Fantasy-inspired artificial intelligence illustration.
What is AI? More importantly, what is it not?
6/26/19

Artificial intelligence is changing rapidly as it infiltrates industry. UB’s AI expert, David Doermann, will sort out the fundamentals for business professionals trying to make sense of it all – and understand how they can harness its powerful capabilities – during a two-day course in August.  Register today »

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Congratulations, Class of 2019
5/21/19

We celebrated our Class of 2019 Commencement Dinner and Awards Ceremony at the Buffalo Marriott Niagara on Thursday, May 16, 2019.

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Want to design a computer vision app from scratch?
5/10/19

Get started as early as today with our series of online computer vision courses. Dive in to artificial intelligence's fastest-growing field.

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Science Article
5/10/19

Congratulations to Kenny Joseph, whose article, "Fake news on Twitter during the 2016 U.S. presidential election", appeared in Science, one of the world's top academic journals.

2019 Pledge of the Computing Professional inductees.
Welcome to the Profession
5/9/19

Congratulations to our 2019 Pledge of the Computing Professional inductees!

2019 Order of the Engineer inductees (Computer Engineering program).
Welcome to the Profession
5/9/19

Congratulations to our 2019 Order of the Engineer inductees!

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SUNY Empire Innovation Professor (EIP)
5/9/19

Now recruiting prominent leaders in the fields of artificial intelligence or robotics systems (full professors or senior associate professors).  These positions are sponsored by the SUNY Empire Innovation Program.  See our complete position description and apply today!

The CSE department.
Excelsior!
5/9/19

Our research ranking is trending ever upward! In the last decade, we've risen from 50th in the nation to 29th.  See the ranking methodology here.

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Donate to CSE
5/9/19

Your support allows bright, hard-working students to fulfill their dreams and complete their degrees through scholarships.

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Research Areas

  • Closeup of computer code on a monitor.
    Programming Languages and Software Systems
    6/27/19
    Programmming Language research focuses on type systems, program logics, language-based and differential privacy and security; language, compiler, and run-time design for reliable systems; static and dynamic analyses for real-time Android; run-time visualization and verification; adaptive memory management; language concepts for database programming; logic- and constraint-based systems.
  • Databases and Information Retrieval.
    Databases and Information Retrieval
    6/27/19
    Focuses on developing fundamental techniques, prototype systems and applications in databases and information retrieval.
  • Medical Applications and Bioinformatics.
    Medical Applications and Bioinformatics
    6/27/19
    Focuses on developing highly efficient algorithms and techniques for a wide range of problems (such as automatic analysis of biomedical images, computer assisted diagnosis, treatment planning, protein-protein interaction network analysis, protein structure prediction, computational analysis and interpretation of Genomes, evolutionary studies of Genomic ORFans, and spatial positioning patterns of the cell nucleus) arising in smart hospital, smart healthcare, precision medicine, genomics, proteomics, and microarray analysis. Techniques used in this area are often from algorithms, computational geometry, computer vision, machine learning, data analytics, internet of things (IoT), and high performance computing.
  • Computer Security and Information Assurance.
    Computer Security and Information Assurance
    6/27/19
    Focuses on applied cryptography, authentication, threat modeling, anomaly detection, wireless security, cloud security, human-centered security, differential privacy and empirical cyber security.
  • Data Mining and Data Science.
    Data Mining and Data Science
    6/27/19
    Algorithms for data mining have a close relationship to methods of pattern recognition and machine learning.
  • Distributed Systems and Networks.
    Distributed Systems and Networks
    6/27/19
    Research in networking and distributed systems focuses on enabling communication of and orchestrating coordination of a large number of computing nodes. It spans the areas of cloud computing, big data computing, and wireless and mobile computing.
  • Hardware and Architecture.
    Hardware and Architecture
    6/27/19
    Hardware and software issues from the circuit to the system have three main foci: Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) circuits and systems, computer architecture, and computer security.
  • Two men play chess on a porch.
    Theory and Algorithms
    6/27/19
    Computer science theory assesses which problems are possible and feasible to solve through theories of computability, undecidability, complexity, reducibility, and approximability.  Research in algorithms involves the best ways to formulate computational tasks as well as solve them in various serial, parallel, streaming, and distributed environments.
  • HPC and Computational Science.
    High Performance Computing and Computational Science
    6/27/19
    Focuses on efficient experimental and theoretical solutions to problems on state-of-the-art computational systems consisting of large numbers of computational elements, including clouds, clusters, grids, networks-of-workstations, massively parallel supercomputers, and GPU-based systems.  Efficient solutions are developed to solve fundamental operations, as well as large scientific problems that require expertise in computer science, mathematics, and scientific or engineering disciplines.
  • Ram Sridhar and Dimitrios Koutsonikolas are members of the Mobile Systems research group.
    Mobile Systems
    6/27/19
    Mobile systems research focuses on the design and implementation of next-generation systems for mobile devices. Research topics include mobile data management, wireless networks, sensing systems, static analysis and instrumentation for mobile apps, mobile image and video analytics, and secure and low-power hardware for mobile devices.
  • Cyber-Physical Systems (Internet of Things).
    Cyber-Physical Systems (Internet of Things)
    6/27/19
    Focuses on the interplay between multiple elements of cyber technologies (such as sensing, computing, communications and control), and physical systems or processes (including infrastructures such as transportation and power) as well as human factors.
  • Fantasy-inspired image of the human mind as a jigsaw puzzle.
    Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
    6/27/19
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers now predict that computers will be able to perform tasks that were once considered the prerogative of human beings.  They include tasks such as driving trucks,  translating languages, writing high school essays, creating art, analyzing forensic evidence, and even work as a surgeon.  Although some of these goals are predicted to happen over several decades, AI is concerned with  principles and algorithms that allow researchers to make such bold predictions.  Current methods focus on variants of deep learning-- such as convolutional nets, recurrent nets, autoencoders and adversarial networks-- as well as on the methods of probabilistic graphical models.
  • Computer Science Education.
    Computing Education
    6/27/19
    Focuses on expanding approaches to teaching computing at all levels (K-12 and University) and the outreach to promote computing majors and careers. Addressing retention, diversity, and persistence in computing through educational approaches are targeted. Overall, the objective is developing a skilled and diverse workforce in computing for the future.
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Computer Science [and Engineering] Timeline

Highlights from the Department of Computer Science (CS) and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). See the full timeline!

  • CSE 50 1967-2017.
    CSE 50 1967-2017
    3/20/19

    Click here to see our entire timeline of the first 50 years of Computer Science and Engineering at UB.

  • Entry way to the Ridge Lea Campus.
    Ridge Lea
    3/20/19

    UB assigns us our first home on the Ridge Lea Campus. 

  • computer science students work on keypunches.
    Milestone: 5 Faculty
    3/20/19

    The Computer Science Department at the University at Buffalo is formed within the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences (FEAS).

  • UB tuition and fees, Academic Year 1967-1968.
    Grad Programs at Inception
    3/20/19

    University course catalogs first describe our Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy programs.

  • Faculty in 1970.
    Milestone: 10 Faculty
    3/20/19

    We achieve the ten faculty member milestone.

  • Playing chess on a computer in 1972.
    Chess-Playing Graphical Computer
    3/20/19

    Nick Findler buys a chess-playing graphical computer with NSF funds, beginning a long departmental tradition of incorporating games into our research.

  • image of Buffalo.
    Buffalo buffalo Buffalo
    3/20/19

    William J. Rapaport popularizes the grammatically-parseable phrase, "Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo".

  • processing medical images on a computer in 1975.
    Medical Image Processing Group
    3/20/19

    Gabor T. Herman develops a world-renowned Medical Image Processing Group from 1969 to 1981. 

  • Alt text for mini computer.
    No More Punchcards
    3/20/19

    We buy a Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VAX 11/750 minicomputer. 

  • Bell Hall exterior.
    Bell Hall
    3/20/19

    We take up residence in Bell Hall, placing us in the center of North Campus activity and culture.

  • collage of CSE faculty in 1985.
    Milestone: 15 Faculty
    3/20/19

    We achieve the 15 (actually 16) faculty member milestone.

  • alt text for first grad conference.
    First Grad Conference
    3/20/19

    Jim Geller (PhD, '88) organizes our first annual grad conference to give our grad students a forum to show off their current research.

  • collage of CSE faculty in 1989.
    Milestone: 20 Faculty
    3/20/19

    We achieve the 20 faculty member milestone.

  • portrait of Dr. Sargur Srihari.
    CEDAR
    3/20/19

    Sargur (Hari) Srihari founds the Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR).

  • Newspaper article from 1992 describing CSE 25th Anniversary.
    25th Anniversary
    3/20/19

    We celebrate our 25th anniversary with a banquet and a symposium.

  • image of the brain courtesy of the Center for Cognitive Science.
    CCS
    3/20/19

    The university establishes a multidisciplinary Center for Cognitive Science, uniting computer science with cognitive psychology disciplines.

  • collage of CSE faculty in 1997.
    Milestone: 25 Faculty
    3/20/19

    We achieve the 25 (actually 26) faculty member milestone.

  • CSE logo from 1998.
    CS + CE = CSE
    3/20/19

    The Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is born!

  • collage of CSE faculty in 1998.
    Milestone: 30 Faculty
    3/20/19

    The merger accelerates us past the 30 faculty member milestone. Between '97 and '98, we grow from 26 to 33 faculty.

  • Russ Miller.
    CCR
    5/9/19

    Russ Miller founds the Center for Computational Research, the university supercomputer cluster that has the capability of processing 60 billion operations per second.

  • collage of CSE faculty in 2000.
    Milestone: 35 Faculty
    3/20/19

    We enter the 2000s with 36 faculty.

  • Shambhu Upadhyaya in his computer lab.
    CEISARE
    3/20/19

    Shambhu Upadhyaya founds the Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE).

  • Ifeoma Nwogu, Ranga Setlur, Venu Govindaraju, Ricardo Rodriguez.
    CUBS
    5/14/19

    Venu Govindaraju founds the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS).

  • CSE 40th Anniversary Logo.
    40th Anniversary
    3/20/19

    We convened at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Center to celebrate our 40th anniversary.

  • Davis Hall exterior.
    Davis Hall
    6/25/19

    Davis Hall—Our brand-new, state-of-the-art departmental headquarters.

  • CSE faculty outside Davis Hall in 2015.
    Milestone: 40 Faculty
    3/20/19

    We begin Fall 2015 with a strength of 40 faculty.

  • CSE 50th Anniversary logo.
    50th Anniversary
    3/20/19

    The Department of Computer Science and Engineering celebrates its 50th anniversary.