Research
Faculty members, undergraduates, and graduate students are integral to cutting-edge research under way not only in core computer science, but also in interdisciplinary areas. Our groundbreaking research is supported by agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Army, Office of Naval Research, National Security Agency, IBM, and Google. See the latest Department SIGBITS issue for recent research happenings by faculty and students.
Xiangnan Kong, Associate Professor of CS, DS, AI
Towards Understanding Brain Networks using Deep Learning
Fabricio Murai, Assistant Professor of CS, DS, AI
Fairer, faster and more Accurate AI Models with Graph Data
Roee Shraga, Assistant Professor of CS, DS, AI
Better Data for Better Science
Faculty Research Interests
Our faculty have diverse research interests. Here is a table of interests and faculty doing work in those areas:
Graduate Student Research
Stephen Price, CS PhD Student
Data-Driven Optimization of Wire Arc DED Manufacturing Conditions for Improved Bead Shape Prediction
Adam Beauchaine, CS PhD Student
Clustering for Confidentiality: An Exploration of Unsupervised Learning for Security of Data Assets
Morgan Lee, CS PhD Student
Expert Features for a Student Support Recommendation Contextual Bandit Algorithm
Research Groups
Many research groups exist within the department. These groups hold regular meetings of faculty, grad students and undergraduate students to discuss current research topics and results. Departmental research groups include Applied Logic and Security (ALAS), Database Systems Research Group (DSRG), Performance Evaluation and Distributed Systems (PEDS) and the Tutor Research Group (TRG). Visit faculty member profiles to learn more about the research groups that individual faculty are involved in as well as when these research groups meet.
Research Labs
ASSISTments Lab
Neil Heffernan - Professor
The Daisy Lab
Elke Rundensteiner - Professor
The Interaction Lab
Erin Solovey – Associate Professor
The View Lab
Lane Harrison - Associate Professor
The Cake Lab
Rose Bohrer - Assistant Professor, Mark Claypool – Professor, Jun Dai – Associate Professor, Tian Guo – Associate Professor, Craig Shue – Professor, Sherry Sun – Associate Professor, Robert Walls – Associate Professor, Craig Wills – Professor and Harmony Zhan – Assistant Professor
Highlights & Accomplishments of our Award Winning Faculty
The Most Recent Edition of SIGBITS
A summary of department happenings involving faculty and students.