Research

NYUAD PhD Students in computer science conduct their research in a lab that connected to either the Science Division or the Engineering Division.

Science Division Labs

Social Machines and RoboTics Lab

Focuses on building socially and emotionally intelligent machines and robots that are capable of interacting and communicating in a natural way with humans, expressing through their figure a high degree of social intelligence.

AI and Society

Investigates the interplay between technology, human behavior, and social systems. 

Modern Compilers Lab

Our lab explores the intersection between three areas: compilers, machine learning (ML), and high-performance computing.

Engineering Division Labs

Embodied AI and Robotics Lab (AIR)

Focuses on advancing Embodied AI by developing multimodal foundation models and language-augmented AI systems that enhance robotic perception, interaction, and reasoning.

Integrated BioElectronics Laboratory

Advancing the engineering and applications of silicon integrated technology interfacing with biology in a variety of forms ranging from implantable biomedical devices to unobtrusive wearable sensors.

Design For Excellence Lab

Focus is on the reliability and security of electronic chips. With the increasing complexity of designs, enhanced capabilities of engraving smaller transistors on silicon, and low-power, high-performance operation requirements, integrated circuits are becoming more and more vulnerable to reliability and security threats.

Haven Lab

Works at the intersection of internet measurements, systems building, and applied machine learning.

NetBio Group

Focuses on the rational design of complex genetic circuits by combining wetlab experiments with modeling.

eBRAIN Lab

Advanced machine learning (ML) technologies, security aspects, and their embedded implementation in real-world applications

Research Highlights

Exciting research is happening at NYU Abu Dhabi. 

War on Hackers

Christina Pöpper, assistant professor of computer science says
these hackers are after everything from bank accounts to airplane GPS.