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Computer Science Research

Saint Louis University's Department of Computer Science faculty is engaged in cutting-edge research, both to advance fundamental algorithms and computing technologies, and to apply those technologies in innovative ways that improve people's lives and advance knowledge and understanding of our world.

Research Clusters

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Computer Science Theory and Education

  • David Letscher
  • Michael Goldwasser

Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning 

  • Jie Hou
  • David Letscher
  • Abby Stylianou

Bioinformatics

  • Ted Ahn
  • Michael Goldwasser
  • Jie Hou

Computer Vision and Robotic Sensors

  • Hadi Akbarpour

Cyber-physical Systems

  • Ankit Agrawal
  • Nan Cen
  • Flavio Esposito
  • Reza Tourani
  • Wei Wang

High-performance Computing

  • Ted Ahn
  • Qinglei Cao

Network Security and Infrastructure

  • Flavio Esposito

Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics

  • Min Choi
  • Jason Fritts

Research Clusters

Details of our research activities can be found below among the list of grants and publications, and on individual faculty member's web pages. Some common themes in the research programs involve:

  • Algorithms and Theory: Michael Goldwasser, David Letscher
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Ted Ahn, Hadi Akbarpour, Qinglei Cao, Nan Cen, Flavio Esposito, Jason Fritts, Jie Hou, David Letscher,  Abby Stylianou
  • Bioinformatics: Ted Ahn, Michael Goldwasser, Jie Hou, David Letscher
  • Cyber-physical systems: Ankit Agrawal, Nan Cen, Flavio Esposito, Jason Fritts, Reza Tourani, Wei Wang
  • Computer Networks: Nan Cen, Flavio Esposito, Reza Tourani, Wei Wang
  • Computer Science Education:  Michael Goldwasser, Kate Holdener, David Letscher
  • Computer Vision and Image Processing: Hadi Akbarpour, Jason Fritts, Abby Stylianou
  • Computational Topology: David Letscher
  • Data Science: David Letscher, Abby Stylianou
  • High-performance Computing: Ted Ahn, Qinglei Cao
  • Human-Computer Interaction: Ankit Agrawal
  • Open Source Software: Qinglei Cao, 
  • Robotics and Remote Sensing: Hadi Akbarpour, Abby Stylianou
  • Security and Privacy: Flavio Esposito, Reza Tourani