The School of Computing has vibrant research community working on a variety of topics. The University are focuses on developing high-quality research specifically within Data Driven Innovation.

The main research areas are: Big Data, Internet of Things, Security and Privacy and Computing Education.

Staff and research students engage in leading-edge research and commercial technology projects, often in direct collaboration with industry, including major oil, pharmaceutical, and software companies. Some recent successes include:

• Cloud computing
• Computational intelligence
• Data science
• Image analysis