College of Computing

Faculty

Todd Arney

Todd O. Arney

  • Senior Lecturer, Applied Computing
  • Faculty Advisor: Linux Users Group (LUG)
  • Faculty Co-Advisor: DevOps, Open Source Club, Epsilon Pi Tau - Honors Society (EPT)

Research Interests

  • Wireless security
  • Virtual computing
  • Cybersecurity

Teaching Interests

  • Linux administration
  • Ethics and technology
  • Microsoft administration
  • Wireless systems
  • Scripting
  • Infrastructure services
  • Cybersecurity
Gorkem Asilioglu

Gorkem Asilioglu

  • Lecturer, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

  • Computer Architecture
  • High-Performance Computing
  • Programming Languages
  • CS Education 
Jung Yun Bae

Jung Yun Bae

  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
  • Assistant Professor, Applied Computing

Research Interests

  • Robotics, Multi-robot systems
  • Coordination of Heterogeneous Robot Systems
  • Vehicle Routing Problems
  • Multi-robot System Control and Optimization
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Operational Research for Autonomous Vehicles
Briana Bettin

Briana Bettin

  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science
  • Assistant Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences

Research Interests

  • User experience
  • Human factors
  • Human-computer Interactions
  • Mental models
  • Information representation
  • Rural digital literacy
  • Education, engagement, and retention
  • Digital anthropology 
Laura Brown

Laura E. Brown

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science
  • Director, Data Science Graduate Program

Links of Interest

Area of Expertise

  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Data Mining and Data Science
  • Applications of AI and ML to Energy (microgrids, power systems), Health, and other domains
Yu Cai

Yu Cai

  • Professor, Applied Computing
  • Affiliated Professor, Computational Science and Engineering

Links of Interest

Area of Expertise

  • Cybersecurity
  • Computer Network
  • Computing Education
Bo Chen

Bo Chen

  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

  • Mobile Device Security
  • Cloud Computing Security
  • Named Data Networking Security
  • Big Data Security
  • Blockchain
Ali Ebnenasir

Ali Ebnenasir

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Area of Expertise

  • Software Engineering
  • Automated Analysis of Fault-Tolerance
  • Formal Methods
Daniel Fuhrmann

Daniel R. Fuhrmann

  • Chair, Department of Applied Computing
  • Dave House Professor of Computer Engineering

Areas of Interest

  • Signal Processing 
Gowtham

Gowtham

  • Director of Research Computing, Information Technology
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physics
  • Research Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering NSF XSEDE Campus Champion

Links of Interest

Teaching Interests

  • Scientific Computing

Research Interests

  • Parallel computing and visualization
  • Design and optimization of supercomputing platform
  • Design of computational work flows
  • Technological tools for research and teaching
  • Interaction of biological matter with nanomaterials
  • Electronic structure calculations of nanoclusters
Timothy Havens

Timothy Havens

  • Associate Dean for Research, College of Computing
  • William and Gloria Jackson Associate Professor of Computer Systems
  • Director, Institute of Computing and Cybersystems

Links of Interest

Areas of Interest

  • Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
  • Signal and Image Processing
  • Sensor and Data Fusion
  • Heterogeneous Data Mining
  • Explosive Hazard Detection
Paniz Hazaveh

Paniz Hazaveh

  • Lecturer, Applied Computing

Research Interests

  • Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
  • Single electron devices
  • Charging-effect-based tunneling devices
  • Quantum electronics
  • Circuit design

Teaching Interests

  • Electronics
  • Circuits and instrumentation
  • Physical electronics
  • Digital logic
Guy Hembroff

Guy C. Hembroff

  • Associate Professor, Applied Computing
  • Director, Health Informatics Graduate Program
  • Affiliated Associate Professor, Data Science

Research Interests

  • Human Health-focused ML/DL and Computer Vision
  • Large-scale Cybersecurity architectures
  • mHealth
  • Biometric development
  • Intelligent medical devices

Links of Interest

Personal Webpage 

Teaching Interests

  • Cybersecurity
  • Medical/Health Informatics
  • Data Science
  • Network Engineering
Jason Hiebel

Jason Hiebel

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Scott Kuhl

Scott A. Kuhl

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science
  • Affiliated Associate Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
  • Faculty Advisor, Husky Game Development Enterprise

Links of Interest

Area of Expertise

  • Computer Graphics
  • Virtual Environments
  • Head-mounted displays
  • Human Perception
Dennis Livesay

Dennis Livesay

  • Dave House Dean of Computing
  • Professor, Department of Applied Computing
  • Affiliated Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Computational Biophysics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Protein Dynamics
  • Protein Engineering
  • Data Science and Analytics

Academic Interests

  • Innovation in Computing and
  • Technology Education
  • Broadening Participation in STEM
  • Enrollment Management
  • The Evolving Credentialing Landscape
  • Research Administration
Jean Mayo

Jean Mayo

  • Professor, Computer Science
  • Graduate Program Director, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Area of Expertise

  • Distributed Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Security
  • Computer Science Education
Yakov Nekrich

Yakov Nekrich

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science

Areas of Expertise

    • String Algorithms
    • Compressed Data Structures
    • Computational Geometry

Links of Interest

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms
Nilufer Onder

Nilufer Onder

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science
  • Associate Chair, Computer Science
  • Undergraduate Program Director, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Area of Expertise

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Automated Planning and Scheduling
  • Computer Science Education
  • Student Persistence in STEM
Soner Onder

Soner Onder

  • Professor, Computer Science
  • Affiliated Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page  
FAST
Sphinx

Area of Expertise

  • Computer Architecture
  • Programming Languages
  • Simulation
Linda Ott

Linda Ott

  • Chair, Department of Computer Science
  • Professor, Computer Science

Links of Interest

 

Area of Expertise

  • Software Measurement
  • Software Processes
  • Software Engineering Education
  • Women in Computing
  • Retention in Undergraduate CS Education
Sidike Paheding

Sidike Paheding

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Computing
  • Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
  • Affiliated Faculty, Center for Data Sciences, and Computational Science & Engineering

Specialties

  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Computer Vision
  • Image and Video Processing
  • Remote Sensing
Robert Pastel

Robert Pastel

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science
  • Affiliated Associate Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
  • Faculty Advisor, Humane Interface Design Enterprise

Links of Interest

Area of Expertise

  • Mobile App Design and Usability
  • Software Development and Processes
  • Computer Science Education
Donald Peck

Donald Peck

  • Research Associate Professor, Health Informatics, Applied Computing
  • Retired - Vice Chair, Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Health System

Research Interests

  • Analytics
  • Medical Imaging Methods
  • Image Processing
  • Radiomics

Teaching Interests

  • Medical Imaging Physics
  • Imaging Informatics
Junqiao Qiu

Junqiao Qiu

  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page

Research Focus

  • Parallel Computing
  • Programming Systems 
  • Compiler Optimization
Nathir Rawashdeh

Nathir A. Rawashdeh

  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Applied Computing
  • Affiliated Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Member, Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

Teaching Experience

  • Programmable Logic Control (PLC)
  • Digital Electronics
  • Analog Electronics
  • Image Processing
  • Automatic Control Systems
  • Instrumentation & Measurement
  • Mechatronics Senior Design
  • MATLAB Programming

Research Interests

  • Image Processing;
  • Autonomous vehicles;
  • Mobile robots; 
  • Mechatronics;
  • Applied artificial intelligence
Ashraf Saleem

Ashraf Saleem

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Computing (beginning in spring 2021)

Teaching Interests

  • Mechatronics system design and integration
  • Modeling and simulation of complex systems
  • Sensors and actuators
  • Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
  • Control system design
  • Instrumentation and measurements
     

Research Interests

  • Autonomous systems
  • Vision-based unmanned vehicles
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Control of Piezoelectric actuators
  • Servo-pneumatic systems
     
Alex Sergeyev

Alex Sergeyev

  • Professor, Applied Computing
  • Director, Mechatronics Graduate Program
  • Director, FANUC Certified Industrial Robotics Training Center

Research Interests

  • Optics
  • Signal processing
  • Image reconstruction and processing
  • Adaptive and atmospheric optics
  • Holography and laser spectroscopy
  • Engineering education

Teaching Interests

  • Optics
  • Electrical machinery
  • Power systems
  • Electronic devices and circuits
  • Real-time robotics systems
  • Programmable logic controllers
Ching-Kuang Shene

Ching-Kuang Shene

  • Professor, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Area of Expertise

  • Geometric/solid Modeling
  • Computer-aided Design
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computational Geometry
Jinshan Tang

Jinshan Tang

  • Professor, Applied Computing
  • Affiliated Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Affiliated Professor, Computational Science & Engineering, and Data Science

Research Interests

  • Image processing and pattern recognition
  • Biomedical imaging and medical image analysis
  • Medical informatics and intelligent medical diagnosis system

Faculty Homepage 

Teaching Interests

  • Computer networking
  • Advanced programming
  • Medical information system
  • Medical image analysis
Leo Ureel

Leo Ureel

  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science
  • Coordinator, College of Computing Learning Center

Links of Interest

Area of Expertise

  • Software Engineering
  • Computer Science Education
  • Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Tim Van Wagner

Tim Van Wagner

  • Lecturer, Applied Computing

Research Interests

  • Interoperability between healthcare organizations
  • Improving patient data management

Teaching Interests

  • Network infrastructure configuration and troubleshooting
  • Device endpoint configuration and management
  • Implementation of wireless technologies
  • Network storage technologies
Keith Vertanen

Keith Vertanen

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Area of Expertise

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Accessible computing
  • Speech and Language Processing
  • Mobile Interfaces
  • Crowdsourcing
James Walker

James W. Walker

  • Lecturer, Computer Science
  • Faculty Advisor, IT Oxygen Enterprise

Links of Interest

IT Oxygen Website

Areas of Expertise

  • Virtual Reality
  • CS Education
  • Software Engineering
Charles Wallace

Charles Wallace

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science
  • Associate Dean for Curriculum & Instruction, College of Computing
  • Affiliated Associate Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

  • Digital technology adoption for older adults and other digital newcomers
  • K-12 computing education
  • Undergraduate software engineering and computer science education
  • Communication in software development
  • Lightweight formal methods
  • Agile software development
Zhenlin Wang

Zhenlin Wang

  • Professor, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Area of Expertise

  • Optimizing Compilers
  • High Performance Architectures
  • Cloud Computing
Xiaoyong (Brian) Yuan

Xiaoyong (Brian) Yuan

  • Assistant Professor, Applied Computing
  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise  

  • Machine Learning
  • Security and Privacy
  • Cloud Computing
     
Jianhui Yue

Jianhui Yue

  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

  • Computer Architecture
  • Operating System
  • System Optimization of Big Data Process
Lan (Emily) Zhang

Lan (Emily) Zhang

  • Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Affiliated Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Links of Interest

Teaching

  • EE/CS 5821 Computational Intelligence

Areas of Interest

  • Wireless Communications (e.g., RIS, mmWave, CPS, industrial-IoT )
  • Big Data (e.g., machine learning, smart transportation, eHealth)
  • Cybersecurity and Privacy (e.g., IoT/CPS, learning pipeline, blockchain)
Ruihong Zhang

Ruihong Zhang

  • Senior Lecturer, Computer Science

Area of Expertise

  • Networking and Database Administration
  • Software Engineering
Weihua Zhou

Weihua Zhou

  • Assistant Professor, Health Informatics, Applied Computing
  • Affiliated Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Teaching Interests

  • Medical Informatics
  • Medical Image Analysis

Areas of Expertise

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning
  • Medical Image Analysis
  • Health Informatics
  • Text Mining