Laboratory for Advanced Systems Software
Investigates systems issues for distributed systems ranging from large server clusters to networks of small sensors
Laboratory for Internet-Scale Distributed Systems
Studies foundational principles that enable Internet-based services to be reliable, scalable, secure, high-performance, energy-efficient, and low-cost.
Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics
Investigates planning and control methodologies for complex, multi-objective robotic systems,
Laboratory in Kine(ma)tics and Geometry
Focuses on rigidity, flexibility, and motion for constrained structures like linkages or frameworks in mechanics or robotics.
Massachusetts AI and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Fosters interdisciplinary research on the development of AI-enhanced technologies to improve connections between older adults, caregivers, and clinicians.
Natural Language Processing Group
Research spans a diverse range of topics, including computational social science, information extraction, neural language modeling, and representation learning.
Programming Languages and Systems at Massachusetts
Focuses on cooperative system support for robust and high-performing computing in the context of modern programming languages.
Public Interest Technology at UMass Amherst
Seeks to develop a variety of offerings that empower our community to promote personal and professional social responsibility in a technology-driven world.
Research in Presentation Production for Learning Electronically
Investigates how to most effectively use learning technologies to deliver lectures and course materials inside--and outside of--the classroom.
Resource-Bounded Reasoning Research Group
Studies the construction of intelligent systems that can operate in real-time environments under uncertainty and limited computational resources.