Faculty and Professional Staff Laura Brown, Assistant Professor Ph.D. Candidate (Biomedical Informatics), Vanderbilt University, 2009. Machine Learning, Bayesian Networks, Variable Selection. Dr. Steven Carr, Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science), Rice University, 1993. Compiler Optimization and Computer Architecture. Dr. Ali Ebnenasir, Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science), Michigan State University, 2005. Software Engineering, Automated Analysis of Fault-Tolerance, Formal Methods. Dr. Scott Kuhl, Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science), University of Utah, 2009. Computer Graphics, Virtual Environments, Human Perception. Dr. John Lowther, Professor Emeritus Ph.D. (Computer Science), University of Iowa , 1975. Artificial Intelligence and Computer Graphics. Dr. Jean Mayo, Associate Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science), College of William and Mary, 1997. Distributed Systems and Operating Systems. Dr. Phillip Merkey, Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Mathematics), University of Illinois, 1986. Large-scale Computation. Dr. Nilufer Onder, Associate Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science), University of Pittsburgh, 1999 Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Soner Onder, Associate Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science), University of Pittsburgh, 1999 Computer Architecture and Programming Languages. Dr. Linda Ott, Chair and Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science), Purdue University , 1978. Software Measurement. Dr. Robert Pastel, Assistant Professor M.S. (Computer Science), Michigan Technological University, 2001. Ph.D. (Physics), University of New Mexico, 1994. M.S. (Engineering Science), University of Tennessee, 1980. Human-Computer Interface, Data Visualization and Interaction, and Computer Science Education. Donna Poplawski, Academic Advisor M.A., LLPC (College Counseling), Western Michigan University, 2008. Dr. David Poplawski, Associate Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science), Purdue University , 1978. Parallel Computer Architectures, Parallel Processing, and Performance Evaluation. Dr. Steven Seidel, Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science), University of Iowa , 1979. Interprocessor Communication Algorithms, Massively Parallel Computers, and Interconnection Networks. Dr. Ching-Kuang Shene, Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science), Johns Hopkins University, 1992. Geometric/solid Modeling, Computer-aided Design, Computer Graphics, Computational Geometry. Dr. Bill Siever, Visiting Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Computer Engineering), University of Missouri - Rolla, , 2007. High-Performance Simulation, Power Systems, Artificial Intelligence Dr. Seungil Sonh, Visiting Research Professor Ph.D. (Electronic Engineering), Yosei University , 1998. ASIC Design, ATM Switching, JPEG, MPEG, SoC(System-on-Chip), Giga-bit MAC Controller, Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) Dr. Charles Wallace, Associate Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science), University of Michigan, 1999. Formal Methods Dr. Chaoli Wang, Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Computer and Information Science),The Ohio State University, 2006 Large-Scale Data Analysis and Visualization, High-Performance Computing, User Interface and Interaction. Dr. Zhenlin Wang, Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science),University of Massachusetts, 2003 Optimizing Compilers and High Performance Architectures Ann West, Program Manager Internet 2 Middleware and Security Initiatives Ruihong Zhang, Lecturer M.S. (Computer Science),University of Iowa, , 1999 Networking and Database Administration and Software Engineering Please send questions and comments about this CS Web Page to cswebmaster@mtu.edu Department of Computer Science Last Updated: Tuesday, November 3, 2009