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