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AI, Computing & Data Science

Data scientists manage, mine, and analyze big data across multiple disciplines—and use computational thinking to gain new knowledge and solve real-world problems of high complexity. UMassD faculty focus on integrating mathematics and computer science with disciplines such as business, engineering, healthcare, planning, science, and sociology.

Iren Todorova Valova
Iren Valova

Associate Dean

College of Engineering
Dion 326

508-999-8502
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Research

Research interests

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Brain modeling
  • Data mining
  • Expert Systems
  • Image processing
Maricris Mayes
Maricris Mayes

Associate Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 311B

508-999-8420
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Research

Research interests

  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Computational Chemistry and Material Science
  • Machine Learning in Chemistry
  • Self-Assembly of Materials
  • Photochemistry
Ming Shao
Ming Shao

Associate Professor

Computer & Information Science
Dion 303A

508-910-6893
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Research

Research interests

  • Predictive modeling
  • Adversarial machine learning
  • Continual and incremental machine learning
  • Robust and multi-view representation learning
  • Health informatics
Ming Shao
Ming Shao

Assistant Director of the Marine & UnderSea Technology Research Program (MUST)

Computer & Information Science
Dion 303A

508-910-6893
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Research

Research interests

  • Predictive modeling
  • Adversarial machine learning
  • Continual and incremental machine learning
  • Robust and multi-view representation learning
  • Health informatics
Yuchou Chang
Yuchou Chang

Assistant Professor

Computer & Information Science
Dion 317B

508-999-8475
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Research

Research interests

  • Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Pattern Recognition
  • Biomedical Imaging
  • Intelligent Robotics
  • Brain-Computer Interface
  • Statistical Signal Processing
Bharatendra Rai
Bharatendra Rai

Professor / Chairperson

Decision & Information Sciences
Charlton College of Business 326

508-910-6434
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Research

Research interests

  • Business analytics & data mining
  • Big data research
  • Reliability prediction
  • Six-sigma
  • Quality & reliability engineering
Gokhan Kul
Gokhan Kul

Assistant Professor

Computer & Information Science
Dion 307B

508-910-6484
gkul@umassd.edu

Research

Research interests

  • Cybersecurity
  • Database Systems
Jiawei Yuan
Jiawei Yuan

Associate Professor

Computer & Information Science
Dion 308A

508-999-8299
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Lance Fiondella
Lance Fiondella

Director

Cybersecurity Center
Science & Engineering 209B

508-999-8596
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Research

Research interests

  • Autonomous systems
  • Software and system security
  • Software processes
  • Transportation network vulnerability
  • Prognostics and health management
Lance Fiondella
Lance Fiondella

Associate Professor

Electrical & Computer Engineering
Science & Engineering 209B

508-999-8596
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Research

Research interests

  • Autonomous systems
  • Software and system security
  • Software processes
  • Transportation network vulnerability
  • Prognostics and health management
Ruolin Zhou
Ruolin Zhou

Associate Professor

Electrical & Computer Engineering
Science & Engineering 209A

508-910-6922
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Research

Research interests

  • Software Defined Radio based Cognitive Radio/Radar
  • Security of Intelligent Embedded Systems
  • Wireless Embedded System on SoC-FPGA
  • Dynamic Spectrum Access
  • Data Analytics
Alfa Heryudono
Alfa Heryudono

Professor

Mathematics
Liberal Arts 394H

508-999-8516
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Research

Research interests

  • Radial basis function methods
  • Spectral and pseudospectral methods
  • Tear film dynamics
  • Numerical conformal mapping
  • Mathematical problems in industry
Bo Dong
Bo Dong

Professor

Mathematics
Liberal Arts 394D

508-910-6616
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Research

Research interests

  • Numerical analysis and scientific computing
  • Finite element methods, discontinuous Galerkin methods
Robert Fisher
Robert Fisher

Professor

Physics
Science & Engineering 208A

508-999-8455
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Research

Research interests

  • Fundamental Physics of Turbulent Flows
  • Scientific Computing
  • Star Formation and the Physics of the Interstellar Medium
  • Type Ia Supernovae
Scott Field

Associate Professor

Mathematics
Liberal Arts 394E

508-999-8281
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Research

Research interests

  • Gravitational wave data science
  • Discontinuous Galerkin methods
  • Large-scale Scientific Computation
  • Computational general relativity and fluid dynamics
  • Numerical analysis
Sigal Gottlieb
Sigal Gottlieb

Chancellor Professor

Mathematics
Liberal Arts 394D

508-999-8205
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Research

Research interests

  • My research interests are numerical analysis and scientific computing. Specifically, I am interested in high-order numerical methods for simulation of hyperbolic PDEs with shocks.
  • WENO, spectral, and pseudo spectral methods, as well as strong stability preserving time discretizations.
  • Reduced basis methods for solving PDEs with many parameters.
  • Weighted essentially non-oscillatory methods
Yanlai Chen
Yanlai Chen

Chief Research Officer

Office of Research & Innovation
Foster Administration 008B

508-999-8827
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Research

Research interests

  • Numerical Analysis, scientific computing, computational partial differential equations
  • Dimension reduction, model order reduction, reduced order modeling
  • Uncertainty quantification, fractional-order partial differential equations
  • Data mining, machine learning, image processing, neural networks
  • high performance computing
Firas Khatib
Firas Khatib

Associate Professor

Computer & Information Science
Dion 307A

508-999-8265
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Research

Research interests

  • Bioinformatics
  • Citizen Science
  • Computational Biology
  • Distributed Computing
  • Protein Structure Determination/Prediction & Design
Hua Fang
Hua Fang

Professor

Computer & Information Science
Violette Research 220B

508-910-6411
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Research

Research interests

  • Machine learning/ statistical learning/ pattern recognition
  • Computational statistics
  • Behavioral trajectory pattern recognition in longitudinal studies
  • Wireless health
Yanlai Chen
Yanlai Chen

Chief Research Officer

Office of Research & Innovation
Foster Administration 008B

508-999-8827
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Research

Research interests

  • Numerical Analysis, scientific computing, computational partial differential equations
  • Dimension reduction, model order reduction, reduced order modeling
  • Uncertainty quantification, fractional-order partial differential equations
  • Data mining, machine learning, image processing, neural networks
  • high performance computing
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