People

Alumni

Hua Ai Hua Ai
General Manager of Predictive Modeling, Delta Airlines
hai7@mail.gatech.edu
Cem Akkaya Cem Akkaya
Machine Learning Engineer, Facebook
cem@cs.pitt.edu
patricia albacete Patricia Albacete
Research Associate, Learning Research and Development Center
palbacet@pitt.edu
vincent aleven Vincent Aleven
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
constantin aliferis Constantin Aliferis
(PhD '98)
saman amraii Saman Amirpour Amraii
Co-Founder, xSeer.io
saeed amizadeh Saeed Amizadeh
Senior Machine Learning Researcher, Microsoft
saeed@pitt.edu
Seshan Ananthasubramanian Seshan Ananthasubramanian
Data Scientist, Google
sea38@pitt.edu
john aronis John Aronis
(PhD '93)
jma18@pitt.edu
jeya balasubramanian Jeya Balaji Balasubramanian
Postdoctoral Researcher, National Cancer Institute
jeyabbalas@gmail.com
homa hashemi Homa Baradaran Hashemi
Applied Scientist, Microsoft
hob10@pitt.edu
barry blumenfeld Barry Blumenfeld
(MS '89)
bhb@rti.org
giuseppe carenini Giuseppe Carenini
Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia
steve casner Steve Casner
Research Psychologist, NASA
violetta cavalli-sforza Violetta Cavalli-Sforza
Associate Professor, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
min chi Min Chi
Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
gil citro Gil Citro
Psychiatrist, Private Practice
christina conati Christina Conati
Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia
denver dash Denver Dash
Principal Applied Scientist in Robotics and AI, Amazon
cathedral of learning Arthur DeCillis
President, DeCillis Consulting LLC
lingjia deng Lingjia Deng
NLP Research Scientist, Bloomberg
lid29@pitt.edu
ravi desai Ravi Desai
Manager, Oleoline
benoit desjardins Benoit Desjardins
Professor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
jeremy espino Jeremy Espino
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
412-648-7344
juest4@pitt.edu
rosta farzan Rosta Farzan
Associate Professor
412-624-9197
rfarzan@pitt.edu
donald freeman Donald Freeman
Psychiatrist and Psychologist, Donald T Freeman MD, Inc.
philip ganchev Philip Ganchev
Machine Learning Researcher, NTENT
phgst3@pitt.edu
ilya goldin Ilya Goldin
Principal Data Scientist, Phenom
matthias grabmair Matthias Grabmair
Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics, Technical University of Munich
mag134@pitt.edu
Cathedral of Learning Teng Han
Cathedral of Learning Anthony Harris
Physician, Multicare
Cathedral of Learning Daniel Hennessy
Systems Architect, MDT Software
Cathedral of Learning Gerardina Hernandez
(PhD '01)
Cathedral of Learning Paul Hoffmann
(MS '06)
Cathedral of Learning William Hogan
Director, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida
roya hosseini Roya Hosseini
roh38@pitt.edu
yun huang Yun Huang
(PhD '18)
fattaneh jabbari Fattaneh Jabbari
faj5@pitt.edu
pam jordan Pam Jordan
Research Associate, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh
Cathedral of Learning David Joslin
(PhD '96)
Cathedral of Learning Sung-Young Jung
(PhD '11)
choping@cs.pitt.edu
Cathedral of Learning Anoosh Katibshahidi
mehmet kayaalp Mehmet Kayaalp
Staff Scientist, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Institutes of Health
xiaohui kong Xiaohui Kong
Co-Founder, Telle AI
branislav kveton Branislav Kveton
Principal Scientist, Amazon
tsai-ching lu Tsai-Ching Lu
Senior Research Scientist, HRL Laboratories, LLC
collin lynch Collin F. Lynch
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University
lili ma Lili Ma
Senior Software Manager, SAS
cathedral of learning Subramani Mani
(PhD '05)
norobu matsuda Noboru Matsuda
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University
bruce mclaren Bruce McLaren
Associate Research Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
cathedral of learning Thahir P. Mohamed
(MS '10)
behrang mohit Behrang Mohit
Principle Research Engineer, Apple
stefano monti Stefano Monti
Associate Professor, Boston University of Medicine
chas murray Chas Murray
Systems/Software Engineer, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
cathedral of learning Aditya Nemlekar
(MS '07)
mahdi pakdaman naeini Mahdi Pakadaman Naeini
anandeep pannu Anandeep Pannu
Technical Program Manager, Amazon Web Services
massimo paolucci Massimo Paolucci
Patent Engineer, Viering Jentschura Parners
richard pelikan Richard Pelikan
(PhD '11)
jialan que Jialan Que
Analytic Science Director, FICO
zahra rahimi Zahra Rahimi
(PhD '19)
sailesh ramakrishman Sailesh Ramakrishnan
Partner, rocketship.vc
michael ringenberg Michael Ringenberg
Senior Research Programmer, Carnegie Mellon University
cathedral of learning Yagil Ronen
(MS '05)
jonathan rubin Jonathan Rubin
Engineering Manager, Google
sherry sahebi Shaghayegh (Sherry) Sahebi
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, State University of New York at Albany
jaromir savelka Jaromir Savelka
Post Doctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University
yanna shen Yanna Shen
(PhD '09)
lanfei shi Lanfei Shi
Assistant Professor, McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia
cathedral of learning Amy Soller
(PhD '02)
thomas spalthoff Thomas Spalthoff
Strategic Account Executive, iPipeline
matthew stokes Matthew Stokes
(PhD '14)
jeffrey sullivan Jeffrey Sullivan
Chief Technology Officer, Consensus Unit, j2 Global
yuriy sverchkov Yuriy Sverchkov
Assistant Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison
cathedral of learning Jozsef Toth
guarav trivedi Gaurav Trivedi
Senior Software Engineer, Philips
ioannis tsamardinos Ioannis Tsamardinos
Professor, Department of Computer Science, Univerity of Crete
cathedral of learning Sigalit Ur
Educational Staff, Galilee Foundation for Value Education
Shyam Visweswaran photo Shyam Visweswaran
Associate Professor
412-648-7119
shv3@pitt.edu
michael wagner Michael Wagner
Associate Professor Emeritus
mmw1@pitt.edu
phillip walker Phillip Walker
Researcher, SIFT
shuguang wang Shuguang Wang
Data Science Manager, The Washington Post
haiqin wang Haiqin Wang
Principal Data Scientist, Haimanda Consulting, LLC
wei wang Wei Wang
cathedral of learning Arthur Ward
(PhD '10)
chuck webster Chuck Webster
President, EHR Workflow Inc.
eric williams Eric Williams
(PhD '13)
theresa wilson Theresa Wilson
Director of End-to-End Business Architecture, NRG Energy
ian wong Ian Wong
Medical Instructor, Department of Medicine, Duke University
ye ye Ye Ye
Postdoc Associate, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
cathedral of learning Changwon Yoo
Associate Professor, Florida International University
michael young R. Michael Young
Professor, North Carolina State University
jonathan young Jonathan Young
changhe yuan Changhe Yuan
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Queens College
cathedral of learning Jun Zhang
Senior Developer, Nome Holding, LLC

Faculty

Malihe Alikhani photo Malihe Alikhani
Assistant Professor
412-555-5555
malihe@pitt.edu
Kevin Ashley photo Kevin Ashley
Professor
412-648-1495
ashley@pitt.edu
Kayhan Batmanghelich photo Kayhan Batmanghelich
Assistant Professor
412-648-9037
kayhan@pitt.edu
Takis Benos photo Panagiotis (Takis) Benos
Professor and Vice Chair
412-648-3315
benos@pitt.edu
Richard Boyce photo Richard Boyce
Associate Professor
412-648-9219
rdb20@pitt.edu
peter brusilovsky Peter Brusilovsky
Professor
412-624-9404
peterb@pitt.edu
Maria Chikina photo Maria Chikina
Assistant Professor
412 648 3338
mchikina@pitt.edu
Jeffrey Cohn photo Jeffrey Cohn
Professor
412-624-4500
jeffcohn@pitt.edu
Michael Colaresi photo Michael Colaresi
William S. Dietrich II Professor
412-648-7273
mcolaresi@pitt.edu
Greg Cooper photo Gregory Cooper
Professor
412-624-3308
gfc@pitt.edu
rosta farzan Rosta Farzan
Associate Professor
412-624-9197
rfarzan@pitt.edu
morgan frank Morgan Frank
Assistant Professor
mrfrank@pitt.edu
Madhavi Ganapathiraju photo Madhavi Ganapathiraju
Associate Professor
412-648-9331
madhavi@pitt.edu
Vanathi Gopalakrishnan photo Vanathi Gopalakrishnan
Director, Intelligent Systems Program
412-624-3290
vanathi@pitt.edu
Milos Hauskrecht photo Milos Hauskrecht
Professor
412-624-8845
milos@cs.pitt.edu
daqing he Daqing He
Professor
412-624-2477
dah44@pitt.edu
Harry Hochheiser photo Harry Hochheiser
Associate Professor
412-648-9300
harryh@pitt.edu
rebecca hwa Rebecca Hwa
Professor
412-624-7953
hwa@cs.pitt.edu
seong jae hwang Seong Jae Hwang
Assistant Professor
412-624-2535
sjh95@pitt.edu
xiaowei jia Xiaowei Jia
Assistant Professor
(412) 624-8490
xiaowei@pitt.edu
David Koes David Ryan Koes
Assistant Professor
(412) 383-5745
dkoes@pitt.edu
Adriana Kovashka photo Adriana Kovashka
Assistant Professor
412-624-8852
kovashka@cs.pitt.edu
michael lewis Michael Lewis
Professor
412-624-9426
cmlewis@pitt.edu
Yu-Ru Lin photo Yu-Ru Lin
Associate Professor
412-624-9470
yurulin@pitt.edu
sera linardi Sera Linardi
Associate Professor
412-648-7650
linardi@pitt.edu
Diane Litman photo Diane Litman
Professor
412-624-8838
dlitman@pitt.edu
Xinghua Lu photo Xinghua Lu
Professor
412-624-3303
xinghua@pitt.edu
Paul Munro photo Paul Munro
Associate Professor
412-624-9427
pwm@pitt.edu
Christian Schunn photo Christian Schunn
Professor
412-624-8807
schunn@pitt.edu
Ervin Sejdic photo Ervin Sejdic
Associate Professor
412-624-0508
esejdic@pitt.edu
Yalini Senathirajah Yalini Senathirajah
Associate Professor
347-619-4021
yalini@pitt.edu
Shyam Visweswaran photo Shyam Visweswaran
Associate Professor
412-648-7119
shv3@pitt.edu
Erin Walker photo Erin Walker
Associate Professor
(412) 624-7498
eawalker@pitt.edu
shandong wu Shandong Wu
Associate Professor
412-641- 2567
wus3@upmc.edu

Graduate Students

Bryan Andrews photo Bryan Andrews
PhD Student
bja43@pitt.edu
yuya asano Yuya Asano
PhD Student
yua17@pitt.edu
Maneesh Bilalpur photo Maneesh Bilalpur
PhD Student
mab623@pitt.edu
kyle buettner Kyle Buettner
PhD Student
buettnerk@pitt.edu
Saba Dadsetan photo Saba Dadsetan
PhD Student
sad149@pitt.edu
Yaohan Ding photo Yaohan Ding
PhD Student
yad30@pitt.edu
Mohammad Hassan Falakmasir photo Mohammad Hassan Falakmasir
PhD Student
412-624-7039
falakmasir@pitt.edu
shantanu gosh Shantanu Ghosh
PhD Student
shg121@pitt.edu
Cathedral of Learning Morgan Gray
PhD Student
mag454@pitt.edu
Cathedral of Learning Mustafa Cagri Gungor
PhD Student
mcg98@pitt.edu
Degan Hao photo Degan Hao
PhD Student
deh95@pitt.edu
Tushar Kansal photo Tushar Kansal
PhD Student
tuk7@pitt.edu
Omid Kashefi Omid Kashefi
PhD Student
omid.kashefi@pitt.edu
Arun Lekshmi Narayanan photo Arun Balajiee Lekshmi Narayanan
PhD Student
arl122@pitt.edu
Huao Li photo Huao Li
PhD Student
huao.li@pitt.edu
Jun Luo photo Jun Luo
PhD Student
jul117@pitt.ed
Haiyi Ma photo Haiyi Ma
PhD Student
ham112@pitt.edu
Tristan Maidment photo Tristan Maidment
PhD Student
tristan.maidment@pitt.edu
Neil Kunal Munjal photo Neil Kunal Munjal
Master's Student
Nihal Murali photo Nihal Murali
PhD Student
nim123@pitt.edu
Giacomo Nebbia photo Giacomo Nebbia
PhD Student
gin2@pitt.edu
matthew ragoza Matthew Ragoza
PhD Student
mtr22@pitt.edu
Shuangxia Ren photo Shuangxia Ren
PhD Student
shr81@pitt.edu
Anthony Sicilia photo Anthony Bruce Sicilia
PhD Student
anthonysicilia@pitt.edu
Harsh Sinha photo Harsh Sinha
PhD Student
harsh.sinha@pitt.edu
sonish sivarajkumar Sonish Sivarajkumar
PhD Student
sos86@pitt.edu
Deniz Sonmez Unal photo Deniz Sonmez Unal
PhD Student
d.sonmez@pitt.edu
Daniel Steinberg photo Daniel Steinberg
PhD Student
412-624-5757
das178@pitt.edu
Li Sun photo Li Sun
PhD Student
lis118@pitt.edu
Mohammadamin Tajgardoon photo Mohammadamin Tajgardoon
PhD Student
mot16@pitt.edu
Sanya Bathla Taneja photo Sanya Bathla Taneja
PhD Student
sbt12@pitt.edu
Khushboo Thaker photo Khushboo Thaker
PhD Student
k.thacker@pitt.edu
Mahbaneh Eshaghzadeh Torbati photo Mahbaneh Eshaghzadeh Torbati
PhD Student
mae82@pitt.edu
Mengdi Wang photo Mengdi Wang
PhD Student
mew133@pitt.edu
Huihui Xu photo Huihui Xu
PhD Student
hux16@pitt.edu
Yanwu Xu photo Yanwu Xu
PhD Student
yanwuxu@pitt.edu
Diyang Xue photo Diyang Xue
PhD Student
dix2@pitt.edu
Ke Yu photo Ke Yu
PhD Student
key44@pitt.edu

Emeriti Faculty

Bruce Buchanan photo Bruce Buchanan
Professor Emeritus
buchanan@cs.pitt.edu
Marek Druzdzel photo Marek Druzdzel
Professor Emertius
marek@sis.pitt.edu
Stephen Hirtle photo Stephen Hirtle
Professor Emeritus
hirtle@pitt.edu
Alan Lesgold photo Alan Lesgold
Professor Emeritus
al@pitt.edu
michael wagner Michael Wagner
Associate Professor Emeritus
mmw1@pitt.edu

Staff

michele thomas Michele Thomas
Administrator
412-624-5755
paum4b@pitt.edu