Faculty Directory

Dr. Seung-Jong Jay Park

Kummer Endowed Chair of Computer Science

Areas of Interest

Big data, Deep Learning, Cyberinfrastructure, High Performance Computing, High Speed Networks, Large-scale scientific applications, Cloud Computing, Interdisciplinary research including bioinformatics.

Dr. Avah Banerjee

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest

Algorithms, Quantum Information Theory and Graph Theory 

 

Dr. Sajal K. Das

Curators’ Distinguished Professor/Daniel St. Clair Endowed Chair

Areas of Interest

Cyber-Physical Systems, Security and Privacy, Smart Environments (Smart City, Energy, Healthcare), IoTs, Wireless Sensor Networks, Mobile and Pervasive Computing, Big Data Analytics, Parallel and Cloud Computing, Social Networks, Systems Biology, Graph Theory and Game Theory

Michael Gosnell

Assistant Teaching Professor

Areas of Interest

Programming Fundamentals and Software Engineering, Operating Systems, Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science, Relational Database Systems, Parallel, Distributed, and Grid Computing

Dr. Tony Luo

Associate Chair for Academic Affairs & Associate Professor

Areas of Interest

Trustworthy Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (machine learning, cybersecurity, IoT)

Dr. Sanjay Madria

Curators' Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair of Research

Areas of Interest

Cloud ComputingSecurityWireless Computing and Mobile Data Management, and Cyber Security (Smart Systems)

Dr. Suman Maity

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest

Social Computing, Science of Science, Social NLP, Responsible Machine Learning

Jack Manhardt

Assistant Teaching Professor

Dr. Ricardo Morales

Director of Professional Graduate Programs and Associate Teaching Professor

Areas of Interest

Introduction to Programming with C++, Data Structures, Discrete Mathematics For Computer Science, and Algorithms

Dr. Venkata Sriram Siddhardh Nadendla

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest

Cyber-Physical-Human Systems; Statistical Inference & Machine Learning; Nudge & Persuasion; Security, Fairness, Transparency and Trust

Dr. Satish Puri

Associate Professor

Areas of Interest

Parallel and Distributed Computing, High Performance Computing, GPU Computing, Similarity Search

Dr. Chaman Sabharwal

Professor

Areas of Interest

Spatial ReasoningGraphicsRobotics, and Vision & Parallel Algorithms

Dr. Patrick Taylor

Associate Teaching Professor

Areas of Interest

Evolutionary computing, Bioinformatics, Security, Networking, Operating systems.

Dr. Ardhendu Tripathy

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest

Statistical Learning Theory, Adaptivity in Machine Learning, and Explainable AI

Dr. Huiyuan Yang

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest

Human-Centric AI, Multimodal Machine Learning, Machine Learning in Healthcare

San Yeung

Assistant Teaching Professor

Areas of Interest

File Structures, Introduction to Database Systems, and Introduction to Operating Systems 

Dr. Arif Zaman

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest

High-Performance Networks, Distributed Systems, Systems Software

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Joint Appointment Faculty

Dr. Jagannathan Sarangapani

Rutledge Emerson Endowed Chair Professor in Electrical Engineering

Areas of Interest

Systems and Control, Cyber Physical Systems and Security, Wireless/Sensor Networks, Robotics/Autonomous Systems, and Prognostics 

Dr. Sahra Sedigh

Associate Professor in Computer Engineering

Areas of Interest

Cyber-Physical Systems, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Pervasive Computing, Sensor Networks for Environmental and Structural Monitoring, Development and Assessment of Dependable Networks and Embedded Systems, and System and Information Assurance

Dr. Donald C. Wunsch II

Professor in Computer Engineering/Mary Finley Endowed Chair

Areas of Interest

Clustering, Neural Networks, Reinforcement Learning, Approximate Dynamic Programming, Adaptive Dynamic Programming, Adaptive Critic Designs, Adaptive Resonance Theory, Fuzzy Systems, Evolutionary Computation, Particle Swarm Optimization, Nonlinear Regression, Memristors, Game of Go (Baduk, Weichi), Traveling Salesman Problem, Prisoner's Dilemma Problem, Robotic Swarms, Bioinformatics, Self-Healing Critical Infrastructure, Smart Grid, Critical Infrastructure and Cybersecurity

Adjunct Faculty

Randy Canis

Adjunct Professor

Lecturers

Sean Wagner

Lecturer

Karl Lutzen

Lecturer

Courses

Emeritus Faculty

Dr. Bruce McMillin

Emeritus Professor

Areas of Interest

Cyber-Physical Systems, Computer Security, Cyber-Physical Security, Distributed Computing Theory

Dr. Clayton Price

Emeritus Teaching Associate Professor