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The Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at Birkbeck is one of the long-established computing departments in the UK, having celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2007. We provide a stimulating teaching and research environment for both part-time and full-time students.

The Department brings together research and teaching expertise related to our major research activities in Information Management and Web Technologies, Computational Intelligence and Information Systems.

Our world-class research activity informs our teaching and our interactions with business, public and third-sector organisations. We offer undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees and skills-based courses.

News

Prof Steve Maybank recently visited the National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Beijing, the Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, Hong Kong Polytechnical University and the University of Technology, Sydney where he gave seminars on image processing.

The Department has a PhD studentship available for the 2012/13 academic year.

Dr Dell Zhang received the Best Paper Award in the 34th European Conference on IR Research (ECIR-2012) together with Guido Zuccon, Leif Azzopardi, and Jun Wang for their co-authored paper: Top-k Retrieval using Facility Location Analysis. ECIR is the major European forum for the presentation of new research results in the field of Information Retrieval.

BSc in Computing - applications are open for October 2012 entry to this new four year part time programme - includes java programming, web authoring, cloud computing, computer networking and information security. Applicants with a Foundation Degree in Information Technology or an equivalent qualification may enter year 3 and graduate in two years of part time study. See further details or contact Leila Darwish.

New programme in Advanced Computing Technologies with flexible pathways leading to qualifications of Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and MSc Advanced Computing Technologies, as well as MSc Information and Web Technologies and MSc Intelligent Technologies - further details.

There is a comprehensive set of web pages describing financial support for Undergraduate students from October 2012 and also a leaflet "Financing your university course in 2012" [PDF].

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Research

  • Research at DCSIS
    • Research home page
    • Research Groups
    • Research Projects
    • Research Seminars
    • Research Publications
    • PhD/MPhil degrees

Our Courses

  • Undergraduate
    • All Undergraduate
    • CertHE Information Technology
    • CertHE Web Design Technologies
    • FdSc Information Technology
    • FdSc Web Technologies
    • BSc Computing
    • BSc Information Systems & Management
    • IT Applications Programme
  • Postgraduate
    • All Postgraduate
    • MSc Computer Science
    • MSc Information Technology
  • Postgraduate - Specialist
    • All Postgraduate
    • MSc in Advanced Computing Technologies
    • MSc Advanced Information Systems
    • MSc Business Technologies
    • MSc Computing for Financial Services
    • MSc Creative Industries (Computing)
    • MSc Information and Web Technologies
    • MSc Information Systems and Management
    • MSc Intelligent Technologies
    • MSc Learning Technologies
  • Postgraduate - Research
    • All Postgraduate
    • MRes Computer Science
    • MRes Information Systems and Management
    • MPhil & PhD in Computer Science
  • Skills-based Courses
    • Web Design and Authoring
    • Introduction to Web Authoring using XHTML and CSS
    • Web Authoring using Dreamweaver
    • Developing Multimedia Assets using Fireworks and Flash
    • Multimedia Web Programming using Flash and ActionScript
    • JavaScript
    • Open Source and Database Web Applications
    • Introduction to Database Technology (Using MySQL)
    • Web Programming using PHP
    • Building Web Applications using MySQL and PHP
    • XML
    • Business Applications
    • Business Planning using Spreadsheets
    • ECommerce Applications

To find out more about our taught courses and research come to the next Birkbeck Open Evening or contact the Department directly.

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