Dynamic faculty recognized for teaching and research
Regents Professors
Douglas Montgomery
Douglas Montgomery
Regents Professor
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Statistical design of experiments, optimization and response surface methodology, empirical stochastic modeling, industrial statistics
Doug.Montgomery@asu.edu
(480) 965-3836
Tempe campus, BYENG 348
Named Professors
Dimitri Bertsekas
Dimitri Bertsekas
Fulton Chair of Computational Decision Making
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Reinforcement learning, artificial intelligence, optimization, linear and nonlinear programming, data communication networks, parallel and distributed computation
Professors
Gail-Joon Ahn
Gail-Joon Ahn
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Vulnerability and risk management, authentication and access control, security architecture for distributed systems, identity management, policy analysis and enforcement, formal models for computer security, and cyber crime analysis
Gail-Joon.Ahn@asu.edu
(480) 965-9007
Tempe campus, BYENG 486
Research website
Ronald Askin
Ronald Askin
Professor
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Logistics, manufacturing systems analysis, production planning and scheduling, operations research, applied statistics
Ron.Askin@asu.edu
(480) 965-2567
Tempe campus, BYENG 548
Chitta Baral
Chitta Baral
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Graduate Program Chair, Computer Science
Research Interests
Knowledge representation, temporal logics, logic programming, dynamic systems, text extraction, question answering, natural language semantics, bioinformatics
Chitta.Baral@asu.edu
(480) 727-6047
Tempe campus, BYENG 572
Research website
Kasim Candan
Kasim Candan
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Database systems, storage/querying/retrieval of multimedia and web data, heterogeneous information integration and retrieval, assistive technologies for information and data access, data clouds, ambient media systems
Kasim.Candan@asu.edu
(480) 965-2770
Tempe campus, BYENG 588
Blockchain Research Lab
Research website
Charles Colbourn
Charles Colbourn
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Combinatorial design theory, network algorithms and network design
Charles.Colbourn@asu.edu
(480) 727-6631
Tempe campus, BYENG 444
Research website
James Collofello
James Collofello
Professor, Vice Dean
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Software engineering, software project management, software quality assurance
James.Collofello@asu.edu
(480) 965-3733
Tempe campus, BYENG 698
Hasan Davulcu
Hasan Davulcu
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Data mining, web and text mining, data cleaning and information extraction, workflows and semantic web services, database systems
Stephanie Forrest
Stephanie Forrest
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Theoretical biology, modeling, simulation and cyberinfrastructure, cybersecurity, software development methodologies, evolutionary computation, biological modeling of immunological processes and evolutionary diseases
Steph@asu.edu
(480) 727-0492
Tempe campus, BYENG 394
Sandeep Gupta
Sandeep Gupta
Professor, School Director
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Wireless networks, mobile and ubiquitous/pervasive computing, embedded sensor networks for biomedical applications, parallel and distributed computing
Sandeep.Gupta@asu.edu
(480) 965-3806
Tempe campus, BYENG 548
Research website
Subbarao Kambhampati
Subbarao Kambhampati
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Artificial intelligence, automated planning, machine learning, data and information integration
Rao@asu.edu
(480) 965-0113
Tempe campus, BYENG 560
Research website
Yann-Hang Lee
Yann-Hang Lee
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Real-time computing, internet of things (IoT), embedded system and software, fault-tolerant computing, distributed computing, service-oriented computing, performance evaluation
Yhlee@asu.edu
(480) 727-7507
Tempe campus, CTRPT 203-23
Research website
Baoxin Li
Baoxin Li
Professor, Undergraduate Program Chair
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Computer vision and pattern recognition, image/video processing, statistical methods in visual computing, machine learning
Baoxin.Li@asu.edu
(480) 965-1735
Tempe campus, BYENG 502
Research website
Huan Liu
Huan Liu
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Social computing, data/web mining, machine learning, feature selection, text classification
Huan.Liu@asu.edu
(480) 727-7349
Tempe campus, BYENG 566
Research website
Katina Michael

Katina Michael
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Emerging technologies, innovation, informatics, technology and society, policy and society, ubiquitous computing, digital media, wearable computing, embedded devices, big data, open data, drones, cybersecurity, IoT, robotics, automation
Katina.Michael@asu.edu
(480) 965-6316
Tempe campus
Pitu Mirchandani
Pitu Mirchandani
Professor, The Avnet Chair in Supply Chain Networks
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Optimization, decision-making under uncertainty, real-time control and logistics, application interests in urban service systems, transportation, and homeland security
Pitu@asu.edu
(480) 965-2758
Tempe campus, BYENG 332
Advanced Transportation and Logistics: Algorithms and Systems (ATLAS) Research Laboratory
Sethuraman Panchanathan
Sethuraman Panchanathan
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Human-centered multimedia computing, ubiquitous computing environments for enhancing qualify of life for individuals with Disabilities, and haptic user interfaces.
Panch@asu.edu
(480) 965-4407
Tempe campus, FULTN 310
Research website
Martin Reisslein
Martin Reisslein
Professor
Graduate Program Chair, Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Software defined networking, multimedia networking over wired and wireless network, video traffic characterization, optical networking and engineering education
reisslein@asu.edu
(480) 965-8593
Tempe campus, GWC 411A
Research website
Andrea Richa
Andrea Richa
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Self-organizing particle systems, programmable matter, bio-inspired algorithms, distributed computing and algorithms, theory of wireless communication, graph, randomized, and approximation algorithms, self-stabilizing overlay networks, combinatorial optimization, distributed resource allocation
Aricha@asu.edu
(480) 965-7555
Tempe campus, BYENG 440
Research website
George Runger
George Runger
Professor
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Statistical learning, process control, data mining for massive, multivariate data sets
Runger@asu.edu
(480) 965-3193
Mayo Clinic, Samuel C. Johnson Research Bldg 13212
Arunabha Sen
Arunabha Sen
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Resource optimization in optical, wireless and sensor networks, video transmission over mobile ad-hoc networks, network processors, system/network on chip design, combinatorial optimization, algorithm design and analysis
Asen@asu.edu
(480) 965-6153
Tempe campus, BYENG 530
Research website
Aviral Shrivastava
Aviral Shrivastava
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Compilers and micro architectures for embedded systems, including techniques for power, performance reliability, temperature and code size improvement
Kurt VanLehn
Kurt VanLehn
Professor, The Diane and Gary Tooker Chair for Effective Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, Associate Director
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Applications of AI to education (Intelligent Tutoring Systems, teachable agents, tutorial NL dialogue systems), human learning (student modeling; cognitive modeling), cognitive science
Kurt.Vanlehn@asu.edu
(480) 727-6348
Tempe campus, BYENG M1-01
Research website
Sarma Vrudhula
Sarma Vrudhula
Professor/Director of Center for Embedded Systems
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
CAD for VLSI circuits, logic synthesis and verification, low-power design, power, energy and thermal management in processors performance, power and yield optimization of VLSI circuits, novel logic structures and applications to biology
Vrudhula@asu.edu
(480) 727-4152
Tempe campus, CTRPT 203-25
Research website
Teresa Wu
Teresa Wu
Professor
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Health informatics, swarm intelligence algorithms for distributed decision support, information systems
Teresa.Wu@asu.edu
(480) 965-4157
Tempe campus, BYENG 308
Research website
Guoliang Xue
Guoliang Xue
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Survivability and security in smart grid, privacy and security in mobile social networks, economic approaches to network applications
Xue@asu.edu
(480) 965-6218
Tempe campus, BYENG 442
Research website
Stephen Yau
Stephen Yau
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Trust management and security, software engineering, distributed systems, service based systems, ubiquitous/pervasive computing
Yau@asu.edu
(480) 965-2647
Tempe campus, BYENG 488
Research website
Nong Ye
Nong Ye
Professor, Program Chair
Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management
Research Interests
Information and systems assurance, data mining and modeling, quality optimization and control of system operations
Nongye@asu.edu
(480) 965-7812
Tempe campus, BYENG 482
Research website
Associate Professors
Robert Atkinson
Robert Atkinson
Associate Professor
Informatics
Research Interests
Personalized learning, social media, learner analytics, mobile learning, cognitive science, usability testing, human-computer interaction
Robert.Atkinson@asu.edu
(480) 727-7765
Tempe campus, BYENG 362
Research website
Srividya Bansal
Srividya Bansal
Associate Professor, Program Chair
Software Engineering
Research Interests
Semantic computing, big data integration, semantics-based solutions for outcome-based instruction design in STEM education, delivery models for software engineering education; web service description, discovery and composition.
Srividya.Bansal@asu.edu
(480) 727-5107
Polytechnic campus, PRLTA 230G
Research website
Rida Bazzi
Rida Bazzi
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Computer security, reliability, fault tolerance, distributed computing
Bazzi@asu.edu
(480) 965-2796
Tempe campus, BYENG 430
Research website
Jedidiah Crandall
Adam Doupe
Adam Doupe
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Cyber security, web security, automated vulnerability analysis, mobile app security, static analysis, program analysis, hacking competitions, and pentesting.
Georgios Fainekos
Georgios Fainekos
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Cyber-physical systems: hybrid dynamical systems, real-time and embedded systems, formal methods with applications to automation & control: system testing and verification, formal languages and logic, motion planning in robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
Fainekos@asu.edu
(480) 965-8267
Tempe campus, CTRPT 203-17
Research website
Kevin Gary
Kevin Gary
Associate Professor
Software Engineering
Research Interests
Software architecture and design, open source software, agile methods, applications in healthcare and e-learning.
Kgary@asu.edu
(480) 727-1373
Polytechnic campus, PRLTA 230C
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Esma Gel
Esma Gel
Associate Professor
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Applied probability, stochastic processes, queuing theory, stochastic modeling and control of manufacturing systems
Esma.Gel@asu.edu
(480) 965-2906
Tempe campus, BYENG 318
Research website
Dijiang Huang
Dijiang Huang
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Network security, privacy prevention techniques, key management, secure ad hoc network routing, trust management for VANETs
Dijiang@asu.edu
(480) 965-2776
Tempe campus, BYENG 470
Research website
Joohyung Lee
Joohyung Lee
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Knowledge representation and reasoning, computational logic, logic programming, logics in security, computational semantics of natural language
Joolee@asu.edu
(480) 965-2784
Tempe campus, BYENG 586
Research website
Ross Maciejewski
Ross Maciejewski
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Information visualization, geographical visualization, computer graphics, syndromic surveillance, volume rendering, non-photorealistic rendering, decision support systems
Rmacieje@asu.edu
(480) 965-2785
Tempe campus, BYENG 344
Visual Analytics & Data Exploration Research
Center For Accelerating Operational Efficiency
Rong Pan
Rong Pan
Associate Professor, Program Chair
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Industrial statistics, reliability analysis and time series modeling
Rong.Pan@asu.edu
(480) 965-4259
Tempe campus, BYENG 352
Hessam Sarjoughian
Hessam Sarjoughian
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Agent-based modeling, multiformalism modeling, simulation-based design, software architecture
Sarjoughian@asu.edu
(480) 965-3983
Tempe campus, BYENG 476
Research website
Paulo Shakarian
Paulo Shakarian
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Artificial intelligence, social network analysis, cyber security, machine learning
Violet Syrotiuk
Violet Syrotiuk
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Cross-layer design and optimization in changing network conditions, modeling and monitoring, medium access control protocols, multi-hop wireless networks including MANETs, WSNs, WMNs, and cognitive radio networks
Syrotiuk@asu.edu
(480) 965-7034
Tempe campus, BYENG 434
Research website
Rene Villalobos
Rene Villalobos
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Chair
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Logistics, automated quality systems, manufacturing systems and applied operations research
Villalobos@asu.edu
(480) 965-0437
Tempe campus, BYENG 322
Industrial Assessment Center
Research Website
Yalin Wang
Yalin Wang
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Computer vision, medical imaging, computer graphics, geometric modeling, statistical pattern recognition
Yalin.Wang@asu.edu
(480) 965-6871
Tempe campus, BYENG 432
Research website
Carole-Jean Wu
Carole-Jean Wu
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Energy-efficient heterogeneous architecture, energy harvesting for emerging computing devices, performance characterization, analysis and prediction, high-performance and power-efficient LLC designs
Carole-jean.Wu@asu.edu
(480) 965-1494
Tempe campus, CTRPT 203-09
Research website
Ming Zhao
Ming Zhao
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Distributed/cloud computing, big data, high-performance computing, autonomic computing, virtualization, storage systems, operating systems
Mingzhao@asu.edu
(480) 727-7850
Tempe campus, BYENG 412
Research website
Assistant Professors
Ajay Bansal
Ajay Bansal
Assistant Professor
Software Engineering
Research Interests
Logic programming, constraint programming, answer set programming, data mining, machine learning, semantic computing, service-oriented architecture.
Ajay.Bansal@asu.edu
(480) 727-1647
Polytechnic campus, PRLTA 230V
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Tiffany Bao
Tiffany Bao
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Software security, automated binary analysis techniques, autonomous game-theoretical strategy for software vulnerabilities
Tbao@asu.edu
Tempe campus
Research website
Heni Ben Amor
Heni Ben Amor
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
AI, robotics, machine learning, motor skill acquisition, human-robot interaction, virtual reality
Hani.Benamor@asu.edu
(480) 965-2253
Tempe campus, CTRPT 203
Research website
Chris Bryan
Chris Bryan
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Information visualization, visual analytics, virtual reality, data storytelling, data analysis, explainable machine learning and artificial intelligence; perception and cognition, human-computer Interaction, data privacy and security
Cbryan16@asu.edu
Tempe campus
Research website
Adolfo Escobedo
Adolfo Escobedo
Assistant Professor
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Theory and application of linear and mixed integer programming; design, analysis, and efficient implementation of optimization algorithms; computational linear algebra; power systems operation and planning; circular economy.
Adres@asu.edu
(480) 965-5248
Tempe campus, BYENG 346
Sharon Hsiao
Sharon Hsiao
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Adaptive technology, personalized learning, interactive educational systems
Sharon.Hsiao@asu.edu
(480) 727-5466
Tempe campus, BYENG M1-08
Research website
Ashif Iquebal
Kirk Jalbert

Kirk Jalbert
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Human dimensions of science and technology, science and society, activism and social movements, citizen participation, environmental studies, energy policy, informatics, geographic information science
Kirk.Jalbert@asu.edu
(480) 965-1756
Tempe campus
Zilin Jiang
Zilin Jiang
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Tempe campus
Feng Ju
Feng Ju
Assistant Professor
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Stochastic modeling and control in manufacturing and healthcare systems, battery management systems
Feng.Ju@asu.edu
Tempe campus, BYENG 336
Research website
Heewook Lee
Heewook Lee
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Computational biology, bioinformatics, genetic variation.
Heewook.Lee@asu.edu
Tempe campus
Ariane Middel
Ariane Middel
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Urban climate, heat mitigation, thermal comfort, human biometeorology, modeling and simulation, microclimate, local climate, climate-sensitive urban design, climate adaptation and mitigation, urban heat islands, urban climate informatics, geographic information systems, human-environment interaction, land use and land cover, sustainability, geovisualization
Ariane.Middel@asu.edu
(480) 414-6793
Tempe campus
Ted Pavlic

Ted Pavlic
Assistant Professor
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Distributed algorithms, autonomous systems, decentralized decision making, complex adaptive systems, self organization, hybrid dynamical systems, sustainability in the built environment, behavioral ecology, behavioral economics, operations research, bio-mimicry and bio-inspiration, parallel computation, robotics,energy systems, intelligent control, optimization, game theory, resource allocation, collective behavior
Giulia Pedrielli
Giulia Pedrielli
Assistant Professor
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Stochastic simulation, simulation-based optimization, statistical learning, optimization of complex systems
Giulia.Pedrielli@asu.edu
(480) 965-3727
Tempe campus, BYENG 316
Research website
Fengbo Ren
Fengbo Ren
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Hardware acceleration, embedded, reconfigurable, and parallel computing solutions for data analytics and information processing, energy-efficient computing, data-driven compressive sensing, hardware-friendly machine learning
Renfengbo@asu.edu
(480) 727-5793
Tempe campus
Research website
Mohamed Sarwat
Mohamed Sarwat
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Database systems, spatial/temporal data management, large-scale data management and analytics, recommender systems
Msarwat@asu.edu
(480) 727-5332
Tempe campus, BYENG 404
Research website
Jorge Sefair
Jorge Sefair
Assistant Professor
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Network optimization, robust optimization, integer programming, applications of optimization in environment, public policy, urban planning, and finance
Jsefair@asu.edu
(480) 965-3190
Tempe campus, BYENG 330
Research website
Yan Shoshitaishvili
Yan Shoshitaishvili
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Binary analysis, with a focus on automation, cyber reasoning systems, and human-computer collaboration in cybersecurity.
Yans@asu.edu
Tempe campus, BYENG 480
Research website
Siddharth Srivastava
Siddharth Srivastava
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Sequential decision making under uncertainty, integrated task and motion planning for robots, mobile manipulation, probabilistic programming
siddharths@asu.edu
Tempe campus, BYENG 592
Research website
Ni Trieu
Ruoyu Wang

Ruoyu Wang
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
System security, with emphasis in automated binary program analysis, reverse engineering of software
Fishw@asu.edu
Tempe campus
Research website
Hao Yan
Hao Yan
Assistant Professor
Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Real time modeling and analysis with large scale high dimensional data, data fusion for modeling of complex systems, and smart adaptive sampling strategy and data reconstruction
HaoYan@asu.edu
Tempe campus, BYENG 338
Research website
Yezhou Yang
Yezhou Yang
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Cognitive robotics, computer vision, robot perception, manipulation actions, vision and language
Yz.Yang@asu.edu
(480) 727-0741
Tempe campus, BYENG 562
Research website
Yingzhen Yang
Assistant Professor
Statistical machine learning, functional analysis, large scale data.
Yingzhen.Yang@asu.edu
(412) 508-5664
Yu Zhang
Yu Zhang
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Multi-agent systems, human-aware planning, multi-agent planning, automated planning and scheduling, distributed robot systems, human-robot interaction
Yu.Zhang.442@asu.edu
Tempe campus, BYENG 594
Research website
Jia Zou

Jia Zou
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Data-intensive distributed systems, machine learning systems, blockchain, development of dynamic applications
Jia.Zou@asu.edu
Tempe campus