Current activities of the SP&PR department are concentrated on R&D in the areas of:

• Image, Video and Speech Analysis and Recognition
• Content Based Image/Object Retrieval (CBIR/CBOR)
• Biometric based identification
• Neural Networks for Classification, Computer assisted Medical Diagnostics, etc
• Studying the properties of activated waters (an interdisciplinary thematic group, for contacts, staff, publications, seminars)

The Department has long-term interests in the technological development of information systems using Image Processing and Recognition.

The Department actively participates in European and National R&D projects and presents the results in international and national journals and conferences.

The Department is co-organizer of the annual international conference CompSysTech.