IT Academic

Advanced Knowledge Technologies - An inter-university research collaboration to develop and extend a range of technologies to provide integrated methods and services for the capture, modelling, publishing, reuse and management of knowledge. Universities involved: Southampton, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Sheffield and the Open University.

Anglia Polytechnic University - Computer Science Department.

Aston University - Computer Science (School of Engineering and Applied Science). Research interests include: Algebraic computing; Data fusion and visualisation; Distributed and networked applications.

Aston University - Information Engineering (Mathematics and Computing). Research includes: Machine intelligence; Coding and communication; Neurological information processing.

Aston University - Neural Computing Research Group. Research projects include pattern analysis, coding and communication.

Bolton Institute - Department of Computing and Business Information. Courses at HNC, HND, B.Sc. and M.Sc. level.

Boston College - Computing and Information Technology. Courses at BTEC, HND, B.Sc. level.

Bournemouth University - School of Design, Engineering and Computing.

Brunel University - Department of Information Systems and Computing. Research groups: Adaptive information systems; Information systems development; Strategic information systems; Interaction and multimedia; Simulation and intelligent modelling.

Canterbury Christ Church University College - Department of Computing. Course descriptions.

Cardiff University - Department of Computer Science. Research areas include Parallel and distributed computing, evolutionary and neural computing, heuristics for combinatorial optimization, computational spectral theory, vision, computational geometry, and federated information systems, object-oriented systems, contraints, data warehousing and data mining.

Chester College, University of Liverpool - Department of Computer Science and Information Systems. Undergraduate and masters courses.

City University, London - Centre for Software Reliability (CSR). Research interests: Software dependability (particularly safety and reliability) modelling; Software fault tolerance; Software metrics and quality assurance; Fundamental issues for safety critical systems.

City University, London - School of Informatics. Comprises: Department of Computing, Department of Information Science, Centre for Software Reliability, Centre for Human-Computer Interface Design, Centre for Measurement and Information in Medicine.

Coventry University - Mathematical and Information Sciences. Research groups: Biomedical computing; Data and knowledge engineering.

Cranfield University - Applied Mathematics and Computing Group. Research groups: Digital Image Processing; Computer Aided Engineering; Advanced computer architectures.

DIRC - Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration in Dependability of Computer-Based Systems. An inter-university research collaboration based in Edinburgh.

Glasgow Caledonian University - Department of Computing. Research areas: Collaborative Computing; Software Engineering; AI-CHI.

Heriot-Watt University - Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering. Research areas include : Computer vision and image processing ; Database, information and knowledge based systems; Dependable computing and foundations; Microengineering; Intelligent systems.

Heriot-Watt University - School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences. Departments of Actuarial Mathematics; Computer Science; Mathematics.

Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh - Department of Computer Science. Research areas: Database, Information and Knowledge Based Systems; Dependable Systems; Cognitive Science; Image Systems Engineering; Textures; Intelligent Systems; ULTRA.

Institute for System Level Integration - A collaboration of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde Universities. Postgraduate education, professional training and research in system level integration (SLI) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies.

Keele University - Computer Science Department. Research groups: Data and Knowledge Engineering ; Geograhical Information Systems; Software Engineering.

Kingston University - School of Computing and Information Systems.

Lancaster University - Computing Department. Research interests include: distributed multimedia systems; mobile computing; software systems engineering; interactive systems and natural language processing.

Leeds Metropolitan University - School of Computing.

Liverpool Hope University College - Information Technology.

Liverpool John Moores University - School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences. Research groups: Applied artificial intelligence; Distributed multimedia systems and security; Information systems.

London Guildhall University - Department of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics. Research: Databases; Intelligent systems.

Manchester Metropolitan University - Department of Computing and Mathematics. Research groups: CARD - Centre for Agent Research and Development; Distributed systems; Information systems; Intelligent systems; Multimedia.

Middlesex University - School of Computing Science.

Napier University - School of Computing. Research areas: Distributed systems and mobile agents; Evolutionary computation; Edinburgh social informatics; Human-computer interaction; Database and object systems; HCI; ITC.

Northern Ireland Knowledge Engineering Laboratory - Hosted in the Division of Informatics of the University of Ulster. Helps companies in Northern Ireland and beyond gain competitive advantage through the application of advanced software technology.

Nottingham Trent University - Department of Computing. Research groups: Intelligent recognition and interactive systems; Real-time telemetry systems; Real-time control.

The Open University - Computing Department. Teaching and research areas: Software technology, software engineering and object-oriented development; Interactive multimedia; Social aspects of computing; Informatics education.

Oxford Brookes University - School of Computing. Research areas: Distributed systems; Intelligent systems.

Queen's University, Belfast - Department of Computer Science. Research areas: High performance computing; Software engineering; Image and vision systems; Natural language and speech processing; Engineering and scientific applications.

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen - School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences. Research areas: Intelligent systems; Interactive systems.

Sheffield Hallam University - School of Computing and Management Science. The Computing Research Centre aims to develop, evaluate and improve processes, methods and tools for engineering systems.

South Bank University - School of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics: Centre for Applied Formal Methods.

South Bank University - School of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics. Research groups and centres: Centre for Applied Formal Methods (CAFM); Centre for Concurrent Systems and Very Large Scale Integration (CCSV); Centre for Information and Organisation Studies (CIOS); Centre for Interactive Systems Engineering (CISE); Centre for Multimedia (CFM); Centre for Systems and Software Engineering (CSSE); Evolutionary Computing Group; Human Memory Group; Information Management and Modelling Group (IMMaGe); Knowledge-Based Systems Centre (KBSC); Natural Language Processing Group; Social and Human Aspects of Information Systems Management (SHAISM); Visualisation and Graphics Research Group.

Staffordshire University - School of Computing. Research groups: Artificial intelligence; Centre for Intelligent Environmental Systems ; Distributed systems ; Computer assisted learning; Graphics and image processing; Strategic information systems; Systems engineering.

UMIST - Department of Computation. Research groups: Decision, data and knowledge engineering; Collaborative systems engineering.

University of Aberdeen - Department of Computing Science. Research themes: Bioinformatics; Medical informatics; Databases and distributed information management; Knowledge based systems.

University of Bath - Department of Computer Science. Research themes: Computational algebra and geometry; HCI; Multimedia computing; Systems software engineering.

University of Birmingham - School of Computer Science. Research in: Theoretical computer science; Applied computer science and software engineering; AI and cognitive science.

University of Bradford - Department of Computing. Postgraduate courses in Computing conversion; Software engineering.

University of Bradford - School of Informatics. Undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Computing, Cybernetics, Electronic Imaging and Media Communications.

University of Brighton - School of Computing, Mathematical and Information Sciences. Research areas include: Visual modelling; Autonomous systems; Computational mathematics; Information management.

University of Bristol - Department of Computer Science. Research projects: Digital media (graphics, computer vision, speech); Cryptography and information security; Languages and architecture; Machine learning; Mobile and wearable computing; Quantum computing; System verification. Collaborative research centres: Safety Systems Research Centre; Advanced Computing Research Centre; Creative Technologies Centre.

University of Central England, Birmingham - Faculty of Computing, Information and English. Research in the School of Computing: Intelligent Systems and Information Strategy (ISIS); Business development and consultancy.

University of Derby - School of Mathematics and Computing. Research groups include: Image processing; Machine learning and AI; 3D modelling; Multimedia; Networks; Software engineering.

University of Durham - Department of Computer Science.

University of Durham - Visualisation Research Group.

University of Durham - Research Institute in Software Evolution.

University of East Anglia - School of Information Systems.

University of Essex - Department of Computer Science. Research areas: Agent-based and Multi-agent systems; Constraint programming and optimisation; Machine learning and pattern recognition; Natural language engineering and distributed information systems; Robotics and intelligent machines; Theoretical computer science and formal methods; History of computing. Admissions and departmental information for prospective undergraduate, postgraduate and research students. Also includes information for Computing Professionals wishing to complete a short course in e-commerce

University of Exeter - Department of Computer Science. Research groups: Pattern analysis and neural networks (PANN); AI and information enmgineering.

University of Glamorgan - School of Computing.

University of Greenwich - School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences. Research groups include AI; Parallel processing; Computing for law; Natural language processing; Information integrity.

University of Huddersfield - School of Computing and Engineering. Research groups in AI and Formal methods; Database access; Interactive technology; Numerical and neural computing; Software engineering.

University of Hull - Department of Computer Science. Research groups: Visualization; Simulation and modelling; Neural, emergent and agent technologies; Distributed systems engineering.

University of Hull, Scarborough Campus - (Formerly Scarborough University College) Centre for Internet Computing.

University of Kent at Canterbury - Computing Laboratory. Research groups include Theoretical computer science, Networks and distributed systems, Software and systems engineering, Information systems, Parallel and scientific computing, and Computers and education research.

University of Leeds - School of Computing. Research groups: Constraint programming and OR; Knowledge representation and reasoning; Multi-disciplinary informatics; Perception and language; Scientific computation and visualisation; Theoretical computer science.

University of Leicester - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. The Computer Science group specializes in Semantics, Formal methods, Software engineering, Complexity theory and Finite model theory.

University of Lincolnshire and Humberside - Faculty of Applied Computing Sciences.

University of Liverpool - Department of Computer Science. Research groups: Agents; Algorithmics; Logics; Pattern recognition and image analysis (PRImA).

University of London, Birkbeck College - School of Computer Science and Information Systems.

University of London, Goldsmiths' College - Department of Mathematical and Computing Sciences. Research areas: Databases, Formal methods, Software testing, Software engineering, Algorithms, Cryptography, AI, Graphics and Natural language processing.

University of London, King's College - Department of Computer Science. Research in Algorithm Design; Logic, Language and Computation; Software Engineering.

University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College - Department of Computer Science. Research groups: Information, media and communication; Logic and foundations of programming; Parallel computing; Vision; Risk assessment and decision analysis; Knowledge representation and reasoning; Distributed systems. Host for Hypatia, a directory of research workers in Computer Science and Pure Mathematics and a library of their papers.

University of London, Royal Holloway - Department of Computer Science. Computer learning research centre and Theory of Computing.

University of London, Royal Holloway - Computer Learning Research Centre. Research in: Computer learning; Inductive and transductive inference; Universal prediction; High-dimensional data analysis.

University of Luton - Department of Computing and Information Systems.

University of Newcastle upon Tyne - Department of Computing Science. Research groups: Dependability; Distributed systems; Parallelism; Theory; VLSI design.

University of Newcastle upon Tyne - Department of Computing Science: Centre for Software Reliability (CSR).

University of North London - School of Informatics and Multimedia Technology. Staff research areas include programming slicing, software quality and metrics, systems development methodologies, object-oriented programming and databases, temporal databases, human computer interface and technology based learning.

University of Northumbria at Newcastle - School of Computing and Mathematics. Research groups: High integrity embedded systems; User centred systems; Object-oriented systems and architectures; Institute for Image Data Research.

University of Nottingham - School of Computer Science and Information Technology. Research: Automated scheduling, optimisation and planning; Interactive media; Languages and programming; Recognition, Reasoning and vision; Mixed reality laboratory.

University of Oxford - Computing Laboratory. Main research groups: Programming research; Numerical analysis.

University of Paisley - Computing and Information Systems.

University of Plymouth - School of Computing. Research groups: neural and adaptive systems, engineering design, science technology and arts research, human centred systems design, manufacturing and business systems.

University of Portsmouth - School of Computer Science and Mathematics.

University of Portsmouth - Division of Computer Science: Distributed Systems Group.

University of Salford - Department of Computer Science.

University of Salford - Information Systems Institute. Research areas: Methodological intervention; Information support and decision making; Technical artefacts.

University of Salford - Information Systems Security Research Group.

University of Sheffield - Department of Computer Science. Research groups: Verification and testing; Speech and hearing; Natural language processing; Computer graphics; Machine learning; Neurocomputing and robotics.

University of Stirling - Department of Computing Science and Mathematics. Research groups in computing: Applied formal methods; Neural computing; Telecommunications service engineering.

University of Strathclyde - Department of Computer Science. Research groups: Algorithms problems empirical studies; Software engineering; High performance information systems; Advanced use of computers in education; High-level internet programming with persistent objects; High-performance networks.

University of Sunderland - School of Computing, Engineering and Technology.

University of Surrey - Department of Computing. Research groups: Information systems; AI; Distributive and parallel systems; Foundations of computing.

University of Sussex - Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Subject Group. Research interests: Foundations of Computing; Natural Language Processing; Human-Centred Computing Technology; Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems; Neural Computation; Computer Vision and Medical Imaging.

University of Teesside - School of Computing and Mathematics. Research centres: Modelling and Simulation; Teesside Medical Computing; Visualisation and Interactive Systems.

University of the West of England, Bristol - Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. Research areas include: Systems design; Medical informatics; Information systems; Community information systems.

University of Ulster - Faculty of Informatics: School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences. Jordanstown and Magee campuses. Research areas include: AI; Information engineering; Internet technology; Medical informatics; Software engineering.

University of Wales, Aberystwyth - Department of Computer Science. Research Groups: Computational Biology; Model Based Systems; Intelligent Robotics; Software Engineering; Centre for Intelligent Systems.

University of Wales, Bangor - School of Informatics. Research groups: Applied research in information systems; Control and intrumentation; Distributed and parallel systems; Radionavigation; Optoelectonics; Quantum computation and communication; Systems integration.

University of Wales, Lampeter - Information Technology Centre.

University of Wales, Swansea - Computer Science Department. Groups: Theoretical computer science; Computer graphics and visualisation; Scientific computation.

University of Warwick - Department of Computer Science. Courses, seminars and departmental vacancies.

University of Westminster - Cavendish School of Computer Science. Research: Centre for Parallel Computing; Industrial Control Centre; Centre for Microelectronic Systems Applications.

University of Westminster - Centre for Parallel Computing.

University of Westminster - Harrow School of Computer Science. Research areas: AI; Business information systems; Computer networks; Computer vision and digital imaging; Distributed systems and high-performance computing; IT security; Interactive multimedia; Open and distance learning.

University of Westminster - Department of Electronic Systems Engineering. Industrial short courses, research, MSc and BEng degrees in electronics, control and communications, emphasising IC technology, Microwave communications, Digital Signal Processing.

University of Wolverhampton - School of Computing and Information Technology. Research Groups: Research to Assist Learning; Search Engine Evaluation and Design; Multimedia and Intelligent Systems Technology; Communications, Networks, Telematics and Co-operative Technology.

University of Wolverhampton - School of Computing and Information Technology. Research groups: ReAL (Research to Assist Learning); SEED (Search Engine Evaluation and Design); Multimedia and Intelligent Systems Technology (MIST); CoNTACT (Communications, Networks, Telematics and Co-operative Technology).

University of York - Department of Computer Science - Research and teaching department. Site includes details of the research programs and taught degrees, news, events and staff information.