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the UNIVERSITYof GREENWICH
Welcome to the University of Greenwich
Dr Mohammad Dastbaz– Head of Dept, Information Systems and Multimedia
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Originally Woolwich Polytechnic - founded in the late 19th century
24,000 undergraduates and postgraduate
The University
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The University of Greenwich
10 Schools and over 24,000 Students Maritime Greenwich
Avery HillMedway
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Old Royal Naval College History King Henry VIII’s favourite Palace
The birthplace of Elizabeth I
Baroque buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren late 1600s, completed around 1750.
Originally a hospital for retired seamen, it closed in 1869.
Became a Royal Naval College in 1873 until 1998.
One of the top 20 film locations in London. Films e.g. The Mummy Returns, Tomb Raider, Shanghai Knights, The Four Feathers etc. 4
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Historical GreenwichGreenwich Park A Royal Park, 183 acres. Will hold the 2012 London Olympic Equestrian and Modern Pentathlon events
The Royal Observatory – at the top of the park. Contains exhibits on the search for longitude and latitude, history of time + navigation. You can also straddle the prime meridian line.
National Maritime Museum – tells the story of Britain at Sea and contains Nelson’s coat when he was killed, complete with the bullet hole that killed him.
The Queen’s House – contains a selection of the Museum’s fine art collection.
Cutty Sark – Victorian ship built to be the fastest tea clipper. Now in dry dock being restored with the help of one of our research groups.
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Maritime Greenwich
Computing and Mathematical Sciences
PCET (Education and Training)
Humanities
Business
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65 Academic Staff30 Research Staff15 Technical Support Staff16 Administrative Staff
School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
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• International leading edge with an industry focus
• Grade 4 in last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
• Various EU, EPSRC, Industry and DTI funded projects supporting research staff and PhD students
• Approx £3.5 million in grant funding for the period March – November
• Postgraduate and undergraduate programme features research led teaching
School’s Research
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School’s Research• Applied statistics• Artificial Intelligence• Autonomic Computing• Case-based reasoning• Data Mining• E-learning• Fire Safety Engineering• Information Integrity• Information Systems• Intelligent Scheduling• Knowledge Management• Mobile Networks• Multi-physics Modelling• Network optimisation
• Network Security & Audit• Numerical Modelling• Parallel Computing• Systems Modelling• Temporal Logic
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• European 1st Prize
• Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education
• British Computer Society IT Award Winners
Research Awards
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Our Research Strength – Fire Safety
Award winning Evacuation modelling software
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• Department of Computer Science• Department of Information Systems• Department of Mathematics
School Structure
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What next?
We have a diverse staff and student population – hope you will welcome it and make the most of the unique environment here to broaden your intellectual horizons
We will do our best to support you but are looking for a commitment from you to succeed
We want you to succeed!
Good Luck!