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.