Faculty

Bijaya Adhikari, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Bijaya Adhikari is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa. His research interest lies in data mining and machine learning, with a focus on dynamical processes on large networks. His recent work includes AI for influenza forecasting, e-commerce search and fraud detection, outbreak detection in hospitals, network embedding, community detection, and network summarization.

Octav Chipara, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

octav-chipara@uiowa.edu

319-335-0561

Octav Chipara is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Omar Chowdhury, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

omar-chowdhury@uiowa.edu

319-335-0745

Omar Chowdhury is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa. His research interest lies in Computer Security and Privacy.

James Cremer, Ph.D.

Professor

james-cremer@uiowa.edu

319-321-1893

James Cremer is an Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Inés Zigrino Curto, Ph.D.

Lecturer

ines-curto@uiowa.edu

319-335-0739

Inés Zigrino Curto is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Steve Goddard, Ph.D.

Professor

steve-goddard@uiowa.edu

319-335-2611

Steve Goddard is the former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa. Prior to joining the faculty at Iowa in 2019, Goddard was the the John E. Olsson Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and served in multiple administrative roles there, including Vice Chancellor for Research, Dean and Department Chair.

Juan Pablo Hourcade, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies for the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Informatics

juanpablo-hourcade@uiowa.edu

319-353-2543

Juan Pablo Hourcade is an Associate Professor in the University of Iowa's Department of Computer Science and Director of Graduate Studies for the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Informatics. His main area of research is Human-Computer Interaction, with a focus on the design, implementation and evaluation of technologies that support creativity, collaboration, well-being, healthy development, and information access for a variety of users, including children and older adults.

Peng Jiang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

peng-jiang@uiowa.edu

319-467-1690

Peng Jiang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Joseph Kearney, Ph.D.

Professor
CLAS Collegiate Fellow

joe-kearney@uiowa.edu

319-335-0741

Joseph Kearney is a Professor of Computer Science and a Collegiate Fellow of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa. He co-directs the Hank Virtual Environments Lab with Jodie Plumert. His current research focuses on behavior, scene, and scenario modeling for virtual environments.

Elizabeth Kleiman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Instruction
Director of Undergraduate Studies

elizabeth-kleiman@uiowa.edu

319-467-1906

Elizabeth Kleiman is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Guanpeng Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

guanpeng-li@uiowa.edu

319-467-3145

Guanpeng Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa. His research interests are in the areas of error-resilient systems, software testing and machine learning dependability.

J. Garrett Morris, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

garrett-morris@uiowa.edu

J. Garrett Morris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Brandon Myers, Ph.D.

Lecturer

brandon-d-myers@uiowa.edu

319-335-0718

Brandon Myers is an Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Rishab Nithyanand, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

rishab-nithyanand@uiowa.edu

319-467-0657

Rishab Nithyanandan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa where he leads the Security, Privacy, and Anonymity Research Team (SPARTA) Lab.

Suely Oliveira, Ph.D.

Professor

suely-oliveira@uiowa.edu

319-335-0731

Dr Oliveira is a Professor of Computer Science working on interdisciplinary research in scientific computing and machine learning with applications ranging from Engineering to Biology. She has joint appointments in Mathematics, Applied Math (AMCS) and Informatics. She is the main leader of the Optimization, Machine Learning and High-Performance Computing Group in collaboration with Mathematics.

Sriram Pemmaraju, Ph.D.

Professor

sriram-pemmaraju@uiowa.edu

319-353-2956

Sriram Pemmaraju is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Kyle Rector, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

kyle-rector@uiowa.edu

319-353-2542

Kyle Rector is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and a member of the Public Digital Arts Cluster at the University of Iowa. She conducts research at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Accessibility and is especially interested in developing technologies that enhance quality of life for people who are blind or low vision in domains including exercise and art.

Alberto Maria Segre, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Computer Science
Gerard P. Weeg Faculty Scholar in Informatics
Professor

alberto-segre@uiowa.edu

319-335-1713

Alberto Maria Segre is Chair, Gerard P. Weeg Faculty Scholar in Informatics and Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa. He is primarily interested in distributed algorithms for solving optimization problems.

Supreeth Shastri, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

supreeth-shastri@uiowa.edu

Supreeth Shastri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Padmini Srinivasan, Ph.D.

Professor

padmini-srinivasan@uiowa.edu

319-335-0737

Padmini Srinivasan is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Aaron Stump, Ph.D.

Professor

aaron-stump@uiowa.edu

319-384-0093

Aaron Stump is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa. His research interests include computational logic and programming languages theory.

Denise Szecsei, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Instruction

denise-szecsei@uiowa.edu

319-353-2549

Denise Szecsei is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Cesare Tinelli, Ph.D.

F. Wendell Miller Professor

cesare-tinelli@uiowa.edu

319-335-0735

Cesare Tinelli is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa. He is a co-director of the Computational Logic Center with Professors Aaron Stump, Omar Chowdhury and Garrett Morris.

Kasturi Varadarajan, Ph.D.

Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

kasturi-varadarajan@uiowa.edu

319-335-0732

Kasturi R. Varadarajan is a Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Tianbao Yang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

tianbao-yang@uiowa.edu

319-353-2541

Tianbao Yang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.