The Computer Laboratory is an academic department within the University of Cambridge that encompasses Computer Science, along with many aspects of Engineering, Technology and Mathematics. It consists of 41 academic staff, 29 support staff, 5 research fellows, 81 post-doctoral research workers and 119 PhD students. We have over 300 undergraduates studying for Part I, II and III of the Computer Science Tripos and 36 graduate students studying for the MPhil in Advanced Computer Science.
75th Anniversary
Videos of the celebration
Promotional overview: 24 April 2013
Wheeler lecture: Prof. Sir Tony Hoare
Haroon Ahmed:
Cambridge Computing – The First 75 Years
An extensively illustrated, highly readable and informative account of computing in Cambridge, from Babbage to the present day. This book will appeal to a wide readership, well beyond Cambridge, to everyone interested in the history of computing and the University of Cambridge.
Download book now (9.5MB PDF)
(Contact reception@cl.cam.ac.uk if you would like to order a hard copy)
News
- Professor Andy Hopper named one of the UK’s 100 leading practising scientists
- Computer Laboratory lecturers awarded Pilkington Prizes
- Developer Contest – Travel Apps
- MPhil Scholarships 2014/15
- Cambridge students excel at NWERC
Job vacancies & studentships
- Advanced Computer Science MPhil Scholarships
- Alta Institute - 6 Studentships (Fixed Term)
- Research Assistant in HELIX Automatic Parallelisation (Fixed Term)
- Research Assistants and Associates in OS, Compiler and CPU Security
- Research Associate in Large-Scale Graph Processing x 2 (Fixed Term)
- University Lecturer
Initiatives
- Raspberry Pi
putting the fun back into computing - Research Students Fund Appeal
- Women@CL
- Industrial Supporters' Club
- Graduate Association: The Cambridge Ring
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