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Faculty

Professors:

Adali, Sibel Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Multimedia database systems; information integration; query optimization.

Anshelevich, Elliot Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Design and analysis of algorithms, especially for large decentralized networks. Strategic agents in networks and algorithmic game theory; approximation algorithms.

Carothers, Christopher Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Parallel and distributed systems; simulation; networking and real-time systems.

Cutler, Barbara Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Computer graphics; geometry processing; algorithms; and design tools for architecture.

Das, Sanmay Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Machine learning; computational finance and economics; multi-agent systems; information retrieval and biomedical informatics.

Drineas, Petros Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Design and analysis of algorithms, in particular randomized and approximation algorithms; linear algebra algorithms and their applications in data mining.

Freedman, Daniel Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Computer vision; image processing; computational geometry; computational topology.

Goldberg, Mark Ph.D., Professor

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Experimental design and analysis of algorithms; combinatorics and graph theory; applications to social networks.

Hardwick, Martin Ph.D., Professor

Data management systems for engineering and manufacturing applications.

Hendler, Jim Ph.D., Tetherless World Senior Chaired Constellation Professor

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Artificial intelligence, semantic web, agent-based computing and high performance processing.

Hollinger, David M.S., Clinical Assistant Professor

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Machine learning, AI applications for the WWW, genetic algorithms.

Isler, I. Volkan Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Robotics and automation; geometric algorithms; sensor networks and computer vision.

Krishnamoorthy, Mukkai Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Programming environments; design and analysis of combinatorial algorithms; performance issues in internet; analysis of web documents; network visualization.

Luk, Franklin T. Ph.D., Professor

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Numerical linear algebra; geographic information science; signal and image processing.

Magdon-Ismail, Malik Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Theory, algorithms and applications of computational learning systems; computational finance; bioinformatics, social and communication network analysis.

McGuinness, Deborah L. Ph.D., Tetherless World Chaired Constellation Professor

Semantic web, explanation of intelligent systems, semantically-enabled informatics, semantic eScience. (Will join in the Fall of 2007.)

Milanova, Ana Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Software engineering, programming languages, compilers, program analysis, software testing, verification, reliable software systems.

Spooner, David Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean of Science and Information Technology

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Database systems, database security, computer science and information technology education.

Stewart, Charles Ph.D., Professor

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Computer vision; medical applications. (Not accepting new graduate students for 2008-2009)

Szymanski, Boleslaw Ph.D., IEEE Fellow, Claire and Roland Schmitt Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Pervasive Computing and Networking

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Computer and sensor networks; distributed and parallel computing; distributed simulation; computational biology.

Trinkle, Jeff Ph.D., Professor and Chair

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Robotics, manufacturing automation, physics engines, multibody dynamics, computational topology, human-machine interaction.

Varela, Carlos Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Grid computing, middleware, concurrent and distributed systems, programming languages, coordination models, databases and the web. (Not accepting new graduate students for 2008-2009)

Yener, Bülent Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Computer networks; biological networks, bioinformatics, security, combinatorial optimization.

Zaki, Mohammed Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Data mining and knowledge discovery; bioinformatics; generic programming, high performance computing.

Zhao, Wei Ph.D., Professor and Dean of Science

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Distributed computing, real-time systems, computer networks, and cyber space security and privacy.

Research and Affiliated Faculty:

Bennett, Kristin Ph.D., Professor

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Mathematical programming, optimization, machine learning, data mining, support vector machines, and applications of data mining to bioinformatics, cheminformatics, finance, science and engineering. (Joint appointment with Mathematical Sciences.)

Bringsjord, Selmer Ph.D., Professor and Director of Rensselaer AI and Reasoning Laboratory

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Artificial intelligence, specifically including: logical, mathematical and philosophical foundations of AI; AI and creativity; reasoning-based systems for homeland defense/intelligence analysis; automated reasoning; automatic story generation and narrative control; intelligent tutoring systems (for teaching logic and logic-based programming) (Joint appointment with Cognitive Sciences.)

Bystroff, Christopher Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Bioinformatics; Markov models; protein structure prediction and design; molecular simulations. (Joint appointment with Biology.)

Franklin, Wm. Randolph Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Computational cartography; computational geometry; computer graphics; geographic information science; computer security. (Joint appointment with Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering.)

Gerhardt, Lester Ph.D., Professor, Associate Dean of Engineering, and Acting Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Eduction.

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Digital voice and image processing; communication systems; integrated inspection; sensing technologies, personnel verification and identification using biometrics. (Joint appointment with Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering.)

Isaacson, David Ph.D., Professor

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Mathematical and computational problems arising in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and breast cancer. (Joint appointment with Mathematical Sciences.)

Jansen, Kenneth E. Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Large scale, parallel scientific computing with emphasis on fluid dynamics. Topics include cardiovascular system modeling, turbulence modeling, level set methods, finite element formulations, error estimation, design of software frameworks, and parallel computing. (Joint appointment with Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering)

Kalyanaraman, Shivkumar Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Research interests are in the area of computer networking, concentrated around the theme of traffic management and high performance wireless networking. In particular, work on topics of congestion control architectures, connectionless traffic engineering, quality of service (QoS), last-mile community wireless networks, low-cost free-space-optical networks, disruption-tolerant opportunistic networks, automated network management using online simulation, multicast, multimedia networking (including peer-to-peer multimedia systems), and large-scale network performance analysis. Special interest lies in developing the interdisciplinary areas between traffic management, control theory, economics, scalable simulation technologies, video compression and optoelectronics. (Joint appointment with Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering.)

McLaughlin, Harry Ph.D., Professor

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Applied geometry; computational geometry, complex systems. (Joint appointment with Mathematical Sciences.)

Newberg, Lee Ph.D., Research Associate Professor

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Using algorithmic, statistical, and mathematical combinatorics approaches to computational molecular biology. Currently interested in using cross-species DNA multiple alignments for phylogeny and the detection of conserved regions such as transcription factor binding sites.

Shephard, Mark Ph.D., Professor

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Scientific computation; mesh generation;adaptive and parallel finite elements and multiscale methods. (Joint appointment with Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering.)

Wozny, Michael Ph.D., Professor

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Computer graphics; computer-aided geometric design; information systems in engineering design and manufacturing. (Joint appointment with Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering.)

Research Staff

Akella, Srinivas Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist

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Robotics and automation; robotic manipulation and motion planning; geometric algorithms and computer graphics; digital microfluidics and bioinformatics.

Ding, Li Ph.D., Research Scientist

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Semantic web, information integration, social network and trust, intelligent agent systems.

Yang, Shuhui Ph.D., Post-doctoral Research Associate

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Distributed systems, wireless networking, cyber security.

Instructors:

Ingalls, Robert Ph.D., Executive Officer

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Operating systems, network programming, computer science education.

Kotfila, David A. M. Div., Director of Cisco Networking Academy

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Advanced routing and switching protocols; network security; CCIE.

Emeritus Professors:

Flaherty, Joseph Ph.D., Amos Eaton Professor Emeritus

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Scientific computation; adaptive and parallel solution techniques; numerical analysis.

Glinert, Ephraim Ph.D.

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Assistive technology, universal access; human-computer interaction, multimedia information visualization.

McNaughton, Robert Ph.D.

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Automata theory; formal languages; combinatorics on words.

Musser, David Ph.D.

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Programming methodology; generic software libraries; formal methods of specification and verification.

Rogers, Edwin H. Ph.D.

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Collaborative computing; group operating systems; modeling paradigms.