Faculty Research Areas

If you are a student and are interested in pursuing a research or development project, or if you are from an organization looking to collaborate/consult with experts on specific projects or invite faculty to give a talk, please feel free to contact them.

You can also take a look at the list of technical reports published by faculty and students in the department.

Adaikkalavan, Raman

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering (University of Texas and Arlington, 2006).

Profile

Research interests:

  • Cybersecurity
  • Database Systems
  • Data Stream Systems
  • Complex Event Processing
  • Software Engineering
  • Computer Science Education

Dinh, Hang

Ph.D. in Computer Science (University of Connecticut, 2010).

Profile

Research interests:

  • Quantum Computing
  • Post-Quantum Cryptography
  • Algorithm Analysis and Design
  • Heuristic Search

Hakimzadeh, Hossein

Ph.D. in Computer Science (North Dakota State University, 1993).

Profile

Research interests:

  • Database Management Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Distributed Systems
  • Object-Oriented Software Engineering

Nair, Murlidharan

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics (University of Poona, India, 1996).

Profile

Research interests:

  • Computational Analysis of Genetic Macromolecules
  • Application of Statistical Learning Methods to Biology
  • Alternative Splicing and Splicing Arrays

Scheessele, Mike

Ph.D. in Quantitative and Mathematical Psychology (Purdue University, 2001).

Profile

Research interests:

  • Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Ethics
  • Especially Psychologically Plausible Artificial Vision and Problem-Solving Systems

Surma, Dave

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering (University of Notre Dame 1998).

Profile

Research interests:

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing
  • Multimedia Applications
  • Computer Architectures
  • High-Performance Networks
  • Software Tools for Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems

Vrajitoru, Dana

D.Sci. in Computer Science (University of Neuchâtel, 1997).

Profile

Research interests:

  • Genetic Algorithms
  • Scientific Visualization
  • Parallel Computation
  • Information Retrieval
  • Artificial Intelligence

Wolfer, James

Ph.D. in Computer Science (Illinois Institute of Technology, 1993).

Profile

Research interests:

  • Applied Artificial Intelligence and Naturally Inspired Computing for Real-World Problems
  • Deep Learning in Medicine
  • Applied Computer Vision
  • Parallel Computing
  • Computer Science Education

Yu, Liguo

Ph.D. in Computer Science (Vanderbilt University, 2004).

Profile

Research interests:

  • Software Engineering in General with Emphasis on Software Dependency
  • Software Reuse
  • Software Maintenance
  • Open-Source Development

Zhang, Liqiang

Ph.D. in Computer Science (Wayne State University, 2005).

Profile

Research interests:

  • Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing
  • Quality of Service
  • Real-Time Computing
  • Sensor Networks
  • Network Security

Emeritus Faculty

Knight, William

  • Ph.D. in Mathematics (University of California, Berkeley, 1969),
  • M.Sc. in Statistics (Pennsylvania State University, 1977),
  • M.Sc. in Computer Science (University of Illinois, Urbana, 1986).

Profile

Research interests:

  • Analysis of Algorithms
  • Data Structures

Russo, John

Ph.D. in Mathematics (Florida State University, 1965).

Profile

Research interests:

  • Program Efficiency
  • Software Engineering