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Agrawal, Govind P.
- James C. Wyant Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
Senior Scientist at LLE
- gpa@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4846
- 515 Goergen Hall
Interests: Fiber Optics; Lasers; Optical Communications
Allen, James F.
- John H. Dessauer Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Linguistics
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- james@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7263
- 3011 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Natural language understanding; Discourse; Knowledge representation; Common-sense reasoning; Planning
Almudevar, Anthony
- Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
- anthony_almudevar@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6992
- 4168 Saunders Research Building
Interests: genetics; bioinformatics
Anand, Ajay
- Deputy Director, Goergen Institute of Data Science
- ajay.anand@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3149
- 1203 Wegmans Hall
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Bai, Zhen
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- zbai@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7747
- 3007 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Human-Computer Interaction; Augmented Reality; Tangible User Interfaces; Embodied Conversational Agent; Technology-Enhanced Learning; Computer-Supported Collaborative Work; Assistive Technology
BenZvi, Segev Y.
- Assistant Professor of Physics
- sybenzvi@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7172
- 405 Bausch & Lomb
Interests: experimental astroparticle physics
Bernal, Edgar A.
- Associate Director, Research Scientist
Rochester Data Science Consortium
- edgar.bernal@rochester.edu
- 1219 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Computer vision; Image and video understanding; Machine and deep learning
Boslett, Andrew J.
- Economist
Rochester Data Science Consortium
- Andrew_Boslett@URMC.Rochester.edu
- 6108 Nextscorps at Sibley Square
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Cetin, Mujdat
- Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Robin and Tim Wentworth Interim Director, Goergen Institute for Data Science
- mujdat.cetin@rochester.edu | (585) 276-5061
- 1211 Wegmans Hall and 719 Computer Studies Building
Interests: computational sensing and imaging as applied to radar and biomedical imaging; probabilistic methods for image and video analysis as applied to biomedical image analysis, microscopic neuroimaging, and computer vision; signal processing and machine learning for brain-computer/machine interfaces, with applications for alternative communication and rehabilitation for patients and monitoring of cognitive states
Cetin, Mujdat
- Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Robin and Tim Wentworth Interim Director, Goergen Institute for Data Science
- mujdat.cetin@rochester.edu | (585) 276-5061
- 1211 Wegmans Hall and 719 Computer Studies Building
Interests: computational sensing and imaging as applied to radar and biomedical imaging; probabilistic methods for image and video analysis as applied to biomedical image analysis, microscopic neuroimaging, and computer vision; signal processing and machine learning for brain-computer/machine interfaces, with applications for alternative communication and rehabilitation for patients and monitoring of cognitive states
Chen, Bin
- Associate Professor of Economics
- binchen@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5781
- 224 Harkness Hall
Interests: Econometric Theory; Financial Econometrics
Ciminelli, Joseph
- Deputy Director of Statistics
- jcimine2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4655
- 708 Hylan Hall
Couderc, Jean Philippe
- Associate Professor of Department of Medicine, Cardiology Heart Research
- jean-philippe.couderc@heart.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1096
- 4322 Saunders Research Building
Interests: Electrocardiography ; Electrophysiological signals
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Demina, Regina
- Professor of Physics
- regina@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7357
- 367 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Interests: experimental elementary-particle physics
Dewan, Rajiv
- Professor of Computers and Information Systems
- rajiv.dewan@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3827
- 3-333B Carol Simon Hall
Interests: Economics; Organizational and industrial organization issues in Information systems and technology area
Dorsey, E. Ray
- David M. Levy Professorship in Neurology
- Director , Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics
- ray.dorsey@chet.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6824
Interests: Movement disorders, neurological disorders
Duan, Zhiyao
- Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Computer Science
- zhiyao.duan@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5302
- 720 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Computer Audition; Audio Signal Processing; Machine Learning; Music Information Retrieval
Dwarkadas, Sandhya
- Albert Arendt Hopeman Professor and Chair of Computer Science
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- sandhya@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5647
- 3403 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Parallel and distributed computing; Computer architecture and networks; Interaction and interface between the compiler, runtime system, and underlying architecture; Software distributed shared memory; Integrated compiler and runtime support for parallelism; Simulation methodology; Uniprocessor and multiprocessor architectures; Parallel applications development; Performance evaluation
Dye, Timothy
- Associate Chair, Research and Professor of Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (SMD)
- tim_dye@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6953
- 255 Crittenden Blvd.
Interests: Applied public health, particularly within marginalized, isolated, and global; Social and cultural determinants of health
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Ellickson, Paul
- Professor of Economics and Marketing
- paul.ellickson@simon.rochester.edu | (585) 273-1491
- 3-110F Carol Simon Hall
Interests: quantitative marketing; industrial organization
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Ferguson, George
- Associate Professor (Instruction) Co-Director Computer Science Undergraduate Program
- ferguson@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5766
- 2103 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Artificial intelligence; Intelligent agents; Agent communication languages; Agent architectures; User interfaces: speech recognition, natural language understanding, dialogue, conversational agents; Temporal reasoning: representation, planning, scheduling; Semantic web: ontologies, knowledge-based systems
Fernandez, Pedro (P.J.)
- Lecturer, Simon Business School and the Goergen Institute for Data Science
Francisco, Sylvia
- Administrative Assistant
- sylvia.francisco@rochester.edu | (585) 276-8382
- 1207 Wegmans Hall
Frank, Adam
- Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- afrank@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1717
- 417A Bausch & Lomb Hall
Interests: Theoretical Astrophysics; Hydrodynamic and magneto-hydrodynamic evolution of matter ejected from stars; Jets from Young Stellar Objects; Bipolar outflows from evolved stars such as Planetary Nebulae and Massive stars; Large scale numerical simulations; Plasma astrophysical research; Magnetic diffusion in interstellar clouds and the evolution of solar magnetic flux tubes
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George, Karla
- Director of Operations
Rochester Data Science Consortium
- karla.george@rochester.edu
- 1219 Wegmans Hall
Ghoshal, Gourab
- Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- gghoshal@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7748
- 464 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Interests: Complex systems; Game theory; Econophysics; Non-equilibrium statistical physics; Dynamical systems
Gildea, Daniel
- Professor of Computer Science
- gildea@cs | (585) 275-7230
- 3019 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Machine translation; Semantic parsing; Algorithms for natural language processing
Grimm, Scott
- Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics
- Director of Graduate Studies, Director of Quantitative Semantics Lab
- scott.grimm@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5136
- 512 Lattimore Hall
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Haefner, Ralf
- Assistant Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- rhaefne2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4801
Interests: Understanding how the brain forms percepts; Machine learning to construct mathematical models to explain neural responses and behavior
Handley, John C.
- Research Scientist
Rochester Data Science Consortium
- john.handley@rochester.edu
- 1219 Wegmans Hall
Heyworth, Gregory
- Associate Professor of English and Textual Science; Director, Lazarus Project
- gregory.heyworth@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2548
- 408 Morey Hall
Hill, Elaine
- Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences
- Elaine_hill@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0165
- 265 Crittenden Blvd.
Interests: health impacts of pollution; health care utilization, quality and access; human capital formation
Hoque, M. Ehsan
- Asaro-Biggar ('92) Family Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- mehoque@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1351
- 3013 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Human Computer Interaction; Artificial Intelligence ; Interactive machine learning; Ubiquitous Computing ; Assistive Technology
Howard, Thomas M.
- Wilmot Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- thoward@ece.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3755
- 732 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Artificial Intelligence; Robotics; Machine Learning; Natural Language Understanding
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Iosevich, Alex
- Professor of Mathematics
- alex.iosevich@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9419
- 909 Hylan Hall
Interests: Classical Analysis and Fourier Integral Operators; Geometric Combinatorics and Geometric Measure Theory; Additive and Analytic Number Theory; Convex Geometry and Probability Theory
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Jacobs, Robert A.
- Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, and the Center for Visual Science
- Rjacobs@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0753
- 306 Meliora Hall
Interests: cognitive and perceptual learning; neural computation
Johnson, Walter A.L.
- Executive Director, Rochester Data Science Consortium
Executive Director, Rochester Center of Excellence in Data Science
- waljohnson@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3151
- 1213 Wegmans Hall
Jones, Roy
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology and Clinical Assistant Professor of Computers and Information Systems
- roy.jones@simon.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3398
- 3-316 Carol Simon Hall
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Kautz, Henry
- Professor of Computer Science
- Founding director of the Goergen Institute for Data Science
- kautz@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 520-1200
- 1211 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Artificial intelligence; Pervasive computing; Data science
Kautz, Henry
- Professor of Computer Science
- Founding director of the Goergen Institute for Data Science
- kautz@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 520-1200
- 1211 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Artificial intelligence; Pervasive computing; Data science
Kelley, Douglas H.
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- d.h.kelley@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7769
- 218 Hopeman
Interests: Fluid dynamics of the brain’s waste removal system; Mixing in the inner ear; Liquid metal batteries and grid-scale energy storage; Mixing in metals casting; Coherent structures in reactive mixing
Kennerknecht, Michael
- Economic Development Coordinator and Assistant Director of State Relations
- mike_kennerknecht@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1043
- Goergen Institute for Data Science
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Larracuente, Amanda
- Assistant Professor
- alarracu@bio.rochester.edu | (585) 273-1693
- 343 Hutchison
Interests: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Intragenomic conflict and the evolution of selfish DNA; Evolutionary and functional genomics of satellite DNA; Sex chromosome and dot chromosome evolution in Drosophila
Li, Dongmei
- Associate Professor, Clinical and Translational Research, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health Sciences
Bioinformaticist, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
- dongmei_li@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7285
- 1.303J Saunders Research Building
Interests: biostatistics; microarray data analysis; genomic data analysis especially in methylation and transcriptome data analysis; public health
Lin, Lei
- Research Scientist
Rochester Data Science Consortium
- llin27@ur.rochester.edu
- 1219 Wegmans Hall
Lovett, Mitchell J.
- Associate Professor of Marketing
- mitch.lovett@simon.rochester.edu | (585) 276-4020
- 3-208 Carol Simon Hall
Interests: quantitative marketing; targeted advertising; advertising content and schedule choices; online and offline word-of-mouth; branding; social media listening; consumer learning
Luo, Jiebo
- Professor of Computer Science
- jluo@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 276-5784
- 3101 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Computer Vision; Machine learning; Data Mining; Social Media; Biomedical Informatics; Human Computer Interaction; Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing
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Mateos, Gonzalo
- Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- gmateosb@ece.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5930
- 726 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Statistical Signal Processing; Networks; Machine Learning; Decentralized Optimization; Graph Signal Processing
McCall, Matthew
- Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and of Biomedical Genetics of University of Rochester Dept. of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
- matthew_mccall@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-3177
- 4143 Saunders Research Building
Interests: Statistical genomics; Systems biology; Bioinformatics
McDavid, Andrew
- Assistant Professor
- andrew_mcdavid@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5983
- 601 Elmwood Ave, Box 630
Interests: Methods and applications of single cell gene expression assays
Mitten, David
- Professor of Orthopedics and Biomedical Engineering
- dave_mitten@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5321
- Building D 4901 Lac De Ville Blvd
Mort, Brendan
- Director of Center for Integrated Research Computing
- brendan.mort@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8289
- 418 Hutchinson Hall
Mueller, Carl
- Professor of Mathematics
- carl.e.mueller@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3498
- 802 Hylan Hall
Interests: Probability and related parts of analysis
Murray, Lee
- Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- lee.murray@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2077
- 479 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Application and development of 3-D global models of atmospheric chemistry and climate to examine various couplings between atmospheric chemistry and the climate system in the past, present and future.
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Nargesian, Fatemeh
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Interests: Data lake management with a focus on data discovery and integration.
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Pai, Sreepathi
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- sree@cs.rochester.edu
- 3409 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Compilers; Computer Architecture; GPU algorithms
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Raizada, Rajeev
- Assistant Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- Rraizada@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8673
- 314 Meliora Hall
Interests: Multivoxel pattern analysis of fMRI; Language, semantics; Structure of neural representations; Computational modeling
Richardson, Trevor
- Data Scientist
Rochester Data Science Consortium
- trevor.richardson@rochester.edu
- Sibley Square
Rosero, Spencer
- Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- spencer_rosero@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2475
- Box 679 601 Elmwood Ave
Rui, Huaxia
- Assistant Professor of Business Administration of Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
- huaxia.rui@simon.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4278
- 3-318 Carol Simon Hall
Interests: Social media analytics; Online word of mouth; Online advertising
Runner, Jeffrey T.
- Dean of the College in Arts, Sciences and Engineering
- Professor of Linguistics and Brain & Cognitive Sciences
- jeffrey.runner@rochester.edu | (585) 273-5000
- 317L Lattimore Hall
Interests: Experimental Syntax; Syntactic/Linguistic Theory; Binding Theory; Syntax Processing; Phrase Structure; Syntax/Semantics Interface
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Seidmann, Abraham
- Xerox Professor of Computers and Information Systems and Operations Management
- avi.seidmann@simon.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5694
- 3-333C Carol Simon Hall
Interests: medical informatics; electronic commerce; online auctions; information systems; health care management; business process design; project management and optimal resource allocation; strategic manufacturing systems; information economics; stochastic processes and performance modeling for capacity planning and pricing
Sharma, Gaurav
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
- gaurav.sharma@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7313
- 725 Computer Studies Building
Signorino, Curtis
- Associate Professor of Political Science
- curtis.signorino@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4760
- 303 Harness Hall
Interests: statistical methods for structural estimation of strategic choice models; statistical methods for modeling temporal dependence in event history models; aggregation bias in indices of power and democracy
Silenzio, Vincent
- Associate Professor of Department of Psychiatry, Research (SMD) - Primary
Associate Professor of Department of Family Medicine (SMD)
Associate Professor of Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD)
- v.m.silenzio@rochester.edu | (585) 275-6069
- 1-7285 300 Crittenden Blvd.
Interests: Social informatics; Machine learning; Network analysis to support public health and public policy needs
Steele, Scott
- Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD)
- scott.steele@rochester.edu | (585) 275-0708
- Office 1-208 265 Crittenden Blvd.
Interests: Science, technology, and health policy; Regulatory science
Strawderman, Robert
- Donald M. Foster MD Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics
- Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology (SMD)
- Robert_Strawderman@URMC.Rochester.edu | (585) 275-6688
- 4122 Saunders Research Building
Interests: Statistical learning methods with applications to risk prediction and survival analysis; Statistical and computational modeling for high dimensional data; Semiparametric models; Statistical inference for stochastic processes; Collaborative research
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Temperley, David
- Professor of Music Theory
- dtemperley@esm.rochester.edu | (585) 274-1557
- Computer Studies Building
Thakar, Juilee
- Assistant Professor of Department of Microbiology and Immunology (SMD)
- juliee_thakar@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6925
- 3-9611 Kornberg Medical Research Building
Interests: Bioinformatics; Systems biology; Dynamic Modeling Tools
Topham, David
- Professor of Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology (SMD) – Primary
- david_topham@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-1403
- 3-9631 Kornberg Medical Research Building
Interests: Virus infections of the respiratory tract; Influenza and immunity
Tulgan, Adam
- Director, Business Engagement and Development for the Rochester Center of Excellence in Data Science
- adam.tulgan@rochester.edu | (585) 275-1765
- 1219 Wegmans Hall
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Werren, John H.
- Nathaniel & Helen Wisch Professor of Biology
- On sabbatical until January 2020
- jack.werren@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3694
- 306 Hutchison
Interests: Evolutionary genetics; Microbial-host interactions with emphasis on Wolbachia in arthropods, genetics of speciation and evolution of development; Genetics, genomics and evolution of Parasitoids (e.g. Nasonia and relatives); The role of "selfish" or "parasitic" DNA in evolution
White, Andrew
- Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
- andrew.white@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7395
- 4001 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Data-driven molecular simulation; Materials Design; Augmented-reality in chemical engineering education; Grid-energy storage simulation
White, Aaron
- Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics
- aaron.white@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8053
- 511A Lattimore Hall
Interests: Computational psycholinguistics; Syntactic and semantic theory; First language acquisition
Williams, David R.
- William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering - Director of the Center for Visual Science
- david@cvs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8672
- 270 Meliora Hall
Interests: The Human Visual System; Physiological Optics
Wismueller, Axel
- Professor of Department of Imaging Sciences (SMD) - Primary
Professor of Department of Biomedical Engineering (SMD)
Professor of Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- axel.wismueller@rochester.edu | (585) 273-1689
- 2A218 Medical Center Annex Building
Interests: Innovative strategies for computational radiology; data exploration, pattern recognition, visualization, and machine learning methods for biomedical imaging
Wu, Wencheng
- Research Scientist
Rochester Data Science Consortium
- wencheng.wu@rochester.edu
- 1219 Wegmans Hall
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Xu, Chenliang
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- chenliang.xu@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5426
- 3005 Wegmans
Interests: Computer Vision; Video Analysis; Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Multimodal Modeling
Xu, Beilei
- Research Scientist
Rochester Data Science Consortium
- bxu14@ur.rochester.edu
- 1219 Wegmans Hall
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Yildiz, Nese
- Associate Professor of Economics
- nese.yildiz@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5782
- 222 Harkness Hall
Interests: Econometric Theory
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Zand, Martin
- Professor of Department of Medicine, Nephrology (SMD) – Primary
- martin_zand@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7753
- 601 Elmwood Ave.
Interests: Organ transplantation; B cell immunobiology, vaccine biology, and computational modeling of immune responses
Zhang, Zhengwu
- Assistant Professor of Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology (SMD)
- Zhengwu_zhang@URMC.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6588
- 4.169 Saunders Research Building
Interests: Statistical Image and Shape Analysis, Bayesian Statistics, Network Analysis, Computational Neuroscience
Zhu, Yuhao
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- yzhu@rochester.edu | (585) 275-1192
- 3501 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Computer architecture; Mobile visual computing; Web technologies; Cognitive edge computing