Faculty

Derek Aguiar
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Algorithms, Machine Learning, Biomedical Informatics
ITE 267
Storrs Campus

Ghada Almashaqbeh
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Cryptography, Computer Security, Privacy, Blockchain-based systems
(860) 486-8136
ITE 255
Storrs Campus

Hasan Baig
Assistant Professor in Residence
Research Interests: Genetic/Bio Design Automation, High Throughput Computing, Embedded Systems, Programmable platforms for Synthetic Bio
UConn Stamford

Mukul Bansal
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Algorithms
(860) 486-2572
ITE 359
Storrs Campus

Jinbo Bi
Professor, Associate Department Head for Research and Strategic Initiatives
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Distributed Computing, Data Mining, Signal and Image Processing
(860) 486-1458
ITE 233
Storrs Campus

Phillip Bradford
Associate Professor in Residence
Research Interests: Algorithms, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Privacy
(203) 251-8431

Tim Curry
Assistant Professor in Residence
Research Interests: Optimization, Cybersecurity
Science 1, MZ116
Storrs Campus

Shiri Dori-Hacohen
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Information Retrieval, Controversies & Disinformation Online, Machine Learning, Fairness & Safety in AI
(860) 486-3075
ITE 352
Storrs Campus

Ben Fuller
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Privacy, Algorithms
(860) 486-2122
ITE 243
Storrs Campus

Olga Glebova
Associate Professor in Residence
Research Interests: Computer Science and Engineering Education, Broadening Participation in Computing, Bioinformatics, Algorithms, Graph Theory
Science 1, MZ117
Storrs Campus

Swapna Gokhale
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Social Media Mining & Analysis, Spatial ML for Public Health & Epidemiology, CS Education
(860) 486-2772
ITE 237
Storrs Campus

Song Han
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Computer Networking, Cyber-Physical Systems, Distributed Systems, Optimization, Human Computer Interaction, Systems Performance
(860) 486-8771
ITE 355
Storrs Campus

Suining He
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Cyber-Physical System, Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Centered Computing, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networking
(860) 486-2687
ITE 337
Storrs Campus

Amir Herzberg
Professor, Comcast Chair for Security Innovation
Research Interests: Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Internet Security, Privacy, Secure Usability
(860) 486-4825
ITE 217
Storrs Campus

Yuan Hong
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Security and Privacy, Trustworthy AI, Data Science
(860) 486-4818
ITE 265
Storrs Campus

Jonathan Shihao Ji
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Edge Computing, Robotics, AI for Science
ITE 361
Storrs Campus

Joe Johnson
Associate Professor In Residence, Director of Professional Education-School of Computing, Co-Director Senior Design Program-School of Computing
Research Interests: Machine learning applications in finance and economics, Knowledge representation and reasoning, Natural language processing
(860) 486-7908
ITE 202
Storrs Campus

Mohammad Khan
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Human & Emotion Oriented Computing, Human Computer Interaction, Distributed Systems, Biomedical Informatics, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, & Privacy, Systems Performance
(860) 486-0609
ITE 363
Storrs Campus

Lina Kloub
Assistant Professor in Residence, Neuroinclusive Engineering Teaching Fellow
Research Interests: Engineering Education, Bioinformatics, Algorithms
(860) 486-0543
ITE 302
Storrs Campus

Walter Krawec
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Quantum Computing, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Privacy
(860) 486-5523
ITE 245
Storrs Campus

Matthew Lamoureux
Assistant Professor in Residence
Research Interests: Computing Education, Machine Learning, Number Theory
Science 1, MZ120
Storrs Campus

Ion Mandoiu
Professor
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Algorithms
(860) 486-3784
ITE 261
Storrs Campus

Fei Miao
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Cyber-Physical Systems, Control, Optimization, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Privacy
(860) 486-3471
ITE 239
Storrs Campus

Laurent Michel
Professor
Research Interests: Optimization, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, & Privacy, Programming Languages
(860) 486-2584
ITE 247
Storrs Campus

Sheida Nabavi
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Machine Learning, Signal and Image Processing
(860) 486-0756
ITE 256
Storrs Campus

Sanguthevar Rajasekaran
School Director, Distinguished Professor, Pratt & Whitney Chair Professor
Research Interests: Algorithms, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Distributed Computing, Geometry, High Performance Computing
sanguthevar.rajasekaran@uconn.edu
(860) 486-2428
ITE 252
Storrs Campus

Alexander Russell
Professor, Associate Dept. Head for Graduate Studies
Research Interests: Algorithms, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Privacy, Computer Networking, Distributed, Parallel, Quantum Computing
(860) 486-4290
ITE 241
Storrs Campus

Elham Sherafat
Assistant Professor in Residence
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Bioinformatics
UConn Stamford

Zhijie Jerry Shi
Associate Professor, Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs in Computing
Research Interests: Architecture, Computer Networking, Optimization, Systems Performance, Cyberphysical Systems, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Privacy
(860) 486-0599
ITE 365
Storrs Campus

Dong-Guk Shin
Professor
Research Interests: Data Mining, Databases, Bioinformatics, Medical Informatics, Human Computer Interaction
(860) 486-2783
ITE 263
Storrs Campus

Pavel Skums
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Algorithms and Optimization, Graph and Network Theory
ITE 350
Storrs Campus

Dongjin Song
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Time Series Analysis, Graph Representation Learning
(860) 486-0662
ITE 357
Storrs Campus

Bing Wang
Professor
Research Interests: Computer Networking, Distributed and Real Time Systems, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Privacy, Systems
(860) 486-0582
ITE 367
Storrs Campus

Minmei Wang
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Computer Networking, Security, Edge Computing, SDN, Data Management, Data Analysis
(860) 486-5285
ITE 257
Storrs Campus

Qian Yang
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Algorithms
(860) 486-5472
ITE 259
Storrs Campus

Tingting Yu
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Software Engineering, Software Testing, Program Analysis, AI for Software Engineering, Domain-specific Software Engineering
ITE 231
Storrs Campus

Chuxu Zhang
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Graph Machine Learning, Large Language Models, Resource-Efficient Machine Learning, AI for Society, AI Safety
ITE 349
Storrs Campus

Wei Zhang
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, Networking and Storage Systems, Edge Computing, ML Systems, Hardware/Software Codesign, Resource Disaggregation
(860) 486-1823
ITE 456
Storrs Campus
Adjunct Faculty
Emeritus Faculty

Reda A. Ammar
Professor Emeritus
Research Interests: Architecture, High Performance Computing, Systems Performance, Distributed Systems

Keith Barker
University Teaching Fellow, Professor Emeritus of CSE and Education Curriculum & Instruction
Research Interests: Education

Steven Demurjian
Professor
Research Interests: Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Privacy, Distributed Systems
Affiliated Faculty

Krishna Pattipati
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor & UTC Professor of Systems Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jeffrey Chuang, Ph.D.
Professor
Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Research Interests: Computational Biology, Cancer/Tumors, Genetics and Genomics, Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases, Genetic Tools, Bioinformatics, Developmental Disorders
860-837-2473
JAX-GM Room 3321

Krishna Karuturi, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Computational Sciences
Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Research Interests: Statistical Bioinformatics, Predictive Genomic Medicine
207-288-6682
JAX-GM Room 4313

Sheng Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Research Interests: Cancer/Tumors, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genetics and Genomics
860-837-2119
JGM-Room 3303

Duygu Ucar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Research Interests: Epigenomic data mining, Systems immunology, Genomics of complex diseases, Systems biology of immune system aging
860-837-2436
JAX-GM Room 3307