Research in the School of Computer Science
Our Research:
The School of Computer Science is an international centre of excellence for computer science research, with expertise in a wide range of areas including the foundations of computing, algorithms, machine learning, data science, computer vision, robotics, cyber-security, human-computer interaction, and responsible innovation.
While diverse our research converges around artificial intelligence across a broad array of application domains including healthcare (diagnostics, rehabilitation, pharmaceuticals, and mental health), bioscience (agriculture and plant science), creative industry (music, virtual and mixed reality), digital manufacturing, privacy and security, regulation and policy.
Our research is rooted in strong relationships with our industry partners in the NHS, the telecommunications sector, aerospace, utilities, manufacturing, and food and drink, as well with charities, non-governmental and governmental bodies.
With more than 90 academic and research staff members, the school has a highly interdisciplinary, and increasingly multidisciplinary, research environment enabling pioneering research that delivers positive impact for society. Over the past five years the school has demonstrated significant positive growth in research staff and funding, attracting over £20 million annually.
Examples of our research
The impact of our research
Our research performance:
The system for assessing the excellence of research in UK higher education is called REF (Research Excellence Framework). The last REF in 2021 classed the School’s Research Environment as 100% ‘world leading’, ranked 1st. 97% of our research outputs were considered ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ and the percentage awarded the highest 4* rating almost doubled since REF2014. Indeed, all of the School’s assessment scores increased over REF2014 values. Overall, the School of Computer Science was ranked 17th in the UK on output Grade Point Average and 19th on Research Power. The School maintains a position in the upper quartile of the Computer Science unit of assessment and is firmly established as a national and international centre of excellence in Computer Science research.
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Contact us
For general queries about our research, please contact the Director of Research for the School of Computer Science at ps-cs-dor@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk.