Active Research Projects | College of Computing

Our Active Grant Portfolio

The College of Computing grant portfolio totals $12.0M, with 88 active grant-funded projects, which corresponds to to 3.1 grants per tenure-track faculty member. The college has 50 active National Science Foundation (NSF) grants, our largest and most frequent sponsor. 78.4% of College of Computing grants are associated with Michigan Tech's Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC); 13.6% are associated with the Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC). A selection of active projects is listed below.

Talent Action Team (TAT) EV and Mobility Grant

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Dennis Livesay
Co-PI: David Lawrence
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	College of Computing

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing, Education & Outreach, Transportation & Infrastructure

Research and Development of the Teleoperated Robotic Workcell

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Aleksandr Sergeyev
Co-PI: Scott Kuhl
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Applied Computing

Research Focus: Robotics & Mechanics

Enabling the Future of Great Lakes Biological Resource Assessment

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Timothy Havens
Co-PI: Hayden Henderson
Co-PI: Christopher Roussi
Co-PI: Michael Sayers
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing, Ocean Sciences

Deep learning based approaches for protein post-translational modification site prediction

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Dukka KC
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

SaTC: CORE: Small: Hardware-assisted Self-repairing in Decentralized Cloud Storage against Malicious Attacks

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bo Chen
Co-PI: Zhenlin Wang
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

Collaborative Research: SHF: Small: Artificial Intelligence of Things (AloT): Theory Architecture and Algorithms

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Xiaoyong (Brian) Yuan
Co-PI: Lan (Emily) Zhang
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Applied Computing

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

MRI: Acquisition of a GPU-accelerated cluster for research training and outreach

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Dukka KC
Co-PI: Laura Brown
Co-PI: Jingfeng Jiang
Co-PI: Issei Nakamura
Co-PI: Zhenlin Wang
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

Collaborative Research: SHF: Medium: Vectorized Instruction Space (VIS)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Soner Onder
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus:

Innovative GenCyber Teacher Camp at Michigan Tech through doing + gaming + teaching + case studies

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yu Cai
Co-PI: Tim Van Wagner
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Applied Computing

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Education & Outreach

III: Medium: Collaborative Research: Multi-level computational approaches to protein function prediction

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Dukka KC
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

AF: Small: Fundamental Geometric Data Structures

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yakov (lakov) Nekritch
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

CRII: SaTC: Enabling Secure Machine Learning Queries over Encrypted Database in Cloud Computing

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Xinyu Lei
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

CNS Core: Small: Privacy-Preserving On-Device Intelligence in the IoT Era

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Xiaoyong (Brian) Yuan
Co-PI: Lan (Emily) Zhang
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Applied Computing

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

Rich Immediate Critique of Antipatterns (RICA) in Novice Programmer Code: Broadening Adoption Supporting Student Learning and Enhancing Programming Competencies

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Leo Ureel
Co-PI: Laura Brown
Co-PI: Michelle Jarvie-Eggart
Co-PI: Jon Sticklen
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus:

Collaborative Research: FW-HTF-P: IntelIEUI: Artificial Intelligence and Extended Reality to Enhance Workforce Productivity for the Energy and Utilities Industry

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Sidike Paheding
Co-PI: Samantha Smith
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Applied Computing

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

Collaborative Research: SHF: Medium: Heterogenous Architecture for Collaborative Machine Learning

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Xiaoyong (Brian) Yuan
Co-PI: Lan (Emily) Zhang
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Applied Computing

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

2021 GenCyber Grant Program - Michigan Technological University

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yu Cai
Co-PI: Bo Chen
Co-PI: Tim Van Wagner
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Applied Computing

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing, Education & Outreach

IRES: Track I: Collaborative Research: Supporting FSU and MTU Student Research with NTNU Faculty on Automatic Improvement of Application Performance

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Soner Onder
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

Additional Information: http://iresdenmark.mtu.edu/

CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service Program at Michigan Tech

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yu Cai
Co-PI: Todd Arney
Co-PI: Bo Chen
Co-PI: Jean Mayo
Co-PI: Chee-Wooi Ten
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Applied Computing

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing, Education & Outreach

Trans-Omics Integration of Multi-Omics Studies for Male Osteoporosis

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Weihua Zhou
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Applied Computing

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Health

ADVANCE Partnership: Joining Forces - A Midwestern Partnership for STEM Faculty Success

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Adrienne Minerick
Co-PI: Sonia Goltz
Co-PI: Mark Rouleau
Co-PI: Patricia Sotirin
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	College of Computing

Research Focus: Education & Outreach

SaTC: CORE: Small: Collaborative: Hardware-Assisted Plausibly Deniable System for Mobile Devices

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bo Chen
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

CSH: Small: Collaborative Research: Improving Mobile Device Input for Users who are Blind or Low Vision

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Keith Vertanen
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

CHS: Small: Rich Surface Interaction for Augmented Environments

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Keith Vertanen
Co-PI: Scott Kuhl
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing

SHF: Medium: Collaborative Research: Statically Controlled Asynchronous Lane Execution (SCALE)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Soner Onder
College/School:	College of Computing
Department(s):	Computer Science

Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing