the UNIVERSITY of GREENWICH Welcome to the University of Greenwich Dr Mohammad Dastbaz– Head of Dept, Information Systems and Multimedia

2 Originally Woolwich Polytechnic - founded in the late 19th century 24,000 undergraduates and postgraduate The University

3 The University of Greenwich 10 Schools and over 24,000 Students Maritime Greenwich Avery Hill Medway

Old Royal Naval College History King Henry VIII’s favourite Palace The birthplace of Elizabeth I Baroque buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren late 1600s, completed around Originally a hospital for retired seamen, it closed in Became a Royal Naval College in 1873 until One of the top 20 film locations in London. Films e.g. The Mummy Returns, Tomb Raider, Shanghai Knights, The Four Feathers etc. 4

5 Historical Greenwich Greenwich Park A Royal Park, 183 acres. Will hold the 2012 London Olympic Equestrian and Modern Pentathlon events The Royal Observatory – at the top of the park. Contains exhibits on the search for longitude and latitude, history of time + navigation. You can also straddle the prime meridian line. National Maritime Museum – tells the story of Britain at Sea and contains Nelson’s coat when he was killed, complete with the bullet hole that killed him. The Queen’s House – contains a selection of the Museum’s fine art collection. Cutty Sark – Victorian ship built to be the fastest tea clipper. Now in dry dock being restored with the help of one of our research groups.

6 Maritime Greenwich Computing and Mathematical Sciences PCET (Education and Training) Humanities Business

7 65 Academic Staff 30 Research Staff 15 Technical Support Staff 16 Administrative Staff School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences

8 International leading edge with an industry focus Grade 4 in last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) Various EU, EPSRC, Industry and DTI funded projects supporting research staff and PhD students Approx £3.5 million in grant funding for the period March – November Postgraduate and undergraduate programme features research led teaching School’s Research

Applied statistics Artificial Intelligence Autonomic Computing Case-based reasoning Data Mining E-learning Fire Safety Engineering Information Integrity Information Systems Intelligent Scheduling Knowledge Management Mobile Networks Multi-physics Modelling Network optimisation Network Security & Audit Numerical Modelling Parallel Computing Systems Modelling Temporal Logic

10 European 1st Prize Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education British Computer Society IT Award Winners Research Awards

11 Our Research Strength – Fire Safety Award winning Evacuation modelling software

12 Department of Computer Science Department of Information Systems Department of Mathematics School Structure

What next? We have a diverse staff and student population – hope you will welcome it and make the most of the unique environment here to broaden your intellectual horizons We will do our best to support you but are looking for a commitment from you to succeed We want you to succeed! Good Luck!