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Academic Recognised for Professional Excellence

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:02:00 GMT

Our colleague Dr Claire Rocks achieved Senior Fellow (SFHEA) status through the dialogic route of Warwick’s Academic and Professional Pathway for Experienced Staff (APP EXP) programme. Her application was recognised by assessors as one of the strongest D3 submissions they had reviewed, demonstrating a sustained and significant record of educational leadership that extends well beyond her own teaching.

Claire’s work focuses on leading and influencing inclusive, evidence-informed approaches to assessment and curriculum design. She has played a central role in shaping teaching quality and learning culture across departmental, institutional, and sector contexts, including leading Warwick’s strand of the Inclusive Assessment in STEM project and contributing to institutional strategy through curriculum development and quality assurance processes.

Within the department, Claire has introduced collaborative structures such as module huddles and supported colleagues and students to work together to enhance clarity, consistency, and inclusivity in assessment practice. She has also strengthened pedagogic scholarship through establishing the Computer Science Education Research Group.

The panel particularly commended the scale, depth, and impact of Claire’s leadership, noting that elements of her work are already operating at a level associated with Principal Fellowship.

Many congratulations to Claire on this achievement and her continued commitment to advancing inclusive, high-quality teaching and learning!

Warwick Computer Science Celebrates Athena Swan Silver Award

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

The Department of Computer Science is delighted to announce that it has been awarded the Athena Swan Silver Award, recognising our commitment to advancing gender equality for staff and students.

Athena Swan is a UK-wide framework to improve gender equality in higher education. A Silver Award is given to departments that can demonstrate evidence of meaningful progress and impact over a 5-year period – and with a clear and ambitious plan for future action.

In their review, the assessment panel described our submission as "a strong Silver application which addresses all criteria very well."

Imran Khan joins the department as a Teaching Fellow

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:30:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce that Dr Imran Khan has recently joined the Department of Computer Science as a Teaching Fellow. Although new to the department, Imran has engaged with Warwick before—first through a secondment during a previous postdoctoral position, and more recently as a Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology.

Imran’s research focuses on embodied and enactive cognition within social systems, with particular interest in how and why emotions, social interactions, and relationships contribute to adaptive self‑organisation in biological systems. He primarily uses computational models to investigate these questions, aiming to draw insights from natural systems that may help inform the development of more adaptive artificial systems.

Imran believes computer scientists bring a distinctive mode of thinking to complex problems and encourages students to apply computational approaches when exploring questions across diverse disciplines. He is also passionate about science communication and is committed to making complex ideas accessible to wider audiences through podcast hosting, educational workshops, summer schools, and other outreach activities.

The department looks forward to the contributions Imran will bring in the months ahead. Colleagues and students are warmly invited to reach out to discuss research, teaching, outreach, or anything in between.

We welcome him to the department.

Kaihua Qin joins the department as an Assistant Professor

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:10:00 GMT

We are happy to announce that Dr Kaihua Qin has joined the Department of Computer Science as an Assistant Professor. Before joining Warwick, he was a researcher at Yale University and completed his PhD at Imperial College London.

Kaihua’s research spans computer security with a particular focus on blockchain systems. His past work has revealed critical vulnerabilities in blockchains, such as MEV and imitation attacks, which affect multiple layers of the stack, from networking and consensus to applications. His current work aims to establish provable security for decentralized systems, drawing on techniques from program analysis, distributed computing, formal verification, applied cryptography, and game theory.

In addition, he is actively exploring the use of AI for security, leveraging recent advances in large language models to enhance vulnerability discovery, assessment, and mitigation across a variety of systems.

We welcome him to the department!

Undergraduate Prize Winners 2024/25

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:00:00 GMT

We really enjoyed celebrating with our fantastic graduating students on Friday. If you have Instagram you can watch our reel to see the highlights!

We would like to wish all our graduates all the best in their future work or study.

Click the link to view our 2024/25 prize winners.

£17M Industry Partnership to Lead Zero-Emission Flight in UKRI Prosperity Partnership Project - VECTA

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:10:00 GMT

Latest academic promotions

Wed, 28 May 2025 12:45:00 GMT

We are very happy to announce four recent promotions in the department effective from 1 August 2025:

Dr Jonathan Foss has been promoted to Assistant Professor
Dr Ayse Saliha Sunar has been promoted to Assistant Professor
Dr Adam Shephard has been promoted to Assistant Professor
Dr Greg Watson has been promoted to Associate Professor

Many congratulations to our colleagues for all their achievements!

Best PhD Thesis Prize in Computer Science 2025

Wed, 14 May 2025 08:22:26 GMT

Congratulations to Peter Kiss who has been awarded the Best PhD Thesis Prize in Computer Science 2025.

"Keep up your outstanding performance and best wishes for your career!" - Florin

Professor Graham R Nudd - (1940 - 2025)

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:37:00 GMT

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Graham R. Nudd. Graham joined the department in 1984 and served as departmental chair for two decades. A few words have been shared by former colleagues to celebrate his life and career.

MSc Prize Winners

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to all of 2023-2024 MSc students graduating in January 2025.

The department would also like recognise the winners of the following MSc prizes:

Best Overall Data Analytics student: Pak Ho Gordon Sy

Best Overall Computer Science student: Olly Wortley

Best Data Analytics dissertation: Tianyi Huang

Best Computer Science dissertation: Olly Wortley