The Software Engineering Research Laboratory (SERL) conducts research in software engineering (processes, methods, and tools) and applications of software technology in areas such as biometrics, cyber security, and engineering. SERL faculty members also support the software engineering degree program. Research projects of SERL faculty members are being supported by NSF, CITeR, and private companies.

Prospective graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to contact individual faculty members below for opportunities to work in the lab.

Current Research Topics:

· Applied Machine Learning

· Biometrics

· Computer Architectures

· Cyber Security

· Edge Computing

· Formal Methods

· High Performance Computing

· Software Engineering

· Software Engineering Education

Faculty Members:

· Dr. Daqing Hou

· Dr. Faraz Hussain

· Dr. Yu Liu

Graduate Students:

· S. Konain Abbas, CS PhD, co-advised by Hussain & Hou

· Anthony Dowling, co-advised by Liu & MC Cheng; thermal-aware scheduling on multi-core and many-core architectures

· Kaniz Fatma, ECE MS, Hou; fairness in biometrics

· Lin Jiang, ECE PhD, co-advised by Liu & MC Cheng; effective thermal simulation of CPUs and GPUs

· Edward Kane, ECE MS, Hou; biometric cryptosystems

· Michael Le, ECE MS, Hou

· Michael Manno, ECE PhD, Hou; novel mouse dynamics

· Rashik Shadman, ECE PhD, co-advised by Hussain & Hou; explainable face recognition

· Ahmad Suleiman, ECE PhD, co-advised by Hou & Liu; project-based learning in computing

· Ahmed Wahab, ECE PhD, Hou; applied keystroke dynamics

· Xiaofei Wang, ES PhD, Hou; enrollment issues in keystroke dynamics