Research Opportunities
Research that’s making an impact
Whether you’re exploring machine learning and its application in the biomedical field, or partnering with Google to develop smart home technology – our students have outstanding research opportunities right at their fingertips.
When you participate in undergraduate research, you’ll build your resume, develop practical skills that set you apart from the crowd, and have the chance to publish your work for the world to see.
Areas of Research
Faculty and students do research in a variety of different areas, including:
- artificial intelligence
- bioinformatics
- computer science education
- software engineering
- real-time systems
- parallel processing
- distributed systems, and more!
To get involved, browse our faculty's current areas of research, and reach out to a faculty member you would like to research with.
Taking Computer Science to New Heights
For the past several years, students in the department have been heavily focused on drone programming. Thanks to a generous donation, the department was able to purchase a drone cage, allowing students to better test and troubleshoot their drones outdoors.
Cracking the Code to Social Distancing
For Brandon Purvis, undergraduate research at UNI was a career-changing experience. A year-long stint as a researcher with assistant professor of computer science Dheryta Jaisinghani has him considering graduate school after they developed a preliminary system for enforcing social distancing guidelines in classrooms using the revolutionary field known as the Internet of Things.