Department of Computer Science, Oxford

Department of Computer Science, Oxford
Name	Department of Computer Science, Oxford
Established	1957
Type	Academic department
Location	Oxford, England
Campus	University of Oxford
Head	(see Organisation and governance)

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Department of Computer Science, Oxford The Department of Computer Science, Oxford is the computing science department of the University of Oxford located in Oxford; it provides undergraduate, postgraduate and research training in computation and supports major national and international collaborations. The department participates in initiatives with institutions such as European Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Wellcome Trust, Alan Turing Institute and industry partners including Microsoft Research, Google, IBM, Amazon (company) and Facebook. It contributes to university-wide teaching at colleges including Balliol College, Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford, St John's College, Oxford, Trinity College, Oxford and Keble College, Oxford.

History

The department traces roots to computing activity at University of Oxford in the post-war era alongside projects linked to National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom), British Broadcasting Corporation, Ferranti, J. Lyons and Co. and figures associated with Turing Award-era computing. Early milestones involved collaboration with War Office (United Kingdom), research influenced by work at Bell Labs, Cambridge University, Imperial College London and interactions with founders from Royal Society. Over decades the department expanded through connections with institutes such as Oxford Martin School, collaborations with CERN, and hosting visitors from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Princeton University and Harvard University.

The department is organised into research groups and administrative units reporting to academic and executive officers drawn from colleges including Hertford College, Oxford, Wadham College, Oxford and New College, Oxford. Governance aligns with university statutes under officers such as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, scrutiny by the Council of the University of Oxford and committees that interact with funders like the European Commission, UK Research and Innovation and philanthropic bodies such as Wellcome Trust. The department coordinates graduate admissions with faculties including Mathematical Institute, Oxford, shared appointments with institutes like Oxford Internet Institute and linkages to bodies including Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals.

Undergraduate programmes are taught in partnership with colleges such as Exeter College, Oxford and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, with degree pathways that interface with departments including Department of Engineering Science, Oxford and the Mathematical Institute, Oxford. Postgraduate offerings include taught MSc courses connected to organisations such as the European Space Agency, research DPhil programmes supported by centres including the Alan Turing Institute and professional development units aligned with employers such as Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank. Assessment and examination practices reference regulations from the Academic Registrar (University of Oxford), and scholarships are administered alongside trusts such as the Clarendon Fund, Rhodes Trust and awards like the Gordon Bell Prize.

Research spans fields with groups that collaborate with laboratories such as Microsoft Research Cambridge, DeepMind, Oxford Nanopore Technologies and institutes like Max Planck Society. Centres and initiatives include partnerships akin to the Oxford e-Research Centre, collaborations with the Institute for New Economic Thinking, projects drawing support from Royal Society grants and consortia involving Wellcome Trust. Research themes connect to work by researchers at Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, ETH Zurich, University of Cambridge and projects funded through calls from Horizon 2020 and the European Research Council. The department hosts interdisciplinary centres with links to Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford Martin School, Nuffield Department of Medicine and national testbeds involving Transport for London.

Facilities include teaching spaces and laboratories adjacent to university collections such as the Bodleian Library and experimental suites that collaborate with industrial labs like IBM Research and Intel. High-performance computing resources are provided through partnerships with supercomputing centres such as ARCHER (supercomputer), cloud credits from Amazon Web Services, and national facilities coordinated with UK Research and Innovation and the National Cyber Security Centre (United Kingdom). The department's infrastructure supports software stacks influenced by projects from Linux Foundation, tools developed in collaboration with groups at Oxford University Innovation and joint initiatives with Oxford Brookes University.

Staff and alumni have included academics and technologists connected to honours such as the Turing Award, Royal Society fellowships, and leadership roles at organisations like Google DeepMind, Microsoft Research, Apple Inc., Facebook, ARM Holdings and Oracle Corporation. Alumni have taken positions at institutions including Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, Princeton University, MIT, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Yale University and companies such as Tesla, Inc. and Bloomberg L.P.. Former and current faculty have affiliations with societies such as the British Computer Society, IEEE, Association for Computing Machinery and have contributed to programmes linked to the European Commission and the Alan Turing Institute.

Category:Computer science departments in the United Kingdom Category:Departments of the University of Oxford