Dept of Computing , University of Bradford.

Research Activities & Opportunities

Activities

Research in the School is carried out within a number of distinct groups each with a particular focus of interest.

Artificial Intelligence & Computational Logic

The AI group is concerned with investigating and developing principles, computational models, algorithms, and executional models for Intelligent Systems.

Computer Systems Modelling
The Computer Systems Modelling group has pioneered research on the performance modelling and evaluation of computer systems and networks.

Database Technology
The Database Technology Group's research concerns database querying, version modeling, multidatabases.

Formal Methods
The FM group's activities are concerned with basic and applied research into the specification and verification of hardware and software.

Graphics & Image Processing
The Graphics & Image Processing Group is involved in research into the use of computers for the generation and analysis of images, including complex scientific data.

Microcomputer Music
The main research objective of the MMRU is the application of computers and computing techniques to explore the nature of musical instrument sound and its production by synthetic means.

Mathematics Unit Research

Research Assessment Exercise: Computing

The Department of Computing received a 3a rating, in the 1996 assessment of UK Universities' research, equating to:

Research quality that equates to attainable levels of national excellence in a substantial majority of the sub-areas of activity, or to international level in some and to national level in others comprising a majority.

Opportunities

The Department of Computing provides full-time and part-time postgraduate courses and has extensive facilities for students wishing to do research. There are on average twenty five research students and fifty course students registered with the department each year.

Most members of staff conduct research into some aspect of computing and all are experienced teachers. Between then the members of staff have considerable experience of the scientific and commercial application of computers and the Department maintains close links with industry.

Applicants wishing to do research can choose any topic they wish and the Department will try to find a suitable supervisor. However, members of staff have their own interests and at present the Department is seeking students who wish to do research into one of the areas that coincide with the interests of the groups given above.

More general information may also be found in the University's Postgraduate Prospectus.
Last Update: 11/11/98

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