Research Labs

Advanced Wireless and Security Lab (ADWISE) - Director: Dr. Akkaya

ADvanced Wireless and SEcurity (ADWISE) Research Lab conducts research broadly on the networking, security and privacy aspects of Cyber-physical Systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT).

Security and Forensics Engineering (SAFE) Lab - Director: Dr. Ahmed

The focus of this lab is on a broad field of Cybersecurity including digital forensics, cyber-physical systems security, system security, malware, and cybersecurity education.

Bioinformatics and Machine Learning - Director: Dr. Arodz

This lab explores and advances the fascinating research field where computer science methods meet problems from life sciences.

MoWiNG Lab (Mobile and Wireless Networking Group Lab) - Director: Dr. Bulut

The focus of the lab is on the development of algorithms and methods for understanding and modeling efficient mobile and wireless networks.

Software Engineering Center - Directors: Dr. Damevski and Dr. Spinola

This lab advances the state of the art in software maintenance and software engineering research.

Biological Networks - Directors: Dr. Ghosh

The primary focus of this lab is on areas of modeling and simulation of complex networks with a focus on biological networks and distributed computing.

(un)Structural Bioinformatics - Director: Dr. Kurgan

This lab performs searches for patterns, generates models and interprets information encoded in biologically interesting macromolecules using machine learning algorithms.

Modern Heuristics Research  - Director: Dr. Manic

This lab focuses on the theoretical and applied research in Computational Intelligence (CI) algorithms, such as Artificial Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic Systems and Unsupervised Learning techniques.

Natural Language Processing - Director: Dr. McInnes

This lab focuses on developing tools and methods that make it possible for the computer to understand human language.

MuSic Lab: Mobile Systems & Intelligent Communication Lab - Director: Dr. Nadeem

Core research interests of this lab encompass the development and implementation of innovative, dynamic, privacy-conscious, and distributed AI frameworks across various aspects of wireless networking, edge systems, and security.

The Robotics Lab - Director: Dr. Ye

This lab focuses on the development of assistive robots for people with disabilities and algorithms to allow these robots to interact with their environments, collaborate with the human users in task accomplishments, and learn from their interaction with the users/environments. The lab also develops 3D computer vision methods for robot navigation.

Cryptography Lab - Director: Dr. Zhou

The two areas of focus for this lab are cryptography and blockchain technologies.