Research

Research Areas Overview

CSE faculty members are currently executing $12 million in active external research grants from NSF, DoD, NIH, NIST, industry, and state sources. As reported to ASEE, the annual research expenditure for 2020-21 was $4.5 million. Research activities for CSE faculty over the past 36 months are cataloged here. The four research clusters in CSE are:

research

A.I. and Cognitive Computing

Machine learning; Data mining; Robotics; Natural language processing; Computer vision; Reasoning systems; Fairness and explainability; Affective computing

Cybersecurity

Network security; Wireless security; Applied cryptography; Runtime security; Intrusion detection systems; Human aspects of cybersecurity; Differential privacy; Hardware security

Computing Hardware and Sensors

VLSI design; AI accelerators; Testing and verification; Bio-implantable devices; Computational imaging; Mobile wireless sensing; Cyber-physical systems

Human-Centered Computing

Smart health systems; Humancomputer interaction; Braincomputer interfaces; Human
performance; Socio-technical systems; Human-centered authentication; Human-robot interaction; Augmented reality; Social networks

Networks and Systems

Green networks; Wireless networks; Mobile systems and communications;
Database systems; Multimedia systems; Distributed systems