Research

Our department is active in both traditional areas of computer science and emerging areas. The quality and diversity of the Department's research activities is internationally recognized.

The Department is supported with research grants from a number of sources including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council (NSERC), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Ontario Research Fund (ORF) and MITACS.

Our researchers are involved in several collaborative initiatives both within the university and with external university and industrial partners.

Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Games

Areas of Focus

Data Science
Human Information Interaction
Machine Learning
Game Analytics
Visual Analytics
Computer vision
Data Management
Event History Analysis
Data Management

 

Professors

  • Mark Daley
  • Jorn Diedrichsen
  • Mike Katchabaw
  • Charles Ling
  • Dan Lizotte
  • Yalda Mohsenzadeh
  • Mostafa Milani
  • Kamran Sedig
  • Boyu Wang
  • Grace Yi (Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Data Science)

Bioinformatics

Areas of Focus

Computational methods for genomics and proteomics analysis of the next generation sequencing (NGS) data.
Pattern Matching
Mathematical Modelling of Biological Systems

Professors

Lucian Ilie
Mark Daley
Michael Domaratzki
Kaizhong Zhang

Computer Algebra

Areas of Focus

Professors

Marc Moreno Maza

Computer Vision and Image Analysis

Areas of Focus

Autonomous Navigation
Image Analysis and Compression
Image, Audio and Video Understanding

Professors

Steven Beauchemin
Mahmoud El-Sakka
Yalda Mohsenzadeh

Computational Neuroscience

Areas of Focus

Mathamatical Modelling of Biological systems
Motor Control and Learning
Computational Neuroimaging
Cognitive computational neuroscience
Neural dynamics of human perception and memory
Computer vision
Brain Signal Analysis

Professors

Mark Daley
Jorn Diedrichsen
Yalda Mohsenzadeh
Boyu Wang

Computer Systems and Networks

Areas of Focus

Databases
Cloud and fog computing
Internet of Things
Smart Infrastructure
Wireless Network Virtualization
Reliability

Professors

Mike Bauer
Anwar Haque
Hanan Lutfiyya
Mostafa Milani

Software engineering

Areas of Focus

Cyber-Physical Systems
Software Analysis, Architecture & Mainteance
Services Computing
System Integration and Interoperability

Professors

Kostas Kontogiannis
Nazim Madhavji

Theoretical Computer Science

Areas of Focus

Combinatorial Optimization
Data Structures
Distributed Algorithms
Pattern Matching
String Theory

Professors

Lucian Ilie
Roberto Solis-Oba
Kaizhang Zhang