Research Centers

 ARMY HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING RESEARCH CENTER (AHPCRC)

The research conducted in this lab addresses some of the Army’s most difficult scientific and engineering challenges using high performance and power-and energy -efficient computing, emerging technologies, algorithm development, simulation and analytical modeling. Current research aims to: (1) reduce the energy footprint of important battlefield applications, while producing timely output that facilitates decision making; (2) guide the design and operation of private computing Cloudlets that will serve mission critical operations; and (3) develop the services (application solutions) that will be provided by these Cloudlets via migration of applications to emerging technologies embedded in portable devices carried by Warfighters and fielded mobile computing platforms.

Location: Prospect Hall Room 121; Contact: Pat Teller, Professor, pteller@utep.edu. Website: https://www.cs.utep.edu/hipersys/ahpcrc/index.php

 CENTER FOR CYBER ANALYSIS & ASSESSMENT

Focuses on the development of a collaborative portal that focuses on cyber forensics, the advancement of fundamental theory, models and algorithms that benefit the regional cybersecurity community. Through collaboration the portal aims to develop: 

• Techniques for efficiently identifying cross-domain vulnerabilities, potential impacts and remediation strategies in systems and networks. 
• Innovative tools, technology and concepts for the automated identification of complex, memory resident vulnerabilities. 

Location: Prospect Hall Room 234; Contact: Jaime Acosta, Visiting Researcher, jcacostautep.edu. Website:

https://www.arl.army.mil/

CYBER-SHARE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

The mission of Cyber-ShARE Center of Research Excellence in Science and Technology is to advance education and research through cyber infrastructures that support information exchange and integration, as well as collaborative interdisciplinary research. The Center’s cyber infrastructure (CI) efforts are focused on the following: 1) CI, computational science, and technology-enabled science research that link methods across multiple fields to support scientific data acquisition, integration, and analysis; and 2) CI, dissemination and training that focus on making CI products and tools accessible and usable.

Location: Classroom Building, Room 401; Contact: Monika Akbar, Phd, makbar@utep.edu. Website: http://cybershare.utep.edu/ 

CENTER FOR INFORMATION ASSURANCE

The Center has a portfolio of research projects in such areas as privacy-preserving databases and authentication and trust in distributed systems.

Contact: Luc Longpré, Associate Professor, longpre@utep.edu. Website: https://www.cs.utep.edu/CFIA/

COMPUTING ALLIANCE OF HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS (CAHSI)

UTEP CS serves as the national backbone for the NSF INCLUDES initiative to increase the number of Hispanic students who pursue and complete baccalaureate and advanced degrees in the Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering (CISE) areas. CAHSI operates as a collective impact with involvement of over 60 institutions, non-profits, government agencies, and industry.

Location: CRBL 401; Contact: Rosa Alfaro, rialfaro@utep.edu. Website: https://cahsi.utep.edu/