The Strategic Research Plan guides the UBT in responding effectively to the changing environment in research opportunities, and provides a platform for participation in international research-related initiatives. The programme research plan is linked to the institutional research strategy theme: Information Technology. UBT conducts research in all aspects of information technology : hardware and software, components and systems. Programme research topics include: IT systems, data analysis, modelling and simulation, software and programming, systems and data security, telecommunications, health informatics, Cyber security. The most recent staff research contributions are organised through the UBT Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Engeneering. Addtionally, there are two Centres operating as part of the CSE Department: UBT Centre for Modelling and Simulation and UBT Centre for Data Security and Privacy.
The main research topics as part of the research strategy are:
- Big Data
- Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management
- Cloud Computing and Mobile Technologies
- Cluster and Grid Computing
- Mobile Games, Web applications
- Customer Care Excellence
- E-Services, e-Health, e-Governance
- Education Engineering, E-learning, Lifelong Learning
- E-Health, E-Services and Competitive Strategy
- Embedded Systems
- Engineering and Networks
- Governance and Management of IS
- Information Systems Security
- Live and Virtualized Collaboration
- Wireless Technologies, Mobile Networks, Next Generation
- Networks, Sensor and Mesh Networks
- RFID Solutions
- Modeling and Simulation,
- Modelling for control and real-time applications
- Parallel and Distributed Systems
- Public Sector ICT
- Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Multi-Agent Systems,
- Intelligent Information on Networks
- Semantic Web Technologies
- Social Computing and Collaboration
- Social Networking and Location-based
- Telemedicine