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Department of Computer Science

Solving global challenges in safe, secure and ethical computing.

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Our academic excellence and strong links with industry make us one of the UK's leading computer science departments.

Our courses span the full range of contemporary computer science, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and data science. 

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We're a highly influential research department working at the cutting edge of computer science.

We're known for conducting fundamental research into the development and engineering of safe, ethical and secure computational systems to meet global challenges.

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UK top 10

We're a top ten research department - according to the Times Higher Education’s ranking of the latest REF results (2021).

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Committed to equality

We've held an Athena SWAN bronze award since 2020, in recognition of our work to promote the advancement of women's careers in higher education.

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Degree accreditation

Many of our computer science courses are accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.

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Collaborative research project set to develop new generation of aerospace microprocessors

Researchers from the Department of Computer Science will play a pivotal role in SCHEME (Safety-Critical Harsh Environment Micro-processing Evolution), a project that is developing the next-generation of microprocessors for aerospace.

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Evolang Conference

We are pleased and proud to announce that the next Evolution of Language International Conference (evolang.org), which will take place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in April 2026, will be chaired by two long-serving members of the University of York academic community, Dr Dimitar Kazakov (CS) and Professor Giuseppe Longobardi (Language and Linguistic Science).

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New research project will create AI audit tools to combat misinformation

New project will work with stakeholders including non-experts to develop tools that will stop AI presenting false or invented information as fact.

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Professor Ibrahim Habli

Ibrahim Habli (Professor of Safety Critical Systems in the Department of Computer Science, Research Director of the Centre for Assuring Autonomy and Director of the UKRI AI SAINTS Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of York) on his hopes for the future of intelligent computer systems and on never giving up on your vision.

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