Computing and Communications and Lancaster University

Computing and Communications

A world-class teaching and research hub for computer science and communications systems.

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3rd

for career prospects after 6 months
The Guardian University League Tables 2020

7th

in the UK for world-leading and internationally excellent research
REF2014

94%

of students are able to access specialised equipment, facilities or rooms when they needed to
The National Student Survey 2018

Undergraduate Degrees

Masters Degrees

PhD
The Times & Sunday Times University of the Year 2018
Teaching Excellence Framework Gold Award
Athena SWAN Bronze Award

Research

Our research is recognised for its exceptional quality and international reputation. We are supported by RCUK, EU and industry funding. Our work blends traditional research fields and focuses on achieving a high impact. Our work encompasses energy, transport, cyber-crime and social computing.

Communication Systems

Lancaster's Communication Systems Research Group focuses on the design, analysis and optimisation of future communication systems.

Data Science

Data Science focuses on new methods, algorithms and applications of transforming data in real-time and autonomously to meet real-world needs.

Digital Health

Our focus is on using digital technologies to take a proactive approach to health, with the aim of preventing illness and improving quality of life.

Distributed Systems

Distributed systems are becoming increasingly complex, encompassing areas of technological innovation including cloud computing, multi-core architectures, the Internet of Things and mobile computing.

Interactive Systems

We come together from different fields including computer science, vision, graphics, machine learning and engineering to develop advances in mobile, pervasive and interactive technologies.

Networking

The Networking group have a diverse range of interests, from cutting-edge computer networking technologies to understanding new deployment context.

Pervasive Systems

The Pervasive Computing group at Lancaster conducts world-class research into the design, development, deployment and evaluation of mobile and pervasive computing systems.

Security

Our activities deliver ground-breaking research and postgraduate training through programmes as diverse as an MA in conflict, development and security and an MSc in cyber security.

Software Engineering

Software Engineering (SE) has been a major research theme at Lancaster since 1986. In the 2010s our high-impact research spans the range from tool development to theoretical work and focuses on a number of SE themes.

Work with us

We work with businesses of all sizes and in many ways. We can work with your business with collaborative research, internships, training, guest lectures and events.

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State-of-the-art environment

The iconic InfoLab21 is the region's leading centre for ICT research and commercial innovation. We run extensive teaching and research collaborations with companies such as Google, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco and BAE Systems.

Latest News and Events

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Keeping children safe in the ‘Internet of Things’ age

Children need protection when using programmable Internet computing devices – and Lancaster University scientists have drawn up new guidelines to help designers build in safeguards.
InfoLab

Strong Lancaster University presence at prestigious international computing conference

A strong cohort of Lancaster University researchers will be demonstrating their work at one of the leading international computer science conferences this month.
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How 3D printed food could enable new taste experiences

Lancaster University researchers are exploring how new 3D printed food technologies may provide us with novel experiences or use taste as a new way to communicate.
Poster presentations at Lovelace colloquium

BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium

More than 200 female undergraduates and masters students gathered at the University of Salford in April this year for the 2019 BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium.

Lancaster University was represented by two fantastic first year students, as well as two PhD researchers who were part of the poster judging panel.
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Could playing computer games improve your peripheral vision?

Playing computer games could help improve people’s peripheral vision, new research reveals.

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19th Sep

Innovation for Clean and Sustainable Growth conference

Thursday 19 September 2019, 12:00pm to Friday 20 September 2019, 12:45pm

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