Computing and cybersecurity
We are developing new high-performance, edge & quantum computing architectures; increasing data security & privacy; and protecting critical cyber-infrastructure.
Faculty research covers topics in integrated circuit design, computer aided design, computer architecture, reconfigurable computing, wireless systems, embedded systems, forensics challenges in networking & communications, privacy, applied cryptography, & beyond. We design quantum processors, integrated cryogenic circuits, and photonics to try to scale up quantum computers based on transmon and trapped ion qubits.
Within the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, UMass Amherst operates one of the biggest GPU clusters in the nation.
As members of the multi-disciplinary Cybersecurity Institute we are increasing privacy, protecting personal information, thwarting exploitation of the vulnerable, and increasing access to the Internet.
Faculty-led labs include:
- Reconfigurable Computing Group
- Holcomb Lab
- Advanced VLSI Design and Test Group
- UMass⁺ Trapped Ions and Photonics lab
- Nanodevices and Integrated Systems Laboratory
Featured organizations
Cybersecurity Institute
A multidisciplinary focal point for security research and education at UMass that specializes in advancing Security for the Common Good
Quantum Information Systems
Bolstering creative and collaborative partnerships to solidify UMass Amherst’s position in the cutting-edge field of quantum information systems
Related faculty
Fatima Anwar
Emerging Embedded Technologies; Cyber-physical Systems Security; Distributed Learning for the Edge; Time-Aware System Design; Human-centered Computing.
Wayne Burleson
I develop integrated circuit hardware and software solutions for secure applications, including medical devices, transportation, payments and defense.
Lixin Gao
Internet Routing, Cloud Computing, Distributed Frameworks for Machine Learning, Privacy-Preserving Data Analytics
Dennis Goeckel
Design and analysis of secure point-to-point communication links and wireless networks: security and privacy.
Weibo Gong
Adjunct Professor, Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences
Concept abstraction algorithms for artificial general intelligence.
Daniel Holcomb
Design and security of computing with integrated circuits. Work areas include ASIC, FPGA, EDA, and supply chain
Sandip Kundu
Working at the intersection of hardware and software to design general purpose processors and custom accelerators for applications such as machine learning.
Hossein Pishro-Nik
Information Theory, Privacy and Security, Statistical Learning and Decision Making, Wireless Networks, Vehicular Communications and Networking.
Russell Tessier
Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Operations
Focused on the development and use of embedded systems and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
Tilman Wolf
Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Associate Chancellor for Space and Capital Planning
Engaged in research and teaching in the areas of computer networks, cybersecurity, embedded systems, and machine learning.
Qiangfei Xia
Emerging devices and integrated systems for in-memory computing, neuromorphic computing, machine intelligence, smart sensing, etc.
