Research Areas Overview

CSE faculty members are currently executing $9.6 million in active external research grants, each spanning 3 to 5 years, of which $5.6 million are from NSF, $2.3 million are from the Department of Defense, and the rest from NIH, NIST, industry, and state sources.  The research clusters in the department include:

A.I. and Cognitive Computing (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Robotics, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Computational Neuroscience, and Affective Computing)

• Advancing Machine and Human Reasoning (AMHR) Lab
• Biorobotics Lab
• Computing Education Research & Evolutionary Algorithms Lab (CEREAL)
• Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Group (CVPR)
• Intelligent Systems Lab (ISL)
• Neuro-Machine Interaction Lab (NMIL)
• Robot Perception and Action Lab (RPAL)

Cybersecurity (Cryptography, Trustworthy Computing, Network Security, Smart Bio-devices, Hardware security, and Biometrics)

• Applied Cryptography Research Laboratory (ACRL)
• ARGUS Cybersecurity Lab
• Cryptographic Engineering and Hardware Security Lab
• Cyber Identity and Behavior Research (CIBeR) Lab
• Software Security and Programming Lab

Efficient Computing Platforms (Computer Architecture, VLSI, Ubiquitous Sensing Networks, Distributed Computing, Parallel Processing, and Biomedical Devices)

• Ubiquitous Sensing Lab
• Secure, Efficient, and Evolvable System (SEES) Lab

Big-Data Algorithms (Biomedical Imaging, Machine Learning, Databases, Visualization, and Social Networks)

• Computer Graphics and Visualization Lab
• Distributed Systems Group
• Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Group (CVPR)
• Social Computing Research Lab