Armin Moin

Research Lab

Dr. Moin’s QAS (Quantum-Classical AI and Software Engineering) Lab

Location

College of Engineering and Applied Science (EAS), ENGR 140

Research Focus

Founded in August 2023, the QAS lab at the Department of Computer Science of UCCS focuses on the following research areas:

  • Hybrid Quantum-Classical Software and AI Engineering
  • Software Engineering for Artificial Intelligence (SE4AI), with a focus on AI Engineering (i.e., Software Engineering for AI-enabled systems) and domain-specific Model-Driven Software Engineering (MDSE)
  • Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering (AI4SE), for example, Mining Software Repositories (MSR) to support software engineers/developers and data scientists/Machine Learning (ML) experts, in particular, in large open-source software projects.

We are particularly interested in the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) domains and a broad spectrum of applications/use-case domains ranging from cybersecurity and healthcare to energy efficiency.

News

April 22, 2025: Dr. Moin (PI) and the QAS lab undergraduate research assistant, Laura Baird, won an Undergraduate Research Academy (URA) award of $4,000 for research at the intersection of Software Security and AI!

April 22, 2025: Read the UCCS Communique Article about the QAS Lab achievements.

March 12, 2025: Dr. Moin (PI) won an award in the amount of $50,000 from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), administered by the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), to implement the Quantum Dev (Q-Dev) project over April 2025-March 2026.

Members

Lab Director

Dr. Armin Moin, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Students

Nazanin Siavash (joined in January 2025)

Master’s Students

Himon Thakur (joined in April 2025)

Undergraduate Students

Andrew Barovic (joined in May 2024)

Laura Baird (joined in April 2025)

External Students and Researchers

Zahra Mardani Korani – external PhD advisee at the University of Lisbon, Portugal (August 2023-present)

Alumni

Undergraduate Alumni

Projects, Grants, and Awards

Internal funding

External funding

Publications

Peer-reviewed

Other

Talks and Presentations

Invited Talks

Media and Press

TV

Online media

Open Positions

We currently have no open positions.

However, we are continuously looking for talented graduate (Master’s and Ph.D.) and undergraduate students who are interested in research (e.g., thesis, dissertation, independent study, or internship) while studying in the Computer Science (CS) Department programs at UCCS. Please send your resume/CV and your full transcripts (undergraduate and, if applicable, graduate) to Dr. Moin at [email protected] if you are interested in joining the QAS Lab.