The School of Computer Science and Information Systems is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences within Birkbeck College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of London. Birkbeck is in Bloomsbury, central London. The School is located on the first floor of Senate House North Block, adjacent to the College's main building in Malet Street. The accommodation comprises a lecture theatre, lecture and seminar rooms, computing laboratories, common room and staff offices.
Wheelchair access is available.
If you are visiting the School please go to the Reception desk at Senate House North Block. The Department of Computer Science was established in 1957 under Dr. A. D. Booth, a leader in hardware design, who was closely involved in the creation of some of the early commercial computer systems, and was also a pioneer in the area of natural language translation. In 1998 we became the School of Computer Science and Information Systems. The School is a leading centre of expertise in databases and knowledge bases, intelligent data analysis, evolutionary computing techniques, bioinformatics and web technology. Peter King was appointed Emeritus Professor of Computer Science in 1984.