Dr Liz Bacon

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• Dr Liz Bacon
• Head of School of Computing and Mathematical
  Sciences

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The University

• The University of Greenwich is a major British
  university, founded in the late 19th century
  (originally Woolwich and then Thames
  Polytechnic), educating over 23,000
  undergraduates and postgraduates each year at
  three university campuses in London and Kent.

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The University

• 3 Campuses
• Maritime Greenwich
• Avery Hill
• Medway

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Greenwich Campus

• Site of a former Royal Palace with a Naval
  History
• Baroque buildings designed by Sir Christopher
  Wren
• The Old Royal Naval College has been named as one
  of the top 20 film locations in London
• Angelina Jolie, Sharon Stone, Jackie Chan have
  all filmed here
• Films e.g. The Mummy Returns, Laracroft Tomb
  Raider, Shanghai Knights, The Four Feathers etc.

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Greenwich

• A Royal Park, 183 acres with fantastic views of
  London and the Docklands from the top.
• The 2012 London Olympic Equestrian and Modern
  Pentathlon events will be held in Greenwich Park
• Local Theatre, Cinema and markets

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Historical Greenwich Sites (1)

• Cutty Sark Victorian ship built to be the
  fastest tea clipper in the race to bring the
  first seasons crop of tea to Britain. Now in dry
  dock being restored with the help of one of our
  research groups.
• National Maritime Museum tells the story of
  Britain at Sea and contains Nelsons coat when he
  was killed, complete with the bullet hole that
  killed him.
• The Queens House contains a selection of the
  Museums fine art collection.

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Historical Greenwich Sites (2)

• The Royal Observatory at the top of the park.
  Home of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer
  Royal. Contains exhibits on the search for
  longitude and latitude, history of time
  navigation. You can also straddle the prime
  meridian line.
• Greenwich has various festivals throughout the
  year e.g. the Greenwich and Docklands festival in
  June each year is a performing arts festival with
  music, theatre, dance, comedy many of the
  events are free.

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School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
(CMS)

• One of the largest Schools within the University
• Around 2000 undergraduate and postgraduate
  students on campus
• Approx. 1000 students off campus studying all
  over the world
• 60 Academic members of staff
• 60 research, technical and administrative staff

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Computing Facilities

• The University has over 1000 computers for
  general use this includes nearly 400 high spec
  PCs on the Greenwich campus
• Rooms in the Cutty Sark accommodation and Avery
  Hill Student Village have a link to the
  University network

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Industry Certification

• The School offers the following industry
  certification qualifications which can be pursued
  in conjunction with your degree programme
• CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• CISCO Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• IBM Certified Professional Program
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
• Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA)
• Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)
• Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)
• Red Hat Linux Certification
• Sun Certified Java Programmer 
• Sun Solaris Unix Certification

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School Structure

• Divided into three departments
• Department of Computing Science
• Department of Information Systems Multimedia
• Department of Mathematical Sciences

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School Research

• The Schools research has won several prizes
  including the Queens Anniversary Award 2002,
  British Computer Society Prize in 2001 and
  European IST prize in 2003 for the development of
  software to simulate emergency evacuations.
• International leading edge with an industry focus
• Grade 4 in last Research Assessment Exercise
  (RAE)
• Undergraduate programme features research led
  teaching
• Co-operative interacting groups of 80 researchers

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Fire andSafety Engineering

• Examples of FSEG research
• Simulation of emergency evacuation from an
  aircraft a double deck aircraft using all
  available exits 580 passengers and 9 pairs of
  Type A exits.
• Simulation of the Gothenburg Disco fire.
  Examination of what would have happened had an
  additional exit been available on the upper
  floor.

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Support

• The School is aiming to prepare you for future by
  providing you with key practical skills relevant
  to the needs of the Computing and IT industries.
• You will be looked after by a Programme Leader
  and a Personal Tutor during your time with us
• Lots of additional support English classes,
  financial and personal counselling etc.

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What next?

• We have a diverse staff and student population
  hope you will welcome it and make the most of the
  unique environment here to broaden your
  intellectual horizons
• We will do our best to support you but are
  looking for a commitment from you to succeed
• We want you to succeed!
• Good Luck!