Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science

New Faculty 2016

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Stephanie  Balzer

Stephanie Balzer

Systems Scientist

Computer Science Department

Education

  • M.S. University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Ph.D. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland

Research Interests

  • Programming Languages
  • Program Verification
  • Type Theory
  • Logic
Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick

Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick

Assistant Professor

Language technologies Institute

Education

  • Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley

Research Interests

  • Natural Language Processing
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
Iliano Cervesato

Iliano Cervesato

Professor

Computer Science Department, CMU Qatar

Education

  • B.S. University of Udine, Italy
  • M.S. University of Houston, Texas
  • Ph.D. University of Torino, Italy

Research Interests

  • Computational Logic
  • Programming Languages
  • Computer Security
  • Encryption Protocols
  • Computer Science Education
Gianni Di Caro

Gianni A. Di Caro

Assistant Teaching Professor

Computer Science Department, CMU Qatar

Education

  • Laurea, University of Bologna, Italy
  • D.E.A. Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
  • Doctorate, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Research Interests

  • Planning, Coordination, and Navigation in Robot Swarms and in Networked Multi-Robot Systems
  • Interaction and Cooperation between Humans and Multi-Robot Systems
  • Routing and Control in Sensor and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Bio-Inspired Computing and Swarm Intelligence
  • Mathematical and Heuristic Optimization
  • Artificial Intelligence
Katerina Fragkiadaki

Katerina Fragkiadaki

Assistant Professor

Machine Learning Department

Education

  • Diplomate, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  • Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests

  • Motion Perception
  • Video Segmentation
  • Tracking
  • Body Pose Estimation
  • 3-D Modeling
Mayank Goel

Mayank Goel

Assistant Professor

Institute for Software Research

Education

  • B.Tech. Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
  • M.S. Georgia Institute of Technology

Research Interests

  • Designing, Implementing and Testing New Sensing Systems
  • Mobile Computing, Sensing, Signal Processing and Machine Learning
  • Health Sensing, Technologies for Global Development, and Novel Interactions
Kris Kitani

Kris Kitani

Assistant Research Professor

Robotics Institute

Education

  • B.S. University of Southern California
  • M.S. University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Ph.D. University of Tokyo, Japan

Research Interests

  • Wearable Cameras
  • First-Person Vision
  • Activity Forecasting and Prediction
  • Inverse Optimal Control
  • Pedestrian Detection by Synthesis
  • Vision for Navigation for the Blind
  • Vision for Upper-Extremity Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Deep Learning
John Mackey

John Mackey

Teaching Professor

Computer Science Department

Education

  • B.S. Kent State University, Ohio
  • Ph.D. University of Hawaii

Research Interests

  • Combinatorics and Graph Theory
  • Ordered Sets
  • Lattices
  • Coding Theory
  • Computer Science and mathematics Curricula for K-12 Students
Stefan Mitsch

Stefan Mitsch

Systems Scientist

Computer Science Department

Education

  • Dip.-Ing., Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Hagenberg
  • Ph.D. Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

Research Interests

  • Modeling, Refactoring, Collaboration, and Verification Methods for Hybrid Systems
  • Applying Software Engineering Methods to Support System Design and Verification
Katharina Muelling

Katharina Muelling

Systems Scientist

Robotics Institute

Education

  • Dip.-Inf. Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany
  • Doctoral studies Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
  • Doktor-Ing. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

Research Interests

  • Robotics
  • Software Engineering
  • Human Motor Control
  • Computational Drug Design and Neurobiology
  • Manipulation
  • Planning
  • Robot Learning Architectures
  • Machine Learning
  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Motor Control and Intelligent Autonomous Prosthetics
Graham Neubig

Graham Neubig

Assistant Professor

Language Technologies Institute

Education

  • B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • M.S. Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
  • Ph.D. Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Research Interests

  • Human-Machine Communication
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Machine Translation
  • Text Analysis
  • Language Processing
Brian Railing

Brian Railing

Assistant Teaching Professor

Computer Science Department

Education

  • B.S. Carnegie Mellon University
  • Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology

Research Interests

  • Understanding and Analyzing Parallel Programs Using Architecture and Computer Techniques
Pradeep Ravikumar

Pradeep Ravikumar

Associate Professor

Machine Learning Department

Education

  • B.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
  • Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University

Research Interests

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Statistical Machine Learning
  • Inferring Conclusions from Observations or Data
Giselle Reis

Giselle Reis

Assistant Teaching Professor

Computer Science Department, CMU Qatar

Education

  • B.S. Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • M.S. Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • Ph.D. Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Research Interests

  • Proof Theory
  • Structural Proof Theory
  • Automated Deduction and Logical Frameworks for Developing Correct Software
Matthew  Travers

Matthew Travers

Systems Scientist

Robotics Institute

Education

  • B.S. University of Colorado, Boulder
  • M.S. University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Ph.D. Northwestern University

Research Interests

  • Robotics and Biologically-Inspired Control
  • Subfields Include Fundamental Mechanics
  • Motion Planning
  • Biological Locomotion
  • Snake-Like Robots, Walking Robots, and Nonlinear Control
Bogdan  Vasilescu

Bogdan Vasilescu

Assistant Professor

Institute for Software Research

Education

  • Dipl.-Ing. Universitatea Petrol-Gaze din Ploiești, Romania
  • B.S. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
  • M.S. Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
  • Ph.D. Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Research Interests

  • Scaling Up Distributed Software Development
  • Diversity in Distributed Software Teams
  • Software Engineering Processes
  • Productivity and Outcomes in Distributed Software Development
  • Collaboration in Online Communities
Min Xu

Min Xu

Assistant Research Professor

Computational Biology Department

Education

  • B.S. University of California at Berkeley
  • M.S. Carnegie Mellon University
  • Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University

Research Interests

  • Machine Learning
  • Statistics
  • Network Analysis
  • Algorithms
  • Multimedia Databases
  • Data Mining
  • Advanced Statistical Theory
  • Computer Vision
Jean Yang

Jean Yang

Assistant Professor

Computer Science Department

Education

  • B.A. Harvard University
  • M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests

  • Programming Language Design
  • Software Verification
  • Privacy and Security