Computer ScienceSchool of Mathematical and Computer Sciences

Professor Andrew Ireland

1821 School of Arts founded

1852 Watt Institution & School of Arts

1885 Heriot-Watt College

1966 Heriot-Watt University

Computer Science

First BSc Computer Science degree programme in Scotland (1966)

School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (MACS)

Formed 2002 from the departments of: Actuarial Mathematics & Statistics Computer Science Mathematics

Over 150 staff and 2,300 students (approx.)

Undergraduate Taught Programmes

BSc Computer Science BSc Information Systems BSc Computer Systems MEng Software Engineering

Postgraduate Taught Programmes MSc Software Engineering MSc Artificial Intelligence MSc Artificial Intelligence With Speech And Multimodal Interaction MSc Advanced Internet Applications MSc Data Science MSc Computer Systems Management MSc Information Technology (Business) MSc Information Technology (Software Systems) MSc Business Information Management

Quality Measures

British Computer Society Accreditation National Student Survey – Top 10 in the UK for last

two years for overall satisfaction Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey – MACS

top School in the university

Graduate Destinations and Industrial Links

Research

Intelligent Systems Biomedical Systems Engineering Lab Intelligent Systems Lab

Interaction Affective Autonomous Agents Interaction Lab Texture Lab

Rigorous Systems Dependable Systems Group ULTRA

Policy Exchange: Eight Great Technologies

The big data revolution and energy-efficient computing

Satellites and commercial applications of space Robotics and autonomous systems Life sciences, genomics and synthetic biology Regenerative medicine Agri-science Advanced materials and nano-technology Energy and its storage

UK Government: National Security Strategy

Tier 1 risks are judged to be our highest priorities for UK national security:

Terrorism Cyber attack Major natural hazards and accidents International military crises

Example Collaborations

Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance 2008

Edinburgh Centre for Robotics 2014

Research Excellence Framework 2014

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions.

Heriot-Watt: 22nd in UK and 3rd in Scotland

Computer Science: 23rd in UK and 3rd in Scotland

Mission

“address societal needs by incorporating fundamental scientific thinking and research

into engineering solutions”

School of Arts 1821

“create and exchange knowledge for the benefit of society”

Heriot-Watt University 2014

Heriot-Watt University:A Global Institution

Dubai Campus founded 2005

Malaysia Campus founded 2013