Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Martin Farach-Colton, CoRE 313, Busch Campus (farach@cs.rutgers.edu)

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Eric Allender, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Complexity theory; parallel and probabilistic computation 

Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Princeton
Computer architecture; high-performance domains to large-scale data centers

Ricardo Bianchini, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Rochester
Parallel and distributed systems; operating systems and architecture

Alexander Borgida, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Toronto
Artificial intelligence in the design of information systems

David Cash, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Georgia Tech
Crytography

Kevin Chen, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

MicroRNAs and RNA-binding proteins; evolution of gene regulation

Kristen Dana, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Columbia
Computer vision; computer graphics; surface modeling; texture analysis

Ahmed Elgammal, Associate Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Maryland
Computer vision; multimedia

Tina Eliassi-Rad, Associate Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Network science; data mining; knowledge discovery

Martin Farach-Colton, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; M.D., Johns Hopkins; Ph.D., Maryland
Design and analysis of algorithms; theory of storage systems

David Foran, Professor of Pathology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Imaging; telemedicine; bioinformatics; pattern recognition; computer-assisted diagnosis

Michael L. Fredman, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Stanford
Data structures and algorithms; computational complexity

Vinod Ganapathy, Associate Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Computer system security and reliability                   

Michael D. Grigoriadis, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Mathematical programming; algorithms; structured and network optimization

Haym Hirsh, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Stanford
Artificial intelligence; machine learning

Liviu Iftode, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Princeton
Distributed and parallel systems; operating systems; mobile computing

Tomasz Imielinski, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Polish Academy of Sciences
Mobile wireless computing; data mining

Jeffry Kahn, Professor of Mathematics, SAS; Ph.D., Ohio State
Combinatorics

Bahman Kalantari, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Minnesota
Mathematical programming; matrix scaling; duality theory; approximation algorithms; approximation of s; polynomial root-finding

Paul Kantor, Professor of Communication, Information and Library Studies, SCILS; Ph.D., Princeton
Informational retrieval

Janos Komlos, Professor of Mathematics, SAS; Ph.D., Eötvös Lorand (Hungary)
Combinatorics; probability; theoretical computer science

Swastik Kopparty, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, SAS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Crytography

Ulrich Kremer, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Rice
Compilers for parallel machines; compiler-directed power and energy management

Casimir Kulikowski, Board of Governors Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Hawaii
Artificial intelligence; pattern recognition; imaging; biomedical applications

Kang Li, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Human factors/ergonomics; biomechanics; rehabilitation engineering; health care engineering; mathematical modeling in orthopedic surgery; health care informatics; human-machine interaction

Amelie Marian, Associate Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Columbia
Databases; query processing; XML query optimization; XML

Richard Martin, Associate Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
High-performance network design and evaluation; parallel architecture and languages; high throughput I/O systems

Peter Meer, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SE; D.Sc., Technion (Israel)
Computer vision; image processing; pattern recognition

Dimitris Metaxas, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Toronto
Physics-based modeling; computer graphics and animation; computational vision; medical imaging

Naftaly H. Minsky, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Hebrew (Israel)
Distributed computing; electronic commerce; security; software engineering

S. Muthukrishnan, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., New York
Algorithm design; databases; data compression; computational biology

Badri Nath, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Mobile wireless computing; network services; sensor networks

Thu Nguyen, Associate Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Washington
Pervasive, highly available, and secure distributed computing; networking 

Spiros Papadimitriou, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon
Data mining for graphs and streaming data; clustering and time-series algorithms; large-scale data processing; mobile applications

Manish Parashar, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Syracuse
Parallel and distributed computing; software engineering

Vladimir Pavlovic, Associate Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Illinois
Bioinformatics; machine learning; neural computation; computer vision

Gerard R. Richter, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Numerical solutions of differential and integral equations

Fred S. Roberts, Professor of Mathematics, SAS; Ph.D., Stanford
Discrete mathematical models; graph theory; decision making; measurement theory

Eduardo Sontag, Professor of Mathematics, SAS; Ph.D., Florida                         
Nonlinear control; neural networks

William L. Steiger, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Australian National
Algorithms; discrete and computational geometry; probability

Louis Steinberg, Associate Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Stanford
Artificial intelligence; knowledge-based design; VLSI; machine learning

Matthew Stone, Associate Professor of Computer Science, SAS/RuCCS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Natural language generation; conversational dialogue agents; knowledge representation and logic programming

Mario Szegedy, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Chicago
Complexity theory; PCP theory, combinatorics, geometry, algebra

Endre Szemerédi, State of New Jersey Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Sc.D., Moscow
Number theory; extremal graphs; theoretical computer science

Elizabeth B. Torres, Assistant Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Cognitive psychology; motor memory

Wade Trappe, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Maryland
Communications and networking; network security and cryptography

Robert Vichnevetsky, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Brussels

Rebecca Wright, Professor of Computer Science, SAS, Director, DIMACS; Ph.D., Yale
Security; privacy; cryptography; fault-tolerant distributed computing

Charles L. Hedrick, Director, New Brunswick Computing Services; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon
Networking; distributed computing environments

Janne Lindqvist, Assistant Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Helsinki University of Technology
Solving important societal problems by applying soft nudges to human behavior using computer systems; systems security and privacy, especially in usable security for mobile systems and pervasive computing; automotive computing

Dipankar Raychaudhuri, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SE; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Wireless systems and pervasive computing

Donald E. Smith, Associate Research Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Object-oriented languages; AI for design optimization; intelligent tutoring systems