Research
The Department is well known for the high quality of its research output. The department also maintains a lively, friendly and informal atmosphere for research, into which research students are welcomed. The students get an ample chance to interact with the faculty in order to get them involved in research and get their ideas polished by producing the right output. The research work of Computer Science faculty members has got world class recognition 146 publications have been produced by the faculty members. The faculty has also produced 15 books/chapters, details below:
Research Output
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS COMSATS WORKSHOP FOR RESEARCH IN COMPUTING (CWRC)
The objective of the CWRC, a series of bi-annual workshops is to provide a platform to graduate students and young scientist in Pakistan and abroad to present their research work, to gain and share experiences and to strengthen their social network.
FRONTIERS OF IT
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) hosts an international conference each year in December which enjoys the presence of eminent professional and researchers, both from Pakistan and abroad.
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
The research opportunities in the fields of Databases, Networking, Software Engineering and parallel / distributed computing using cluster/grid are available. Research groups are actively working in the areas of:
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The goal of the Artificial Intelligence Group is to persuade intelligence in all its components by promoting excellence in basic research. We aspire to attain outstanding performance byinvestigating the mechanisms underlying intelligent behavior and by creating intelligent artifacts. It is our firm belief that our goals can only be achieved by creating an open and free atmosphere that enables researchers to fully exploit their potential. In the field of intelligence this requires an interdisciplinary and international mixture of students/researchers/staff and globally networked cooperations with top research institutions. Moreover, we seek to motivate and teach students at all levels.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Business Intelligence (BI) refers to technologies, applications and practices for the collection, integration, analysis, and presentation of business information. It supports better business decision making by executives and related persons. BI systems deal with Data Warehousing, OLAP, Data Mining, Web Housing, Web Mining and Knowledge Warehousing technologies. The aim of this novel discipline is to educate and disseminate knowledge in the process of research & development to satisfy the country’s current requirements. A number of MS and PhD students are registered in this discipline and are actively engaged in research.
COMPUTER NETWORKS
A major research area of the Department of Computer Science at Islamabad is study of latest trends in computer networks. This promising field has groups exploring issues in wireless sensor networks, mobile ad-hoc networks, vehicular area networks and delay tolerant networks. Extensive simulation studies of routing protocols are undertaken and results are presented in national and international conferences. A special interest group focuses on the security issues in wireless networks – exploring vulnerability issues such as malicious behavior detection, damage control in the case of node capture, security of group membership schemes and various message authentication schemes where access to a central authority is not possible. On the practical side, a collaborative arrangement with the Wildlife Department of Government of Pakistan, a project to tag wild animals with sensor nodes for monitoring their health and habitat has been initiated.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (SE)
Software Engineering is one of the biggest growing fields now days, as it has all the possible applications to related fields. Applications of the Software Engineering in the natural science like Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and other spheres of life too is a proven factor. The road map themes of research group software engineering (SE) are working with estimation (metrics) to functional as well non functional requirements that is working in estimation to analyse design, quality attributes, risk management aspects oriented metrics and project Management strategies. Planning and hence developing quality research applications, activities based on hypothesis, practices and discussions is the main focus of this group.
