Research at the Department of Information Technology combines intelligent information processing to modern software and communications engineering. Machine vision and pattern recognition, software engineering and communications software are the main research areas. Research focuses on important application fields such as biometric person identification (biometric passport), medical image processing (diagnosis of diabetes) and communications engineering (mobile phones and networks).
The Department’s laboratories (Machine Vision and Pattern Recognition, Software Engineering, and Communications Software) represent the latest innovations in technology and create a high-level working environment for international research.

MACHINE VISION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION
- Machine vision.
- Digital image processing.
- Pattern recognition.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
- Software and systems development process innovation and testing methods.
- Role of architectures in systems development.
- Requirements engineering.
Communications software
- Communication networks.
- Communications software.
- Security, privacy, and trust.
- User centric software solutions.