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Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Postgraduate Study
The Department
• 30 academic staff, ~50 PhD students and post-doctoral researchers
• World-class interdisciplinary research spanning:
• Artificial Intelligence
• Mathematically Structured Programming
• Information Retrieval
• Software Engineering
• Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
• Information Management
• Postgraduate teaching portfolio reflects research strengths
• ~60 postgraduate students and ~400 undergraduates
Postgraduate Degree Programme
Six one-year full time courses:
• MRes Automated Planning for Autonomous Systems
• MSc Forensic Informatics
• MSc Computer and Internet Technology
• MSc Business Information Technology Systems
• MSc Information Management
• MSc Information and Library Studies
• Research-led masters, building on a unique base of international research excellence
• Designed to develop specialist automated planning skills for the implementation and deployment of next-generation intelligent robotics and autonomous control systems
• The course includes an interdisciplinary research project carried out in collaboration with an external partner organisation
• Space systems• Unmanned vehicles• Autonomous energy management systems• Intelligent game characters• Plan recognition for intelligent multi-modal interactions
MRes Automated Planning for Autonomous Systems
• Provides skills to perform forensic investigation of all aspects of crime and terrorism involving computers, networks and mobile communications systems
• Jointly delivered with the Centre for Forensic Science
• The course includes practical crime scene and court exercises, and a work placement
• Graduates are employed in
• specialist security roles within the financial sector• various security services and law-enforcement agencies• the software and IT sector
MSc Forensic Informatics
The course was very interesting and enjoyable, and taught to an excellent standard.
Nick MacLean, Graduate and Forensic Investigator
• Develops the fundamental skills to understand and build advanced Internet Systems
• Coverage includes:
• computer security• enterprise architecture• client side programming• designing usable systems• distributed information management• enterprise networking• mobile software applications
• In partnership with the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, the course also provides classes in technology entrepreneurship for business start-up
• Graduates are employed as software analysts and architects, e-business consultants, computer security analysts, programmers and software developers
MSc Computer and Internet Technology
MSc Business Information Technology Systems
• Designed to meet the huge demand for technically skilled hybrid managers with business knowledge and information technology skills
• Jointly delivered with the world-leading Strathclyde Business School.
• Business classes include business strategy, operations management, managing business resources, and programme and project management.
• IT classes include enterprise architecture, database and web systems development, and service management.
• Previous employers include: Accenture, BT Syntegra, Cap Gemini Ernst Young (CGEY), Deloitte, Hewlett Packard, IBM, JP Morgan, KPMG, Morgan Stanley, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, PA Consultants.
MSc Information Management
• A CILIP accredited course designed to develop specialist information management skills, with emphasis on business information systems
• Classes include enterprise architecture, business analysis, business intelligence, database and web systems development, information retrieval, information policy & law, and service management
• Graduates entitled to associate membership of CILIP and eligible for chartership leading to award of MCLIP, providing direct entry to a professional body and meeting the requirements of many specialist employers
• Graduates are employed in both the private and public sector, in both management and consultancy roles: previous employers include IBM, Sun Microsystems, Arthur Anderson (Accenture), Cap Gemini, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Compaq, SMS MT, and Royal Bank of Scotland
I can safely say it was the IM course which properly equipped me to enter the consultancy field.
Benjamin Blain, Graduate and IT Consultant
MSc Information and Library Studies
• Practitioner-based with an emphasis on practical skills for libraries and information services professionals
• Classes cover organisation of knowledge, digital libraries, information sources and services, information retrieval, and management and marketing of information and library services
• The course includes a practical work placement
• Graduates entitled to associate membership of CILIP and eligible for chartership leading to award of MCLIP, providing direct entry to a professional body and meeting the requirements of many specialist employers.
• Graduates are employed as information consultants and analysts, as well as in the more traditional areas of public and private sector librarianship
Chartered Institute ofLibrary and InformationProfessionals
PhD Opportunities
• The department welcomes applications from well-qualified research candidates
• As a participant in the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) – a research-pooling initiative funded by the Scottish Government – we have 4 studentships
• Key message: have a research theme in mind and check that Strathclyde has research strengths in this area before applying
Undergraduate Degrees
• The department offers a full range of undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Our focus is on producing confident graduates with strong, well-founded, problem-solving skills
• The 5-year integrated masters course, MEng in Computer Science, is our flagship undergraduate degree