Informatics — the study of the storage, transformation and communication of information — has an enormous impact on our daily lives. It contributes to and draws on ideas from many other subject areas. Informatics at Sussex is at the cutting edge of this activity and maintains a traditionally strong interdisciplinary focus.
Award-winning lecturers
Dr Paul Newbury was the 2011 recipient of a University of Sussex Teaching Fellowship, worth £5000; he is using this to fund a study comparing the impact of various methods of digital lecture capture.
Dr Blay Whitby received a Sussex Teaching Excellence Award 2011, in recognition of his high quality, inspirational teaching.
As well as teaching and research in core aspects of computer science and software systems, Informatics at Sussex is internationally renowned centre for the study of artificial intelligence, bio-inspired computing, cognitive science, digital media technologies, and human-computer interaction.
The quality of our teaching, student support and facilities is rated highly; for example the Guardian University Guide 2012 ranks us in the top 10 Computer Science and IT departments in the UK. In the 2010 National Student Survey, we are ranked 3rd for student satisfaction out of all computing departments in the UK. All of our degree programmes are informed by high quality research. In the most recent national assessment of research quality, Informatics at Sussex is in the top 15 in the subject nationally, based on volume of research activity rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.
We have strong links with industry, including a groundbreaking partnership with one of the world's leading financial services companies, and many on-going applied research and consultancy contracts.
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Prof John Carroll — Head of Department
