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- Informatics researcher’s thesis earns an outstanding dissertation prize from TU Dresden
We are ranked #1 in the UK for research power in Computer Science and Informatics Times Higher Education ranking. Our research environment and all impact case studies received top grades (4*, world leading). Overall, 97% of our REF submission is world leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*).
We provide a fertile environment for a wide range of studies focussed on understanding computation in both artificial and natural systems.
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