As of January 2016,  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, M. Mata-Montero, C.A. Wang, T. Wareham)
  • Combinatorial Design (M. Mata-Montero, D. Pike, N. Shalaby)
  • Complexity (A. Kolokolova, M. Mata-Montero,C.A. Wang, 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
  • Computer Architecture (W.M. Zuberek)
  • Concurrent Computing (A. Fiech, M. Gong,T. Norvell, W.M. Zuberek)
  • Distributed Computing (K. Vidyasankar, W.M. Zuberek)
  • Operating Systems (A. Deb)
  • 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, K. Vidyasankar)
• Information Systems
  • Biomedical Visualization (O. Meruvia-Pastor)
  • Data Analytics (J. Evermann)
  • Database Systems (J. Parsons, K. Vidyasankar)
  • Geographic Information Systems (R. Devilliers)
  • Health Information Systems (E. Brown, G. Farrell)
  • Information Retrieval (J. Parsons)
  • Security and Privacy-Preserving Methods (E. Brown, S. Samet)
  • Web-Based Systems (Y.P. Chen, K. Vidyasankar)
• Applied Computing
  • Bioinformatics (W. Banzhaf, S. Carr, T. Hu, L. Peña-Castillo)
  • Cognitive Science (M. Mata-Montero, T. Wareham)
  • Combinatorial Optimization (W. Banzhaf, Y.P. Chen, T. Wareham)
  • Complex Systems (W. Banzhaf, Y.P. Chen)
  • Computational Biology (T. Hu, L. Pena-Castillo)
  • Computer Graphics (M. Gong, O. Meruvia-Pastor)
  • Computers and Education (T. Norvell)
  • Cryptography (H. Usefi)
  • Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (M. Gong, O. Meruvia-Pastor)
  • Multimedia (M. Gong, O. Meruvia-Pastor)
  • Scientific Computing (S. Bingay, G. Miminis)
  • Simulation and Modeling (S. Bungay, W.M. Zuberek)
  • Telepresence (O. Meruvia-Pastor)
• Intelligent Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence (M. Gong, S. Lu, J. Shieh)
  • Bio-inspired Computing (W. Banzhaf, T. Hu, A. Vardy)
  • Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (J. Parsons, L. Pena-Castillo, J. Tang)
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision (M. Gong, S. Lu, J. Shieh, A. Vardy)
  • Machine Learning (M. Gong, T. Hu,  L. Pena-Castillo)
  • Neural Networks (M. Gong, S. Lu)
  • Robotics (W. Banzhaf, A. Vardy, T. Wareham)

Further details can be found on websites of individual faculty members.