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Shaping tomorrow every day

At the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, we see what tomorrow can be and we make it reality.

Our research covers a broad range of disciplines, from the highly technical to the highly social. Every day, our faculty work across these disciplines to advance and improve today’s tech-driven world, often with teams that include students. Our commitment to research encompasses the study of how students learn with faculty committed to the practice of teaching and learning as a scholarly pursuit.

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Four research pillars

Luddy’s research pillars are built on a foundation of security and privacy, with consideration of the ethical implications of technology. These pillars support a wide variety of applications, including improving trust in the legitimacy of digital information, creating systems to improve health and well-being, and helping people enhance their lives through better decision making.

Human-centered computing

Human-centered computing (HCC) is the convergence of multiple disciplines to better design and understand technologies that support human activities. Luddy researchers’ focus areas range from how computing affects culture and society to the development of tools and systems that empower people to better understand, manage, and improve their health and environment.

Research areas include:

Sensors

The internet of things (IoT) results in billions of sensors embedded in the world, continuously monitoring people, technologies, and our environment. Luddy research has a significant focus on devices that detect, measure, record, and respond to an environment or physical condition. Our research encompasses the entire range of sensor technology development.

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Data infrastructure

Data infrastructure refers to the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed to operate a digital pathway, including the protection, preservation, processing, delivery, and security of data, as well as the applications for information services delivery.

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Data analytics

The qualitative and quantitative techniques and processes used to extract knowledge from data enable organizations to make more informed decisions, and enable researchers to verify or disprove scientific models, theories, and hypotheses.

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Kaiyuan Zhu

Ph.D. in Computer Science, studying bioinformatics algorithms

Today

Devising innovative forms of compression and online algorithms to reduce memory usage when processing large amounts of genomic data

Tomorrow

Developing increasingly efficient algorithms to help biologists generate more, better insights from new biological data with reasonable computational resources

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Centers and labs

The focuses of our many centers and labs are intentionally varied—because technology, computing, and information are as well.

Students, join a research project

Whether you’re a first-year undergrad or a Ph.D. student, we have a research project for you. Research is a central component of some academic programs, like doctorates. For other programs, it’s a way for you to get valuable experience, find mentors, and show future employers or graduate programs what you can do.

We also host non-Luddy students for summer research programs.

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A close-up of two researchers' hands as they put a device on a bird's back.

Departmental research information

Computer Science

Data Science

Informatics

Information and Library Science

Intelligent Systems Engineering

Statistics

Research resources

Research commercialization at IU

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Contact the Office of the Associate Dean for Research

The Office of the Associate Dean for Research is the research gateway for Luddy faculty. We help faculty collaborate, access resources, overcome obstacles, and achieve their research goals.

For nontechnical research needs, such as funding opportunities and grant management, contact Pantea Pishgahi.

If you are an external partner who wants to discuss collaborating with our faculty, please email luddyadr@indiana.edu.

Research

Shaping tomorrow every day

Luddy research in the news

Four research pillars

Human-centered computing

Sensors

Data infrastructure

Data analytics

Kaiyuan Zhu

Centers and labs

Students, join a research project

Departmental research information

Research resources

Contact the Office of the Associate Dean for Research

Explore Luddy research

Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering resources and social media channels