21-755: The Clarendon Laboratory , located on Parks Road within the Science Area in Oxford , England (not to be confused with the Clarendon Building , also in Oxford), is part of the Department of Physics at Oxford University . It houses the atomic and laser physics , condensed matter physics , and biophysics groups within the Department, although four other Oxford Physics groups are not based in
42-534: Is home to around 145 academic and research staff. The department's doctoral programme has over 140 research students (studying for a D.Phil. – the Oxford term for a PhD ) working across a wide range of subjects in computer science and software engineering. After fifty years within the department, the Numerical Analysis group moved in 2009 to be part of the university's Mathematical Institute . Today
63-552: Is located in the foyer of the Clarendon Laboratory. 51°45′36″N 1°15′23″W / 51.75997°N 1.2565°W / 51.75997; -1.2565 Parks Road Parks Road is a road in Oxford , England, with several Oxford University colleges along its route. It runs north–south from the Banbury Road and Norham Gardens at the northern end, where it continues into Bradmore Road , to
84-580: Is named. The Oxford University Museum of Natural History is on the east side of Parks Road opposite Keble College. Just to the south on the corner with South Parks Road is the Radcliffe Science Library . The right hand half of the grass area in front of the museum has a large basement reading room for the library underneath it. At the southern end are the Weston Library , opened in 2015 after being transformed internally from
105-528: Is the computer science department of the University of Oxford , England, which is part of the university's Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division . It was founded in 1957 as the Computing Laboratory . By 2014 the staff count was 52 members of academic staff and over 80 research staff. The 2019, 2020 and 2021 Times World University Subject Rankings places Oxford University 1st in
126-619: The London equations when working there in 1935. In 2007, the laboratory was granted chemical landmark status. The award was bestowed due to the work carried out by Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley in 1914. The original building, substantially enlarged, is now part of the Oxford Earth Sciences Department. The Oxford Electric Bell apparatus (also known as the Clarendon Dry Pile), constructed in 1840,
147-550: The Oxford University Computing Laboratory was born (shortened as OUCL or Comlab ). As well as facilitating research elsewhere in the university, the new department had its own academic function, performing research in numerical analysis, and lecturing for mathematics and engineering students. The first director, Leslie Fox , was appointed in 1957 and the following year the department moved into its first home, 9 South Parks Road . In 1963
168-472: The 20th-century New Bodleian Library building, on the corner with Broad Street to the west and the King's Arms public house on the corner with Holywell Street to the east. The road was formerly known as Park Street . 51°45′32″N 1°15′25″W / 51.75896°N 1.25699°W / 51.75896; -1.25699 Oxford University Computing Laboratory The Department of Computer Science
189-606: The Clarendon Lab. The Oxford Centre for Quantum Computation is also housed in the laboratory. The Clarendon Laboratory consists of two adjoining buildings, the Lindemann Building (named after Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell ) and the Grade II listed Townsend Building (named after Sir John Sealy Townsend ). The Beecroft Building (named after Adrian Beecroft ) is now immediately in front of
210-576: The Lindemann Building, completed in 2018 and designed by Hawkins\Brown , with a budget of approximately £40 million. The Clarendon is named after Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon , whose trustees paid £10,000 for the building of the original laboratory, completed in 1872, making it the oldest purpose-built physics laboratory in England. The building was designed by Robert Bellamy Clifton . The brothers Fritz and Heinz London developed
231-824: The MSc in Computer Science (approx 50 students total) and the MSc in Mathematics and the Foundations of Computer Science (MFoCS) (approx 15 students total). The department also offers the part-time Software Engineering Programme , a modular course for industry professionals, leading to either the MSc in Software Engineering (approx 240 students at present) or the M.Sc. in Software and Systems Security (approx 45 students at present). The department
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#1732797403107252-594: The Parks on the corner with Keble Road . Both Keble College (south of Keble Road and north of Museum Road ) and Wadham College have their main entrances on Parks Road, while St John's College and Trinity College each back onto it. The garden of Rhodes House has an entrance on Parks Road. In December 2018 it was announced that the proposed new graduate college of the university, Parks College , opening in September 2020, will be located on Parks Road, after which it
273-515: The aim "to bring some coherence into the present ad hoc nature of programming and software". After Strachey's untimely death in 1975, Tony Hoare took over leadership of the PRG in 1977 until his retirement in 1999 and introduced a computer science undergraduate degree programme at Oxford. The NAG and PRG groups operated mostly separately until 1984, when both of the laboratory's research groups moved into 8–11 Keble Road , opposite Keble College . However
294-563: The department moved to 19 Parks Road . The Computing Services (From 2012 part of IT Services ) was administratively split from the academic department in 1969, although complete independence was only gained in 1978. Complementing the Numerical Analysis Group (NAG), the Programming Research Group (PRG) was set up in 1966 at 45 Banbury Road under the leadership of Christopher Strachey with
315-533: The department's first undergraduate course was established, in 'Mathematics and Computation', followed in 1994 by the 'Computation' course. Initially these two courses had a common first year. 'Computer Science' replaced 'Computation' in the title of both courses for students starting their studies in 2000. Between 1987 and 2006 students started studies on a four-year (undergraduate) MEng in Engineering and Computing Science (now discontinued). In October 2012
336-487: The department's research is classified into ten broad themes: As of 2015 the department employed 36 Professors, including: Starting in 1952, mathematician Charles Coulson sought funding for Oxford to own its own computer. At this time university members had to hire computer time from elsewhere. In 1956 the University Grants Committee decided to fund the purchase of a Ferranti Mercury and
357-400: The east about halfway along. Parks Road, South Parks Road and the Parks surround the main Science Area of the University of Oxford . The Clarendon Laboratory ( physics ), Department of Engineering Science (including the dominating 1960s Thom Building ) and the Department of Materials are all on Parks Road in the main science area. The Oxford University Computing Laboratory is opposite
378-476: The first students of the 'Computer Science and Philosophy' started. Today students on all three undergraduate courses - 'Computer Science', 'Maths & Computer Science' and 'Computer Science & Philosophy' - have the choice between a 3-year BA or a 4-year 'undergraduate masters'. Sixty students began one of the three undergraduate courses in October 2013. There are two full-time taught postgraduate courses:
399-533: The junction with Broad Street , Holywell Street and Catte Street to the south. At the northern end, the road runs alongside the University Parks , hence its name. Opposite the Parks is the former home of the Irish novelist Joyce Cary , who lived here at 12 Parks Road with his family from 1920 until his death in 1957. This is now recorded with a blue plaque . The road adjoins South Parks Road to
420-600: The laboratory soon outgrew this space, and occupied space in 2 South Parks Road, until in 1993 the Wolfson Building opened behind the Victorian 8–11 Keble Road houses. The neighbouring houses at 5–7 Keble Road and a new "e-Science building" behind these provided additional space upon opening in 2007. However this space is not sufficient, and the department has additional space within the Thom Building and
441-482: The world for Computer Science. Oxford University is also the top university for computer science in the UK and Europe according to Business Insider . The 2020 QS University Subject Rankings places The University of Oxford 5th in the world (with the University of Cambridge placing 6th) for Computer Science. From its foundation the department taught undergraduates reading for mathematics and engineering degrees, but in 1985
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