Faculty, Specialists, and Staff

Metin Aktulga, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., Purdue University (2010)
hma@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: High Performance Computing, Applications of Parallel Computing, Big Data Analytics, Numerical Linear Algebra

Wolfgang Banzhaf, John R. Koza Endowed Chair Professor
Dr.rer.nat. in Physics, University Karlsruhe / Institute of Technology (1985)
banzhafw@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Evolutionary Computing, Complex Adaptive Systems, Self-Organization, Artificial Chemistries

Vishnu Boddeti, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University (2012)
vishnu@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Human Analysis Lab Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Biometrics, Pattern Recognition, Deep Learning

Joyce Chai, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., Duke University (1998)
jchai@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Natural Language Processing, Multimodal Conversational Systems

Betty H.C. Cheng, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1990)
chengb@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: software engineering, autonomous systems (e.g., vehicles, drones, etc.), cybersecurity, evolutionary and search-based software engineering, formal analysis and software assurance/safety, and machine learning.

Laura Dillon, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1984)
ldillon@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Formal Methods, Software Engineering

Hu Ding , Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo (2015)
huding@msu.edu

Research Interests: Algorithms, Computational Geometry, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Biomedical Imaging

Wayne Dyksen, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., Purdue University (1982)
dyksen@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Numerical Methods, Computer Security

Richard J. Enbody, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Minnesota (1987)
enbody@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Computer Architecture, Computer Security

Arend Hintze,
Dr. rer. nat. for Genetics and Developmental Biology at the TU-Braunschweig (2006) hintze@msu.edu

Research Interests:Evolution of artificial intelligence, evolutionary game theory, agent based modeling, and computer games

Abdol-Hossein Esfahanian, Associate Professor
Interim Chairperson, Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., Northwestern University (1983)
esfahanian@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Graph Theory, Computer Networks

Anil K. Jain, University Distinguished Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., Ohio State University (1973)
jain@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Biometrics

Sandeep Kulkarni, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., Ohio State University (1999)
sandeep@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Fault Tolerance, Distributed Systems

Alex Liu, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin (2006)
alexliu@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Computer and Network Security, Networking

Kevin Liu, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin (2011)
kjl@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Comparative Genomics, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics

Philip K. McKinley, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1989)
mckinley@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, Artificial Life

Matt W. Mutka, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison (1988)
mutka@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Distributed Systems, Computer Networks, Wireless and Mobile Systems

Charles A. Ofria, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (1999)
ofria@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Evolutionary Computing, Adaptive Systems

Charles B. Owen, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., Dartmouth College (1998)
cbowen@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Multimedia Systems, Augmented Reality

William F. Punch, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., Ohio State University (1989)
punch@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Intelligent Systems, Genetic Algorithms, Data Mining

Pang-Ning Tan, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Minnesota (2002)
ptan@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Data Mining, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning

Jiliang Tang, Assistant  Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., Arizona State University (2015)
tangjili@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Social Network Analysis/Social Computing/Computational Social Science, Text Mining/Web Mining/Data Mining, Dimension Reduction/Similarity Learning/Machine Learning

Yiying Tong, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Southern California (2004)
ytong@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Computer Animation, Discrete Differential Geometry, Discrete Geometric Modeling

Eric Torng, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., Stanford University (1994)
torng@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Algorithms, Graph Theory, Computer Networks, Distributed Systems

Guan-Hua (Scott) Tu, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (2015)
ghtu@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Computer and Network Security, Wireless and Mobile Systems.

John J. Weng, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1989)
weng@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Humanoid Robots, Computer Vision, Machine Learning

Li Xiao, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D., College of William and Mary (2002)
lxiao@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Distributed and Networking Systems, Computing Resource Management

Research Interests: Wireless Sensor Networks, Mobile Computing, and Networked Embedded Systems.

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Biomedical Informatics

Yolanda Anderson, Teaching Specialist

PhD, Auburn University (2010)

James Daly, Teaching Specialist
dalyjame@cse.msu.edu

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2017

Research Interests: Networking, algorithms, and pedagogy

Mark McCullen, Teaching Specialist
mccullen@cse.msu.edu

Operating Systems, Computer Architecture and Organization, Programming Languages

Joshua Nahum, Teaching Specialist
Ph.D., University of Washington (2013)
nahumjos@cse.msu.edu

Research Interests: Evolutionary Computing, Artificial Life

Kevin Ohl, Teaching Specialist
ohlk@cse.msu.edu

Sebnem Onsay, Teaching Specialist
onsayse@msu.edu

Object Oriented Programming, Problem Solving using Programming and Data Structures. Teaching interests: Evidence Based Teaching, recently researching on implementing and studying flipped classroom technique and its outcomes.

Dennis Phillips, Teaching Specialist
dennisp@msu.edu

Computer Networks, Mobile Application Development, Sensor System

Marilyn Wulfekuhler, Teaching Specialist

PhD, Michigan State University (1998)

Imen Zaabar, Teaching Specialist

PhD, Michigan State University (2010)

Research Interests: Evolutionary Computing, Smart Infrastructure and transportations systems, Numerical Methods, Problem Solving using Programming and Data Structures.

Carolyn Devereaux, Office Assistant
office: 3115C EB
lewisca8@cse.msu.edu
tel: 355-4198

Stacey Nye, Administrative Assistant, Office Supervisor
office: 3115A EB
nyesl@cse.msu.edu
tel: 353-6484

Departmental accounts, Assistant to the Chair

Brenda Hodge, Secretary
office: 3115 EB
hodgeb@cse.msu.edu

Debbie Kruch, Administrative Assistant
office: 3115B EB
kruch@cse.msu.edu
tel: 353-1679

Research grant accounting, student payroll, Strategic Partner liason

Titun Roy Maiti, Advisor
office: 3201 EB
titun@msu.edu
tel: 353-5455

Advisor

Steven Smith, Graduate Secretary
office: 3115 EB
smit2745@cse.msu.edu
tel: 355-5210

Christina Chan, Professor
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (1990)

Research Interests: Systems Biology, Computational Biology, Drug-Gene Delivery Systems

Kalyanmoy Deb, Koenig Endowed Chair Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D., University of Alabama

Research Interest: Non-linear Optimization, Many and Multi-objective Optimization, Metamodeling, Constraint Handling, Engineering Design, Evolutionary Algorithms and Metaheuristics, Innovization.

Michael Feig, Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Houston (1999)

Research Interests: Computational Biochemistry, Database Systems, Data Mining

Erik Goodman, Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan (1972)
Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mechanical Engineering

Research Interests: Computational biology, evolution, evolutionary computation,  wireless networks

Research Interest: Collective Intelligence in New Media

Leslie Kuhn, Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (1989)

Research Interests: Algorithms and Data Mining for molecular modeling/design 

Robert T. Pennock, Professor
Lyman Briggs College; Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1991)

Research Interests: Evolutionary Computing, Artificial Life, Philosophy of Science

Charles Steinfield, Professor
Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
Ph.D., University of Southern California

Research Interests: Organizational and Social Impacts of Communication and Information,
Technology, Collaborative Systems, E-Commerce

Angela K. Wilson, Professor
John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Computational Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
wilson@chemistry.msu.edu

Research Interests: Development and understanding of computational methodologies, and studies in heavy element chemistry, catalysis, protein modeling, drug design/understanding of disease, metal organic frameworks, green chemistry, and many other areas.

Mi Zhang , Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D., University of Southern California (2013) mizhang@msu.edu

Research Interests: Mobile Sensing Systems, Ubiquitous Computing, Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Mobile Health (mHealth), Machine Learning.