Faculty

Ziad Al-Halah

Assistant Professor

ziad.al-halah@utah.edu
MEB 2176
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Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence (Computer Vision)

Ahmad Alsaleem

Assistant Professor, Lecturer

ahmad.alsaleem@utah.edu
MEB 3118
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Research Interests
Human-Computer Interaction

Rajeev Balasubramonian

Professor & Associate Director

rajeev@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3414 | 801.581.4553
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Research Interests
Computer Architecture (Accelerators and VLSI, Memory Systems); High-Performance Computing (Accelerators and VLSI, Scalable Machine Learning)

Martin Berzins

Professor

mb@cs.utah.edu
WEB 4803 | 801.585.1545
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Research Interests
High-Performance Computing (Scientific Computing); Scientific Computing (High-Performance Computing, Modeling Methods and Frameworks)

Aditya Bhaskara

Associate Professor

bhaskara@cs.utah.edu
WEB 2692
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Research Interests
Algorithms (Approximation / Online Algorithms, Graph Algorithms); Artificial Intelligence (ML: Theory and Modeling)

Daniel Brown

Assistant Professor

dsbrown@cs.utah.edu
MEB 2172
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Research Interests
Robotics (Autonomous Systems and Learning, Human/Medical Robotics); Machine learning; Artificial intelligence; Human-computer interaction

Noelle Brown

Assistant Professor, Lecturer

noelle.brown@utah.edu
MEB 3120
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Research Interests
Computer Education, Computer Ethics

Richard Brown

Professor

brown@utah.edu
WEB 1692 | 801.585.7498
Website

Research Interests
Chemical Sensors; Neural Interfaces; Electronic Circuit Clocking; Circuit Design; High Performance Microprocessors; Mixed Signal Microprocessors; Biomedical Implants.

Erik Brunvand

Professor

elb@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3142 | 801.581.4345
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Research Interests
Computer Architecture (Accelerators and VLSI); High-Performance Computing (Accelerators and VLSI); Visual Computing (Computer Graphics)

Anton Burtsev

Assistant Professor

aburtsev@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3424
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Research Interests
Systems (Operating Systems)

Eric Eide

Research Associate Professor

eeide@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3476 | 801.585.5512
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Research Interests
High-Performance Computing (Scalable Systems); Systems (Networking, Scalable Systems); Programming Languages (Formal Verification and Testing); Security / Privacy (Systems Security)

Shireen Elhabian

Associate Professor

shireen@sci.utah.edu
WEB 3608 | 801.581.5982
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Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence (Image Analysis and Computer Vision); Visual Computing (Image Analysis)

Anna Fariha

Assistant Professor

afariha@cs.utah.edu
WEB 2851
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Research Interests
Data systems usability, Explainable AI, Responsible data management, Data quality

Matthew Flatt

Professor

mflatt@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3256 | 801.587.9091
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Research Interests
Programming Languages (Language Implementation)

Luis Garcia

Assistant Professor

lgarcia@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3450
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Research Interests
Cyber-physical Systems, IoT, Cybersecurity, Formal Methods

Ganesh Gopalakrishnan

Professor

ganesh@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3428 | 801.581.3568
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Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence (ML and Systems); Programming Languages (Formal Verification and Testing)

Ben Greenman

Assistant Professor

blg@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3252

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Research Interests
Programming languages, gradual type systems, formal methods, human factors

Mary Hall

Director & Professor

mhall@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3190 | 801.585.1039
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Research Interests
High-Performance Computing (Compiler Optimization, Scientific Computing); Programming Languages (Compiler Optimization); Scientific Computing (High-Performance Computing)

Eric Heisler

Assistant Professor, Lecturer

eric.heisler@utah.edu
MEB 3148
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Tom Henderson

Professor

tch@cs.utah.edu
WEB 2871 | 801.581.3601
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Research Interests
Robotics (Autonomous Systems and Learning)

Tucker Hermans

Associate Professor

tucker.hermans@utah.edu
MEB 2164 | 801.581.8122
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Research Interests
Robotics (Autonomous Systems and Learning)

John Hollerbach

Professor

jmh@cs.utah.edu
MEB 2178 | 801.585.6978
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Research Interests
Human-Centered Computing (Virtual Reality); Robotics (Human/Medical Robotics)

Kate Isaacs

Associate Professor

kisaacs@sci.utah.edu
WEB 4660
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Research Interests
Visual Computing (Visualization)

Christopher R. Johnson Director, Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute (SCI); Co-Director, Center for Integrative Biomedical Computing (NIH NCRR); Distinguished Professor of Computer Science; Research Professor of Bioengineering; Adjunct Professor of Physics; Faculty Member, Computational Engineering & Science (CES); Faculty Member, Brain Intstitute; Co-Founder, Visual Influence Inc.

Christopher Johnson

Distinguished Professor

crj@sci.utah.edu
WEB 3850 | 801.581.7705
Website | Publications

Research Interests
Scientific Computing (Computational Inverse Problems, High-Performance Computing); Visual Computing (Image Analysis, Visualization)

David Johnson

Associate Professor, Lecturer

dejohnso@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3146 | 801.585.1726
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Research Interests
Geometric computation, haptics, robotics, educational research

Ben Jones

Associate Professor, Lecturer

benjones@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3120
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Research Interests
Computer graphics, physical simulation

Sneha Kasera

Professor

kasera@cs.utah.edu
WEB 1650 | 801.581.4541
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Research Interests
Systems (Networking); Security / Privacy (Systems Security)

Mike Kirby

Professor

kirby@cs.utah.edu
WEB 3602 | 801.585.3421
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Research Interests
Scientific Computing (Computational Inverse Problems, High-Performance Computing, Modeling Methods and Frameworks); Visual Computing (Visualization)

Marina Kogan

Assistant Professor

kogan@cs.utah.edu
MEB 2176
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Research Interests
Human-Centered Computing (Human-Computer Interaction, Social Computing)

Daniel Kopta

Associate Professor, Lecturer

dkopta@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3190A
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Research Interests
Ray tracing, computer graphics, computer architecture

Alan Kuntz

Assistant Professor

adk@cs.utah.edu
MEB 2162
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Research Interests
Robotics (Autonomous Systems and Learning, Human/Medical Robotics)

Alexander Lex

Associate Professor

alex@sci.utah.edu
WEB 3887
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Research Interests
Human-Centered Computing (Human-Computer Interaction); Visual Computing (Visualization)

Nabil Makarem

Assistant Professor, Lecturer

nabil@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3124

Research Interests
Internet of Things, Congestion Control, CoAP

Ana Marasovic

Assistant Professor

ana.marasovic@utah.edu
MEB 2166
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Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence (Natural Language Processing)

Kenneth Marino

Assistant Professor

kenneth.marino28@gmail.com

Joining July 1, 2025
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Research Interests
Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing

Travis Martin

Assistant Professor, Lecturer

travis@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3122
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Research Interests
Machine learning, network science, graph algorithms and mechanism design

Andrew McNutt

Assistant Professor

andrew.mcnutt@utah.edu

WEB 4628
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Research Interests
Visualization and human-computer interaction

Vijay Nagarajan

Professor

vijay@cs.utah.edu

WEB 2897
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Research Interests
Computer architecture, Programming Languages and Computer Systems with a focus on: Consistency Models, Coherence Protocols, Replication protocols, Language support for microarchitecture design, Correct-by-construction system design.

Stefan Nagy

Assistant Professor

snagy@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3446
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Research Interests
Security / Privacy (Systems Security)

Pavel Panchekha

Assistant Professor

pavpan@cs.utah.edu
MEB 2174
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Research Interests
Programming Languages (Formal Verification and Testing, Language Implementation)

Prashant Pandey

Assistant Professor

prashant.pandey@utah.edu
WEB 2686
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Research Interests
Algorithms (Algorithms & Data Structures); Data Management (Approximate Databases, Stream Processing, Storage and Indexing); High-Performance Computing; Computational Biology

Vineet Pandey

Assistant Professor

vineet.pandey@utah.edu

MEB 3112
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Research Interests
Human-Centered Computing (Human-Computer Interaction, Design, Social Computing, Digital Health, Citizen Science)

Manish Parashar

Professor

parashar@sci.utah.edu
WEB 3750
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Research Interests
High-Performance Computing (Large Scale Data Management)

Erin Parker

Professor, Lecturer & Associate Director

parker@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3144
Website

Valerio Pascucci

Professor

pascucci@sci.utah.edu
WEB 4646 | 801.587.9885
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Research Interests
Algorithms (Computational Geometry, Computational Topology); Scientific Computing (Geometry and Mesh Generation, High-Performance Computing); Visual Computing (Image Analysis, Visualization)

Sameer Patil

Associate Professor

sameer.patil@utah.edu
WEB 2857
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Research Interests
Human-Centered Computing (Security and Privacy); Security / Privacy (Sociotechnical Aspects)

Neal Patwari

Professor

neal.patwari@utah.edu

MEB 2126
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Research Interests
Statistical Signal Processing and Wireless Networks

Jeff Phillips

Professor

jeffp@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3442 | 801.585.7775
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Research Interests
Algorithms (Approximation / Online Algorithms, Computational Geometry); Data Management (Stream Processing, Approximate Databases)

John Regehr

Professor & Associate Director

regehr@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3268 | 801.581.4280
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Research Interests
High-Performance Computing (Compiler Optimization); Programming Languages (Compiler Optimization, Formal Verification and Testing)

El Kindi Rezig

Assistant Professor

elkindi@cs.utah.edu
WEB 2815
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Research Interests
Data preparation, Data discovery, Data debugging, Information extraction, Data quality

Robert Ricci

Research Professor

ricci@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3490B | 801.581.8354
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Research Interests
High-Performance Computing (Scalable Systems); Systems (Networking, Scalable Systems); Security / Privacy (Systems Security)

Paul Rosen

Associate Professor

paul.rosen@utah.edu
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Research Interests
Visual Computing (Visualization)

Rohan Basu Roy

Assistant Professor

rohanbasuroy@gmail.com

Joining July 1, 2025
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Research Interests
High Performance Computing, Cloud Computing, Computing Sustainability

Saday Sadayappan

Professor

saday@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3458
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Research Interests
High-Performance Computing (Compiler Optimization, Scalable Machine Learning); Programming Languages (Compiler Optimization); Scientific Computing (High-Performance Computing)

Varun Shankar

Assistant Professor

shankar@cs.utah.edu
WEB 2891
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Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence (Physics-informed Machine Learning); Scientific Computing (Geometry and Mesh Generation, High-Performance Computing, Modeling Methods and Frameworks)

Pratik Soni

Assistant Professor

psoni@cs.utah.edu

WEB 2863
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Research Interests
Security / Privacy (Cryptography)

Vivek Srikumar

Associate Professor

svivek@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3126 | 801.587.5681
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Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence (Natural Language Processing); High-Performance Computing (Scalable Machine Learning)

James de St. Germain

Professor, Lecturer

germain@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3190 B | 801.585.3352
Website

Research Interests
Reverse Engineering and Constraint Optimization, Artificial Intelligence, technological aids for education

Ryan Stutsman

Associate Professor

stutsman@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3436 | 801.585.0913
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Research Interests
Systems (Networking, Operating Systems, Storage Systems)

Blair Sullivan

Professor

sullivan@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3464
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Research Interests
Algorithms (Graph Algorithms)

Guanhong Tao

Assistant Professor

guanhong.tao@utah.edu

MEB 3470
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Research Interests
Machine Learning and Computer Security

Kobus Van der Merwe

Professor

kobus@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3490 D | 801.581.3012
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Research Interests
High-Performance Computing (Scalable Systems); Systems (Networking, Scalable Systems)

Fengjiao Wang

Assistant Professor, Lecturer

fengjiao@cs.utah.edu
MEB 3116
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Haitao Wang

Associate Professor

haitao.wang@utah.edu
MEB 3418
Website | Publications

Research Interests
Algorithms (Algorithms & Data Structures, Computational Geometry)

Bei Wang Phillips

Associate Professor

beiwang@sci.utah.edu
WEB 4608 | 801.585.0968
Website | Publications

Research Interests
Algorithms (Computational Geometry, Computational Topology); Artificial Intelligence (ML and Data Analysis); Visual Computing (Visualization)