Postgraduate Prospectus

Course Specific Facilities
The School is situated in a purpose-designed building, which includes the provision of the latest facilities for research into virtual realist and multimedia computing environments, as well as advanced teaching facilities and high-speed networking.
Laboratories
The School houses the following laboratories:
• The Mixed Reality Laboratory – this is a configurable studio space with equipment worth more than £2m. The Laboratory provides a home for interdisciplinary research into mixed-reality technologies.
• The Interdisciplinary Optimisation Laboratory – this carries out innovative, multidisciplinary optimisation research at the interfaces of Computer Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Nursing and Psychology.
• The Informatics Institute of Information Technology – the Institute forms part of the School and is responsible for the full- and part-time taught Masters courses in IT. It also supports research and development in areas of IT which are directly relevant to industry and commerce.
• The Learning Sciences Research Institute (LSRI) – this is a collaboration between the Schools of Computer Science, Education and Psychology. The LSRI researches learning and new technologies.
Research
The School’s research structure centres around four well-funded leading research groups:
• Automated Scheduling, Optimisation and Planning
• Vision and Image Processing
• Interactive Media
• Foundations of Programming

This is a configurable studio space with equipment worth more than £2m. The Laboratory provides a home for interdisciplinary research into mixed-reality technologies.

The Institute forms part of the School and is responsible for the full- and part-time taught Masters courses in IT. It also supports research and development in areas of IT which are directly relevant to industry and commerce.

This is a collaboration between the Schools of Computer Science, Education and Psychology. The LSRI researches learning and new technologies.