Computing

Achieve national visibility in areas of computing research and development that are key to Oklahoma’s future.

Goals

Establish and lead a center of excellence in artificial intelligence and machine learning for broad multidisciplinary research and application domains.
Provide research leadership in secure embedded software engineering to support the Applied Research Institute’s embedded systems research theme.
Establish industry-sponsored computing research in sectors of importance to Oklahoma, including aerospace/defense, biomedical, and energy.

Outcomes

New collaborations and synergies among programs in computer science, computer engineering, and data science and analytics.
Development of applied research programs in cybersecurity and embedded software engineering.
Computing-related research expenditures in excess of $5M per year by 2024.
32 regular faculty in computing, including 10 new faculty on the OU-Norman campus and 7 new faculty on the OU-Tulsa campus.

Research Themes

Data Science and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Development of advanced methods for enormous spatiotemporal data sets constrained by real-time analysis and prediction requirements.

Secure Embedded Software Engineering

Advancements in design, development, testing, and deployment of safety-critical real-time embedded software systems.

Recent News

Represent! OU School of Computer Science Attends Artificial Intelligence Conference
March 15, 2022

In February, “Wind Prediction under Random Data Corruption” was showcased during the Conference on Artificial Intelligence (known as AAAI-22) sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.