Data Science Undergraduate Program 

 
Website: https://mps.rutgers.edu/data-science  

Data Science Undergraduate Program Directors: Steven Buyske and Tomasz Imielinski

Administrative Director, Data Science Undergraduate Program: Sangya S. Varma 

Board of Governors Professor: 

SAS Computer Science 

Casimir Kulikowski, B.E., M.S., Ph.D. University of Hawaii

Distinguished Professors: 

SAS Statistics 

Minge Xie, B.S., University of Science and Technology of China; M.S., Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) 

Professors: 

SAS Computer Science 

Ahmed Elgammal, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park 

Jie Gao B.S., Ph.D., Stanford University 

Tomasz Imielinski, B.E., M.E., Ph.D., Polish Academy of Sciences 

Vladimir Pavlovic, Dip., M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Matthew Stone, Sc.B., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 

 

SAS Statistics 

Javier Cabrera, B.A., Madrid; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton 

Harry Crane, B.S., Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Chicago 

Tirthankar Dasgupta, B.S., Calcutta; M.S., Indian Statistical Institute; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology 

Ying Hung, B.A., National Taiwan (Taiwan); M.S., National Tsing Hua (Taiwan); Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology 

Sijian Wang, B.S., Tsinghua (China); M.S., Ph.D., Michigan 

Han Xiao, B.S., Peking; M.S., National (Singapore); Ph.D., Chicago 
 

Associate Professors: 

SAS Computer Science 

Amélie Marian, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Columbia University 

Konstantinos P. Michmizos, Dip., M.S., Ph.D., National Technical University of Athens  

Jingjin Yu, B.S.,M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

Yongfeng Zhang, B.E., B.S., Ph.D., Tsinghua University 

 

SAS Statistics 

Pierre Bellec, Dipl. d'Ingénieur, Ecole Polytechnique; Part III (MASt), Cambridge (UK); Ph.D., ENSAE Paris Tech 

Steven Buyske, B.A., Haverford College; Sc.M., Ph.D., Brown; Ph.D., Rutgers 

Roubin Gong, B.Sc., Toronto; A.M, Harvard; Ph.D., Harvard 

Zijian Guo, B.S., Chinese University of Hong Kong; Ph.D., Pennsylvania 

Linjun Zhang, PhD., The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 

 
SC&I Communication 

Katherine Ognyanova, B.Sc., Bulgaria, M.A., Bulgaria, M.A. University of Southern California, Ph.D., Annenberg School of Communication. 

SC&I Library and Information Science 

Vivek Singh, B.E., Singapore, Master of Computing, Singapore, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine. 

 
SC&I Journalism and Media Studies 

Caitlin Petre, B.A., Wesleyan University, M.A., New York University, Ph.D., New York University. 

 
Assistant Professors: 

SAS Computer Science 

Hao Wang, B.Sc., Ph.D., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology  

 
SAS Statistics 

Matteo Bonvini, PhD., Carnegie Mellon University 

Yaqing Chen, B.S., Peking; Ph.D., California (Davis)  

Koulik Khamaru, B.S., M.S., Indian Statistical Institute; Ph.D., California (Berkeley) 

Gemma Moran, PhD., University of Pennsylvania 

Nicole Pashley, B.S., Queen¿s (Kingston); M.A., Ph.D., Harvard 

Guanyang Wang, B.S, Science and Technology (China); Ph.D., Stanford 

Min Xu, B.S., California (Berkeley); Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon 

SC&I Library and Information Science 

Britt Paris, M.A. The New School, Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles) 

Shagun Jhaver, B.Tech., IIT, Bombay, M.S., University of Texas, Dallas, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology 

Teaching Faculty: 

SAS Computer Science 

James Abello, M.S., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego 

Ana Paula Centeno, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Rutgers University  

Charles Cowan, B.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University  

Ananda D. Gunawardena, B.Sc., M.S., Ph.D., Ohio University 

Samaneh Hamidi., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Malaya 

Antonio Miranda Garcia, B.S., Ph.D., Texas A&M University 

Sesh Venugopal, B.Tech., Ph.D., Rutgers University 

 
SAS Statistics  

Michael LuValle, B.A., Pomona; Ph. D., Univ CA Davis  

Ravi Remaswamy, B.S., Indian Statistical Institute; Ph.D., Univ Rochester 

Suryakala Srinivasan, B.S., Sarada College Salem; M. PhiL,, Loyola College Chennai  

Zhanyun Zhao, B.S., Nankai; Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania 

 
Assistant Teaching Professors: 

SC&I Library and Information Science 

Brendan Mahoney 

Kaushal Trivedi