Created in 1968, the Department is celebrating its 50th anniversary; we are one of oldest computer science departments in the world.

Fifty years is a long time for a department of Computer Science. During this period, we have witnessed major advances in our discipline, to which we have made significant contributions.

During 2018, we will be organising a range of activities that celebrate not just the Department but Computer Science as a whole:

• January 13–14: Royal Hackaway, our first Hackathon organised by our student-led Computing Society

• March 4 – July 27: Fernando Orejas visits the Department supported by a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship

• March 26–28: the 34th British Colloquium for Theoretical Computer Science

• April 20: workshop on Blended Learning, Automated Feedback and Peer Assessment

• May 17: honorary fellowship awarded to Doron Swade

• June 30 – July 1: the Leverhulme School on Graph Transformation Techniques

• July 2–5: the 24th Workshop on Algebraic Development Techniques

• July 5–7: IFIP WG1.3 meeting

• July 12: honorary degree awarded to Steve Shirley

• July 23–27: the 37th ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing

• September – December: the Two Hundred Years of Becoming Digital exhibition

• October 6: official celebration – all alumni welcomed!