Computer science

Our vision for computer science is one that champions its fundamental importance to continued advances in all areas of science, while stressing the role of foundational research in enabling a steady stream of step-changes in potential for future applications. Heriot-Watt University is a partner in the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA).
Computer science within MACS covers two main areas,
- fundamental research into logics and languages supporting safe, efficient and ultra-high performance systems of the future, and
- research and development of computational intelligence in a broad range of areas, spanning speech and dialogue interaction, autonomous robotics, bio and medical informatics, and advanced data analytics