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Research

Northeastern University has been at the forefront of computer and information science research for more than 25 years. The College of Computer and Information Science (CCIS) continues to advance knowledge through: 

• Individual faculty and research groups

Research at the college focuses on four interrelated themes:

• Health Informatics

Integrating knowledge from computer science, behavioral science, biology, and medicine, health informatics provides the tools and techniques to organize vast amounts of health and scientific information, streamline and enhance healthcare delivery, enable patients and consumers to better care for themselves, and ensure the integrity of private medical records. At CCIS, research groups in transdisciplinary personal health informatics, human-computer interaction, information retrieval and data mining, and artificial intelligence contribute to this growing field.

Information assurance requires an understanding of the societal context as well as the technological demands and constraints of privacy and security. CCIS researchers collaborate with their peers from other Northeastern colleges to create trustworthy systems that protect medical, financial, and communication records from malicious threats. Research groups in algorithms and theory, network security, formal methods, and systems contribute to this vital research area.

Northeastern is at the forefront of this new discipline that aims to understand the structure and behaviors emerging in computer science, the social sciences, technology, and the natural sciences. Network science focuses on network robustness in the face of failures and attack; the laws governing network evolution; and the spread of ideas, viruses, and diseases in social, information, or computer networks. CCIS research groups in artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, network security, and social networks are addressing problems related to the structure of the Internet, the World Wide Web, and social and biological networks.

Reliable software is a critical underpinning of health informatics, information assurance, and all robust computing systems. From creating efficient programming languages to validating complex systems, the researchers involved in reliable software development have an enormous, practical impact on computer users. CCIS research groups in programming languages, formal methods, software engineering, robotics, and systems contribute to improving the reliability of software.