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Information Systems and Data Science

Center for Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Systems

The mission of the Center for Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Systems (CANVASS) is to unify research and development of autonomous vehicles and systems to better serve the state and nation. CANVASS is affiliated with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and the Texas A&M University College of Engineering. It is a multi-laboratory center with investigators in various departments within the college. CANVASS facilitates engineering education and is a major conduit for the autonomous-systems engineering workforce of Texas. Current research interests include robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles and human-robot interaction.

Srikanth Saripalli

  • Director, Center for Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Systems
  • Associate Professor
  • Gulf Oil/Thomas A. Dietz Career Development Professor II
Srikanth Saripalli

Center for Large-Scale Scientific Simulations

The Center for Large-Scale Scientific Simulations (CLASS) advances the state-of-the-art in large-scale scientific simulations and develops educational programs to train students for careers in modern scientific computation. Since its establishment, CLASS has built multi-disciplinary teams of faculty members and graduate students from several departments in the College of Engineering and the College of Science to work collaboratively, along with key researchers at national laboratories, on education and research relevant to computational multiphysics simulations.

Jim E. Morel

  • Director, Center for Large-Scale Scientific Simulations (CLASS)
  • Professor
Jim E. Morel

Texas A&M Center for Applied Technology

The Texas A&M Center for Applied Technology (TCAT) pursues enterprising research projects that fulfill client needs while inserting new technologies into society that promote economic growth and an improved quality of life. The TCAT team consists of employees with experience in academia, military, and industry, which gives TCAT the ability to cross interdisciplinary academic boundaries and to couple research strengths with experiences and successes of private industry, military, and other governmental agencies.

Keith Biggers

  • Director, Texas A&M Center for Applied Technology
Keith Biggers

Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS)

The Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS) serves and fosters collaborations across the university and its affiliated agencies. TAMIDS is a joint undertaking of Texas A&M University with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Texas A&M AgriLife Research. TAMIDS is an inclusive umbrella organization for data science and will facilitate interactions between researchers in diverse application areas and those with expertise in core methodologies, promote education in data science across the university, and pursue outreach to commercial and governmental organizations in the wider data science ecosystem.

Nick Duffield

  • Director, Texas A&M Institute of Data Science
  • Professor
Nick Duffield

Texas A&M Advanced Scientific Computing Center

The Texas A&M Advanced Scientific Computing Center, a joint center between the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Texas A&M University, is located on the Texas A&M at Qatar campus. The center brings together a multidisciplinary group of faculty and researchers from a variety of engineering and science disciplines to take on complex computational problems. The center’s overall mission is to be a local and global leader in computational science and engineering, conduct research academic activities that enable broader scientific discoveries, and enhance capacity building. The center has four main areas of interest: high performance computing, computational material sciences and chemistry, computational physics and biology and 3D scientific visualization.

Othmane Bouhali

  • Director, Texas A&M Advanced Scientific Computing Center
  • Research Professor
Othmane Bouhali