The EECS Department offers a broad range of world-class research programs.
Undergraduate students can get involved in research as early as freshman year. Contact Justin Legarsky, director of undergraduate studies, to get started.
Graduate students are integral to our research and teaching mission. Questions should be directed to Yi Shang, director of graduate studies.
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science research areas:
- AI, Machine Learning, Image & Video Processing, Computer Vision
- Bioinformatics, Biomedical Imaging and Systems, Computational Biology
- Cloud Computing, Networking, High Performance Computing
- Communications, Signal Processing
- Computer Architectures, Cyber-Physical Systems
- Computing Theory and Algorithms, Scientific Computing
- Cybersecurity
- Database, Data Science, Information Retrieval
- Nano/Micro Technology
- Neuroscience, Neural Engineering
- Physical Electronics and Applied Physics
- Power Electronics and Power Systems
- Social Computing, Human-Computer Interaction
- Software Engineering, Programming Languages
- System Modeling, Control and Robotics
Departmental Research Laboratories
- Analog/Mixed-Signal VLSI and Devices Laboratory
- Bioinformatics and Machine Learning Lab (BML)
- Computational Imaging and VisAnalysis Lab
- Computational Intelligence Signal Processing Laboratory
- Dependable Cyber-Physical Systems (DCPS) Laboratory
- Distributed and Intelligent Computing Lab
- Microsystem Research Lab (MRL)
- Mizzou INformation and Data FUsion Laboratory (MINDFUL)
- Neural Engineering Laboratory
- Scalable Data Science (SDS) Lab
- Virtualization, Multimedia and Networking (VIMAN) Laboratory
- Vision-Guided and Intelligent Robotics Lab
Featured Research Projects
Sean Goggins
Title: Scientific open source project health and sustainability
Sponsor: Wellcome Trust
Amount: $557,888
Project Period: 12/13/24-1/30/26
Prasad Calyam
Title: CyberTraining: Implementation: Small: Application-inspired Cloud DevOps Training using an online self-service learning platform
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $480,000
Project Period: 8/1/24-7/31/27
Satish Nair
Title: CyberTraining: Implementation: Small: Advanced cyberinfrastructure training for next-generation neuroscience learning and research
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $454,977
Project Period: 8/1/24-7/31/27
Jianlin Cheng
Title: FET: Small: Deep transformers for interring gene regulatory networks from omics data
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $598,103
Project Period: 7/1/24-6/30/27
Title: Deep learning methods for automated and accurate reconstruction of protein structures from cryo-EM image data
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Amount: $301,868
Project Period: 9/20/22-5/31/25
Mohammad Haider
Title: WEPPE: Wireless edge-computing personal protective equipment for large-scale health monitoring
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $373,566
Project Period: 2/1/24-8/31/25
Mahmoud Almasri
Title: NSF Convergence Accelerator Track J: Phase 2 Rapid Detection Technologies and Decision-Support Systems for Safe, Equitable Food Systems
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $1,785,585
Project Period: 12/15/23-11/30/24
Kannappan Palaniappan
Title: Edge-High Performance Computing for Multi-Domain Operations
Sponsor: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Amount: $3,327,973
Project Period: 9/11/23-9/10/25