Areas of Research

Artificial Intelligence

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

Computational Science & Informatics

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

Computer Graphics / Visual Computing

• Animation / Motion Capture: Eric Patterson, Jerry Tessendorf
• Appearance Modeling / Photogrammetry: Daljit Singh Dhillon, Eric Patterson
• Computer Graphics: Andy Duan, Daljit Singh Dhillon, Andrew Duchowski, Mert Pesé, Eric Patterson, Jerry Tessendorf
• Computer Vision / Eye Tracking: Andy Duan, Andrew Duchowski, Siyu Huang, Kai Liu, Mert Pesé, 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
• Physical Modeling: Daljit Singh Dhillon
• Surface Geometry: Andy Duan, Daljit Singh Dhillon
• Visualization: Andy Duan, Federico Iuricich, Christopher Plaue, Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez, Brygg Ullmer
• Visual Synthesis: Siyu Huang

Human-Centered Computing / Human-Computer Interaction

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

Networking and Distributed Computing

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

Security, Privacy, and Information Management

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