Tenure and tenure-track faculty
Regents Professors
Huan Liu
Huan Liu
Professor
Research interests
Social computing, data/web mining, machine learning, feature selection, text classification
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, BYENG 348
Named Professors
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
Professors
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
Ronald Askin
Ronald Askin
Professor
Research interests
Logistics, manufacturing systems analysis, production planning and scheduling, operations research, applied statistics
[email protected]
(480) 965-2567
Tempe campus, BYENG 548
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, BYENG 572
Research website
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, BYENG 588
Blockchain Research Lab
Research website
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
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
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
Sandeep Gupta
Sandeep Gupta
Professor
Research interests
Wireless networks, mobile and ubiquitous/pervasive computing, embedded sensor networks for biomedical applications, parallel and distributed computing
Subbarao Kambhampati
Subbarao Kambhampati
Professor
Research interests
Artificial intelligence, automated planning, machine learning, data and information integration
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, BYENG 502
Research website
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, BYENG 344
Visual Analytics & Data Exploration Research
Center For Accelerating Operational Efficiency
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
[email protected]
(480) 965-6316
Tempe campus
Research Website
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, BYENG 332
Advanced Transportation and Logistics: Algorithms and Systems (ATLAS) Research Laboratory
Research Website
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, FULTN 310
Research website
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
Program Chair, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Graduate Program Chair, Industrial Engineering
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 13212
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
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
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
[email protected]
(480) 727-4152
Tempe campus, CTRPT 203-25
Research website
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, BYENG 442
Research website
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
Associate Professors
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
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
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
Jedidiah Crandall
Jedidiah Crandall
Associate Professor
Joint appointment with The Biodesign Institute
[email protected]
Tempe campus, Mail code 7801
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)
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
Feng Ju
Feng Ju
Associate Professor
Research interests
Stochastic modeling and control in manufacturing and healthcare systems, battery management systems
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
Joohyung Lee
Joohyung Lee
Associate Professor
Research interests
Knowledge representation and reasoning, computational logic, logic programming, logics in security, computational semantics of natural language
Rong Pan
Rong Pan
Associate Professor
Research interests
Industrial statistics, reliability analysis and time series modeling
[email protected]
(480) 965-4259
Tempe campus, BYENG 352
Bhavik N. Patel
Bhavik N. Patel
Associate Professor
Co-director, ASU-Mayo Center for Innovative Imaging
Director of Artificial Intelligence, Mayo Clinic
Joint appointment with the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
Senior Associate Consultant and Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, and Chair, MCA Radiology AI, Machine Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (MI•2) Center
Research interests
Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing
[email protected]
480-342-0898
Mayo Clinic
Department of Radiology
13400 East Shea Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ
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
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
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
Paulo Shakarian
Paulo Shakarian
Associate Professor
Research interests
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
[email protected]
Tempe campus, BYENG 408
Research website
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
Rene Villalobos
Rene Villalobos
Associate Professor
Director, Industrial Assessment Center
Research interests
Logistics, automated quality systems, manufacturing systems and applied operations research
[email protected]
(480) 965-0437
Tempe campus, BYENG 322
Industrial Assessment Center
Research Website
Yalin Wang
Yalin Wang
Associate Professor
Research interests
Computer vision, medical imaging, computer graphics, geometric modeling, statistical pattern recognition
Xusheng Xiao
Xusheng Xiao
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Software Engineering
Computer Security
Tempe campus
Yezhou Yang
Yezhou Yang
Associate Professor
Research interests
Cognitive robotics, computer vision, robot perception, manipulation actions, vision and language
Ming Zhao
Ming Zhao
Associate Professor
Research interests
Distributed/cloud computing, big data, high-performance computing, autonomic computing, virtualization, storage systems, operating systems
Assistant Professors
Adil Ahmad
Ajay Bansal
Ajay Bansal
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Logic programming, constraint programming, answer set programming, data mining, machine learning, semantic computing, service-oriented architecture.
Tiffany Bao
Tiffany Bao
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Software security, automated binary analysis techniques, autonomous game-theoretical strategy for software vulnerabilities
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
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
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
YooJung Choi
YooJung Choi
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Probabilistic reasoning and learning, tractable probabilistic models, graphical models, knowledge compilation, trustworthy AI/ML, robustness, fairness, explainability
[email protected]
Tempe campus
BYENG 558
Research website
Adolfo Escobedo
Adolfo Escobedo
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Theory and application of linear and mixed integer programming; design, analysis, and efficient implementation of optimization algorithms; computational linear algebra; power systems operation and planning; circular economy.
[email protected]
(480) 965-5248
Tempe campus, BYENG 346
Nakul Gopalan
Nakul Gopalan
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Language grounding, robot learning
[email protected]
Tempe campus
Rakibul Hasan
Ashif Iquebal
Ashif Iquebal
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Data science, advanced manufacturing
[email protected]
Tempe campus
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
Hannah Kerner
Hannah Kerner
Assistant Professor
Research interests
AI, machine learning, food security, climate change, space exploration
[email protected]
Tempe campus
Heewook Lee
Heewook Lee
Assistant Professor
Joint appointment with The Biodesign Institute
Research interests
Computational biology, bioinformatics, genetic variation.
[email protected]
Tempe campus
Kookjin Lee
Kookjin Lee
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Scientific machine learning, computational physics, applied mathematics
[email protected]
Tempe campus, BYENG 568
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
[email protected]
(480) 967-2875
Tempe campus
Research Website
Hasti Seifi
Hasti Seifi
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Human-computer interaction, haptics, and social robotics
Yan Shoshitaishvili
Yan Shoshitaishvili
Assistant 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
Siddharth Srivastava
Siddharth Srivastava
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Sequential decision making under uncertainty, integrated task and motion planning for robots, mobile manipulation, probabilistic programming
Ni Trieu
Ni Trieu
Assistant Professor
Joint appointment with The Biodesign Institute
[email protected]
Tempe campus
Ruoyu Wang
Ruoyu Wang
Assistant Professor
Research interests
System security, with emphasis in automated binary program analysis, reverse engineering of software
[email protected]
Tempe campus
Research website
Chaowei Xiao
Chaowei Xiao
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Computer security, privacy and machine learning
[email protected]
Tempe campus
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
Yingzhen Yang
Yingzhen Yang
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Statistical machine learning, optimization for machine learning and deep learning
[email protected]
(412) 508-5664
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
Jia Zou
Jia Zou
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Data-intensive distributed systems, machine learning systems, blockchain, development of dynamic applications
[email protected]
Tempe campus