Areas of Research

Artificial Intelligence

• Data Mining & Machine Learning: Brian C. Dean, Siyu Huang, Nina Hubig, Shuangshuang Jin, Kai Liu, Feng Luo, Eric Patterson, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez, James Wang
• Intelligent Virtual Agents: Sabarish Babu, Bart Knijnenburg, Feng Luo, Eric Patterson, Andrew Robb, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez
• Robotics: Brygg Ullmer
• Natural Language Processing: Kai Liu, Eric Patterson, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez
• Human-AI Teaming: Nathan McNeese, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez
• Human-AI Interaction: Julian Brinkley, Kelly Caine, Guo Freeman, Bart Knijnenburg, Nathan McNeese, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez
• AI Education: Kelly Caine, Bart Knijnenburg, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez
• AI for Creativity: Guo Freeman
• AI for Online Safety: Guo Freeman

Computational Science & Informatics

• Big Data: Shuangshuang Jin, Feng Luo, Brygg Ullmer
• Bioinformatics: Brian C. Dean, Eileen Kraemer, Kai Liu, Feng Luo, Brygg Ullmer
• Computational Social Science: Guo Freeman, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez
• Healthcare Informatics: Kelly Caine, Brian C. Dean
• Scientific Computing: Federico Iuricich, Shuangshuang Jin, Brygg Ullmer
• Algorithms / Theory: Brian C. Dean, Wayne Goddard
• Software Development: Julian Brinkley, Eileen Kraemer, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez
• Wireless Systems: Jacob Sorber
• Computer Architecture: Mark Smotherman, Zhenkai Zhang
• Healthcare Applications: Matias Volonte

Computer Graphics / Visual Computing

• Animation / Motion Capture: Eric Patterson, Jerry Tessendorf
• Computer Graphics: Daljit Singh Dhillon, Andrew Duchowski, Eric Patterson, Jerry Tessendorf
• Computer Vision / Eye Tracking: Andrew Duchowski, Siyu Huang, Kai Liu, Eric Patterson, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez, Matias Volonte
• Digital Art / Effects: David Donar, Eric Patterson, Jerry Tessendorf, Brygg Ullmer
• Electronic Games: Guo Freeman, Eric Patterson, Andrew Robb
• Surface Geometry: Daljit Singh Dhillon
• Visualization: Federico Iuricich, Christopher Plaue, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez, Brygg Ullmer
• Physical Modeling: Daljit Singh Dhillon
• Appearance Modeling / Photogrammetry: Daljit Singh Dhillon, Eric Patterson
• Visual Synthesis: Siyu Huang

Human-Centered Computing / Human-Computer Interaction

• Computer-Mediated Communication: Guo Freeman, Andrew Robb, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez, Brygg Ullmer
• Perception: Andrew Duchowski, Andrew Robb
• Social Computing: Julian Brinkley, Emma Dixon, Guo Freeman, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez
• Recommender Systems: Bart Knijnenburg, Carlos Toxtli Hernandez
• Virtual and Extended Reality / Environments: Sabarish Babu, Andrew Duchowski, Guo Freeman, Andrew Robb, Paige Rodeghero, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez, Brygg Ullmer
• Computer Science Education: Brian C. Dean, Eileen Kraemer, Christopher Plaue, Paige Rodeghero, Brygg Ullmer
• Human Factors: Julian Brinkley, Kelly Caine, Emma Dixon, Eileen Kraemer, Nathan McNeese
• Collaborative Technology: Guo Freeman, Nathan McNeese, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez
  
• Human-Virtual Human interaction: Matias Volonte
• Usable Privacy and Security: Kelly Caine, Bart Knijnenburg
• Wearables: Kelly Caine, Jacob Sorber
• User Research Methods: Kelly Caine
• Storytelling: Matias Volonte
• Health Informatics: Kelly Caine, Emma Dixon
• Accessibility / Assistive Technology: Julian Brinkley
• XR Systems: Guo Freeman, Matias Volonte
• Games and Play: Guo Freeman

Networking and Distributed Computing

• Cloud Computing: Amy Apon, Julian Brinkley, Mitch Shue
• High-Performance Computing: Amy Apon, Rong Ge, Shuangshuang Jin, Brygg Ullmer
• Mobile & Pervasive Computing: Long Cheng, Jacob Sorber, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez
• Parallel Computing: Amy Apon, Rong Ge
• Sensors / Sensor Networks: Jacob Sorber, Brygg Ullmer
• Software Engineering: Julian Brinkley, Paige Rodeghero
• Rapid Prototyping: Brygg Ullmer
• Embedded Systems: Jacob Sorber, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez, Brygg Ullmer, Zhenkai Zhang

Security, Privacy, and Information Management

• Security & Privacy: Kelly Caine, Long Cheng, Bart Knijnenburg, Zhenkai Zhang
• Databases: Nina Hubig, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez, James Wang
• Data Structures: Federico Iuricich