Faculty
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Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Central Florida - Orlando (1990)
Email: sushil.prasad@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.108
Phone: 210-458-4434
Research Interests:
Parallel and Distributed Computing; Data Intensive Computing; Software Systems
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Associate Professor of Practice
M.Sc Iowa State
Email: benjamin.anderson@utsa.edu
Research Interests:
Cybersecurity - interactions between systems involving different technology types and operational environments.
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio (2019)
Office: NPB 3.358
Phone: 210-458-5544
Research Interests:
Virtual Reality; Human-Computer Interaction; Cybersickness
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Professor
Ph.D., University of Southern California (1991)
Email: rajendra.boppana@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.312
Phone: (210) 458-5692
Research Interests:
Computer Networks; Computer and Information Security
Associate Professor (Retired)
Ph.D., The Ohio State University (1986)
Email: bylander@cs.utsa.edu
Research Interests:
Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Expert Systems
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Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1986)
Research Interests:
Computational Science & Engineering; High Performance Computing; Distributed and Parallel Systems
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Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas (2019)
Email: kevin.desai@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.212
Phone: 210-458-4166
Research Interests:
Computer Vision; Virtual / Augmented / Mixed Realities; Collaborative Virtual Environments;
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2016)
Email: anandi.dutta@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.308
Phone: 210-458-4176
Research Interests:
Reconfigurable Computing; Systems-on-Chip Design; Natural Language Processing; Data Mining
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Albany, SUNY (2015)
Email: Amanda.Fernandez@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.324
Phone: (210) 458-4146
Research Interests:
Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Computer Vision
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Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa (2010)
Email: matthew.gibson@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.320
Phone: (210) 458-8732
Research Interests:
Algorithms; Computational Geometry; Medical Image Segmentation
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., Purdue University (2018)
Email: mauricio.gomez@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.208
Phone: (210) 458-4967
Research Interests:
Multi-agent Systems; Ambient Intelligence; Systems Survivability; Robotics; Cloud Computing
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Lecturer I, Assistant Director, CIAS
Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio (2010)
Email: keith.harrison@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.138
Phone: (210) 458-2184
Assistant Professor of Instruction
PhD Computer Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio (2020)
Email: john.heaps@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.328
Research Interests:
Research Interests: Privacy and Vulnerability Compliance, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence
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Associate Professor
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo (2008)
Email: murtuza.jadliwala@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.340
Phone: (210) 458-5693
Research Interests:
Privacy Enhancing Technologies; Applied Cryptography; Cryptocurrencies & Blockchains; Incentive Mechanisms for Security; Adversarial Machine Learning; Activity Recognition
Professor
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University (2010)
Email: Sumit.Jha@utsa.edu
Office: NPB
Research Interests:
Artificial Intelligence; Quantum Computing; Logic and Automata Theory; Parallel Algorithms and Architectures
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Dallas (2011)
Email: stanley.jointer@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.324
Research Interests:
Natural Language Processing, Cybersecurity, Highly Parallel/Quantum Computing, and Video Game Design
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Professor, Assistant Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Arizona (2001)
Email: turgay.korkmaz@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.330
Phone: (210) 458-7346
Research Interests:
Computer Networks; Computer and Information Security
Joint Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio (2006)
Office: AET 2.372
Research Interests:
Brain-Inspired AI; Energy Efficient Machine Intelligence; Computer Architecture
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Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Colorado (2013)
Email: palden.lama@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.306
Phone: (210) 458-6088
Research Interests:
Cloud Computing; Distributed Systems; Operating Systems; Sustainable Computing
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., Indiana University (2009)
Email: byron.long@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.332
Research Interests:
Logics for reasoning about programs; Models of Computation
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., University of New Mexico (2019)
Email: Qi.Lu@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.214
Phone: 210-458-8734
Research Interests:
Robotics; Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence
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Associate Professor (Retired)
Ph.D., University of Colorado (1970)
Email: maynard@cs.utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.336
Phone: (210) 458-5542
Research Interests:
Computer and Information Security
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Professor, Associate Dean of University College ,
Ph.D., University of Waterloo (2005)
Email: jianwei.niu@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.108
Phone: (210) 458-7360
Research Interests:
Software Engineering; Cyber Security; Privacy Compliance ; Data Science; Formal Methods
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Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio (2014)
Email: steven.ohara@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.354
Phone: (210) 458-8585
Research Interests:
Programming Languages; Artificial Intelligence; Compilers
Assistant Professor of Practice
M.S., Air Force Institute of Technology (1997)
Email: stego@satx.rr.com
Office: NPB 3.222
Phone: (210) 458-4177
Research Interests:
Steganography; Computer Forensics; Reverse Engineering; Malware Analysis
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Professor
Ph.D., University of Florida (2009)
Email: john.quarles@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.322
Research Interests:
Human-Computer Interaction; Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Realities
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Associate Professor
Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio (2015)
Email: peyman.najafirad@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.138
Phone: (210) 458-8043
Research Interests:
Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence; Decision Making and Autonomy; Machine Learning Algorithm ; Distributed Real-Time Computing
Courtesy Appointed Faculty
Ph.D., Purdue University (1987)
Email: hr.rao@utsa.edu
Research Interests:
Management Information Systems; Decision support systems; E-business; Emergency response management systems; Information assurance
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur (2016)
Email: heena.rathore@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.204
Phone: 210-458-5165
Research Interests:
Cognitive AI; Cybersecurity; Internet of Things
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1975)
Email: kay.robbins@utsa.edu
Research Interests:
Visualization; Computational Biology; Scientific Applications
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1973)
Email: steven.robbins@utsa.edu
Research Interests:
Visualization; Auralization and Animation
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin (1998)
Email: dawnlee.roberson@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.316
Professor
Ph.D., Washington University in Saint Louis (2007)
Email: jianhua.ruan@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.318
Phone: (210) 458-6819
Research Interests:
Bioinformatics; Computational Systems Biology
Assistant Professor of Practice
M.S., The University of Texas at San Antonio (2017), M.A., Webster University (1995), M.A., AF Air Command and Staff College (2000)
Email: linda.rutherford@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.316
Phone: (210) 458-4177
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Professor and Lutcher Brown Endowed Chair in Cyber Security, Executive Director, Institute for Cyber Security, Director and Lead PI, NSF, Center for Security and Privacy Enhanced Cloud Computing
Ph.D., Rutgers University (1983)
Email: ravi.sandhu@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.122K
Phone: (210) 458-6327
Research Interests:
Access Control Models and Systems; Secure Cloud Computing; Secure Cloud Enabled IoT/CPS; Holistic Security;
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio (2013)
Email: jonathan.sherette@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.222
Phone: (210) 458-4177
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio (2019)
Email: sam.silvestro@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.336
Phone: 210-458-5542
Research Interests:
Systems Programming; Secure Memory Allocation; Parallel Systems
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio (2017)
Email: rocky.slavin@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 410H
Phone: (210) 458-7214
Research Interests:
Mobile and IoT Privacy; Software Engineering; Security Patterns; Computer and Information Security; Natural Language Processing
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Assistant Professor of Practice
M.S., St. Mary's University (2006), MBA, St. Mary's University (2011)
Email: juan.valadez@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.302
Research Interests:
Cluster Computing and Parallel Processing as it relates to Cyber Security ; Blockchain Technologies
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Virginia (2015)
Email: wei.wang@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.342
Phone: (210) 458-5667
Research Interests:
Programming Languages and Compilers; Software Reliability and Security; Runtime Environments
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Peking University (2012)
Email: xiaoyin.wang@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.208
Phone: (210) 458-5734
Research Interests:
Software Process and Evolution; Software Mining and Natural Language Processing Based Software Comprehension; Program Analysis (especially String Analysis); Security Analysis of Software Applications
Professor, Director, Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security
Ph.D., Texas A&M University (1995)
Email: Greg.White@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.138B10
Phone: (210) 458-2166
Research Interests:
Computer and Information Security
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Assistant Professor
PhD., University of Pittsburgh (2019)
Email: mimi.xie@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.328
Phone: 210-458-5550
Research Interests:
Self-powered IoT devices; Software and hardware co-design of embedded system; Security and reliability of emerging memory technologies; Design and optimization of computer architecture
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Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies,
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin (2008)
Email: timothy.yuen@utsa.edu
Research Interests:
Computer Science and Engineering Education
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Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago (1988)
Email: weining.zhang@utsa.edu
Research Interests:
Databases; Data Mining; Data Privacy
Professor
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2004)
Email: dakai.zhu@utsa.edu
Office: NPB 3.338
Phone: (210) 458-7453
Research Interests:
Embedded Systems; Real-Time Systems; Parallel and Distributed Systems; High Performance Computing