Computer science
| Area of focus | Skill sets | Recent projects |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Systems | Operating Systems, Embedded Operating Systems | Integrating part of the GO language into the Truffle network to support Oracle’s Multilingual Engine (MLE) |
| Storage Systems | Adaptation of existing file systems Analysis of file system variations File system utilities | Analyzing storage usage and CPU performance using parallel machine learning |
| Web Engineering | Database-Basked Web Sites Information Design JavaScript HTML/CSSHTML 5 Flash Cloud Computing Interfacing with Cloud APIs | Automating two aspects of cloud-native applications: building template cloud applications and providing external communication into an existing virtual cluster |
| Machine Learning / Data Analytics | Statistical, Classification and Similarity Type Analyses of Large Data Sets Ability to perform visualization of large data sets | Using the random forest machine learning module to see if two health records belong to the same person |
| Mobile Applications | Applications for Mobile Phones and Tablets (iPhone OS / Android / Windows Phone 7) | An application for Android and iOS to allow police officers to conduct the majority of a traffic stop through the use of a mobile app, negating the need to approach a driver’s vehicle |
| Computer Games | Design and implementation of interactive computer games running on a wide range of platforms (mobile platforms, browser-based, Windows) | Detect contaminants in spinach at a food processing plant using open source software, computer vision and inexpensive hardware |
| Proof of Concept / Emerging Standards | Proof of concept implementation of emerging software standard, interface standards, etc. | IoT intrusion detection for traffic security |
Electrical and computer engineering
| Area of focus | Skill sets | Recent projects |
|---|---|---|
| Systems | Location-aware systems (from sensors, GPS, or reference marks) Embedded Systems Automotive Sensor Systems Co-processors and special purpose digital devices Instrumentation platforms Actuators / controllers | Automotive Black Box Pneumatically actuated feedback control for organic LED printing machinery |
| Signal Processing | Signal Conditioning Signal / Waveform Recognition Multimedia Signal Processing (eg Transcoding) Acoustic Effects (eg Music) | Residential Electrical Load Monitoring |
| Robotics | Precision Feedback and Robotic Control Systems | Robotic Motion Picture Camera Arm |
| Autonomous Systems | Autonomous Systems | Autonomous Mail Delivery RobotAutonomous Fisk Tracking Kayak Autonomous GPS-enabled Quadcopter |
| Communications / Networks | Protocols / Network Bridging Specialized Low Cost / Low Power RF Data Links | Cisco-optimized packet processing |
| Remote Sending / Environment Monitoring | Wireless Sensor Systems for Alternative Energy Applications | Island Seabird Monitoring – Audio/Visual Trout River Migration Motioning (RFID Checkpoints) |
| Human-Computer Interfaces | New Input Devices / Haptics Gesture Recognition Image Input Advanced Display Technologies Human-Computer Interfaces | Glove mouse |
| Assistive Devices | Assistive Devices | Bluetooth-Enabled crosswalk for the Blind Lower Limb Pneumatic Exoskeleton |
| Alternative Energy | Alternative Energy | Regenerate Bicycle Ocean Wave Generator Low-Cost Synchrophasors |