Research Areas

Rice University has established a reputation as a high-quality engineering education and research institution. However, Rice is a small university and does not attempt to address all engineering research areas or disciplines. Likewise, K2I does not attempt to address all aspects of information technology and computational engineering and science. K2I's areas of research are:

• parallel computation
• distributed computing
• robotics
• digital signal processing
• telecommunications
• optimization
• data modeling and analysis
• technologies in education
• advanced computational research
• bioinformatics
• computational neuroscience
• sensor networks
• image and video processing
• computational fluid dynamics

In addition to these more traditional areas of engineering research, K2I works to expand the scope of information technology inquiry through its Enriching Rice through Information Technology program(ERIT). Through ERIT, K2I supports research using information technology beyond the traditional boundaries of engineering and science.