Creative Computing: BSc, Diploma and Mature Entry Route
Academic leadership: Goldsmiths
Goldsmiths is all about the freedom to experiment, to think differently, to be an individual. Founded in 1891, the College brings creative and unconventional approaches to all of its subjects, always based on the highest academic standards of teaching and research. From undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to part-time and professional courses, Goldsmiths has an excellent range of innovative study opportunities, with the visual and performing arts departments being especially renowned. No fewer than five of its graduates, including Damien Hirst, have gone on to win the prestigious Turner Prize.
The Department of Computing at Goldsmiths is a leading centre in the UK for the study of Arts and Music Computing, Cognitive Computing and Artifical Intelligence, and Computer Science. Academic staff are leaders and partners on a variety of research projects and have key alliances with other universities (including Cambridge University, MIT, Brown University, Leeds University, and King’s College London), cultural institutions (the Department works with several museums including Tate Modern), creative and telecommunications industries. Further information about the department and teaching staff can be found at the departmental homepage (external link).
Current research within the Department includes Ontology of Digital Culture (developing an application for searching audio and video content online), Intelligent Sound and Music Systems (understanding how human music cognition functions), Adaptive Technologies (enhancing the functionality of hypermedia systems), and Algorithms and Computer Networks (encompassing algorithm design and analysis, wireless networks, data compression, and combinatorics).
Goldsmiths' responsibilities include: writing the study material, giving advice to students and teaching institutions, and ensuring that students are examined to the same standard as at Goldsmiths and the University of London as a whole. Goldsmiths also considers applications from institutions for 'Permission to teach', 'Specified' and 'Advanced' status.