Computer science and engineering faculty
Gail-Joon Ahn
Gail-Joon Ahn
Professor
Director, Center for Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics
Research interests
Vulnerability and risk management, authentication and access control, security architecture for distributed systems, identity management, policy analysis and enforcement, formal models for computer security, and cyber crime analysis
Robert Atkinson
Robert Atkinson
Associate Professor
Director, iLUX (Innovative Learner and User Experience)
Research interests
Personalized learning, social media, learner analytics, mobile learning, cognitive science, usability testing, human-computer interaction
Janaka Balasooriya
Janaka Balasooriya
Associate Program Chair, Computer Systems Engineering
Senior Lecturer
Research interests
Distributed, internet and grid computing, web service coordination primitives and system architectures, biological data integration and interoperability, middleware and embedded software
Janaka.Balasooriya@asu.edu
(480) 727-8593
Tempe campus, BYENG 578
Tiffany Bao
Tiffany Bao
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Software security, automated binary analysis techniques, autonomous game-theoretical strategy for software vulnerabilities
Chitta Baral
Chitta Baral
Professor
Research interests
Knowledge representation, temporal logics, logic programming, dynamic systems, text extraction, question answering, natural language semantics, bioinformatics
Chitta.Baral@asu.edu
(480) 727-6047
Tempe campus, BYENG 572
Research website
Robert Barnhill
Robert Barnhill
Professor Emeritus
ROBERT.BARNHILL@asu.edu
(480) 965-4098
Foundation Building, Tempe campus
Rida Bazzi
Rida Bazzi
Associate Professor
Research interests
Computer security, reliability, fault tolerance, distributed computing
Heni Ben Amor
Heni Ben Amor
Associate Professor
Research interests
AI, robotics, machine learning, motor skill acquisition, human-robot interaction, virtual reality
Dimitri Bertsekas
Dimitri Bertsekas
Fulton Chair of Computational Decision Making
Research interests
Reinforcement learning, artificial intelligence, optimization, linear and nonlinear programming, data communication networks, parallel and distributed computation
Vernon Blackledge
Nadya Bliss
Nadya Bliss
Professor of Practice
Executive Director, Global Security Initiative
Nadya.Bliss@asu.edu
(480) 727-8313
ISTB4, Tempe campus
Chris Bryan
Chris Bryan
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Information visualization, visual analytics, virtual reality, data storytelling, data analysis, explainable machine learning and artificial intelligence; perception and cognition, human-computer Interaction, data privacy and security
Kevin Burger
Kevin Burger
Lecturer
Research interests
Embedded systems, introductory programming, data structures and algorithms, computer architecture and organization, web development
Burgerk@asu.edu
(480) 965-1493
Tempe campus, BYENG 516
K. Selcuk Candan
K. Selçuk Candan
Co-Director, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence and Professor
Director, Center for Assured and SCAlable Data Engineering
Research interests
Database systems, storage/querying/retrieval of multimedia and web data, heterogeneous information integration and retrieval, assistive technologies for information and data access, data clouds, ambient media systems
Kasim.Candan@asu.edu
(480) 965-2770
Tempe campus, BYENG 588
Blockchain Research Lab
Research website
Yinong Chen
Yinong Chen
Principal Lecturer
Research interests
Service-oriented computing, embedded systems, fault-tolerant computing, distributed computing
Charles Colbourn
Charles Colbourn
Professor
Research interests
Combinatorial design theory, network algorithms and network design
James Collofello
James Collofello
Professor and Vice Dean
Program Chair, Computer Science and Engineering
Research interests
Software engineering, software project management, software quality assurance
James.Collofello@asu.edu
(480) 965-3733
Tempe campus, BYENG 698
Jedidiah Crandall
Jedidiah Crandall
Associate Professor
Joint appointment with The Biodesign Institute
jedimaestro@asu.edu
Tempe campus, Mail code 7801
Partha Dasgupta
Partha Dasgupta
Associate Professor Emeritus
Research interests
Computer security, operating systems, distributed and parallel systems
Hasan Davulcu
Hasan Davulcu
Professor
Research interests
Data mining, web and text mining, data cleaning and information extraction, workflows and semantic web services, database systems
Yuli Deng
Adam Doupe
Adam Doupé
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Center for Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics
Research interests
Cyber security, web security, automated vulnerability analysis, mobile app security, static analysis, program analysis, hacking competitions, and pentesting.
Georgios Fainekos
Georgios Fainekos
Associate Professor
Research interests
Cyber-physical systems: hybrid dynamical systems, real-time and embedded systems, formal methods with applications to automation & control: system testing and verification, formal languages and logic, motion planning in robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
Xuerong Feng
Xuerong Feng
Senior Lecturer
Research interests
Algorithm design and analysis, including network algorithms, Bioinformatics algorithms and parallel algorithms
Xuerong.Feng@asu.edu
(480) 965-2855
Tempe campus, BYENG 512
Stephanie Forrest
Stephanie Forrest
Professor
Director, Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society
Research interests
Theoretical biology, modeling, simulation and cyberinfrastructure, cybersecurity, software development methodologies, evolutionary computation, biological modeling of immunological processes and evolutionary diseases
Steph@asu.edu
(480) 727-0492
Tempe campus, BYENG 394
Research Website
Aytekin Gel
Samira Ghayekhloo
Samira Ghayekhloo
Lecturer
Research interests
Advanced artificial intelligence, data mining, data analysis, and machine learning.
Samira.Ghayekhloo@asu.edu
Tempe Campus
Jeffrey Goss
Jeffrey Goss
Executive Director, Global Outreach and Extended Education
Associate Vice Provost, Southeast Asia
Professor of Practice
Jeffrey.Goss@asu.edu
(480) 965-5466
BYENG 640, Tempe campus
Sandeep Gupta
Sandeep Gupta
Professor
Research interests
Wireless networks, mobile and ubiquitous/pervasive computing, embedded sensor networks for biomedical applications, parallel and distributed computing
Dianne Hansford
Dianne Hansford
Lecturer
Research interests
Geometric modeling and scientific visualization
Dianne.Hansford@asu.edu
(480) 703-0263
Tempe campus, BYENG M1-02
Zilin Jiang
Zilin Jiang
Assistant Professor
Joint appointment with School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
zilinj@asu.edu
Tempe campus
Research website
Subbarao Kambhampati
Subbarao Kambhampati
Professor
Research interests
Artificial intelligence, automated planning, machine learning, data and information integration
Michel A. Kinsy
Michel A. Kinsy
Associate Professor
Director, Secure, Trusted, and Assured Microelectronics (STAM) Center
Research interests
Secure processors and systems design, hardware security, and efficient hardware design and implementation of post-quantum cryptography systems
mkinsy@asu.edu
BYENG 390, Tempe campus
602-543-4683
Research Website
Yoshihiro Kobayashi
Yoshihiro Kobayashi
Senior Lecturer
Research interests
Game design, game development, digital fabrication, AI in design, virtual reality, building information modeling, procedural modeling, computer graphics, PRISM Lab at ASU
Ykobaya@asu.edu
(480) 965-3708
Tempe campus, BYENG 354
Heewook Lee
Heewook Lee
Assistant Professor
Joint appointment with The Biodesign Institute
Research interests
Computational biology, bioinformatics, genetic variation.
Heewook.Lee@asu.edu
Tempe campus
Joohyung Lee
Joohyung Lee
Associate Professor
Research interests
Knowledge representation and reasoning, computational logic, logic programming, logics in security, computational semantics of natural language
Kookjin Lee
Kookjin Lee
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Scientific machine learning, computational physics, applied mathematics
Kookjin.Lee@asu.edu
Tempe campus, BYENG 568
William Lewis
Baoxin Li
Baoxin Li
Professor
Research interests
Computer vision and pattern recognition, image/video processing, statistical methods in visual computing, machine learning
Baoxin.Li@asu.edu
(480) 965-1735
Tempe campus, BYENG 502
Research website
Huan Liu
Huan Liu
Professor
Research interests
Social computing, data/web mining, machine learning, feature selection, text classification
Ross Maciejewski
Ross Maciejewski
Co-Associate Director, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence and Professor
Director, Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center of Excellence
Research interests
Information visualization, geographical visualization, computer graphics, syndromic surveillance, volume rendering, non-photorealistic rendering, decision support systems
(480) 965-2785
Tempe campus, BYENG 344
Visual Analytics & Data Exploration Research
Center For Accelerating Operational Efficiency
Gerald Mackulak
Ryan Meuth
Ryan Meuth
Lecturer
Research interests
Examining ways to improve engineering education, in particular the first year engineering experience
Rmeuth@asu.edu
(480) 727-6389
Tempe campus, BYENG 438
Katina Michael
Katina Michael
Professor
Joint appointment with School for the Future of Innovation in Society
Research interests
Emerging technologies, innovation, informatics, technology and society, policy and society, ubiquitous computing, digital media, wearable computing, embedded devices, big data, open data, drones, cybersecurity, IoT, robotics, automation
Katina.Michael@asu.edu
(480) 965-6316
Tempe campus
Research Website
Ariane Middel
Ariane Middel
Assistant Professor
Joint appointment with School of Arts, Media and Engineering
Research interests
Urban climate, heat mitigation, thermal comfort, human biometeorology, modeling and simulation, microclimate, local climate, climate-sensitive urban design, climate adaptation and mitigation, urban heat islands, urban climate informatics, geographic information systems, human-environment interaction, land use and land cover, sustainability, geovisualization
Ariane.Middel@asu.edu
(480) 967-2875
Tempe campus
Research Website
Phillip Miller
Mutsumi Nakamura
Mutsumi Nakamura
Principal Lecturer
Research interests
Active database systems, Web-based database systems
Mutsumi@asu.edu
(480) 965-1757
Tempe campus, BYENG 520
Gregory Nielson
Sethuraman Panchanathan
Sethuraman Panchanathan
Professor
Director, Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing
Research interests
Human-centered multimedia computing, ubiquitous computing environments for enhancing qualify of life for individuals with Disabilities, and haptic user interfaces.
Panch@asu.edu
(480) 965-4407
Tempe campus, FULTN 310
Research website
David Pheanis
Fengbo Ren
Fengbo Ren
Associate Professor
Research interests
Hardware acceleration, embedded, reconfigurable, and parallel computing solutions for data analytics and information processing, energy-efficient computing, data-driven compressive sensing, hardware-friendly machine learning
Andrea Richa
Andrea Richa
Co-Associate Director, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
President’s Professor
Research interests
Self-organizing particle systems, programmable matter, bio-inspired algorithms, distributed computing and algorithms, theory of wireless communication, graph, randomized, and approximation algorithms, self-stabilizing overlay networks, combinatorial optimization, distributed resource allocation
Hessam Sarjoughian
Hessam Sarjoughian
Associate Professor
Research interests
Agent-based modeling, multiformalism modeling, simulation-based design, software architecture
Mohamed Sarwat
Mohamed Sarwat
Associate Professor
Research interests
Database systems, spatial/temporal data management, large-scale data management and analytics, recommender systems
Hasti Seifi
Hasti Seifi
Assistant Professor
Tempe Campus
Justin Selgrad
Justin Selgrad
Lecturer
Research interests
Game mechanics, path planning, perception, game AI
Justin.Selgrad@asu.edu
Tempe campus, BYENG 514
Arunabha Sen
Arunabha Sen
Professor
Research interests
Resource optimization in optical, wireless and sensor networks, video transmission over mobile ad-hoc networks, network processors, system/network on chip design, combinatorial optimization, algorithm design and analysis
Paulo Shakarian
Paulo Shakarian
Associate Professor
Research interests
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
phak02@asu.edu
Tempe campus, BYENG 408
Research website
Yan Shoshitaishvili
Yan Shoshitaishvili
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Binary analysis, with a focus on automation, cyber reasoning systems, and human-computer collaboration in cybersecurity.
Yans@asu.edu
Tempe campus, BYENG 480
Research website
Aviral Shrivastava
Aviral Shrivastava
Professor
Graduate Program Chair, Computer Science and Engineering
Research interests
Compilers and micro architectures for embedded systems, including techniques for power, performance reliability, temperature and code size improvement
Siddharth Srivastava
Siddharth Srivastava
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Sequential decision making under uncertainty, integrated task and motion planning for robots, mobile manipulation, probabilistic programming
Vijay Suthar
Violet Syrotiuk
Violet Syrotiuk
Associate Professor
Research interests
Cross-layer design and optimization in changing network conditions, modeling and monitoring, medium access control protocols, multi-hop wireless networks including MANETs, WSNs, WMNs, and cognitive radio networks
Farideh Tadayon-Navabi
Farideh Tadayon-Navabi
Principal Lecturer
Research interests
Computer science education, programming languages
Navabi@asu.edu
(480) 965-3228
Tempe campus, BYENG 518
Ni Trieu
Ni Trieu
Assistant Professor
Joint appointment with The Biodesign Institute
nitrieu@asu.edu
Tempe campus
Wei-Tek Tsai
Joseph Urban
Susan Urban
Kurt VanLehn
Kurt VanLehn
Professor, The Diane and Gary Tooker Chair for Effective Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Research interests
Applications of AI to education (Intelligent Tutoring Systems, teachable agents, tutorial NL dialogue systems), human learning (student modeling; cognitive modeling), cognitive science
Sarma Vrudhula
Sarma Vrudhula
Professor
Director, Center for Embedded Systems
Research interests
CAD for VLSI circuits, logic synthesis and verification, low-power design, power, energy and thermal management in processors performance, power and yield optimization of VLSI circuits, novel logic structures and applications to biology
Vrudhula@asu.edu
(480) 727-4152
Tempe campus, CTRPT 203-25
Research website
Ruoyu Wang
Ruoyu Wang
Assistant Professor
Research interests
System security, with emphasis in automated binary program analysis, reverse engineering of software
Fishw@asu.edu
Tempe campus
Research website
Yalin Wang
Yalin Wang
Associate Professor
Research interests
Computer vision, medical imaging, computer graphics, geometric modeling, statistical pattern recognition
Marvin Woodfill
Chaowei Xiao
Chaowei Xiao
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Computer security, privacy and machine learning
xiaocw@asu.edu
Tempe campus
Research website
Guoliang Xue
Guoliang Xue
Professor
Research interests
Survivability and security in smart grid, privacy and security in mobile social networks, economic approaches to network applications
Xue@asu.edu
(480) 965-6218
Tempe campus, BYENG 442
Research website
Yezhou Yang
Yezhou Yang
Associate Professor
Research interests
Cognitive robotics, computer vision, robot perception, manipulation actions, vision and language
Yingzhen Yang
Yingzhen Yang
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Statistical machine learning, optimization for machine learning and deep learning
Yingzhen.Yang@asu.edu
(412) 508-5664
Stephen Yau
Stephen Yau
Professor
Research interests
Trust management and security, software engineering, distributed systems, service based systems, ubiquitous/pervasive computing
Yau@asu.edu
(480) 965-2647
Tempe campus, BYENG 488
Yu Zhang
Yu Zhang
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Multi-agent systems, human-aware planning, multi-agent planning, automated planning and scheduling, distributed robot systems, human-robot interaction
Ming Zhao
Ming Zhao
Associate Professor
Research interests
Distributed/cloud computing, big data, high-performance computing, autonomic computing, virtualization, storage systems, operating systems
Jia Zou
Jia Zou
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Data-intensive distributed systems, machine learning systems, blockchain, development of dynamic applications
Jia.Zou@asu.edu
Tempe campus