Research Activity
The Department of Computer Science is active in the following research areas (further details can be found on websites of individual faculty members, following the links):
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Algorithms (A. Kolokolova, D. Churchill, M. Mata-Montero, T. Wareham)
- Combinatorial Design (M. Mata-Montero, D. Pike, N. Shalaby)
- Complexity (A. Kolokolova, M. Mata-Montero,T. Wareham)
- Computability (M. Bartha)
- Graph Theory (M. Bartha, Y.P. Chen, D. Pike)
- Logic in Computer Science (A. Kolokolova, A. Fiech)
- Programming Language Theory (A. Fiech, T. Norvell)
- Computer Systems
- Concurrent Computing (A. Fiech, T. Norvell)
- Computer Networking and Mobile Computing (Y.P. Chen)
- Software Engineering and Methodologies
- Formal Methods (T. Norvell, A Fiech)
- Software Architecture and Design (E. Brown,R. Byrne, J. Parsons, D. Peters)
- Web Services/Service Repositories (A. Fiech)
- Information Systems
- Biomedical Visualization (O. Meruvia-Pastor)
- Data Analytics (J. Evermann, A. Soares)
- Database Systems (J. Parsons)
- Health Information Systems (E. Brown, G. Farrell)
- Information Retrieval (J. Parsons)
- Security and Privacy-Preserving Methods (E. Brown)
- Web-Based Systems (Y.P. Chen)
- Applied Computing
- Bioinformatics (S. Carr, T. Hu, L. Peña-Castillo)
- Cognitive Science (M. Mata-Montero, T. Wareham)
- Combinatorial Optimization (Y.P. Chen, T. Wareham)
- Complex Systems (Y.P. Chen)
- Computational Biology (T. Hu, L. Pena-Castillo)
- Computer Graphics (O. Meruvia-Pastor, A. Soares)
- Computers and Education (T. Norvell)
- Cryptography (H. Usefi)
- Interactive 3D Graphics and 3D Games (O. Meruvia-Pastor)
- Multimedia (O. Meruvia-Pastor)
- Mobility Data Analysis (A. Soares)
- Scientific Computing (S. Bungay, G. Miminis)
- Simulation and Modeling (S. Bungay)
- Telepresence (O. Meruvia-Pastor)
- Video Games (D. Churchill)
- Intelligent Computing
- Artificial Intelligence (D. Churchill, A. Soares)
- Bio-inspired Computing (T. Hu, A. Vardy, V. Prado-da-Fonseca)
- Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (J. Parsons, L. Pena-Castillo, J. Tang, A. Soares)
- Image Processing and Computer Vision (O. Meruvia-Pastor, A. Vardy)
- Machine Learning (T. Hu, L. Pena-Castillo, A. Soares)
- Robotics (A. Vardy, T. Wareham, V. Prado-da-Fonseca)
Further details can be found on websites of individual faculty members.