The Department of Computer Science at the University of Bologna is part of the Sciences Faculty and was founded in January 1995.
The Department of Computer Science, currently directed by Prof. Andrea Asperti, was founded with the aim to promote and develop the research activity in the field of computer sciences and technologies.
The research activities developed at the Department span from theoretical studies, focused on the methodologies for information representation, elaboration and communication, to the experimentation of new technologies developed in the computer science field.
The Department of Computer Science hosts the offices of professors and of the technical and administrative staff as well as some specialized laboratory populated from Ph.D. students and associate researchers.