School of Computing Faculty Research

Assistant Professor and Chair of the Health Informatics program Casey Bennett uses wearable technology and AI to provide healthcare “wherever you are.”

Assistant professor Oliver Alonzo presents the CHI 2025 paper “I have never seen that for Deaf people's content:" Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing User Experiences with Misinformation, Moderation, and Debunking on Social Media in the US,” which received an Honorable Mention (top 5% of submissions) in Japan. The paper is co-authored by associate professor Filipo Sharevski and undergraduate student Sarah Hau.

Associate Professor Thiru Ramaraj teaches a new Global Learning Experience course that bridges computer science and biology disciplines across borders, connecting students and faculty from DePaul and Sao Paulo State University.

Associate professor Roselyne Tchoua's new research combines AI and human elements in healthcare to keep at-risk patients from falling through the cracks.

Professor Daniela Stan Raicu, along with graduate and undergraduate researchers in the Medical Informatics (MedIX) Laboratory, use the power of visual computing to advance research in the medical field.

CDM’s Innovation Development (iD) Lab, directed by Associate Professor in the School of Computing Yele Adelakun, serves as a model for university and corporate partnerships in the area of technology innovation.

Featured Grants

Recently Awarded Grants

Daniela Stan Raicu (National Institutes of Health): “Visual-Semantic Explanations for Diagnostic Guidance”
Oliver Alonzo (National Science Foundation): “CRII: HCC: Making Videos Accessible by Design”
David Ramsay (DePaul Academic Growth and Initiative Fund): “Immersion Lab: An Interaction Design Research Space”
Bamshad Mobasher (DePaul Academic Growth and Initiative Fund): “The AI Institute”
Thiru Ramaraj (National Center for Genome Resources & NSF): “Collaborative Research: TRTech-PGR: Functional Pangenomic and Machine Learning Tools for Exploring Genetic Diversity in Plants”
Michaël Cadilhac (NSF): “Travel: Student Travel Support for Logic Mentoring Workshops 2025”
Raffaella Settimi-Woods (Northeastern University): “DePaul/CIC bridge data program participation”
Bamshad Mobasher and Roselyne Tchoua (NSF): “ReDDDoT Phase 1: Planning Grant: AI-Enabled Support Services for Transplanted Populations: A Community-Centered Design and Development Approach”
Corin Pitcher, Alexandru Orhean, Lee Roberson, and Ryan Haley (DePaul AGIF): “DePaul High-Performance Compute Cloud”
Stefan Mitsch (NSF): “Collaborative Research: FMitF: Track I: A Formal Verification and Implementation Stack for Programmable Logic Controllers”
Umer Huzaifa (DePaul-RFUMS): “Self-Operating System for Circulatory Management of Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock”
Yele Adelakun (NSLE, Inc.): “Project Periscope”
Filipo Sharevski (National Security Agency): “2022 NCAE - The University of Arkansas - NCTA: Cyber 1 Inauguration”
Roselyne Tchoua (National Institutes of Health): “ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly - eXTension”
Michaël Cadilhac (National Science Foundation): “Student Travel Support for Logic Mentoring Workshop 2023”
Thiru Ramaraj (DePaul University-Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science): “Machine Learning Discovery of Novel Brainstem Nuclei Controlling Orofacial Behaviors”
Iyad Kanj (DePaul University Research Council): “Algorithms for Classifying Labeled Data”
Tanu Malik (National Security Agency): “Reproducible Containers for Advancing Process-oriented Collaborative Analytics”
Lucia Dettori (National Science Foundation): “Collaborative Research: Chicago Alliance for Equity in Computer Science (CAFÉCS): AP CPS Access for All”
Yele Adelakun (Home Depot): “Home Depot Online Search Data Initiatives”
Rosalee Wolfe (EQ4ALL): “Technical Assistance to EQ4ALL Co Ltd.”
Wael Kessentini (National Science Foundation): “Collaborative Research: CCRI: New: A Software Refactoring Community Infrastructure”

Artificial Intelligence
Casey Bennett
Artificial Intelligence for healthcare purposes, data science, machine learning, robotics, human-robot interaction, internet of things, clinical decision support, personalized medicine, value-based care.
Jay Cunningham
Human-centered artificial intelligence, human-centered computing and design, Natural Language Processing, generative AI, Large Language Models, community-based participatory research in computing, responsible AI, inclusive and equitable design.
Kenny Davila
Document Analysis and Recognition, Information Retrieval, Computer Vision.
Maria Diaz Campo
Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, and Information Systems.
Clark Elliot
Artificial Intelligence models of human emotion; computational models of personality, believable agents, personality and story generation; cognitive neuroscience.
Adam Gao

Machine Learning, deep learning theory, generative AI, graph representation learning
Peter Hastings

Intelligent tutoring systems, serious games, natural language processing.
Stefan Mitsch
Safe AI; reinforcement learning; monitoring and shielding.
Bamshad Mobasher
Data mining; web mining and web analytics; intelligent agents; web information retrieval.
Raffaella Settimi
Bayesian analysis; probabilistic learning; graphical modeling; information retrieval.
Jamshid Sourati
Data mining, Machine Learning, Knowledge Discovery Acceleration, Science of Science, Active Learning, Natural Language Processing.
Noriko Tomuro
Natural language processing; machine learning; information retrieval.
Jindi Wu
Quantum computing and machine learning, error modeling and mitigation, circuit compilation.
Fei Xu
Artificial Intelligence, visual informatics and data analysis.
Computational Biology/Bioinformatics
Jacob Furst
Medical imaging; image processing and computer vision; information systems security.
Iyad Kanj
Theory; parameterized complexity; graph algorithms; computational geometry; robot path planning; computational biology.
Thiru Ramaraj
Computational biology; bioinformatics, biofilm informatics; next generation sequencing; molecular biology; omics.
Daniela Stan-Raicu
Medical imaging; content-based multimedia retrieval; machine learning; computer vision; data mining; biomedical informatics.
Data Science
Casey Bennett
Artificial Intelligence for healthcare purposes, data science, machine learning, robotics, human-robot interaction, internet of things, clinical decision support, personalized medicine, value-based care.
Bamshad Mobasher
Web mining; web analytics and predictive modeling; recommender systems; information retrieval.
Daniela Raicu
Medical imaging; content-based multimedia retrieval; machine learning; computer vision; data mining.
Raffaella Settimi
Bayesian analysis; probabilistic learning; graphical modeling; information retrieval.
Jamshid Sourati
Data mining, Machine Learning, Knowledge Discovery Acceleration, Science of Science, Active Learning, Natural Language Processing.
Roselyne Tchoua
Data mining; machine learning; scientific applications; information extraction; natural language processing; medical imaging; medical and healthcare informatics; materials informatics.
Database Systems
Distributed Systems
Electronic Commerce
Game Studies and Entertainment Computing
Graphics / Animation
Health Informatics
Casey Bennett
Artificial Intelligence for healthcare purposes, data science, machine learning, robotics, human-robot interaction, internet of things, clinical decision support, personalized medicine, value-based care.
Jacob Furst
Medical imaging; image processing and computer vision; information systems security.
David Hanley
Medical Robotics, State Estimation, Indoor Positioning.
Daniela Raicu
Medical imaging; content-based multimedia retrieval; machine learning; computer vision; data mining.
Roselyne Tchoua
Data mining; machine learning; scientific applications; information extraction; natural language processing; medical imaging; medical and healthcare informatics; materials informatics.
Human-Computer Interaction
Oliver Alonzo
Computing Accessibility
Casey Bennett
Artificial Intelligence for healthcare purposes, data science, machine learning, robotics, human-robot interaction, internet of things, clinical decision support, personalized medicine, value-based care.
Jay Cunningham
Human-centered artificial intelligence, human-centered computing and design, Natural Language Processing, generative AI, Large Language Models, community-based participatory research in computing, responsible AI, inclusive and equitable design.
Maria Diaz Campo
Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, and Information Systems.
Xiaowen Fang
Mobile commerce; usability; user-centered design; enjoyment of computer game play; personality of computer game players.
Craig Miller
Cognitive science; computational models of human behavior; machine learning.
Cynthia Putnam
HCI, Accessible Computing
David Ramsay
Social Aspects of Computing, Next generation Sensing Systems.
Adam Steele
Speech recognition
Rosalee Wolfe
Deaf Accessibility
Information Systems
Olayele Adelakun
IT Education, outsourcing, global IT management, and IT quality.
Maria Diaz Campo
Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, and Information Systems.
Xiaowen Fang
Director of the Mobile Commerce Research group. Research focus: mobile commerce, user-centered design of mobile applications, user-centered design of e-commerce applications, and hedonic information systems.
Karen Heart
Security of systems and data.
Makoto Nakayama
Consumer online reviews, systems documentation, systems implementation.
Janine Spears
Digital privacy; consumer surveillance technologies; privacy enhancing technologies (PET); cybersecurity workforce; information security risk assessment; cybersecurity threat modeling; structural equation modeling (SEM)—as a research method.
Terry Steinbach
IT education and IT in project management.
Programming Languages and Systems
Zhen Huang
Software security; program analysis; fault tolerance and recovery; software engineering.
Radha Jagadeesan
Programming Languages and systems; foundations of concurrency; language based security; games; types and linear logic.
Stefan Mitsch
Formal modeling; programming languages for cyber-physical systems; proof languages.
Corin Pitcher
Programming languages; security; software engineering; and distributed systems.
James Riely
Programming languages; distributed systems; security; software engineering.
Robotics
Casey Bennett
Artificial Intelligence for healthcare purposes, data science, machine learning, robotics, human-robot interaction, internet of things, clinical decision support, personalized medicine, value-based care.
David Hanley
Medical Robotics, State Estimation, Indoor Positioning.
Muhammad Umer Huzaifa
Robotics; cyber-physical systems.
Iyad Kanj
Theory; parameterized complexity; graph algorithms; computational geometry; robot path planning; computational biology.
Stefan Mitsch
Theory; formal modeling; reach-avoid verification; collision avoidance; autonomous transportation systems; industrial cyber-physical systems.
Security
Filipo Sharevski
Computer Security, Human-Centered Security, Human Computer Interaction, Telecommunication & Networking.
Karen Heart
Security of systems and data.
Radha Jagadeesan
Programming Languages and systems; foundations of concurrency; language based security; games; types and linear logic.
Jean-Philippe Labruyere
Security; Telecommunication.
Corin Pitcher
Programming languages; security; software engineering; and distributed systems.
James Riely
Programming languages; distributed systems; security; software engineering.
Zhen Huang
Software security; program analysis; fault tolerance and recovery; software engineering.
Nazli Siasi
Privacy-preservation; cryptography.
Janine Spears
Digital privacy; consumer surveillance technologies; privacy enhancing technologies (PET); cybersecurity workforce; information security risk assessment; cybersecurity threat modeling; structural equation modeling (SEM)—as a research method.
Jindi Wu
Quantum computing and machine learning, error modeling and mitigation, circuit compilation.
Software Engineering
Vahid Alizadeh
Intelligent Software Engineering, Empirical Software Engineering, Software Analytics, Recommender Systems for Software Developers
Radha Jagadeesan
Programming Languages and systems; foundations of concurrency; language based security; games; types and linear logic.
Xiaoping Jia
Object-oriented architecture; design and framework; model-driven architecture and development; formal methods.
Wael Kessentini
Software evolution; software maintenance; AI in software engineering.
DJ Kim
Fault localization, large language model driven software engineering, software refactoring, mining software repositories.
Stefan Mitsch
Component-based modeling and verification; verification-driven engineering.
Corin Pitcher
Programming languages; security; software engineering; and distributed systems.
James Riely
Programming languages; distributed systems; security; software engineering.
Zhen Huang
Software security; program analysis; fault tolerance and recovery; software engineering.
Technology Education
Gian Mario Besana
Applications of algebraic geometry to computer vision; computer science education.
Lucia Dettori
Scientific computing; medical image processing; computer science education.
Will Marrero
Formal methods; computer security; network modeling; computer science education.
Craig Miller
Cognitive science; computational models of human behavior; human learning; human-computer interaction.
Ljubomir Perkovic
Computational geometry; graph theory and algorithms; computational thinking; broadening participation in computing.
Amber Settle
Information technology and computer science education, including computational thinking, game development and design, gender and computing, online learning, programming pedagogy, and student recruitment and retention, and theoretical computer science, including distributed algorithms, cellular automata, information retrieval, and the firing synchronization problem.
Terry Steinbach
Information systems; information technology education.
Telecommunication and Network
Theory
Andre Berthiaume
Classical and quantum algorithms; quantum information theory; classical and quantum cryptography; distributed systems and information technology education.
Michaël Cadilhac
Complexity theory; language theory; automata theory; descriptive complexity; circuit complexity; formal verification.
Iyad Kanj
Theory; parameterized complexity; graph algorithms; computational geometry; robot path planning; computational biology.
Stefan Mitsch
Formal verification; theorem proving.
Salman Parsa
Computational topology; computational geometry; topological data analysis; graph drawing; discrete geometry; topological methods in combinatorics; theory of embeddings.
Ljubomir Perkovic
Computational geometry; graph theory and algorithms; computational thinking; broadening participation in computing.
Marcus Schaefer
Graph drawing, graph theory; combinatorics; complexity theory; computability theory.
Eric Schwabe
Parallel algorithms; disk arrays.
Eric Sedgwick
Computational topology; 3-manifold topology.
Amber Settle
Information technology and computer science education, including computational thinking, game development and design, gender and computing, online learning, programming pedagogy, and student recruitment and retention, and theoretical computer science, including distributed algorithms, cellular automata, information retrieval, and the firing synchronization problem.
Visual Informatics and Data Analytics (VIDA)
Gian Mario Besana
Applications of algebraic geometry to computer vision; computer science education.
Eli Brown
Data analysis; human computer interaction.
Kenny Davila
Document Analysis and Recognition, Information Retrieval, Computer Vision.
Jacob Furst
Medical imaging; image processing and computer vision; information systems security.
Iyad Kanj
Theory; parameterized complexity; graph algorithms; computational geometry; robot path planning; computational biology.
Alexandru Orhean
Data organization, data and model visualization, search in machine learning.
Daniela Raicu
Medical imaging; content-based multimedia retrieval; machine learning; computer vision; data mining; biomedical informatics.
Thiru Ramaraj
Computational biology; bioinformatics, biofilm informatics; next generation sequencing; molecular biology; omics.
Alexander Rasin
Data warehousing; large scale analytics; automatic database design; distributed systems; forensic analysis; digital evidence collection, fault tolerance and recovery.
Raffaella Settimi
Bayesian analysis; probabilistic learning; graphical modeling; information retrieval; biomedical informatics.
Fei Xu
Artificial Intelligence, visual informatics and data analysis.

School of Computing Faculty Research

Featured Grants

Recently Awarded Grants

Research Areas

Artificial Intelligence

Computational Biology/Bioinformatics

Data Science

Database Systems

Distributed Systems

Electronic Commerce

Game Studies and Entertainment Computing

Graphics / Animation

Health Informatics

Human-Computer Interaction

Information Systems

Programming Languages and Systems

Robotics

Security

Software Engineering

Technology Education

Telecommunication and Network

Theory

Visual Informatics and Data Analytics (VIDA)

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