Welcome to Computer Science and Software Engineering

The department of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) at the University of Canterbury has a strong international reputation. It teaches courses that are reviewed regularly against international standards, and its graduates are in strong demand. The lecturing staff are also active researchers, and have one of the best records of research publications in the Pacific region.

Earthquake information

The south side of the Erskine building is once more operational after the quake on Monday June 13.  See the University home page for latest announcements.  The CSSE Reception is located in Rm 332, while the HOD is located in Rm340.  (Please refer to the people pages for more information on current locations of CSSE people.)  Course enquiries should be made to the course coordinators.  Other enquiries can be made to admin@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz.  We recommend email as the best way to reach staff at this time.

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Announcements

• Computer Vision PhD scholarships: NZ$30,000 p.a. plus university fees plus conference travel for a robot pruning project.
• Scholarship: UC & VUW Digital Humanities Linked Data and GIS Mapping (Summer of eResearch 2011)
• Summer Scholarships 2011/2012 (new deadline: 9 November 2011)
• COSC 200-300 level prerequisites (pdf, 66KB).

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