1. Overview Dr. George Ghinea Department of Computer Science, Brunel University, UK george.ghinea@brunel.ac.uk

2. Brunel University Our Mission To advance knowledge and understanding, and provide society with confident, talented and versatile graduates 2500+ staff Students: 10,000+ U/grad 3,200 PGT 870 PGR Brunel

3. Our Heritage Isambard Kingdom Brunel 1806 - 1859 Brunel Innovation & creativity Problem solving Work placements Research partnerships Research excellence Brunel University has been ranked top in London, 6th in the UK and 35th in the world in a new world ranking of the top 100 universities founded in the last 50 years.

4. Our Research Excellence Brunel 82% of staff conducting research of international standing 9 th in the UK in terms of increase in staff submitted 21% of staff classed as Early Career Researchers: Leading the sector Brunel awarded £12,827,244 HEFCE research funding for 09/10 Increase of over 54.5% £4.5 million Our research investment concentrates on growth, and sustainability

5. Our Staff Academic staff: 72 Research staff: 16 Our Students Undergraduate students: 1216 Postgraduate students: 218 PhD students: 160 Our Departments Computer Science Mathematical Sciences SISCM School of Computer Science and Mathematics

6. School of Computer Science and Mathematics Research Excellence Brunel 87% of academics in the School achieved international standard (4*-2*) More than half – 52% – are officially ranked as internationally excellent (4*-3*) The School achieved a 36% increase in the number of staff submitted compared with RAE2001, and more of them achieved world-class standing An impressive 21% of academics submitted by the School are Early Career Researchers All three UoAs submitted by the School had a Grade Point Average of 2.55

7. Collaborative Partnerships Example teaching partnerships Example research partnerships Example consultancy partnerships We attract and value external companies and organisations that we collaborate with through our research and teaching and consultancy activities. SISCM