The Computer Science Research Institute (CSRI) was established in 2004 as part of the University's institutional strategy to facilitate greater selectivity in research support. The Institute currently comprises over 40 research active staff from three Schools in the Faculty of Computing and Engineering: Schools of Computing and Information Engineering (at Coleraine), Computing and Intelligent Systems (at Magee), and Computing and Mathematics (at Jordanstown), together with 20 research associates and research fellows, and over 70 doctoral research students within the Research Graduate School.
There are strong collaborations locally in research and development programmes of technology companies, throughout Europe in research projects partnering government, commercial and educational institutions, and globally with research institutions, particularly in China, India and the USA, to establish internationally recognised centres of excellence. The most recent major development is the newly established Intelligent Systems Research Centre (May 2007), specialising in international research and development in the field of computational intelligence. Knowledge and technology transfer is supported through a number of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. Three new Centres have been established in recent years with a commitment to enhanced engagement with industry and research users and stimulation of regional economic development: the Centre for Software Process Technologies (CSPT), established in 2002; the Electronics Production and Innovation (EPI) Centre, established in 2004; and the Wireless Technology Research Centre, established in 2005.
CSRI comprises three research groups:
Note: for information on PhD opportunities in Computer Science, please visit the Research Graduate School.
