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Faculty in Computer Science and Engineering
Ishfaq Ahmad
Professor
Ishfaq Ahmad Profile
iahmad@uta.edu | ERB - 527
Research Areas: big data and large-scale computing, machine learning and data mining, robotics and AI, sustainable computing
Research Interests: robotics and vision, IoT, assistive technologies
Vassilis Athitsos
Professor
Vassilis Athitsos Profile
athitsos@uta.edu | ERB - 623
Office Hrs: MW 11:00a-12:30p
Research Areas: Computer Vision and Multimedia, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Research Interests: Gesture Recognition; Sign Language Recognition; Human Motion Analysis; Face Recognition
Linda Barasch
Professor of Instruction and Undergraduate Advisor
Linda Barasch Profile
barasch@uta.edu | ERB - 643
Office Hrs: T 11:00a-1:00p and W 10:00a - 12:00p
William Beksi
Assistant Professor
William Beksi Profile
william.beksi@uta.edu | ERB - 523
Research Areas: robotics, computer vision, cyber-physical systems
Research Interests: Robotics; Computer Vision; Artificial Intelligence; Applied Topology
Bill Carroll
Professor
Bill Carroll Profile
carroll@uta.edu | ERB - 521
Office Hrs: MTR 3:30p-5:00p and W 4:00p-6:00p
Research Areas: Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing
Sharma Chakravarthy
Professor
Sharma Chakravarthy Profile
sharmac@uta.edu | ERB - 632
Office Hrs: Tue Thu 11:00AM-12:00PM
817-272-2082
Research Areas: Big Data and Large-Scale Computing, Machine Learning and Data Mining, Database and Information Systems
Research Interests: knowledge discovery, big data analytics, data mining, graph analysis, multilayer networks, video situation monitoring, graph query processing, event-based push
Hao Che
Professor
Hao Che Profile
hche@uta.edu | ERB - 536
Office Hrs: F 5:00p-6:00p
817-272-3631
Research Areas: Computer Networks, Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing, Sustainable Computing
Research Interests: Internet distributed traffic control; content-centric networking; software-defined networking; Internet router interface programming; multicore processor and warehouse-scale computer analysis and resource management
Christopher Conly
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Christopher Conly Profile
chris.conly@uta.edu | ERB - 642
Office Hrs: Tue Thu 1:00p-2:30p
Research Areas: computer vision and multimedia, machine learning and data mining
Research Interests: machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision
Ronald E. Cross
Associate Professor of Practice and Director of Industry Outreach and Engagement
Ronald E. Cross Profile
recross@uta.edu | ERB - 549
Office Hrs: Mon Wed 11:00AM-12:45PM
817-272-1728
Christoph Csallner
Professor
Christoph Csallner Profile
csallner@uta.edu | ERB - 554
Office Hrs: TR 8:30AM-9:15AM
Research Areas: Software Engineering, Security and Privacy
Research Interests: software engineering; program analysis; automated testing; mobile software engineering
Brian Dalio
Associate Professor of Instruction
Brian Dalio Profile
ERB - 557
817-272-3785
Office Hrs: MTWR 11:00AM-12:30PM
Gautam Das
Distinguished University Chair Professor and Associate Dean of Research
Gautam Das Profile
gdas@uta.edu | ERB - 626
Research Areas: Big Data and Large-Scale Computing, Database and Information Systems, Machine Learning and Data Mining, Sustainable Computing
Research Interests: big data analytics; deep web and social media mining; databases exploration; Information retrieval; statistical and combinatorial algorithms
Jimmie Davis
Assistant Professor of Practice
Jimmie Davis Profile
jimmie.davis@uta.edu | ERB - 320
817-272-7143
Elizabeth Diaz
Associate Professor of Instruction
Elizabeth Diaz Profile
elizabeth.diaz@uta.edu | ERB - 555
817-272-0741
Research Areas: Software Engineering
Research Interests: Mobile Development Application
Alex Dillhoff
Senior Lecturer
Alex Dillhoff
alex.dillhoff@uta.edu | ERB 651
Research Areas: Computer Vision and Multimedia, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Chance Eary
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Chance Eary Profile
chance.eary@uta.edu
Research Areas: computer networks, security and privacy
Research Interests: opportunistic networks; opportunistic computing; mobile distributed systems; pervasive computing
Leonidas Fegaras
Associate Professor
Leonidas Fegaras Profile
fegaras@uta.edu | ERB - 653
Office Hrs: TR 4:00PM-5:30PM
Research Areas: Big Data and Large-Scale Computing, Database and Information Systems
Research Interests: database query processing and optimization, web databases and XML, functional programming languages, formal semantics
Negin Fraidouni
Senior Lecturer
negin.fraidouni@uta.edu | ERB - 551
Office Hrs: TR 4:00PM-5:00PM
817-272-0890
Research Areas: biocomputing and health informatics, machine learning and data mining, database and information systems
Donna French
Senior Lecturer and Graduate Advisor
Donna French Profile
donna.french@uta.edu | ERB - 652
Office Hrs: Mon Tue Wed Thu 4:00PM-5:30PM
Research Areas: Software Engineering
Marnim Galib
Lecturer
Jean Gao
Professor
Jean Gao Profile
gao@uta.edu | ERB - 538
Office Hrs: TR 12:30p-1:30p
817-272-3628
Research Areas: Biocomputing and Health Informatics, Big Data and Large-Scale Computing, Computer Vision and Multimedia, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Research Interests: biomedical and health informatics; big data analysis; machine learning; data mining; pattern recognition
Shawn Gieser
Senior Lecturer
Shawn Gieser Profile
shawn.gieser@uta.edu | ERB - 502
Office Hrs.: Tue Thu 12:30PM-1:50PM
Research Areas: Computer Vision and Multimedia
Research Interests: Human Computer Interaction; Motion Tracking; Virtual Reality; Virtual Rehabilitation, XR
Vamsikrishna Gopikrishna
Senior Lecturer
Vamsikrishna Gopikrishna Profile
vamsikrishna.gopikrishna@uta.edu | ERB - 553
Office Hrs: MW 10:00a-11:30a and TR 5:30p-7:00p
Research Areas: Machine Learning and Data Mining
Research Interests: Computer Vision and Multimedia, Machine Learning and Data Mining, Robotics and AI
Nadra Guizani
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Nadra Guizani Profile
nadra.guizani@uta.edu
Dianqi Han
Assistant Professor
Dianqi Han Profile
dianqi.han@uta.edu
Junzhou Huang
Professor
Junzhou Huang Profile
jzhuang@uta.edu | ERB - 650
817-272-9596
Virtual Office Hours (Huang)
Research Areas: Machine Learning and Data Mining, Biocomputing and Health Informatics, Computer Vision and Multimedia, Big Data and Large-Scale Computing
Research Interests: sparse learning; medical informatics
Manfred Huber
Professor
Manfred Huber Profile
huber@uta.edu | ERB - 522
Office Hrs: Tue 3:00PM - 5:00PM
817-272-2345
Research Areas: Robotics and AI
Research Interests: autonomous robot systems; sensor-driven robotics; machine learning; development of intelligent behavior
Mohammad Atiqul Islam
Assistant Professor
Mohammad Atiqul Islam Profile
mislam@uta.edu | ERB - 540
Research Areas: Big Data and Large-Scale Computing, Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing, Security and Privacy, Sustainable Computing
Bhanu Jain
Senior Lecturer
bhanu.jain@uta.edu | ERB - 639
Office Hrs: MW 3:00pm-4:00pm
817-272-2011
Research Interests: Machine Learning Prediction Accuracy and Bias in socially pertinent databases, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Deep Learning
Hong Jiang
Nedderman Professor and Chair
Hong Jiang Profile
hong.jiang@uta.edu | ERB - 639
Office Hrs: MW 10:30a-11:30a
817-272-3605
Research Areas: Big Data and Large-Scale Computing
Research Interests: Computer Architecture, Memory/Storage and I/O Systems, Cloud and Edge Computing Systems, Systems Support for Big Data Analytics, HPC Systems
Song Jiang
Professor
Song Jiang Profile
song.jiang@uta.edu | SEIR - 319 | 469-996-3465
Office Hrs.: Tue Thu 2:20PM-3:20PM
Research Areas: Big Data and Large-Scale Computing
Research Interests: File and Storage Systems, OS, HPC, and Management of Big Data
Farhad Kamangar
Professor
Farhad Kamangar Profile
kamangar@uta.edu | ERB - 524
817-272-3617
Research Areas: Machine Learning and Data Mining, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Research Interests: computer vision; image processing; artificial intelligence; data mining; signal processing; neural networks
Bahram Khalili
Professor of Instruction and Graduate Advisor
Bahram Khalili Profile
khalili@uta.edu | ERB - 629
817-272-5407
Office Hrs: TR 11:00a-12:30p
Research Areas: Software Engineering
Research Interests: software engineering processes; Software Cost Estimation; Agile methodology; Software Engineering Management
Won Hwa Kim
Assistant Professor
Won Hwa Kim Profile
won.kim@uta.edu | SEIR - 324
Office Hrs: T 2:00p-3:00p
817-272-6769
Research Areas: Machine Learning and Data Mining, Biocomputing and Health Informatics, Computer Vision and Multimedia
Research Interests: Machine Learning; Computer Vision; Harmonic Analysis; NeuroImaging
David Kung
Professor
David Kung Profile
kung@uta.edu | ERB - 532
Office Hrs: TR 2:30p-3:30p
Research Areas: Software Engineering, Security and Privacy
Research Interests: agile methods; object-oriented software engineering; testing object-oriented software; software methodology; software design patterns; automated software engineering; software security
Jeff (Yu) Lei
Professor and Director of the UG Software Engineering Program
Jeff (Yu) Lei Profile
ylei@uta.edu | ERB - 531
Office Hrs: TR 10:00a-11:00a
Research Areas: Software Engineering
Research Interests: software analysis, software testing, software security
David Levine
Associate Professor of Practice and Associate Chair
David Levine Profile
davel@uta.edu | ERB - 525
817-272-2349
Research Areas: Big Data and Large-Scale Computing
Research Interests: software engineering; systems; distributed-networked objects; operating systems
Chengkai Li
Professor and Associate Chair
Chengkai Li Profile
cli@uta.edu | ERB - 628
Office Hours: Tue Thu 1:30PM-2:30PM
Virtual Office Hours (Li)
817-272-0162
Research Areas: Database and Information Systems, Big Data and Large-Scale Computing, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Research Interests: computational journalism; natural language processing; usability challenges in querying graph data; data-driven fact-checking; exceptional fact finding; applied machine learning
Ming Li
Associate Professor
Ming Li Profile
ming.li@uta.edu | ERB - 536
Office Hrs: MW 2:30p-3:30p
Research Areas: Security and Privacy, Computer Networks, Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing
Research Interests: Crowd and social sensing; privacy-preserving computing; user authentication;
Yonghe Liu
Associate Professor
Yonghe Liu Profile
yonghe@uta.edu | ERB - 537
Office Hrs: TR 10:00a-11:00a
Research Areas: Computer Networks, Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing, Security and Privacy
Research Interests: internet of things; sensor networks; next generation networks; opportunistic networks; mobile applications
Jason Losh
Professor of Practice and Director of the UG Computer Engineering Program
Jason Losh Profile
jlosh@uta.edu | ERB - 649
Office Hrs.: By Appointment
817-272-3785
Jacob Luber
Assistant Professor
Jacob Luber Profile
817-272-5391
jacob.luber@uta.edu | SEIR-417
Office Hours: Thu 9:00AM-10:00AM
Research Areas: biocomputing and health informatics, computer vision and multimedia, big data and large-scale computing, machine learning and data mining
Research Interests: bioinformatics, cancer imaging, machine learning, genomics
Fillia Makedon
Jenkins-Garrett Professor
Fillia Makedon Profile
makedon@uta.edu | ERB - 624
817-272-3605
Research Areas: Machine Learning and Data Mining, Robotics and AI
Research Interests: human computer interaction; assistive technologies; pervasive computing; assistive robotics; computer aided rehabilitation; Cyber-physical Systems
Chris McMurrough
Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of Senior Design
Chris McMurrough Profile
mcmurrough@uta.edu | ERB - 511
817-272-1034
Research Areas: Robotics and AI
Research Interests: Computer Vision and Multimedia, Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing, perceptual computing for robotics and embedded systems; assistive devices
Jiang Ming
Assistant Professor
Jiang Ming Profile
jiang.ming@uta.edu | ERB - 528
Office Hrs: F 10:30AM-11:50AM
817-272-0906
Research Areas: Security and Privacy, Software Engineering
Research Interests: software security and malware defense; program analysis and verification for security issues; binary difference analysis; secure information flow analysis; malicious code analysis.
VP Nguyen
Assistant Professor
VP Nguyen Profile
vp.nguyen@uta.edu
Virtual Office Hours (Nguyen)
Research Areas: biocomputing and health informatics, robotics and AI, security and privacy
Research Interests: ubiquitous and pervasive computing
Shirin Nilizadeh
Assistant Professor
Shirin Nilizadeh Profile
shirin.nilizadeh@uta.edu | ERB - 530
Office Hrs.: Fri 10:00AM-12:00PM; Thu 9:00AM-11:00AM
Research Areas: Security and Privacy, Big Data and Large-Scale Computing, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Research Interests: Internet Integrity and Safety
Zaman Noor
Senior Lecturer
Zaman Noor Profile
mdhasanuzzaman.noor@uta.edu
Habeeb Olufowobi
Assistant Professor
Habeeb Olufowobi Profile
habeeb.olufowobi@uta.edu | ERB - 560
Office Hrs: MW 2:00PM-3:30PM
817-272-3785
Virtual Office Hours (Olufowobi)
Research Areas: security and privacy, big data and large-scale computing, computer networks, embedded systems and mobile computing
Research Interests: IoT security, machine learning, hardware security, blockchain
Deokgun Park
Assistant Professor
Deokgun Park Profile
deokgun.park@uta.edu | ERB - 533
Office Hrs: W 1:00p-2:00p
Research Areas: Machine Learning and Data Mining, Robotics and AI
Research Interests: visual analytics; information visualization
Salik Parwez
Senior Lecturer
Salik Parwez Profile
mdsalik.parwez@uta.edu | ERB - 558
Office Hrs: Tue 3:30PM - 5:00PM
Research Interests: 5G and beyond networks
Lynn Peterson
Professor and Associate Dean of Engineering
Lynn Peterson Profile
peterson@uta.edu | ERB - 534
817-272-5503
Research Areas: Robotics and AI
Research Interests: knowledge representation; artificial intelligence applications; Intelligent Computer-based Instructional Systems; Medical Computer Science; Engineering education
Jia Rao
Associate Professor
Jia Rao Profile
Jia.rao@uta.edu | SEIR 223
Office Hours: Tue Thu 10:00AM-11:00AM
817-272-0770
Research Areas: Big Data and Large-Scale Computing, Sustainable Computing
Research Interests: operating systems; virtualization; parallel and distributed computing; multicore architecture; reinforcement learning
Abhishek Santra
Senior Lecturer
Abhishek Santra Profile
abhishek.santra@uta.edu
Research Areas: Database and Information Systems, Big Data and Large-Scale Computing, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Research Interests: Graph Mining, Multilayer Networks, Information Fusion, Multi-Feature Data Analysis
Alexandra Stefan
Associate Professor of Instruction
Alexandra Stefan Profile
astefan@uta.edu | ERB - 625 |
Office Hrs: MW 2:30PM-3:00PM and TR 12:30PM-1:30PM
Research Areas: Computer Vision and Multimedia, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Allison Sullivan
Assistant Professor
Allison Sullivan Profile
allison.sullivan@uta.edu | ERB - 529
Office Hrs: M 11:00AM-1:00PM
Research Areas: software engineering
Research Interests: Software Testing; Program Analysis; Program Synthesis and Repair; Formal Methods; Model-Based Development
Carter Tiernan
Professor of Instruction, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, and Director of Outreach
Carter Tiernan Profile
tiernan@uta.edu | NH - 620
Virtual Office Hours (Tiernan)
817-272-1295
Research Areas: Robotics and AI, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Research Interests: engineering education; computational thinking
Cesar Torres
Assistant Professor
Cesar Torres Profile
cearto@uta.edu | ERB - 559
Office Hrs: Fri 2:00PM-3:00PM
817-272-5915
Research Areas: Computer Vision and Multimedia, Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing, Machine Learning and Data Mining, Robotics and AI
Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction; Physical Computing; New Media
Bob Weems
Associate Professor and Director of the UG Computer Science Program
Bob Weems Profile
weems@uta.edu | ERB - 627
Office Hours: Tue Thu 12:30PM-1:30PM; Tue Thu 3:30PM-4:30PM
Research Interests: preference matching, answer set programming
Dajiang Zhu
Assistant Professor
Dajiang Zhu Profile
dajiang.zhu@uta.edu | SEIR - 323
Research Areas: Biocomputing and Health Informatics, Big Data and Large-Scale Computing, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Research Interests: Medical Imaging; Computational Neuroscience
Yingying Zhu
Assistant Professor
Dr. Zhu's Profile
yingying.zhu@uta.edu
Research Areas: computer vision, machine learning and data mining, biocomputing and health informatics, robotics and AI
Research Interests: computer vision, machine learning, medical image analysis, natural language processing
Adjunct Faculty
Giri Amaravadi - giridhar.amaravadi@uta.edu | Ph: 682-521-5608 | ERB - 551 | Office Hrs: T 6:00PM-7:00PM
Trevor Bakker - trevor.bakker@uta.edu | ERB - 320 | Office Hrs: MW 8:30p-10:30a
Ranjan Dash - ranjan.dash@mavs.uta.edu | ERB - 339
Sajib Datta - sajib.datta@uta.edu | Ph: 817-272-0161 | ERB - 652 | Office Hrs: MW 1:00p-2:30p
Kelly French - kelly.french@uta.edu | Ph: 817/939-8869 | ERB - 339 | Office Hrs: T 2:00p-3:30p and W 1:00p-2:30p
Jesus Gonzalez - jesus.gonzalezbernal@uta.edu | Ph: | ERB - 321 | Office Hrs: MWF 10:00-11:00a and F 9:00a-11:00a
Trey Jones - trey.jones@uta.edu; ERB 321
Ramakrishna Koganti - ramakrishna.koganti@uta.edu | ERB - 321 | Office Hrs: M 5:00PM-6:00PM
Mary Koone - mary.koone@mavs.uta.edu; 940-231-1164 | ERB - 310 | Office Hrs: TR 5:00p-7:00p
Bill Meszko - william.meszko@uta.edu | Ph: 469-258-8909 | ERB - 402 | Office Hrs: W 2:30p-3:30p
Jon Mitchell - jon.mitchell@uta.edu
Nomaan Mufti - nomaan.mufti@uta.edu | Ph: 469-931-8345 | ERB - 322 | Office Hrs: MR 4:00p-5:30p
Kyungseo Park - kyungseo.park@uta.edu | ERB - 402 | Office Hrs: TW 6:00p-7:00p
George Rice - george.rice@uta.edu | ERB - 402 | Office Hrs: TR 11:00AM-12:00AM
Anam Sahoo - anam.sahoo@uta.edu
Mike Siok - mike.siok@uta.edu | ERB - 321 | Office Hrs: F 2:00p-4:00p
Larz White - larz.white@uta.edu; ERB 321
Student Instructors
Todd Rosenkrantz, todd.rosenkrantz@uta.edu; ERB 550
Subharag Sarkar, subharag.sarkar@uta.edu; ERB 320
In Memoriam
Ramez Elmasri
1950-2022
Dr. Elmasri was an internationally renowned scholar and pioneering researcher in databases.
He was a thoughtful role model and mentor. For more than 3 decades Professor Elmasri made
invaluable and long-lasting contributions to the CSE Department, College of Engineering and UTA.
A tribute fund has been established in Professor Elmasri’s honor. Contributions will be used for
scholarships for students in CSE. If you would like to contribute, please visit www.give.uta.edu/Elmasri-Tribute to make a donation.
Emeritus Faculty
Chris Ding,
Professor Emeritus
Ding Faculty Profile
Roger Walker,
Professor Emeritus
Walker Faculty Profile
Administration/Staff
Hong Jiang
Nedderman Professor and Chair
639 ERB | 817-272-3567
hong.jiang@uta.edu
Chengkai Li
Professor and Associate Chair
628 ERB | 817-272-0162
cli@uta.edu
David Levine
Associate Professor of Practice and Associate Chair
525 ERB | 817-272-2349
davel@uta.edu