Research Centers

Labs

Bondesson Lab

Protects people and wildlife by identifying toxic chemicals among environmental pollutants and deciphering the mechanisms by which the chemicals act.

Comparative Classification and Documentation Lab

Compares different theoretical and methodological approaches to knowledge organization.

Complex Adaptive Systems and Computational Intelligence

Explores the informational properties of natural and artificial systems that enable them to adapt and evolve.

Computer Vision Lab

Investigates and develops advanced statistical and machine learning techniques for automatically analyzing, understanding, and organizing visual information.

Cultural Research in Techonology Group

Applying humanistic approaches to shape IT research and design.

Fibers and Additive Manufacturing Enabled Systems Lab

Links cyberspace with the physical world by engineering fibers and fabrics and embedding ensembles of nano-transducers and sensors.

Garyfallidis Research Group

Applies techniques like medical imaging and machine learning to MRI analysis to better understand the brain and study diseases. Also is the headquarters of the popular open-source software project Diffusion Imaging In Python (DIPY).

Intelligent Biomedical Systems Lab

Develops novel biomedical devices, sensors, and systems based on micro- and nano-electronics, acoustics, and biotechnologies to improve human health.

Jadhao Lab

Develops and investigates computational models to understand the structure, assembly, and flow of soft materials at the nanoscale and advance their functional properties for medical, environmental, and energy applications.

Privacy lab

Advance research in online privacy, mobile security, and peer-to-peer systems.

Proactive Health Lab

Designs, develops, and evaluates intelligent learning systems to empower lay people to better understand, manage, and improve their health.

R-House

Collaborates on the study and design of assistive robotic technologies for neighborhoods, homes, and offices.

Signals and Artificial Intelligence Group in Engineering

Researches machine learning to solve real-world signal processing problems.

Socioneural Physiology Lab

Studies the neuroregulation of bodily processes, particularly the neurophysiological mechanisms that facilitate social behavior.

Vehicle Autonomy and Intelligence Lab

Enhances the autonomy and intelligence of robotic systems such as unmanned ground, aerial, and aquatic vehicles.

Virtual World Heritage Laboratory

Focuses on 3D scientific simulation and how it can make possible experiences and experiments that—short of time travel—would otherwise not be possible.

Web Science Lab

Develops better methods to model, share, link, and integrate data and information to enhance knowledge discovery and dissemination.

Affiliated research centers

Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics

Provides IU faculty access to genome technologies and bioinformatic support, and develops new technologies and tools.

Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities

Supports faculty, students, librarians, and technologists who engage with digital methods and tools.

Social Science Research Commons

Stimulates, coordinates, and sustains social science research on the IU Bloomington campus.