Fields & Research Areas
Both the Master of Science and PhD have four fields:
- Digital media: Use of computer technology in the implementation of various forms of media including audio, graphics, computer animation, computer games and computer vision.
- Information science: Distribution and management of information including database systems, services computing, intelligent systems and health informatics.
- Networks and IT security: Design, implementation and management of computer networks, as well as security issues such as cryptography, malware analysis and secure communications.
- Software design: Process of designing and implementing software systems, including software engineering, distributed computing, programming languages and software architecture.
Current faculty research areas include:
- artificial intelligence
- computer graphics
- computer vision
- database
- data science
- digital media
- distributed computing
- health informatics
- human-computer interaction
- information visualization
- machine learning
- management of technology
- multicore software
- network design
- network security
- robotics
- serious games
- software engineering
- ubiquitous computing
- virtual reality
