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The School of Electronics and Computer Science is the leading university department of its kind in the UK, with an international reputation for world-leading research across computer science, electronics and electrical engineering.

Information about the School, including admissions to postgraduate programmes, is available from the links at the top of this page. Starting from here, you can read latest research news, find out about the School's research environment and facilities, access our profiles of researcher, and link to our collaborations with business and industry.

Professor Jan Sykulski named IEEE Fellow

Professor Jan Sykulski
Professor Jan Sykulski of the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton has been named a Fellow of the IEEE. He is honoured for his contributions to methods and applications of computational electromagnetics.

ECS Professors lead development of data.gov.uk

Professor Nigel Shadbolt and Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt have led the development of the new data.gov.uk web site launched today by the Government.

New toolbar to aid web accessibility

A toolbar which will enhance accessibility of the World Wide Web has been developed by researchers at the University of Southampton.

Sparkling victory for ECS researchers in Lemonade Game

Team game play from ECS
A team of three researchers from the School of Electronics and Computer Science defeated agents designed by researchers from Princeton University, Brown University, Rutgers University, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Michigan to win the inaugural Lemonade Game Tournament, contested on the Web earlier this month and run by Yahoo! researcher Martin Zinkevich.
Research Groups
  PhD Opportunities
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The School's 10 internationally renowned research groups define and develop new areas and new approaches in their disciplines.

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Opportunities for PhD research exist across the School. We welcome applications from well-qualified candidates to join our research groups.

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Research Publications
  Research Environment
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ECS was the first academic institution in the world to adopt a self-archiving mandate (2001). The research output of all members of the School is available and fully searchable in our online repository. The repository contains 11488 records.

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ECS is world-class, research-led and multidisciplinary and has been at the forefront of research development for 60 years. The School’s research environment ensures continuing success.

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