The Department's main areas of research are:

• Algorithms, Computational Complexity and Quantum Computing
• Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Representation and Mining, Automated Reasoning
• Computer Architectures and Computer Networks
• Computer Vision and Computer Graphics
• Cryptography and Security
• Data Management: databases, data and process mining, big data, and information retrieval
• Data Science and Complex Systems
• Discrete Mathematics and Graph Theory
• Distributed Systems
• Formal Methods and Model Checking
• Human Computer Interaction and Virtual Reality
• Machine learning
• Software Engineering and Programming Languages
• Robotics and Robotic Networking

In recent years, the Department has significantly increased its output in transdisciplinary research areas, including:

• Affective Computing and Neurophysiology
• Artificial Intelligence and Green Energy
• Artificial Intelligence and Health, Network Medicine
• Artificial Intelligence for Finance, Management and Business
• Artificial Intelligence in Education
• Bioinformatics
• Data Science, Network Science & Society