Faculty by discipline
Ruben Acuna
Ruben Acuna
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research Interests
Algorithm development, bioinformatics, data analysis
[email protected]
Polytechnic campus, PRLTA 230K
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
[email protected]
(480) 965-9007
Tempe campus, BYENG 446
Research website
Nouh Talal Alhindawi

Nouh Talal Alhindawi
Associate Teaching Professor
Software engineering
Mary Anderson-Rowland
Aman Arora
Aman Arora
Assistant Professor
Computer science and engineering
Reconfigurable Computing, Hardware Acceleration of Machine Learning, Non-traditional Computing (e.g. Processing In Memory), Using Machine Learning for CAD/EDA
[email protected]​
Tempe Campus
660 S. Mill Avenue Suite 203-09
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
Jaejong Baek
Jaejong Baek
Assistant Teaching Professor
Computer science and engineering
[email protected]​
Tempe Campus
699 S Mill Ave M1-38
James Bailey
Janaka Balasooriya
Janaka Balasooriya
Associate Program Chair, Computer Systems Engineering
Associate Teaching Professor
Research interestsÂ
Distributed, internet and grid computing, web service coordination primitives and system architectures, biological data integration and interoperability, middleware and embedded software
[email protected]
(480) 727-8593
Tempe campus, BYENG 578
Ayan Banerjee
Ayan Banerjee
Assistant Research Professor
Research interests
Power management in high performance data centers, cyber physical systems, medical control systems, data mining, mobile computing
[email protected]Â
Tempe campus, BYENG 517
Ajay Bansal
Ajay Bansal
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Logic programming, constraint programming, answer set programming, data mining, machine learning, semantic computing, service-oriented architecture.
Srividya Bansal
Srividya Bansal
Associate Professor
Program Chair, Software Engineering
Research interests
Semantic computing, big data integration, semantics-based solutions for outcome-based instruction design in STEM education, delivery models for software engineering education; web service description, discovery and composition.
[email protected]
(480) 727-5107
Polytechnic campus, PRLTA 230G
Research website
Tiffany Bao
Tiffany Bao
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Software security, automated binary analysis techniques, autonomous game-theoretical strategy for software vulnerabilities
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Chitta Baral
Chitta Baral
Professor
Research interests
Knowledge representation, temporal logics, logic programming, dynamic systems, text extraction, question answering, natural language semantics, bioinformatics
[email protected]
(480) 727-6047
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 572
Research website
Robert Barnhill
Tyler Baron
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
[email protected]
(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
Dragan Boscovic
Dragan Boscovic
Research Professor
Research interests
Machine learning, cognitive networks, symbiotic relation between network and users, blockchain, tokenization protocol, digital twins
[email protected]
480-965-5358
Tempe campus, BYENG 418
Blockchain Research Lab
Arizona Blockchain Applied Research Center
Kevin Burger
Kevin Burger
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests
Embedded systems, introductory programming, data structures and algorithms, computer architecture and organization, web development
[email protected]
(480) 965-1493
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 516
Geunyeong Byeon
Geunyeong Byeon
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Operations research and data analytics for supporting decision-making in large, interdependent systems
[email protected]
Tempe campus
K. Selcuk Candan
K. Selçuk Candan
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
[email protected]
(480) 965-2770
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 588
Blockchain Research Lab
Research website
Zhichao Cao

Zhichao Cao
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Data Infrastructure, key-value store (RocksDB, LevelDB, and HBase), NoSQL database, data deduplication, backup and archive system, file system, hierarchical storage system, distributed storage system, compute-storage disaggregation
John Cavallaro
John Cavallaro
Assistant Teaching Professor
Industrial engineering, engineering management
[email protected]
Tempe Campus
Linda Chattin
Linda Chattin
Teaching Professor
Research interests
Discrete optimization, stochastic processes and probabilistic modeling, emergency service location
[email protected]
(480) 965-3811
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 526
David Claveau
David Claveau
Associate Teaching Professor
Computer science and engineering
[email protected]
480-727-6389​
Tempe Campus, BYENG 480
Maria Elena Chavez Echeagaray

Maria Elena Chavez Echeagaray
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research Interests
User, customer and learner experience, human computing interaction, affective computing, educational technology, engineering education, intelligent tutor systems and software engineering
Yinong Chen
Yinong Chen
Teaching Professor
Research interests
Service-oriented computing, embedded systems, fault-tolerant computing, distributed computing
Michael Clough
Michael Clough
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests
Measurement of nano/microscale mechanisms underlying thermofluidic and interfacial phenomena for design of nanoengineered solutions that enhance macroscale performance of a variety of industrial applications including energy systems, thermal desalination, and transportation systems.
[email protected]
(480) 965-2804
Tempe campus, BYENG 480
Jeffery K. Cochran
Charles Colbourn
Charles Colbourn
Professor
Research interests
Combinatorial design theory, network algorithms and network design
James Collofello
James Collofello
Professor and Vice Dean
Research interests
Software engineering, software project management, software quality assurance
[email protected]
(480) 965-3733
Tempe campus, BYENG 698
Jedidiah Crandall
Jedidiah Crandall
Associate Professor
Joint appointment with The Biodesign Institute
[email protected]
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
Pak Lun Kevin Ding
Pak Lun Kevin Ding
Assistant Teaching Professor
Computer science and engineering
[email protected]​
Tempe Campus
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.
Charles Elliott
Xuerong Feng
Xuerong Feng
Associate Teaching Professor
Research interests
Algorithm design and analysis, including network algorithms, Bioinformatics algorithms and parallel algorithms
[email protected]
(480) 965-2855
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 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
[email protected]
(480) 727-0492
Tempe campus, BYENG 394
Research Website
Yanjie Fu
Yanjie Fu
Associate Professor
Computer science and engineering
[email protected]​
Tempe Campus, BYENG 476
Kevin Gary
Kevin Gary
Associate Professor
Research interests
Software architecture and design, open source software, agile methods, applications in healthcare and e-learning.
[email protected]
(480) 727-1373
Polytechnic campus, PRLTA 230C
Samira Ghayekhloo
Samira Ghayekhloo
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests
Advanced artificial intelligence, data mining, data analysis, and machine learning.
[email protected]
Tempe Campus
Jeffrey Goss
Jeffrey Goss
Executive Director, Global Outreach and Extended Education
Associate Vice Provost, Southeast Asia
Professor of Practice
[email protected]
(480) 965-5466
BYENG 640, Tempe campus
Paul Grogan
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
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests
Geometric modeling and scientific visualization
[email protected]
(480) 703-0263
Tempe campus, BYENG M1-02
Rakibul Hasan
Robert Heinrichs
Norma Hubele
Ashif Iquebal
Ashif Iquebal
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Data science, advanced manufacturing
[email protected]
Tempe campus
Pranut Jain
Cheryl L. Jennings
Cheryl L. Jennings
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests
Quality engineering, quality management, engineering statistics, business analytics
[email protected]
(480) 727-8078
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ MC 8809
Zilin Jiang
Zilin Jiang
Assistant Professor
Joint appointment with School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Research interests
Discrete mathematics
[email protected]
Tempe campus
Research website
Feng Ju
Associate Professor
Program Chair, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Graduate Program Chair, Industrial Engineering
Research interests
Stochastic modeling and control in manufacturing and healthcare systems, battery management systems
Subbarao Kambhampati
Subbarao Kambhampati
Professor
Research interests
Artificial intelligence, automated planning, machine learning, data and information integration
Hokeun Kim
Hokeun Kim
Assistant Professor
Computer science and engineering
[email protected]​
Tempe Campus
660 S. Mill Ave CTRPT 202-03A
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
[email protected]
BYENG 390, Tempe campus
602-543-4683
Research Website
Yoshihiro Kobayashi
Yoshihiro Kobayashi
Associate Teaching Professor
Research interests
Game design, game development, digital fabrication, AI in design, virtual reality, building information modeling, procedural modeling, computer graphics, PRISM Lab at ASU
[email protected]
(480) 965-3708
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 354
Ali Can Kucukozyigit
Heewook Lee
Heewook Lee
Assistant Professor
Joint appointment with The Biodesign Institute
Research interests
Computational biology, bioinformatics, genetic variation.
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
Tempe campus, BYENG 568
William Lewis
Baoxin Li
Associate Director for Academic and Student Affairs, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
Professor
Research interests
Computer vision and pattern recognition, image/video processing, statistical methods in visual computing, machine learning
[email protected]
(480) 965-1735
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 502
Research website
Tim Lindquist
Tim Lindquist
Professor Emeritus
Research interests
Software engineering, distributed and mobile systems, web applications and programming languages
[email protected]
(480) 727-2783
Polytechnic campus, PRLTAÂ 230
Research website
Huan Liu
Huan Liu
Regents Professor
Research interests
Social computing, data/web mining, machine learning, feature selection, text classification.
Ross Maciejewski
Ross Maciejewski
Director, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence and Professor
Co-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, BYENGÂ 344
Visual Analytics & Data Exploration Research
Center For Accelerating Operational Efficiency
Gerald Mackulak
Christopher Mar
Christopher Mar
Instructor
Research interests
Engineering education, embedded systems
[email protected]
Polytechnic campus
Daniel McCarville
Daniel McCarville
Professor of Practice
Research interests
Quality engineering, industrial statistics, engineering management
[email protected]
(480) 727-7674
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 350
Alexandra Mehlhase
Alexandra Mehlhase
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests
Software development methodologies, modeling and simulation
[email protected]
Polytechnic campus
Ryan Meuth
Ryan Meuth
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests
Examining ways to improve engineering education, in particular the first year engineering experience
[email protected]
(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
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[email protected]
(480) 965-6316
Tempe campus
Research Website
Ariane Middel
Ariane Middel
Associate 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
[email protected]
(480) 967-2875
Tempe campus
Research Website
Phillip Miller
Pitu Mirchandani
Pitu Mirchandani
Professor, The Avnet Chair in Supply Chain Networks
Research interests
Optimization, decision-making under uncertainty, real-time control and logistics, application interests in urban service systems, transportation, and homeland security
[email protected]
(480) 965-2758
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 332
Advanced Transportation and Logistics: Algorithms and Systems (ATLAS) Research Laboratory
Research Website
Douglas Montgomery
Douglas Montgomery
Regents Professor
Research interests
Statistical design of experiments, optimization and response surface methodology, empirical stochastic modeling, industrial statistics
[email protected]
(480) 965-3836
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 348
Abdallah Moubayed
Abdallah Moubayed
Assistant Teaching Professor
Software engineering
[email protected]
Polytechnic Campus
7171 E Sonoran Arroyo Mall Peralta Hall, Room 230X
Mesa, AZ
Gregory Nielson
Rong Pan
Rong Pan
Professor and Program Chair of Data Science, Analytics, and Engineering Graduate Program
Research interests
Quality and Reliability Engineering, Design of Experiments, Bayesian Statistics, Machine Learning, and Optimization.
[email protected]
(480) 965-4259
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 352
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.
[email protected]
(480) 965-4407
Tempe campus, FULTNÂ 310
Research website
Ted Pavlic
Ted Pavlic
Associate Professor
Research interests
Distributed algorithms, autonomous systems, decentralized decision making, complex adaptive systems, self organization, hybrid dynamical systems, sustainability in the built environment, behavioral ecology, behavioral economics, operations research, bio-mimicry and bio-inspiration, parallel computation, robotics,energy systems, intelligent control, optimization, game theory, resource allocation, collective behavior
Giulia Pedrielli
Giulia Pedrielli
Associate Professor
Research interests
Stochastic simulation, simulation-based optimization, statistical learning, optimization of complex systems
David Pheanis
Swathi Punathumkandi
Swathi Punathumkandi
Assistant Teaching Professor
Computer science and engineering
[email protected]​
Tempe Campus
Anshuman Razdan
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
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
George Runger
George Runger
Professor
Research interests
Statistical learning, process control, data mining for massive, multivariate data sets
[email protected]
(480) 965-3193
Mayo Clinic, Samuel C. Johnson Research Bldg 13212Â
Minseok Ryu
Douglas Sandy
Douglas Sandy
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests
Computer systems performability, structured machine architecture, and embedded systems engineering
[email protected]
480-727-1253
Polytechnic campus
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
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Hasti Seifi
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Human-computer interaction, haptics, and social robotics
Justin Selgrad
Justin Selgrad
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests
Game mechanics, path planning, perception, game AI
[email protected]
Tempe campus, BYENG 514
Ransalu Senanayake
Ransalu Senanayake
Assistant Professor
Computer science and engineering
[email protected]​
Tempe Campus
660 S. Mill Avenue CTRPT 203-21
Arunabha Sen
Arunabha Sen
Professor
Program Chair, Computer Science and Engineering
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
[email protected]
Tempe campus, BYENG 408
Research website
Yan Shoshitaishvili
Yan Shoshitaishvili
Associate Professor
Research interests
Binary analysis, with a focus on automation, cyber reasoning systems, and human-computer collaboration in cybersecurity.
[email protected]
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
Dan Shunk
Dan Shunk
Professor Emeritus
Research interests
Agile, enterprise and CIM systems, group technology, planning systems, economics of computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) strategy and strategic role of technology
[email protected]
(480) 965-6330
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 360
Siddharth Srivastava
Siddharth Srivastava
Associate Professor
Research interests
Sequential decision making under uncertainty, integrated task and motion planning for robots, mobile manipulation, probabilistic programming
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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
Teaching Professor
Research interests
Computer science education, programming languages
[email protected]
(480) 965-3228
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 518
Erik Trickel
Erik Trickel
Assistant Teaching Professor
Computer science and engineering
[email protected]​
Tempe Campus
Ni Trieu
Ni Trieu
Assistant Professor
Joint appointment with The Biodesign Institute
[email protected]
Tempe campus
Wei-Tek Tsai
Ayca Tuzmen
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
Rene Villalobos
Rene Villalobos
Associate Professor Emeritus
[email protected]
(480) 965-0437
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 322
Industrial Assessment Center
Research Website
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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
[email protected]
(480) 727-4152
Tempe campus, CTRPTÂ 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
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[email protected]
Tempe campus
Research website
Yalin Wang
Yalin Wang
Professor
Research interests
Computer vision, medical imaging, computer graphics, geometric modeling, statistical pattern recognition
Hua Wei
Hua Wei
Assistant Professor
Computer science and engineering
[email protected]​
Tempe Campus, BYENG 486
Philip Wolfe
Marvin Woodfill
Teresa Wu
Teresa Wu
Co-Director, ASU-Mayo Center for Innovative Imaging
Research interests
Health informatics, swarm intelligence algorithms for distributed decision support, information systems
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
[email protected]
(480) 965-6218
Tempe campus, BYENGÂ 442
Research website
Hao Yan
Hao Yan
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Real time modeling and analysis with large scale high dimensional data, data fusion for modeling of complex systems, and smart adaptive sampling strategy and data reconstruction
[email protected]
Tempe campus, BYENG 338
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
[email protected]
(412) 508-5664
Stephen Yau
Stephen Yau
Professor
Research interests
Trust management and security, software engineering, distributed systems, service based systems, ubiquitous/pervasive computing
[email protected]
(480) 965-2647
Tempe campus, BYENG 488
Nong Ye
Nong Ye
Professor
Research interests
Information and systems assurance, data mining and modeling, quality optimization and control of system operations
Yu Zhang
Yu Zhang
Associate 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
[email protected]
Tempe campus