Research conducted in the School of EECS solves REAL-WORLD problems, and our research faculty have an outstanding record of getting technology from the laboratory to the global marketplace. The research conducted in the School of EECS by our faculty and students is deeply rooted in technologies and applications that are cutting-edge and have marketable applications.
EECS research areas include those targeted by the University of Central Florida and other organizations as top priority for new development. Our existing strength in these high-tech areas has earned the School international prominence and exposure in many areas, including:
- Energy and Renewable Sources
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging
- Gaming and Virtual Reality
- Computer Vision and Graphics
- Simulation and Modeling
- Digital Media
- Entertainment and Film Engineering
- Computer Networks
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- Advanced Wireless Communications
- Artificial Intelligence
- Software Engineering
- Telecommunications
- Microwaves
- Power Electronics Controls
- Computer Systems and VLSI
- DSP
- Databases
- Computer Architecture
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Two EECS Assistant Professors earned NSF Career Awards: Pawel Wocjan (quantum computing) and Huiyang Zhou (computer architecture).
EECS research expenditures and new funding for FY 2007-2008 totaled more than $11.9 million, for an average of $187K per faculty member.
EECS has 12 IEEE Fellows among its faculty members, which is one of the most prestigious and competitive award given by any professional society. We also have three SPIE Fellows, one ACM Fellow and one IAPR Fellow.
EECS faculty had more than 159 journal publications in print in major and reputable journals, for an average of 2.5 journal papers per faculty member.
Conference papers published by EECS reached 199 in total referred papers, with a majority in conferences with acceptance rates below 30%, for an average of 3 conference papers per faculty member. Ninety-six technical conference presentations were given in 2007 along with 33 technical publications in print as well.