location is in the heart of London
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Named as the greenest university in London
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About
The department is at the forefront of international excellence and leadership in education and research for the computer science professions.
The department benefits from City’s central London location; allowing for close ties with the industry and a wide range of professional sectors, leading to one of the UK’s highest rates of graduate employability and a host of research-led enterprise opportunities.
City has been at the leading edge of computer science in the UK for six decades; from laying the groundwork for the foundation of the British Computer Society and awarding some of the country’s first Computer Science degrees, to the vibrant, modern department that exists today.
Study
The department offers a range of courses at undergraduate, postgraduate taught and research degree level.
Undergraduate
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science
- MSci (Hons) Computer Science
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Games Technology
- MSci (Hons) Computer Science with Games Technology
- MSci Computer Science with Cyber Security
- MSci Data Science
Postgraduate
- MSc Artificial Intelligence
- MSc Computer Games Technology
- MSc Cyber Security
- MSc Data Science
- MSc Human-Computer Interaction Design
- MSc Software Engineering
Research degrees
Research
The Department of Computer Science undertakes its world-class multi-disciplinary research through the following research centres and groups:
- CitAI, Artificial Intelligence Research Centre - Specialising in the intersection between the development of novel AI techniques, Explainable AI (XAI) and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).
- giCentre - Data presentation, visual analytics, visual storytelling, cartography and statistical graphics.
- Research Centre for Software Reliability - Assessment and assurance of the dependability of systems in terms of safety, security and reliability.
- Research Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design - Creating more useful and usable systems by studying the relationship between people and technology.
- Centre for Adaptive Computing Systems and Machine Learning - Conducting research on engineering adaptive cyber physical systems.
Our research is carried out according to our ethics policy.
Staff
Featured academics
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Dr Ilir Gashi
Head of Computer Science
Dr Ilir Gashi, Head of Computer Science, is an academic.
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Dr Esther Mondragon
Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
Dr Esther Mondragon, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, is an academic.
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Dr Eduardo Alonso
Reader in Computing
Dr Eduardo Alonso, Reader in Computing, is an academic.
Academic staff
- Professor Gennady Andrienko, Professor
- Professor Natalia Andrienko, Professor
- Professor Peter Bishop, Professor
- Professor Robin Bloomfield, Professor of System and Software Dependability
- Dr Chris Child, Associate Dean for Employability
- Dr Laure Daviaud, Lecturer in Computer Science
- Dr Alena Denisova, Lecturer in Computer Science
- Professor Jason Dykes, Professor of Visualization
- Dr Cristina Gacek, Senior Lecturer
- Dr JR Galliers, Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow
- Professor Artur Garcez, Professor of Computer Science
- Dr Michael Garcia Ortiz, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
- Dr Panos Giannopoulos, Lecturer in Computer Science
- Dr Sara Heitlinger, Lecturer in Computer Science
- Rafael Henkin, Research Associate in Visual Data Science
- Dr Jacob Howe, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Sebastian Hunt, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Radu Jianu, Lecturer in Computer Science
- Dr Christos Kloukinas, Reader
- Dr Nikos Komninos, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Michal Krol, Lecturer Cyber Security
- Dr Maria Krotsiani, Lecturer in Cloud Computing
- Professor Bev Littlewood, Emeritus Professor
- Dr Andrew Macfarlane, Reader in Information Retrieval
- Dr Stephann Makri, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Timothy Neate, Researcher
- Dr Martin Nyx Brain, Lecturer in Computer Science
- Dr Ross Paterson, Lecturer
- Dr Peter Popov, Associate Dean (International)
- Dr Andrey Povyakalo, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Ernesto Priego, Lecturer
- Mohammad Rangiha, Visiting Demonstrator
- Dr Constantino Carlos Reyes Aldasoro, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Abi Roper, Speech and Language Technologist
- Dr Ernesto Ruiz, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
- Dr Kizito Salako, Lecturer in Computer Science
- Dr Aidan Slingsby, Senior Lecturer
- Chris Smart, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Peter Smith, Senior Lecturer in Computing
- Professor George Spanoudakis, Professor of Software Engineering
- Dr Vladimir Stankovic, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Lorenzo Strigini, Professor of Systems Engineering
- Dr Simone Stumpf, Reader
- Dr Giacomo Tarroni, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
- Dr Alex Taylor, Reader in Human Computer Interaction
- Dr Alex Ter-Sarkisov, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
- Dr Tillman Weyde, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Stephanie Wilson, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction
- Professor Jo Wood, Professor of Visual Analytics
- Dr David Wright, Research Fellow
News
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Parasitic behaviour in dung beetles
Dung beetles have been found to display distinct behaviours in how and where they lay eggs in dung pats and the conditions affecting this behaviour.
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Science and Technology: The art of information - data visualisation
City's giCentre is at the forefront of research and practice in data visualisation and an increasingly important series of techniques that provide access to data through interactive graphics.
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Reporting Covid
Dr Mark Honigsbaum discusses the new episode of his ‘Going Viral’ podcast, produced with support from City’s Department of Journalism.
Contact us
Find us
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Northampton Square
City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom