Areas of interest/research: 1. Algorithms and Theory Professors Har-Peled, Erickson, Pitt, Ramos, Chekuri and Prabhakaran 2. Artificial Intelligence Professors DeJong, Forsyth, Fleck, LaValle, Ponce, and Roth 2.1 Automated reasoning and Machine Learning (Amir, DeJong, Fleck, Roth) 2.2 Vision and Robotics (Forsyth, LaValle, Ponce) 3. Architecture, Parallel Computing and Systems Professors Sarita Adve, Vikram Adve, Harrison, Kale, Padua, Snir, Torrellas, Zilles, and Zhou 3.1 Computer Architecture (Sarita Adve, Torrellas, Zilles) 3.2 Compilers (Vikram Adve, Padua) 3.3 Parallel Computing (Kale, Snir) 3.4 System Architecture (Harrison, Zhou) 4. Databases and Information Systems Professors Chang, Doan, Han, Winslett,Zhai and Zhou) 5. Graphics, Visualization, and HCI Professors Bailey, Garland, Hart, Karahalios, and Yu 5.1 Graphics (Garland, Hart, Yu) 5.2 HCI (Bailey, Karahalios) 6. Systems and networking Professors Caccamo, Campbell, Carl Gunter, Gupta, Hou, Kravets, Luo, Nahrstedt, and Sha 6.1 Networking and Distributed Systems (Gupta, Hou, Kravets, Luo, Nahrstedt) 6.2 OS and Security (Campbell, Gunter) 6.3 Real-time and Embedded Systems (Caccamo, Sha) 7. Programming Languages, Formal Systems and Software Engineering Professors Agha, Elsa Gunter, Harandi, Kamin, Marinov, Johnson, Parthasarthy, Rosu, Viswanathan 7.1 Formal Systems (Agha, Elsa Gunter, Parthasarthy, Rosu, Viswanathan and Meseguer) 7.2 Programming Languages (Kamin) 7.3 Software Engineering (Harandi, Marinov, Johnson) 8. Scientific Computing Professors Bond, de Sturler, Heath, Hirani, and Olsen