Faculty Research Summary
Emmanuel O. Agu, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts, 2001. Computer graphics, wireless networking, and mobile computing. Professor Agu is interested in photorealistic and real-time computer graphics, as well as 2D and 3D graphics in mobile environments.
David C. Brown, Professor; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1984. Knowledge-based design systems, artificial intelligence. Professor Brown's research is concerned with all aspects of knowledge-based design.
Mark L. Claypool, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Minnesota, 1997. Distributed systems, networking, multimedia and online games. Professor Claypool is interested in system-level issues that affect the performance of Internet interactive media applications.
Daniel J. Dougherty, Professor; Ph.D., Maryland, 1982. Logic in computer science. Professor Dougherty's research has applications in security, programming languages, and automated deduction.
David Finkel, Professor; Ph.D., Chicago, 1971. Computer system performance evaluation, distributed computing systems, focusing on the performance of computer networks and distributed systems.
Kathi Fisler, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Indiana, 1996. Interplay of human reasoning and formal logic in the context of hardware and software systems; current projects explore access-control policies and diagrams.
Michael A. Gennert, Associate Professor and Department Head; Sc.D., MIT, 1987. Computer vision, medical imaging, programming languages. Professor Gennert conducts research in computational vision, motion detection and correction in medical imaging, and category theory.
Neil T. Heffernan, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon, 2001. Intelligent tutoring agents, artificial intelligence, cognitive modeling, machine learning. Professor Heffernan builds better educational software by applying artificial intelligence techniques.
George T. Heineman, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Columbia, 1996. Component-based software engineering, formal approaches to compositional design. Professor Heineman is developing models for predictable software composition.
Micha Hofri, Professor; Ph.D., Technion (Israel), 1972. Analysis of algorithms, performance evaluation, applied probability, the use of statistics in algorithms, asymptotics.
Robert E. Kinicki, Professor; Ph.D., Duke, 1978. Computer network performance, wireless networks, multimedia streaming. Professor Kinicki's current research involves wireless sensor networks and access point performance for infrastructure wireless local area networks.
Karen A. Lemone, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Northeastern, 1979. Electronic documents, language translation. Professor Lemone is interested in electronic documents and learning environments for the World Wide Web, focusing on the adaptive features of course management systems.
Robert W. Lindeman, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., George Washington, 1999. Human-computer interaction, haptics, virtual environments. Professor Lindeman's interests include motion capture for interactive games and effective interaction in immersive virtual environments.
Murali Mani, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., UCLA, 2003. Databases, Web databases, sensor databases. Professor Mani is interested in Web and XML technologies for databases.
Charles Rich, Professor; Ph.D., MIT, 1980. Artificial intelligence and human computer interaction, interactive media and game development, robotics, intelligent tutoring systems, and knowledge-based software tools.
Carolina Ruiz, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Maryland, 1996. Data mining, knowledge discovery in databases, machine learning. Professor Ruiz's research focuses on algorithms for the discovery of patterns in data, with applications to bioinformatics and clinical medicine.
Elke A. Rundensteiner, Professor; Ph.D., California, Irvine, 1992. Database and information systems, stream and sensor query processing, and information integration. Her research addresses data-centric challenges in applications ranging from scientific, to business, to engineering domains.
Gabor N. Sarkozy, Affiliate Associate Professor; Ph.D., Rutgers, 1994. Graph theory, combinatorics, algorithms. Professor Sarkozy's research concerns extremal graph theory.
Stanley Selkow, Professor; Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1970. Combinatorial algorithms, graph theory, analysis of algorithms. Professor Selkow is studying problems in graph theory and combinatorics.
Matthew O. Ward, Professor; Ph.D., Connecticut, 1981. Data and information visualization, spatial data analysis and management. Professor Ward is investigating the visual exploration of large multivariate data sets.
Craig E. Wills, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Purdue, 1988. Distributed systems, networking, user interfaces. Professor Wills is interested in issues concerning a user's access to a computer system, particularly when the system is a distributed network of machines. His current work involves networked applications and their performance.
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