Research Laboratories

1. Internet of Things and Computing Systems

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging paradigm that has recently attracted significant attention from academia and industry. To familiarize, empower, and support students and researchers interested in the IoT field, the IoT Laboratory at the University of Kurdistan was established in May 2018 under the supervision of Dr. Sa'dun Azizi. This laboratory is equipped with rich facilities and resources for educational purposes, testing, and experimental trials. The following describes the objectives, facilities, research areas, and activities of this laboratory.

Objectives:

  • Conducting specialized workshops and courses

  • Nurturing and supporting creative and innovative ideas

  • Executing research projects and plans

  • Organizing specialized seminars and lectures by inviting professors and researchers

  • Defining undergraduate, master's, and doctoral projects and theses in the fields of IoT, Fog Computing, Cloud Computing, and Big Data

Facilities:

  • Various types of electronic boards

  • Diverse and widely used sensors and actuators

  • Short-range and long-range communication equipment

  • Basic electronic components

  • Other accessories

Research Areas:

  • Smart City

  • Smart Healthcare

  • Smart Agriculture

  • Smart Home and Building

  • Environmental Monitoring

  • Smart Energy Grids

Research Activities:

  • Designing and implementing IoT-based applications, platforms, and services

  • Reducing energy consumption in fog and cloud computing environments

  • Improving service quality in fog and cloud computing environments

  • Big data analytics (batch and real-time processing)

2. Complex Network Analysis and Intelligent Systems

The Intelligent Systems Laboratory at the University of Kurdistan consists of several faculty members and graduate students from the Computer Engineering Department and was established in 2012 under the supervision of Dr. Parham Moradi with the aim of conducting research in intelligent information systems. The active research areas of this laboratory include:

  • Recommender Systems

  • Machine Learning

  • Analysis of Large-Scale Intelligent Information Systems

  • Social Network Analysis

  • Reinforcement Learning

  • Natural Language Processing

3. Social and Biological Network Analysis Laboratory (SBNA)

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Modeling relationships in various types of networks, including biological and social networks, leads to a deeper and more accurate understanding of systems from micro to macro scales. At the Social and Biological Network Analysis Laboratory, students of various nationalities alongside domestic students from software, algorithms and computations, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence backgrounds at the master's and doctoral levels collaborate. Under the supervision of Dr. Sadegh Soleimani, they engage in scientific research at national and international levels and address real-world industry problems and needs through research projects. For more information about this laboratory, visit: SBNA.uok.ac.ir

4. Data Science

5. Multimedia Data Learning Laboratory (MDL)