46 faculty and 25 courses in Computer Engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- Stephen Scott, Associate Professor h-index 70
Machine learning Design and analysis of algorithms
Notable: “Optimal feedback control and the neural basis of volitional motor control” (2004) · 1,099 citations
- M. Can Vuran, Dale M. Jensen Chair Professor h-index 48
Wireless networks AI/ML-based communications Internet of Things Embedded systems Sensor networks
Notable: “NeXt generation/dynamic spectrum access/cognitive radio wireless networks: A survey” (2006) · 6,398 citations
- Marilyn Wolf, Elmer E. Koch Professor h-index 39
Cyber-physical systems Internet of Things Embedded computing Embedded computer vision VLSI systems
Notable: “TGFF: task graphs for free” (2002) · 464 citations
- Jitender Deogun, Professor h-index 38
Design and analysis of algorithms Optical networks Graph algorithms Information retrieval Bioinformatics Combinatorics
Notable: “Classification Framework for Free Space Optical Communication Links and Systems” (2018) · 181 citations
- Ashok Samal, Professor h-index 37
Computer vision Spatial data mining
Notable: “Automatic recognition and analysis of human faces and facial expressions: a survey” (1992) · 914 citations
- Byrav Ramamurthy, Professor h-index 36
Computer networks Telecommunications Optical networks Network security Wireless networks Future internet architectures
Notable: “A survey of security issues in wireless sensor networks” (2006) · 900 citations
- Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Associate Professor h-index 34
Molecular and nano communications Terahertz communications Internet of Bio-Nano Things, Bio-inspired computing and communications
Notable: “The internet of Bio-Nano things” (2015) · 697 citations
- Peter Revesz, Professor h-index 34
Computational linguistics Database systems Data mining Bioinformatics
Notable: “Constraint Query Languages” (1995) · 679 citations
- Juan Cui, Associate Professor h-index 32
Computational and systems biology Bioinformatics Cancer informatics Data mining Machine learning
- Liang He, Associate Professor h-index 30
Cyber-physical systems Internet of Things
Notable: “Evaluating the On-Demand Mobile Charging in Wireless Sensor Networks” (2014) · 259 citations
- Massimiliano Pierobon, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor h-index 28
Communication and information theory Networking Signal processing Molecular communication Synthetic biology Nanonetworks
Notable: “The internet of Bio-Nano things” (2015) · 697 citations
- Leen-Kiat Soh, Charles Bessey Professor h-index 27
Multiagent systems Computer science education Intelligent data analysis Computer-aided education systems Multiagent modeling and simulation
Notable: “Reinforcement Learning Approach for Optimal Distributed Energy Management in a Microgrid” (2018) · 292 citations
- Bonita Sharif, Associate Professor h-index 27
Empirical software engineering Program comprehension Eye tracking Biometrics Human factors Software traceability Software visualization Applied machine learning
Notable: “Eye Movements in Code Reading: Relaxing the Linear Order” (2015) · 168 citations
- Carrick Detweiler, Professor h-index 26
Aerial robots UAVs MAVs Field robotics Sensor networks Underwater sensor networks Multi-robot systems Localization Robotics
Notable: “On crop height estimation with UAVs” (2014) · 165 citations
- Muhammad Naveed Aman, Assistant Professor h-index 25
Internet of Things & Cyberphysical Systems security Quantum Era Cybersecurity Secure and Trustworthy Machine Learning Wireless & Mobile networks Blockchain
Notable: “Mutual Authentication in IoT Systems Using Physical Unclonable Functions” (2017) · 304 citations
- Hongfeng Yu, Professor and Director h-index 25
Large data analysis and visualization High-performance computing User interfaces and interaction
Notable: “In Situ Visualization for Large-Scale Combustion Simulations” (2010) · 162 citations
- Qiang Liu, Assistant Professor h-index 23
Wireless communication Computer networks Machine learning Edge computing
Notable: “An Edge Network Orchestrator for Mobile Augmented Reality” (2018) · 230 citations
- Hamid Bagheri, Associate Professor h-index 23
Software analysis Software security AI for software engineering Software testing Applied formal methods
Notable: “Reducing combinatorics in GUI testing of android applications” (2016) · 155 citations
- Lisong Xu, Professor h-index 22
Network protocols Protocol design Internet measurement Automated testing Formal verification
Notable: “CUBIC” (2008) · 2,222 citations
- Shuai Nie, Assistant Professor h-index 20
Wireless communications Millimeter-wave and terahertz-band communications Satellite communications Internet of Things
Notable: “6G and Beyond: The Future of Wireless Communications Systems” (2020) · 1,342 citations
- Robert Dyer, Assistant Professor h-index 20
Empirical software engineering Mining software repositories Program analysis Programming languages
Notable: “Boa: A language and infrastructure for analyzing ultra-large-scale software repositories” (2013) · 261 citations
- Hongzhi Guo, Assistant Professor h-index 17
Wireless networks Internet of Things Wireless sensing Digital twins Extended reality
Notable: “Channel and Energy Modeling for Self-Contained Wireless Sensor Networks in Oil Reservoirs” (2014) · 69 citations
- Vinodchandran Variyam, Professor h-index 15
Foundational aspects of computer science Theory of computational complexity Machine learning Computational modeling Algorithm design Data analytics
Notable: “SVM-based generalized multiple-instance learning via approximate box counting” (2004) · 86 citations
- Hau Chan, Assistant Professor h-index 14
AI for social good Computational game theory Mechanism design Algorithms Data/graph mining Machine learning Discrete mathematics
Notable: “Optimizing network robustness by edge rewiring: a general framework” (2016) · 93 citations
- Berthe Choueiry, Associate Professor h-index 13
Artificial intelligence Constraint satisfaction Abstraction and reformulation Scheduling and resource allocation Graph algorithms Interactive, collaborative and distributed problem-solving
Notable: “A new effcient algorithm for solving the simple temporal problem” (2005) · 62 citations
- Rahul Purandare, Associate Professor h-index 12
Program analysis and verification AI for software engineering Software testing Program comprehension Program optimization
Notable: “Parallel Randomized State-Space Search” (2007) · 87 citations
- Stephanie Valentine, Associate Professor of Practice h-index 10
User interface design/evaluation Sketch recognition Software design Algorithms Human-computer interaction
Notable: “Mechanix: A Sketch-Based Tutoring System for Statics Courses” (2012) · 53 citations
- Nirnimesh Ghose, Assistant Professor h-index 9
Network security and privacy with applications to emerging wireless networks Cyber-physical systems Internet of Things Aviation and transportation networks Interaction between cybersecurity and social networks
Notable: “RadioNet: Robust Deep-Learning Based Radio Fingerprinting” (2022) · 35 citations
- Chris Bourke, Professor of Practice h-index 7
Computational complexity theory Machine learning Computer science education
Notable: “Directed Planar Reachability Is in Unambiguous Log-Space” (2009) · 59 citations
- Joseph Schmitz, Research Assistant Professor h-index 7
Notable: “The dynamics of context–behaviour interactions in computer-mediated communication.” (1992) · 52 citations
- Alisha Bevins, Assistant Professor of Practice h-index 4
Notable: “Investigation of human-robot comfort with a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle compared to a ground robot” (2017) · 35 citations
- Justin Firestone, Assistant Professor of Practice h-index 4
Computer science Software engineering Synthetic biology Regulatory frameworks Legal analysis Legal research Intellectual property law Technology law Regulatory compliance
Notable: “Beyond the rainbow: self-adaptive failure avoidance in configurable systems” (2014) · 30 citations
- Motassem Al-Tarazi, Assistant Professor of Practice h-index 4
Cloud computing Software defined networks Edge computing
Notable: “Optimal Container Migration for Mobile Edge Computing: Algorithm, System Design and Implementation” (2021) · 21 citations
- Shruti Daggumati, Associate Professor of Practice h-index 4
Data visualization Database systems Discrete math Machine learning Computational linguistics
Notable: “A method of identifying allographs in undeciphered scripts and its application to the Indus Valley Script” (2021) · 17 citations
- Bhuvana Gopal, Faculty h-index 3
Software engineering education Computer science education
Notable: “Helping End-Users "Engineer" Dependable Web Applications” (2006) · 16 citations
- You-Jin Kim, Assistant Professor h-index 2
Es on extending human interactivity within the "blended world" of physical and virtual objects, ranging from AR navigation and sensing technologies to more expressive and dynamic experiences. The DRL specializes in Human-Computer Interactio
Notable: “Chip-interleaved self-encoded multiple access with iterative detection in fading channels” (2007) · 28 citations
- Witty Srisa-an, Professor and Director h-index 2
Programming languages, runtime systems, software engineering, and cyber security, with a particular focus on leveraging programming language concepts and runtime properties to ensure complex software systems dependability, safety, a
Notable: “Using deep learning to detect digitally encoded DNA trigger for Trojan malware in Bio-Cyber attacks” (2022) · 14 citations
- Derek Weitzel, Research Associate Professor h-index 1
Distributed computing and data management Networking Security for cyberinfrastructure
Notable: “Adventures with Grace Hopper AI Super Chip and the National Research Platform” (2024) · 1 citations
- Brittany Duncan, Ross McCollum Associate Professor
Human-robot interaction Unmanned aerial vehicles Small unmanned aerial systems MAVs Field robotics Artificial intelligence Robotics
- Chris Bohn, Associate Professor of Practice
Parallel and distributed computing Software engineering
- Jeffrey Falkinburg, Assistant Professor of Practice
Robotics Embedded systems 3D modeling Simulation design
- Jianxin Sun, Research Assistant Professor
Machine learning Computer vision Data analysis Visualization
- Nikhil Satyala, Assistant Professor of Practice
Robotics engineering Computer engineering
- Qiuming Yao, Assistant Professor
Bioinformatics Systems biology Computational biology Distributed algorithms and databases Machine learning
- Seth Polsley, Assistant Professor of Practice
Es on the combination of intelligent systems design and human-computer interaction in order to support novel educational and universal computing experiences. He has worked on intelligent tutoring systems, brain-computer interfaces, natural
- Stephen Cooper, Chancellor Professor and Executive Director
Computing education
Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.