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Welcome to the Big Data Analytics Lab (BDAL)

In big data era, many traditional data analytics tasks need scalable solutions and many new opportunities appear. Our lab studies different aspects of big data analytics, including scalable causality analytics, scalable data aggregation and anomaly detection, with current application focuses on climate and manufacturing. We integrate techniques in distributed computing, data mining and machine learning. We work with academic and industry collaborators to achieve multidisciplinary research and social impacts.

Looking for Students!

Our lab is looking for undergraduate, master, Ph.D. and visiting students to work on big data analytics related research through volunteering, independent study, hourly paid position and Research Assistant. Please contact our lab’s director, Dr. Jianwu Wang, if you are interested.

News

  • 2026/03: Congratulations to Akila Sampath, for defending her PhD dissertation successfully. Her dissertation title is: Physics-Integrated Deep Learning for Arctic Sea Ice Dynamics. Dr. Sampath is the 9th PhD graduated from BDAL lab.
  • 2025/10: Dr. Wang was invited to give a research talk at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, UMD. More at Invited Talks.
  • 2025/07: Congratulations to Md Azim Khan, for defending his PhD dissertation successfully. His dissertation title is Frequency-Aware Mixture of Experts Model For Robust Multimodal Perception. Dr. Khan is the 8th PhD graduated from BDAL lab. He will join as Lecturer at the Department of Information Science and Systems, Morgan State University.
  • 2025/07: Congratulations to Seraj Mostafa for defending his PhD dissertation successfully. His dissertation title is AI-Driven Object Detection From Remote Sensing Data and Strategies for Optimal Model Training Resource Allocation. Dr. Mostafa is the 7th PhD graduated from BDAL lab. He will join as the AI & HPC infrastructure Lead at Odyssey.
  • 2025/04: Congratulations to Dr. Wang for receiving the 2025 Mid-Career Faculty Excellence Award from UMBC!
  • 2025/04: Congratulations to Akila Sampath, our PhD candidate, for receiving the LEAP Summer Momentum Fellowship!

Acknowledgement

We acknowledge the research funding from federal agencies, state, university and industry, including: National Science Foundation (NSF), Army Research Lab (ARL), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Energy (DOE), Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), State of Maryland, UMBC, Amazon and Microsoft.