Tasfia Mashiat is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Mehrdad Moharrami is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa. His research focuses on two key areas: reinforcement learning and Markov Decision Processes (MDPs), as well as the development of computationally efficient algorithms for learning and economic systems modeled as random graphs. His recent work explores Risk-Sensitive Reinforcement Learning and the detection of planted structures in complete weighted random graphs.

J. Garrett Morris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa. His research focuses on the development of type systems for higher-order functional programming languages, with the twin aims of improving expressiveness and modularity in high-level programming and supporting safe concurrent, low-level, and effectful programming.

Rishab Nithyanand is an Assistant Professor and Emeriti-Faculty Scholar in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa where he leads the SPARTA lab. He also holds a courtesy appointment in the College of Law and co-directs the Center for Publics, Platforms, and Personalization (CP3). His research is broadly in the areas of privacy and social computing.

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 is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa. His research interests are in theoretical computer science, more specifically in the foundations of distributed graph algorithms. He is also interested in algorithms and optimization applied to computational epidemiology.