Areas
Algorithms and Theory
Advancing the state of the art in graph theory and geometric algorithms, with applications to medicine and biology.
Faculty: Marina Blanton, Amitabh Chaudhary, Danny Chen, Chao Wang
Architecture, Hardware, and Nanotechnology
Exploring novel high-performance and low-power computer architectures, design methodologies and computing paradigms.
Faculty: Jay Brockman, Sharon Hu, Peter Kogge, Michael Niemier
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Applying computational techniques to improve understanding of biological processes.
Faculty: Frank Collins, Scott Emrich, Jesus Izaguirre, Greg Madey
Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Mining
Developing intelligent strategies for autonomous systems, from robots to vision understanding. Developing advanced pattern recognition and classification techniques, including neural networks.
Faculty: Kevin Bowyer, Nitesh Chawla, Patrick Flynn, Yih-Fang Huang, Robert Stevenson, John Uhran
Distributed Systems and Grid Computing
Designing new systems for discovering, harnessing, and sharing data and computing power in sensor networks, office workgroups, peer-to-peer systems, and large scale computational grids.
Faculty: Panos Antsaklis, Surendar Chandra, Scott Emrich, Jesus Izaguirre, Christian Poellabauer, Aaron Striegel, and Douglas Thain
Operating Systems, Networks, and Security
Addressing challenges in complex computer systems from network security to operating systems and embedded applications.
Faculty: Panos Antsaklis, Marina Blanton, Ramzi Bualuan, Surendar Chandra, Curt Freeland, Sharon Hu, Christian Poellabauer, Aaron Striegel, Douglas Thain
Scientific Computing
Developing solutions for complex scientific problems in biology, medicine and physics.
Faculty: Danny Chen, Scott Emrich, Jesus Izaguirre, Greg Madey, Aaron Striegel , Douglas Thain