Computing and Communications

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

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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

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The Times & Sunday Times University of the Year 2018

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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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Bringing the Blockchain into the physical world

A kit made from everyday objects is bringing the blockchain into the physical world.

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Lancaster academics detect 1.6K industrial control devices globally to be infected with the Mirai malware and present at ACM eEnergy conference in Phoenix, AZ, USA

On Friday 28th June 2019, Dr Angelos Marnerides, SCC Lancaster (in collaboration with Dr Vasileios Giotsas, SCC Lancaster & Troy Mursch from Bad Packets LLC, Chicago) presented a paper at ACM eEnergy 2019 conference in Phoenix, AZ, USA. The conference deals with the convergence of computer networks and energy systems and discussed the Internet-wide detection of Industrial Control Devices that are infected with the Mirai virus.

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Sixth-form students try out high-tech gear at University science day

It was all smiles as Lancaster and Morecambe sixth-formers attended a special Computer Science workshop at Lancaster University, where they met researchers and experimented with innovative technologies.

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Smart materials provide real-time insight into wearers’ emotions

Researchers from Lancaster University have worked with smart materials on wrist-worn prototypes that can aid people diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and bi-polar disorders in monitoring their emotions.

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.

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Child sex dolls and robots: Challenging the boundaries of the child protection framework. Security Lancaster Seminar Series

Thursday 25 July 2019, 1:00pm to 2:30pm

30th Jul

Talk: Privacy Vulnerabilities of Dataset Anonymization Techniques and More

Tuesday 30 July 2019, 11:00am to 1:00pm

9th Sep

Interfaces in extreme value theory & Extreme ocean wave phenomena

Monday 9 September 2019, 9:00am to Wednesday 11 September 2019, 4:00pm

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