School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

In 1997 external reviewers, appointed by the University of Edinburgh to report on Informatics activities, wrote in their paper: Even a casual look at the world around us makes clear that we are living in the information age. As scientists come to understand informational phenomena (language, thought, computation, inference, communication and the like), they will enable ever more powerful technological advances. Equally, the technology of computing and communication prompts scientific understanding. Thus the natural science and the building of systems feed each other. A year later the School of Informatics was created through the merger of the Department of Artificial Intelligence, Centre for Cognitive Science, Department of Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute, and Human Communication Research Centre. It originally formed part of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, but since major university restructuring in 2002, has been part of the College of Scien...