Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Fast Facts

#30
in the US
Computer Science and Engineering Program 2019-2022 national ranking
Source: CSRankings.org
#50
in the US
Computer Engineering Program 2022 national ranking
Up from #66 in 2021
Source: U.S. News & World Report
57
Faculty
133
PhD candidates
1,347
MS candidates
2,028
Undergraduate student majors
53
Nations represented by CSE students
1967
Established Since

Latest News

Computer science students win Best Paper Award at IEEE health informatics conference
7/5/22
Chenhan Xu and Huining Li, both PhD students in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, won the best student paper award at the IEEE International Conference on Health Informatics.
To fight online disinformation, UB launches Center for Information Integrity
7/1/22
The initiative merges a broad range of STEM and non-STEM disciplines.
Four SEAS faculty members receive SUNY Chancellor's Awards
6/28/22
Four faculty members in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have been named recipients of the 2022 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence.
Amazon’s Alexa impersonates grandma, creeping out Internet
6/24/22
A Bloomberg story quoted Siwei Lyu, Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering who studies digital media forensics, in a story about the use of a grandma's voice on Amazon's Alexa.
Chillingly realistic 'deepfake' videos of Margot Robbie go viral - so would you be able to tell the difference?
6/22/22
In an article about a very realistic deepfake video involving actress Margo Robbie, The Daily Mail included comments by Siwei Lyu, Empire Innovation Professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, in a 2021 UB news release concerning a deepfake spotting tool he created.

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Computer Science and Engineering Research Areas

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Programming Languages and Software Engineering
10/25/21
Programming 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.
Operating Systems
10/25/21
Focuses on developing innovative system software and programming techniques to manage computer hardware, software resources, and common software-mediated services.
Algorithms and Complexity
10/25/21
Computer science theory assesses which problems are possible and feasible to solve through theories of computability, undecidability, complexity, reducibility, and approximability.
Natural Language Processing
10/25/21
Focuses on developing fundamental techniques, prototype systems and applications in natural language processing and information retrieval.
Edge Computing and Embedded Systems and Robotics
10/29/21
Hardware and software co-design on embedded/ASIC computing performance optimization.
Computer Architecture and Hardware
10/25/21
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.
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
10/25/21
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.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and Data Mining
10/25/21
Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers now predict that computers will be able to perform tasks that were once considered the prerogative of human beings.
Databases and Data Science
10/25/21
Algorithms for data mining have a close relationship to methods of pattern recognition and machine learning. Focuses on developing fundamental techniques, prototype systems and applications in databases and data science.
Mobile Computing
10/25/21
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.
Distributed Systems and Networks
10/25/21
Research in networking and distributed systems focuses on enabling communication of and orchestrating coordination of a large number of computing nodes.
High-Performance Computing
10/25/21
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.
Human-Computer Interaction
10/25/21
Human-computer interaction (HCI) is a multidisciplinary field of study focusing on the design of computer technology, in particular, the interaction between humans (the users) and computers. HCI researchers observe the ways humans interact with computers and design technologies that allow humans to interact with computers in novel ways.
Computing Education
10/25/21
Focuses on expanding approaches to teaching computing at all levels (K-12 and University) and the outreach to promote computing majors and careers.
Society and Computing
10/28/21
Computing is ubiquitous in society today. Computing touches all aspects of our lives and sometimes in ways that are not beneficial (even though the intent of the developer is not to cause harm). What has become clear is that we cannot develop systems for society without meaningful and deep collaborations with disciplines that have thought about society for much longer than computing. The challenge is to incorporate knowledge from humanistic studies from day one in the design of computing systems.
Computer Vision
10/25/21
Algorithms for computer vision have a close relationship to methods of pattern recognition and machine learning.
Computer Security and Cryptography
10/27/21
Focuses on applied cryptography, authentication, software and system security, threat modeling, anomaly detection, wireless security, cloud security, human-centered security, differential privacy and empirical cyber security.

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!

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CSE 50 1967-2017
1/28/22
Click here to see our entire timeline of the first 50 years of Computer Science and Engineering at UB.
Ridge Lea
3/20/19
UB assigns us our first home on the Ridge Lea Campus.
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).
Grad Programs at Inception
3/20/19
University course catalogs first describe our Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy programs.
Milestone: 10 Faculty
3/20/19
We achieve the ten faculty member milestone.
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.
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo
2/10/20
William J. Rapaport popularizes the grammatically-parsable phrase, "Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo".
Medical Image Processing Group
3/20/19
Gabor T. Herman develops a world-renowned Medical Image Processing Group from 1969 to 1981.
No More Punchcards
3/20/19
We buy a Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VAX 11/750 minicomputer.
Bell Hall
3/20/19
We take up residence in Bell Hall, placing us in the center of North Campus activity and culture.
Milestone: 15 Faculty
3/20/19
We achieve the 15 (actually 16) faculty member milestone.
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.
Milestone: 20 Faculty
3/20/19
We achieve the 20 faculty member milestone.
CEDAR
3/20/19
Sargur (Hari) Srihari founds the Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR).
25th Anniversary
3/20/19
We celebrate our 25th anniversary with a banquet and a symposium.
CCS
3/20/19
The university establishes a multidisciplinary Center for Cognitive Science, uniting computer science with cognitive psychology disciplines.
Milestone: 25 Faculty
3/20/19
We achieve the 25 (actually 26) faculty member milestone.
CS + CE = CSE
3/20/19
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is born!
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.
CCR
6/22/21
Russ Miller founds the Center for Computational Research, the university supercomputer cluster that has the capability of processing 60 billion operations per second.
Milestone: 35 Faculty
3/20/19
We enter the 2000s with 36 faculty.
CEISARE
3/20/19
Shambhu Upadhyaya founds the Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE).
CUBS
5/14/19
Venu Govindaraju founds the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS).
40th Anniversary
3/20/19
We convened at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Center to celebrate our 40th anniversary.
Davis Hall
6/25/19
Davis Hall—Our brand-new, state-of-the-art departmental headquarters.
Milestone: 40 Faculty
3/20/19
We begin Fall 2015 with a strength of 40 faculty.
50th Anniversary
3/20/19
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering celebrates its 50th anniversary.