Research in the Department covers a variety of areas and backgrounds which embrace databases, formal methods, software testing, software engineering, algorithms, cryptography, artificial intelligence, graphics and natural language processing.
Members also have research links with other academic institutions including the Open University, and Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Durham, Glasgow, Essex, Glamorgan, Heriot Watt, Liverpool, Manchester, Sannia (Italy) South-Western Louisiana (USA), Strathclyde, York and Zaragosa (Spain) Universities, Cranfield RMCS, the Center for Advanced Computer Studies and Loyola College Maryland (USA). Practical focus is provided through ties with industry, including BAe, BMT, BT, DRA, TSB and Daimler-Chrysler.
Regular seminars in Computer Science are held which help to stimulate research; the seminars are attended by both staff and postgraduate students. Presentations are given by members of the Department as well as by guest speakers from other institutions.
The Department of Computing contains the following research groups: