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Faculty


Tenure-track Faculty (24)

Laxmi N. Bhuyan Laxmi N. Bhuyan
Professor and Chair
Office: 441 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2347
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Research Interests:
Multiprocessor architecture; network processors; internet routers; web servers; parallel and distributed computing; performance evaluation.
Marek Chrobak Marek Chrobak
Professor
Office: 406 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-3769
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Research Interests:
Design and analysis of algorithms; data structures; theory of computation; combinatorial optimization; computational geometry; automata theory; graph theory; on-line algorithms; graph drawing algorithms; algorithms in discrete tomography.
Gianfranco Ciardo Gianfranco Ciardo
Professor and Associate Chair
Office: 442 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2281
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Research Interests:
Tools and techniques for the analysis of complex hardware and software systems; symbolic model checking; logic verification; Markovian and general classes of stochastic Petri nets; performance and reliability evaluation.
Michalis Faloutsos Michalis Faloutsos
Associate Professor
Office: 332 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2480
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Research Interests:
Routing and QoS protocols for the Internet; multicasting; wireless-ad-hoc networks; measurement and modeling of real graphs; internet topology and power-laws.
Brett Fleisch Brett Fleisch
Associate Professor
Office: 422 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-7206
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Research Interests:
Distributed computing; operating systems; security; reliability; high availability systems; computing clusters; distributed shared memory; file systems; the Grid.
Dimitrios Gunopulos Dimitrios Gunopulos
Professor
Office: 324 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2479
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Research Interests:
Data mining and knowledge discovery in databases; geospatial data; database indexing; design and analysis of algorithms; computational geometry.
Rajiv Gupta Rajiv Gupta
Professor
Office: 408 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2558
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Research Interests:
Compilers and Architectures for Embedded Systems; Software Tools for Profiling, Slicing, and Debugging; Program Analysis: Static, Dynamic, and Profile-based.
Harry Hsieh Harry Hsieh
Assistant Professor
Office: 339 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2030
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Research Interests:
Automation of design technology for embedded computing systems; computer-aided formal methods for embedded system design.
Tao Jiang Tao Jiang
Professor
Office: 336 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2991
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Research Interests:
Design and analysis of algorithms; computational molecular biology; bioinformatics; comparative genomics; approximation algorithms; average-case analysis; applications of Kolmogorov complexity.
Vana Kalogeraki Vana Kalogeraki
Assistant Professor
Office: 325 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2556
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Research Interests:
Distributed and real-time systems; peer-to-peer systems; resource management and fault-tolerance; autonomous, self-organizing, and dynamically evolvable systems.
Eamonn Keogh Eamonn Keogh
Associate Professor
Office: 318 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2032
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Research Interests:
Machine learning and information retrieval; techniques for solving similarity and indexing problems in time-series datasets.
Srikanth Krishnamurthy Srikanth Krishnamurthy
Associate Professor
Office: 334 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2348
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Research Interests:
Wireless networks and systems; broadband networks; network security
Stefano Lonardi Stefano Lonardi
Associate Professor
Office: 317 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2203
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Research Interests:
Computational molecular biology; data mining; data compression; design and analysis of algorithms.
Mart Molle Mart Molle
Professor
Office: 331 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-7354
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Research Interests:
Computer networking; performance evaluation; distributed algorithms; fundamental performance limits; applications of analytical modeling techniques to practical problems in computer systems.
Walid Najjar Walid Najjar
Professor
Office: 421 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-4406
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Research Interests:
Computer architecture and parallel computing; compilation and code optimizations for reconfigurable computing systems; novel platforms and programing paradigms for sensor networks; low power computer architectures.
Iulian Neamtiu Iulian Neamtiu
Assistant Professor
Office: 412 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2993
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Research Interests:
Programming languages, operating systems and software engineering. In particular: dynamic software updating, software evolution, static and dynamic approaches to making software safe, available, secure and scalable.
Thomas Payne Thomas Payne
Associate Professor
Office: 316 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-3119
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Research Interests:
Efficient implementation of programming language features related to operating systems, such as concurrency, protection, dynamic binding.
Teodor Przymusinski Teodor Przymusinski
Professor
Office: 419 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-5015
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Research Interests:
Declarative knowledge representation in artificial intelligence; commonsense reasoning;symbolic representation and efficient computer automation of human reasoning.
Chinya Ravishankar Chinya Ravishankar
Professor
Office: 326 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2451
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Research Interests:
Databases; distributed systems; networking; programming languages; practical and theoretical techniques to build large software systems.
Christian Shelton Christian Shelton
Assistant Professor
Office: 327 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2554
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Research Interests:
Automated decision-making in uncertain or unknown environments; learning algorithms; sequential decision making; computational game theory.
Vassilis Tsotras Vassilis Tsotras
Professor
Office: 335 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2888
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Research Interests:
Database management; database indexing and search; query processing; data dissemination; mobile data services; spatial, temporal, and spatiotemporal databases; XML and semistructured data.
Frank Vahid Frank Vahid
Professor
Office: 328 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-4710
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Research Interests:
Embedded systems, FPGA-based computing
Neal Young Neal Young
Associate Professor
Office: 423 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-7146
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Research Interests:
Approximation algorithms for combinatorial optimization; Lagrangian-relaxation; algorithms for networks and caching; dynamic optimization problems; fast algorithms for special classes of linear programs.
Victor Zordan Victor Zordan
Assistant Professor
Office: 337 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-2557
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Research Interests:
Graphics modeling and techniques; computer animation programming; image-based and procedural motion synthesis; physically-based modeling and simulation; motion capture editing and hybrid approaches.

Adjunct Faculty

Douglas Tolbert Douglas Tolbert

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Cooperating Faculty

Alexander Balandin Alexander Balandin
Professor
Office: 227 Bourns Hall A
Phone: (951) 827-2351
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Research Interests:
Semiconductor materials and devices with particular emphasis on nanostructures. Specific research topics include phonon - electron transport in nanostructures, thermal management of nanoelectronic devices, noise phenomena, GaN-related materials and devices, thermoelectric materials, spintronics and quantum computing.
Matthew Barth Matthew Barth
Professor
Office: 221 Bourns Hall A
Phone: (951) 827-2992
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Research Interests:
Intelligent transportation systems, telematics, transportation/emissions modeling, vehicle activity analysis, electric vehicle technology, robotics, computer vision, and advanced sensing and control.
Bir Bhanu Bir Bhanu
Professor
Office: 219 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-3954
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Research Interests:
Dr. Bhanu's current research interests are Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Image and Video Databases, Artificial Intelligence, Graphics, Visualization, Robotics and Image Processing. (Expected to become cooperating faculty in Fall 2007)
Ilya Dumer Ilya Dumer
Professor
Office: 257 Bourns Hall A
Phone: (951) 827-2924
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Research Interests:
Error Correcting Codes for Reliable Transmission and Storage. Decoding Algorithms, Complexity, Code Design. Recursive Decoding; Nonbinary codes; Near-Optimum Decoding.
Lawrence Harper Lawrence Harper
Cooperating Faculty Member
Office: 245 Surge Building
Phone: (951) 827-4384
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Research Interests:
Combinatorics (Expected to become cooperating faculty in Fall 2007)
Michel Lapidus Michel Lapidus
Cooperating Faculty Member
Office: 231 Surge
Phone: (951) 827-5910
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Research Interests:
Mathematical Physics
Erik Rolland Erik Rolland
Cooperating Faculty Member
Office: 225 Anderson Hall
Phone: (951) 827-3694
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Research Interests:
Information Systems and Technology (IS/T), IS/T Strategy, Telecommunications, Meta-Heuristics, Decision Modeling, Healthcare Management
Amit Roy-Chowdhury Amit Roy-Chowdhury
Assistant Professor
Office: 322 Engineering BU2
Phone: 951-827-7886
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Research Interests:
Computer Vision and Image Processing, Statistical Methods in Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, Video Communication, Imaging/Non-imaging Sensor Networks, and Biological Image Processing
Tom Stahovich Tom Stahovich
Associate Professor
Office: 349 Bourns Hall A
Phone: (951) 827-7719
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Research Interests:
Sketch Understanding, Capturing and Reusing Design Procedures, Managing Design Changes, Computing Design Documentation, Cyrosurgical Planning, Code Checking, Feature action (Expected to become cooperating faculty in Fall 2007)
V. Sundararajan V. Sundararajan
Assistant Professor
Office: 317 Bourns Hall A
Phone: (951) 827-2446
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Research Interests:
Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Systems. (Expected to become cooperating faculty in Fall 2007)
Sheldon Tan Sheldon Tan
Associate Professor
Office: 223 Bourns Hall A
Phone: (951) 827-5143
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Research Interests:
Design and verification methodologies for high-performance power distribution networks, Software/hardware co-design for embedded system based FPGA platforms, Circuit Simulation and synthesis (optimization and sizing) for mixed-signal/RF/analog circuits
Zhengyuan Xu Zhengyuan Xu
Associate Professor
Office: 225 Bourns Hall A
Phone: (951) 827-2986
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Research Interests:
Multiuser detection for code-division multiple access (CDMA) wireless systems, blind equalization/identification of wireless channels, multi-carrier/OFDM multi-rate communications, ultra-wideband (UWB) communications wireless sensor networks

Emeritus

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Yang-Chang Hong

Office: 409 Engineering BU2
Phone: (951) 827-4750
Email:

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