- Advanced Materials by Design: Theory and Computation
- African Diaspora and the Atlantic World Research Circle
- Agroecology
- American Indian Studies
- Bioethics
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biophotonics
- Chemical Biology
- Chemistry
- Cognitive Sciences
- Communication Technologies Research
- Comparative Political Economy
- Comparative U.S. Studies
- Computational Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Sciences
- Cultural Studies in a Global Context
- Disability Studies
- Energy Sources and Policy
- Expressive Culture and Diversity in the Upper Midwest
- Food Pathogens and Toxins
- Functional Brain Imaging
- Functional Organic Materials
- Genomics
- Global Governance and International Finance
- Initiative for Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship
- Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program
- International Environmental Affairs and Global Security
- International Public Affairs
- Land Use
- Law, Society and Justice
- Mathematical Physics - String Theory
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Molecular Biometry
- Nanophase Inorganic Materials and Devices
- Political Economy
- Poverty Studies
- Religious Studies
- Science and Technology Studies
- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
- Structural Biology
- Symbiosis
- Translational Research - Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Very High Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology
- Visual Culture
- Vitamin D
- Women's Health Research/Biology of Sex and Gender Differences
- Zebrafish Biology
Cluster focus
This cluster focuses on the field of computer networks and distributed systems.
Two of the most well-known applications of this are multimedia displays and
E-commerce. Continued development of Web applications requires new ways to
deliver and coordinate data at even higher rates of speed. The research areas
of faculty hired under the cluster are related to the efficient use of large
networks. The focus of the Computer Sciences Cluster, like the Department
of Computer Sciences and the field of computer science in general, is ever
changing because of constant technological advances. The Computer Sciences
Cluster added new positions at a time when the department needed to grow.
The department is highly collaborative and the two cluster faculty collaborate
on their teaching and research.
Cluster accomplishments
- The cluster faculty updated and enhanced undergraduate courses the department offers and helped enact changes in the curriculum. The faculty both teach courses on distributed systems and operating systems.
- The cluster faculty members work collaboratively on their research on “gray-box” operating systems and storage. Both have been well-funded by the National Science Foundation for these research endeavors.
- The cluster built new connections with two companies that Computer Sciences had not had connections with in the past. These companies have reinvested funds into the cluster faculty research projects.
- Both of the cluster faculty have received National Science Foundation CAREER awards.
Cluster structure
The two faculty were designed to strengthen new areas of research within the Department of Computer Science and are particularly collaborative. They co-author all their papers and take turns teaching the same courses.
Cluster coordinator, faculty and lead dean
Cluster Coordinator
- Gurindar Sohi, Professor, Computer Sciences
Cluster Faculty
- Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau, Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, Associate Professor, Computer Science
Lead Dean
- Gary Sandefur, Dean, College of Letters and Science