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Our research work is renowned in the UK and across the world, and we have developed partnerships so we can transfer our knowledge to a range of industrial, commercial, policy-making and government departments.

Computer Science

Our research work is renowned in the UK and across the world, and we have developed partnerships so we can transfer our knowledge to a range of industrial, commercial, policy-making and government departments. As a result, our work has a major impact on IT products and services. We're also improving public awareness of the social, political and financial impact of information and communication technologies.

Here's a quick overview of some of our research:

  • The Secure Software Engineering Research Group covers software protection, cybersecurity, digital forensics, risk management, and distributed systems.
  • The Enterprise Computing Research Group covers cloud computing, data centres, energy efficiency, and systems modelling.
  • The Intelligent Systems Research Group covers the main areas of artificial intelligence: speech, image, and video processing; big data analytics, deep learning, augmented reality, and recommender systems.

Engineering

Research in Engineering at UEL is undertaken as per four research groups to build upon our areas of strength, maximise research potential of researchers and foster synergy among groups. 

Connected Devices and Systems aims to develop novel devices and systems for building future environments with higher connectivity, for good health and improving quality of life.  

In Innovative Materials and Construction Systems, research is undertaken for development of innovative materials and construction systems towards betterment of the current construction practice, quality of life and the environment.

In Flood Risk Monitoring and Mapping research topics include coastal and river engineering, prevention mechanisms for tsunamis, storm surges and high waves; advanced algorithms for processing survey data and flood risk management; and performance assessment of deteriorating infrastructures and flood risk management with stochastic modelling, improving reliability and optimising maintenance.

The Sustainable Urban Built Environment group carry out research into novel and innovative solutions for climate change, resources, environmental degradation.

Art and Design

Energised by our location in a thriving and historically significant area of London's docklands, our researchers in art and design are internationally renowned practitioners and theorists who are committed to both engagement with local communities and fostering relationships beyond the academy. Supported by a dedicated technical team and with access to state-of-the-art technologies, our artists and designers produce work in sculpture and installation, painting, film, video and animation that are exhibited globally, as well as critical and historical studies which engage with art as a social practice. Our flagship Professional Doctorate in Fine Art offers students the opportunity to develop their professional practice in a vibrant environment, supported by world-leading artists and thinkers. We foster a culture of debate and critique in which established researchers and doctoral candidates come together to collaborate on diverse and exciting projects which push the boundaries of what art can be.

Whilst shaped by our East London locality, our research engages globally across the 21st century industrialised cityscapes and managed landscapes. As impact drives our research, we operate on the basis that traditional boundaries between disciplines are wholly transparent because genuinely sustainable outcomes require the integration of social, environmental and resource-based actions to re-define environment, place and living space, maximising social return on research investment within the context of a climate emergency. The strength of our research comes from the fact that we work through partnerships across disciplines both within UEL (environmental science, materials science, architecture, landscape, social science, engineering, fine and performing arts) and beyond.

Architecture

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Centre for Geo-Information Studies

The Centre for Geo-Information Studies is an established research centre specialising specialise in all aspects of geo-information science.

CITE CCEP Research Group

Our mission is to provide engineering solutions in the areas of communications, yield new design concepts, methodologies and novel control techniques.

Constructed Environments and Critical Architecture

At CECA we have always insisted on teaching our students the basics of scripting in CAD, and through it to investigate the use of emergent algorithms.

Data and Senses; Architecture, Neuroscience and the Digital Worlds

International Conference organised by UEL, supported by ARUP, RIBA and the Museum of Architecture.
23-24 March 2017.

Environmental Design and Performance Research Group (EDPRG)

ERDG started with research undertaken to identify sustainable design strategies that would deliver on low carbon and thermally comfortable buildings.

Intelligent Systems Research Group

The Intelligent Systems Research group focuses on cyber technology such as Big Data Technologies, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Place Production Group

Place Production Research Group (PPG), formally referred to as Place Research Lab is an organisation dedicated to researching the concept of Place.

Secure Software Engineering research group

The Secure Software Engineering Group was born in 2019 from the Software Systems Engineering Group, the first Computer Science research group at UEL.

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