Research

- Additive manufacturing security (Yampolskiy)
- Artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning (Baskiyar, Bhattacharya, Chapman, Dozier, Karmaker, Ku, Liu, Narayanan, A. Nguyen, T. Nguyen, Tauritz, Zhou)
- Assistive technology (Marghitu, Seals)
- Computer architecture (Baskiyar, Biaz, Chapman, Qin)
- Computational biology (Bhattacharya)
- Computing education (Baskiyar, Cross, Hendrix, Marghitu, Narayanan, Seals, Thomas)
- Cyber- & cyber-physical security, information assurance, and privacy (Chang, Cross, Dozier, Ku, Lim, Shu, Springall, Tauritz, Umphress, Yampolskiy)
- Databases and data mining (Hendrix, Karmaker, Ku, Lim, Qin, Zhou)
- Distributed computing (Baskiyar, Biaz, Ku, Qin, Zhou)
- High performance computing (Baskiyar, Lim, Qin)
- Human-computer interaction (Narayanan, Seals, Thomas)
- Information retrieval and natural language processing (Karmaker, A. Nguyen, Qin, Zhou)
- Modeling and simulation (Liu, Yilmaz)
- Programming languages and environments (Cross, Hendrix)
- Real-time and embedded computing (Baskiyar, Qin)
- Self-organizing and autonomous systems (Biaz, Lim, Yilmaz)
- Sensor networks (Ku, Lim, Shu)
- Software engineering (Chang, Cross, Hendrix, T. Nguyen, Umphress, Yilmaz)
- Software visualization (Cross, Hendrix, Narayanan, Seals)
- Spectrum and network economics (Shu)
- Unmanned aerial vehicles (Biaz, Chapman)
- Web application design and development (Marghitu)
- Wireless and mobile networks and systems (Baskiyar, Biaz, Chapman, Ku, Lim, T. Nguyen, Shu, Umphress)
Recent Research News

New research center combines AI, cybersecurity
The Auburn University Center for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Engineering is dedicated to uncovering pioneering advancements in AI-driven cybersecurity solutions and tackling the most pressing challenges in the digital age.
3/20/25 11:30 AM
3/20/25 11:30 AM

Auburn one of 11 U.S. institutions to hold three CAE designations
Auburn has been re-designated through 2030 as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research by the National Security Agency.
3/17/25 11:00 AM
3/17/25 11:00 AM

Auburn professor elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Alice E. Smith, the Joe W. Forehand Jr. Distinguished Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) as part of its Class of 2025.
2/17/25 1:00 PM
2/17/25 1:00 PM
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Pettus named executive director of Applied Research Institute
Auburn University’s Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and Economic Development has hired Jonathan Pettus as executive director of the Auburn University Applied Research Institute (AUARI) in Huntsville, effective February 1.
1/28/25 3:30 PM
1/28/25 3:30 PM

#GINNing Podcast: The Many Hats of Haynes Heaton
Assistant computer science professor by day, computational biologist by day, medical doctor by day — Haynes Heaton does it all. Great news for Auburn. Bad news for leukemia.
1/10/25 8:30 AM
1/10/25 8:30 AM
