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The list of research labs in the School of Computing Science
Please note: the blue-colored group name indicates it is now an SFU Groups group (aka Grouper group).
| CMPT's Research Labs - Burnaby Campus | |||||||||
| Acronym | AKA | Official Name | Rooms | Directors | Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMPT-3DLG | cs-3dlg | 3D Language Lab | TASC1 8000 & Co., TASC1 9404 | Dr. A. Chang | shares room with GrUVi, Theia, VML & NLL | ||||
| CMPT-AIRob | cs-airob | Autonomous Intelligence and Robotics Lab | TASC1 8005 | Dr. Ma | shares room with |
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| CMPT-AISL | cs-aisl | AI & Security Lab | TASC1 9406 | Dr. Tayebi | shares room with STL | ||||
| CMPT-APEX | cs-apex | Algorithmically Principled EXploration | TASC1 8000 | Dr. K. Li | shares room with 3DLG, VML | ||||
| CMPT-ARCH | cs-arch | Computer Architecture Group | TASC1 8210, TASC1 9400 | Dr. S. Alimadadi, Dr. A. Shriraman | shares rooms with other Systems research groups | ||||
| CMPT-Auto | cs-autolab | Autonomy Lab | TASC1 7000, TASC1 8001 | Dr. M. Chen, Dr. A. Lim, Dr. R. Vaughan | shares room with MARS | ||||
| CMPT-CBL | cs-compbio | Computational Biology Lab | TASC1 9006 | Dr. M. Libbrecht, Dr. K. Wiese | shares room with DBL | ||||
| CMPT-CLL | cs-cl | Computational Logic Lab | TASC1 9001, TASC1 9404 | Dr. D. Mitchell, Dr. E. Ternovska | shares room with NLL | ||||
| CMPT-CRCL | cs-crcl | Cybersecurity Research and Collaboration Lab | TASC1 ?9406 | Dr. Sze Yiu Chau | shares room with SSec, STL | ||||
| CMPT-DBL | cs-dblab | Database and Datamining Lab | TASC1 9006 | Dr. M. Ester, Dr. X. Hu, Dr. K. Wang | shares room with CBL | ||||
| CMPT-DBWK | cs-dbwk | Ke Wang's Database research group | TASC1 9006 | Dr. K. Wang | a group within DBL | ||||
| CMPT-DELTA | cs-delta | DEep Learning Theory and Applications | TASC1 9404 | Dr. W.Y. Chen | temporarily shares room with DBL | ||||
| CMPT-DIS | cs-dis | Data-Intensive Systems | TASC1 8210, TASC1 9400 | Dr. T.Z. Wang | shares rooms with other Systems research groups | ||||
| CMPT-DSL | cs-dsl | Database Systems Lab | TASC1 9217 | Dr. J.N. Wang, Dr. Z.J. Miao | |||||
| CMPT-GrUVi | cs-gruvi | Graphics, Usability, and Visualization Lab | TASC1 8004 & Co. | Dr. Y. Aksoy, Dr. A. Mahdavi-Amiri, Dr. K. Yin, Dr. H. Zhang | shares rooms with 3DLG, Theia & VML | ||||
| CMPT-HCI | cs-hci | Human Computer Interaction | TASC1 9200 & TASC1 9201 | Dr. P. Chilana, Dr. N. Vincent, Dr. X.D. Yang | |||||
| CMPT-iXLab | cs-ixlab | Interactive eXperience Lab | TASC1 9200 & TASC1 9201 | Dr. S. Carpendale, Dr. P. Chilana, Dr. N. Vincent, Dr. X.D. Yang | includes HCI | ||||
| CMPT-MARS | cs-mars | Multi-Agent Robotics Systems | TASC1 8001, TASC1 8005 | Dr. M. Chen | shares room with AiRob, AutoLab & ROSIE | ||||
| CMPT-MELLOW | cs-mellow | Motion and Embodied Learning Lab of Western-Canada | TASC1 8000, TASC1 8001, TASC1 8005 | Dr. X.B. Peng | shares room with AiRob, AutoLab, ROSIE & etc. | ||||
| CMPT-MIAL | cs-mial | Medical Image Analysis Lab | TASC1 9003 | Dr. G. Hamarneh | |||||
| CMPT-MRS | cs-msr | Memory Systems Research | TASC1 8210, TASC1 9400 | Dr. A. Alameldeen | computers named ARCH; aka Memory Architecture Lab; shares rooms with other Systems research groups | ||||
| CMPT-NLL | cs-natlang | Natural Language Lab | TASC1 9404 | Dr. F. Popowich, Dr. I. Sarkar, Dr. O. Schulte | including Dr. Schulte's group; shares room with 3DLG, TAI | ||||
| CMPT-NML | cs-nml | Network Modeling Lab | TASC1 9002 | Dr. Q. Gu, Dr. JC Liu | aka. Network Modeling Group | ||||
| CMPT-NMSL | cs-nmsl | Network and Multimedia Systems Lab | TASC1 8208 | Dr. M. Hefeeda | NMSL also uses room SRYE 4008 | ||||
| CMPT-PADCOMP | cs-padcomp | People and Data-centric Computing Research | TASC1 8210 | Dr. N. Vincent | shares room with Tangent lab | ||||
| CMPT-PARG | cs-parg | Program Analysis Research Group | TASC1 9000, TASC1 9400 | Dr. W. Sumner | shares rooms with other Systems research groups | ||||
| CMPT-PDCL | cs-pdcl | Parallel Distributed Computing Lab | TASC1 9400 | Dr. K. Vora | shares rooms with other Systems research groups | ||||
| cs-robotics | Robotics Lab | TASC1 7000, TASC1 8001, TASC1 8005, TASC1 8201 | incl. AIRob, MARS, MELLOW, ROSIE | umbrella group for research in field of robotics | |||||
| CMPT-ROSIE | cs-rosie | Robots with Social Intelligence and Empathy Lab | TASC1 8201 | Dr. A. Lim | also uses rooms TASC1 7000, 8001 & 8005 | ||||
| CMPT-RSL | cs-rsl | Reliable Systems Lab | TASC1 9000 | Dr. S.Y. Ko | shares room with PARG, SERG & SimPL | ||||
| CMPT-SERG | cs-serg | Software Engineering Research Group | TASC1 9000 | Dr. S. Alimadadi | shares room with PARG, RSL & SimPL | ||||
| CMPT-SimPL | cs-simpl | Simon Fraser Programming Languages | TASC1 9000, TASC1 9400 | Dr. A. Miltner, Dr. Y.P. Wang | shares rooms with PARG, RSL & SERG | ||||
| CMPT-SSec | cs-ssec | System Security Group | TASC1 9406 | Dr. J.L. Wu | shares room with AISL & STL | ||||
| CMPT-STL | cs-stl | Software Technology Lab | TASC1 9406 & TASC1 9431 | Dr. U. Glässer, Dr. T. Wang | aka Software Engineering Lab | ||||
| cs-systems | Systems Lab | TASC1 8210, TASC1 9400 | incl. ARCH, DIS, MSR, PARG, PDCL, RSL, SERG | umbrella group for research in field of computer systems | |||||
| CMPT-TAI | cs-tai | Trustworthy AI Lab | TASC1 9404 | Dr. Y.L. Li | shares room with 3DLG, CLL & NLL | ||||
| CMPT-Tangent | cs-tangent | Tangent lab | TASC1 8210 | Dr. L. Kim | shares room with PADCOMP | ||||
| CMPT-Theia | cs-theia | Light and Sight Research Group | TASC1 8002.1 & Co. | Dr. A. Tagliasacchi | shares rooms with 3DLG, GrUVi & VML | ||||
| CMPT-TL | cs-theory | Theory Lab | TASC1 9001 | Dr. M. Amy, Dr. A. Bulatov, Dr. V. Kabanets, Dr. I. Shinkar | includes ACO (Algorithms, Complexity, and Optimization Group), shares room with CLL | ||||
| CMPT-VML | cs-vml | Vision & Media Lab | TASC1 8000 & Co. | Dr. Y. Furukawa, Dr. X.B. Peng, Dr. M. Savva, Dr. A. Tagliasacchi | shares rooms with 3DLG, GrUVi, Theia & etc. | ||||
| CMPT-MICA | Medical Image Computing and Analysis | ||||||||
| CMPT-MCL | Medical Computing Lab | Dr. Atkins | |||||||
| CMPT-LFPL | Logic and Functional Programming Lab | ||||||||
| CMPT-SCIRF | |||||||||
| CMPT-Vivarium | a group of CMPT-ENSC joint labs | includes GrUVi, MIAL, SCIRF, VML | |||||||
| Research Labs - Surrey Campus | |||||||||
| Acronym | AKA | Official Name | Room #s | Directors | Remarks | ||||
| CMPT-GOL | Grad Open Lab | SUR 4112 | |||||||
| CMPT-BIO | Bioinformatics Lab | SUR 4190 | Dr. K. Wiese | ||||||
| CMPT-Health-Hub | cs-dhh-user | Digital Health Hub | SUR 4190 | Dr. K. Wiese, Dr. R. D'Arcy | CMPT-Health-Tech | ||||
| CMPT-NMSL | cs-nmsl | Network and Multimedia Systems Lab | SYRE 4008 | Dr. O. Karimi | NMSL also uses room TASC1 8208 | ||||
| CMPT-OSL | Open Source Lab | SUR 4120 | Dr. R. Cameron | ||||||
| NeuroTech Lab | Surrey NeuroTech Lab | Surrey Memorial Hospital | Dr. R. D'Arcy | ||||||
| Burnaby Campus rooms for Research Labs in CMPT | |||||||||
| Room | Labs | Directors | Seat | Size (SqM) | Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TASC1 7000 | Robotics | Dr. M. Chen, Dr. A. Lim, Dr. H. Ma, Dr. X.B. Peng | workshop, | ||||||
| TASC1 8000 | APEX & VML | Dr. Y. Furukawa, Dr. K. Li, Dr. X.B. Peng, Dr. M. Savva, Dr. A. Tagliasacchi | 29 | 120 | |||||
| TASC1 8001 | MARS | Dr. M. Chen | 12 | 79 | |||||
| TASC1 8002 | 3DLG | Dr. A. Chang, Dr. M. Savva | 16 | 66 | |||||
| TASC1 8002.1 | GrUVi | 12 | 64 | ||||||
| TASC1 8002.2 | GrUVi | 2 | |||||||
| TASC1 8002.3 | GrUVi | 2 | |||||||
| TASC1 8004 | GrUVi | Dr. Y. Aksoy, Dr. A. Mahdavi-Amiri, Dr. K. Yin, Dr. H. Zhang | 25 | 153 | |||||
| TASC1 8004.1 | GrUVi | meeting | |||||||
| TASC1 8005 | AIRob | Dr. H. Ma | 14 | 62 | |||||
| TASC1 8006 | a side room | ||||||||
| TASC1 8201 | ROSIE | Dr. A. Lim | 7 | 40 | |||||
| TASC1 8208 | NMSL | Dr. M. Hefeeda | 17 | 65 | |||||
| TASC1 8210 | PADCOMP & Tangent | Dr. N. Vincent | 14 | 53 | |||||
| TASC1 9000 | PARG, RSL, SimPL & SERG | Dr. S.Y. Ko | 26 | 120 | |||||
| TASC1 9001 | CLL & TL | Dr. M. Amy, Dr. A. Bulatov, Dr. V. Kabanets, Dr. I. Shinkar | 16 | 82 | |||||
| TASC1 9002 | NML | Dr. Q. Gu, Dr. JC Liu | 29 | 143 | |||||
| TASC1 9003 | MIAL | Dr. G. Hamarneh | 18 | 87 | |||||
| TASC1 9004 | acoustic room | ||||||||
| TASC1 9006 | DBLab | Dr. M. Ester, Dr. X. Hu, Dr. K. Wang | 35 | 132 | |||||
| TASC1 9200 | IXLab | Dr. P. Chilana, Dr. N. Vincent, Dr. X.D. Yang | 16 | 93 | incl. HCI | ||||
| TASC1 9201 | IXLab | Dr. P. Chilana, Dr. N. Vincent, Dr. X.D. Yang | na | ?40 | workshop | ||||
| TASC1 9217 | DSL | Dr. J.N. Wang, Dr. Z.J. Miao | 9 | 50 | |||||
| TASC1 9400 | SYSTEMS | Dr. A. Miltner, Dr. Y.P. Wang, Dr. S. Alimadadi, Dr. A. Shriraman, Dr. T.Z. Wang, Dr. A. Alameldeen, Dr. W. Sumner, Dr. K. Vora | 32 | 132 | incl. ARCH, DIS, MSR, PARG, PDCL & SimPL | ||||
| TASC1 9404 | CLL, NLL & TAI | Dr. I. Sarkar, Dr. O. Schulte | 26 | 133 | |||||
| TASC1 9406 | AISL, SSec & STL | Dr. U. Glässer, Dr. M. Tayebi, Dr. J.N. Wang, Dr. T. Wang, Dr. J.L. Wu | 9 | 64 | |||||
| TASC1 9431 | STL | Dr. U. Glässer, Dr. T. Wang | 6 | 36 | |||||
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