1. Computer Science School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences Professor Andrew Ireland

2. 1821 School of Arts founded

3. 1852 Watt Institution & School of Arts

4. 1885 Heriot-Watt College

5. 1966 Heriot-Watt University

6. Computer Science First BSc Computer Science degree programme in Scotland (1966)

7. School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (MACS)  Formed 2002 from the departments of:  Actuarial Mathematics & Statistics  Computer Science  Mathematics  Over 150 staff and 2,300 students (approx.)

8. Undergraduate Taught Programmes  BSc Computer Science  BSc Information Systems  BSc Computer Systems  MEng Software Engineering

9. Postgraduate Taught Programmes  MSc Software Engineering  MSc Artificial Intelligence  MSc Artificial Intelligence With Speech And Multimodal Interaction  MSc Advanced Internet Applications  MSc Data Science  MSc Computer Systems Management  MSc Information Technology (Business)  MSc Information Technology (Software Systems)  MSc Business Information Management

10. Quality Measures  British Computer Society Accreditation  National Student Survey – Top 10 in the UK for last two years for overall satisfaction  Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey – MACS top School in the university

11. Graduate Destinations and Industrial Links

12. Research  Intelligent Systems  Biomedical Systems Engineering Lab  Intelligent Systems Lab  Interaction  Affective Autonomous Agents  Interaction Lab  Texture Lab  Rigorous Systems  Dependable Systems Group  ULTRA

13. Policy Exchange: Eight Great Technologies  The big data revolution and energy-efficient computing  Satellites and commercial applications of space  Robotics and autonomous systems  Life sciences, genomics and synthetic biology  Regenerative medicine  Agri-science  Advanced materials and nano-technology  Energy and its storage

14. UK Government: National Security Strategy Tier 1 risks are judged to be our highest priorities for UK national security:  Terrorism  Cyber attack  Major natural hazards and accidents  International military crises

15. Example Collaborations  Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance 2008  Edinburgh Centre for Robotics 2014

16. Research Excellence Framework 2014 The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions. Heriot-Watt: 22 nd in UK and 3 rd in Scotland Computer Science: 23 rd in UK and 3 rd in Scotland

17. Mission “address societal needs by incorporating fundamental scientific thinking and research into engineering solutions” School of Arts 1821 “create and exchange knowledge for the benefit of society” Heriot-Watt University 2014

18. Heriot-Watt University: A Global Institution Dubai Campus founded 2005 Malaysia Campus founded 2013