Faculty Research Areas and CSE523/524 Projects

 

Leo Bachmair, Computational logic; automated deduction; symbolic computation.

Hussein Badr, Computer communication networks and protocols; performance evaluation, modeling and analysis.

Michael Bender, Algorithms; data structures; scheduling; cache and I/O-efficient computing; parallel computing.

Alexander Berg, Computer Vision and related problems in other fields.

Tamara Berg, Research straddling the boundary between Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing.

Tzi-cker Chiueh, Processor architecture; parallel I/O; high-speed networks; compression. [Projects]

Yejin Choi, Statistical approaches and computational models for Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics; Interdisciplinary research connecting Natural Language Processing with Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Psychology, and Cognitive Science.

Rezaul Alam Chowdhury, Design and analysis of algorithms and data structures for combinatorial problems; Computational Biology and Bioinformatics; Experimental algorithmics.

Samir Das, Wireless networking and mobile computing; performance evaluation; parallel discrete event simulation. [Projects]

Ahmad Esmaili, Algorithms, information systems.

Paul Fodor, Knowledge representation; logic programming; Natural Language Processing

Jie Gao, Wireless networking, sensor networks.

Radu Grosu , Modeling and analysis of reactive, hybrid and object oriented systems; model checking; design automation for embedded systems; applied formal methods; software and systems engineering. [Projects]

Xianfeng Gu, Computer graphics

Himanshu Gupta, Wireless networking, database systems, algorithms. [Projects]

Rob Johnson, Computer security; software security. [Project]

Arie Kaufman, Computer graphics; visualization; virtual reality; user interfaces; multimedia; computer architecture. [Projects]

Rob Kelly, Medical Informatics, Information systems; software engineering; electronic commerce; wireless software. [Projects]

Michael Kifer, Database systems; logic programming; knowledge representation; artificial intelligence.

Ker-I Ko, Computational complexity; theory of computation; computational learning theory.

Annie Liu, Programming languages and systems, program optimization, program analysis and transformation, reactive systems, database systems, algorithm design. [Projects]

Yanni Liu, Computer Networks; Design and performance evaluation of resource management strategies in computer networks and systems; Wireless networks; Computer network protocols; Performance modeling and evaluation; Computer and network security; Distributed systems; Database management.

Richard McKenna, Computer science education; computer game programming; Internet commerce programming

Klaus Mueller, Visualization; volume rendering; computer graphics; medical imaging; visual data mining. [Projects]

Luis Ortiz, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; computational game theory and economics.

Donald Porter, Operating Systems, Concurrent Programming, Security. [Projects]

Hong Qin, Computer graphics; geometric modeling and design; physics-based animation and simulation; scientific computing and visualization; virtual environment; computer vision; medical imaging; applied mathematics. [Projects]

C.R. Ramakrishnan, Logic programming; programming Languages; verification.

I.V. Ramakrishnan, Computer Architecture; algorithms; rewrite systems.

Dimitris Samaras, Computer vision; computer graphics; medical imaging; animation and simulation; image-based rendering; physics-based modelling.

Tony Scarlatos, Multimedia; interface design; computer-based training; distance learning.

Michael Schatz, Genomics, Genome Assembly & Validation, Sequence Alignment, Metagenomics, High Performance and Multicore Computing, Parallel Algorithms, Cloud Computing.

R. Sekar, Computer and network security; software/distributed systems; programming languages; software engineering. [Projects]

Radu Sion, Information security; relational databases; distributed systems

Steve Skiena, Algorithms; computational biology; discrete mathematics; computational geometry. [Projects]

Scott Smolka, Model checking; semantics of concurrency; CASE tools for safety-critical systems; distributed languages and algorithms. [Projects]

Eugene Stark, Programming language semantics; distributed algorithms; formal specifications; verification; theory of concurrency. [Projects]

Scott Stoller, Distributed systems; fault-tolerance and security; software testing and verification; program analysis and optimization. [Projects]

Michael Tashbook, Software engineering (specifically the application of formal methods); computer science education; databases and privacy; biologically-inspired computing.

David Warren, Logic programming; database systems; knowledge representation; natural language processing.

Anita Wasilewska, Database mining; bioinformatics: protein secondary structure prediction; knowledge discovery in data bases; machine learning; uncertainty in expert systems; automated theorem proving.

Larry Wittie, Massively parallel computation; computer architecture; simulation of memory and attention in mammalian brains. [Projects]

Jennifer Wong, Wireless distributed embedded systems; sensor networks, embedded systems and CAD.

Erez Zadok, Operating systems; storage and file systems; software portability; networking; security. [Projects]

Rong Zhao, Information retrieval; data mining; machine learning; medical informatics; software engineering; user interfaces. [Projects]

Affiliated Faculty and CSE523/524 Projects

 

Esther Arkin, Operations research; computational geometry; algorithms and data structures.

Susan Brennan, Cognitive psychology; psycholinguistics; human-computer interaction.

David Ferguson, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education, Problem Solving. Decision Making.

Sangjin Hong, Low power and low complexity VLSI design for multimedia wireless communications and digital signal processing systems.

Xiangmin Jiao, High-performance geometric and numerical computing; Efficient and robust algorithms.

Joseph Mitchell, Computational geometry; computer graphics; algorithms and data structures; computer-aided (geometric) design and manufacturing.

Lori Scarlatos, Educational applications employing innovative techniques; physical computing; multi-modal input; collaborative learning spaces. [Projects]

Xin Wang, Modeling and analysis of mobile, wireless, ad hoc and sensor networks; Wireless communications and networking.

Yuanyuan Yang, Parallel and distributed computing systems; high speed networks; multicast communication; optical networks; high performance computer architecture; computer algortithms; fault tolerant computing.

Gregory J. Zelinsky, Visual cognition (attention, search, perception, and memory), with emphasis on the study of eye movements in visual search, change detection, and working memory tasks.

Wei Zhu, Brain image analysis; design and analysis of clinical trials and other biomedical studies, and genetics modeling.