IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Key Persons


Abdullah Al Asif

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  • Student
Abdullah Al Asif is a Ph.D. student studying Computer Science at Iowa State University. He is interested in computer vision, natural language processing, and psychology. His goal is to develop intelligent agents that can understand the visual world beyond recognizing labels or sentences under human supervision. As a research associate at BRAC University, Asif conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) project on household electricity consumption and customer behavior in Dhaka. In addition, he developed a machine-learning-based method to prioritize poorer households for poverty and inequality alleviation. He also analyzed satellite imagery's nighttime light data to determine nightlight luminance in Bangladesh using QGIS.

Abdurahman Ali Mohammed

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
  • Student
Abdurahman Mohammed is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Iowa State University, specializing in machine learning and computer vision. Mohammed's research is particularly focused on developing label-efficient machine learning algorithms and their application in biomedical image analysis. Beyond this, Mohammed harbors a deep fascination with the interpretability of machine learning algorithms and is dedicated to uncovering novel ways to make these intricate systems more understandable. He is part of the research group led by Professor Wallapak Tavanapong at Iowa State University. In 2022, Mohammed was honored to be selected as one of only 300 students across North America for the prestigious Google Computer Science Research Mentorship program. Under the guidance of Dr. Boyu Wang, a researcher at Google, Mohammed acquired insights and expanded his expertise in the field. At Iowa State University, Mohammed has also worked as a Teaching Assistant with courses like COM S 227: Object-Oriented Programming and COM S 207: Fundamentals of Computer Programming. As the Head TA for COM S 227, a large course with over 400 students, Mohammed has been able to share his expertise and inspire many students. Mohammed embarked on his academic journey in Ethiopia, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from Addis Ababa Science and Technology University in 2018.

Abraham Aldaco

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  • Assistant Teaching Professor

Adisak Sukul

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  • Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Computer Science

Adithya Kulkarni

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  • Student

Ahmed El-Sayed

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  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee

Aishwarya Sarkar

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  • Student

Akash Dutta

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  • Student

Akhilesh Tyagi

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  • Professor

Al Asif

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  • Student

Alexander Stoytchev

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  • Courtesy Associate Professor

Ali Adibifar

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  • Student
Ali Adibifar is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science at Iowa State University. He is currently working in Security, Privacy, and fairness under the guidance of Dr. Meisam Mohammady. His main work related to preserving privacy and fairness in cloud servers and distributed systems.

Ali Jannesari

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  • Assistant Professor

Allyn T Kolar

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  • Academic Advisor I
  • Staff

Amir Niaraki-Asli

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  • Student

Andrew S Miner

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  • Associate Professor

Anuj Sharma

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  • Courtesy Associate Professor

Arijit Bhattacharjee

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  • Student

Arthur Oldehoeft

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  • Professor Emeritus

Arushi Sharma

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  • Student

Ashutosh Nirala

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  • Student

Astha Singh

Job Titles:
  • Student, Graduate Assistant

Atieh Bastan

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  • Student

Azeez Idris

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  • Student, Research Assistant

Borzoo Bonakdarpour

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  • Affiliate Assistant Professor

Carl K Chang

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Carmen Allen

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  • Administrative Assistant I
  • Staff

Carol L Kersey

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student Services Specialist
  • Staff

Carson Andorf

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  • Affiliate Assistant Professor

Carter Wunsch

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  • Student

Chandan Kumar

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  • Student

Charles Alloway

Job Titles:
  • Manager Information Technology Systems
  • Staff

Chin Kooi Khor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
  • Student

Chris Johannsen

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  • Student

Chris Harding

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  • Courtesy Associate Professor

Christoph Wunck

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  • Professor

Christopher Quinn

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  • Assistant Professor

Clay Stevens

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  • Assistant Professor

Cliff Bergman

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  • Professor

Damilola Popoola

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  • Student

Dan Zhu

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Dantas Cruz

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  • Postdoc Research Associate

David Obrien

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  • Student

David Fernández-Baca

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

David Martin

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  • Affiliate Assistant Professor

David Sappenfield

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student Services Specialist II
  • Staff

David Weiss

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Deb Holmes

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor - Computer Science

Deepak-George Thomas

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  • Student

Dr. Meisam Mohammady

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Assistant Professor
Education: B.E., Electrical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology M.S., Computer Science, Sharif University of Technology

Dylan Khor

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student

Ekin Beyazit

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  • Student

Elnaz Bashir

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  • Student

Elvira Mayordomo

Job Titles:
  • Affiliate Associate Professor

Erik Rauer

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  • Student

Eshita Zaman

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  • Student

Evelyn Shiqi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee

Fatema Siddika

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  • Student

Feifei Cheng

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  • Student

Forrest Sheng Bao

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee

Gary Leavens


Ge Luo

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  • Student

Geng Ding

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  • Student

George Strawn

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  • Professor Emeritus

Georgi Batinov

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  • Assistant Teaching Professor

Gianfranco Ciardo

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Chair of Search Committee

Giang Nguyen

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  • Student

Gokul Hariharan

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  • Student

Hebi Li

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  • Student

Hesham H Youssef

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  • Student

Hongwei Zhang

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  • Professor

Hongyi Bian

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  • Student

Hridesh Rajan

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  • Professor and Department Chair

Hung Phan

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  • Student

Ian E Gonzalez-Alfonzo

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  • Student

Ibne Farabi Shihab

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
  • Student

Iddo Friedberg

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  • Courtesy Associate Professor

Isaak N Daniels

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  • Graduate Student

Ishit Pradhan

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  • Student

Jack Lutz

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  • Professor

Jahid Hasan

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  • Student

James Lathrop

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  • Assistant Professor

Jason (Yaojie) Hu

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  • Student

Jasper Khor

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  • Student

Jeremy Sheaffer

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  • Assistant Teaching Professor

Jia (Kevin) Liu

Job Titles:
  • Affiliate Assistant Professor

Jin Tian

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Johnny Wong

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Jonathan Deneke

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  • Student

Joseph Clanin

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  • Student

Joshua D Ellis

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  • Student

Kang Zhou

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  • Student

Kate Kielkopf

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  • Program Specialist II

Kathryn Stolee

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  • Affiliate Assistant Professor

Keivan Sabet

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  • Student

Koushik Howlader

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  • Student

Kristin-Yvonne Rozier


Kristine Loes

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  • Cost Center Manager Computer Science and Math

Kundan Kumar

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  • Student

Lale Madahali

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  • Student

Les Miller

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Lichuan Deng

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  • Student

Lidia Tekeste Ghebreamlak

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  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
  • Student

Liese Vanderbroek

Job Titles:
  • Secretary III - Computer Science

Ling Tang

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  • Student

Linsey Kitt

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  • Student

Liwen Wang

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  • Student

Liyi Li

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Lorrie Ludwig

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant II

Lu Ruan

Job Titles:
  • Affiliate Associate Professor

Lucas J Bell-Steckel

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  • Graduate Student

Masha Sosonkina

Job Titles:
  • Affiliate Associate Professor

Masoud Nosrati

Job Titles:
  • Student

Matthew Rayman

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  • Student

Matthew Holman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Teaching Professor

Matthew Tancreti

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  • Assistant Teaching Professor

Md Anwar

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  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee

Md. Anwar Hossain

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee

Md. Mokarram

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  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee

Md. Solaiman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee

Michael C Gerten

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  • Student

Michael C Hunter

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  • Student

Michael Qi Yin Chen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
  • Student

Ming Liu

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  • Student

Minghao Sun

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  • Student

Mirza Sanjida Alam

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
  • Student

Mohammed Khaleel

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  • Student

Mohammed Musthafa Rafi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
  • Student

Mohammed Shaquir

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee

Mohna Chakraborty

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  • Student

Mojdeh Saadati

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  • Student

Muhammad Arshad

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  • Student

Muhammad Adistya Azhar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
  • Masters Student

Muhammad Ali Haider

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
  • Student

Myra Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Associate Chair for Research, Lanh & Oanh Nguyen Endowed Chair of Software Engineering

Nathan E Hergenreter

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  • Student

Nathan Meskell

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  • Graduate Student

Nazifa Mouli

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  • Student

Neil Lutz

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  • Affiliate Assistant Professor

Nicole Lewis-Pfister

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student Services Specialist II

Oliver Eulenstein

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Olukorede Fakorede

Job Titles:
  • Student

Pavan Aduri

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Director of Graduate Education

Peng Wei

Job Titles:
  • Affiliate Assistant Professor

Phuong Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Student

Pratik Maitra

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  • Student

Priyanka Banerjee

Job Titles:
  • Student

Qi Li

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Qiao Qiao

Job Titles:
  • Student

Qing Wang

Job Titles:
  • Student

Quazi Ishtiaque Mahmud

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
  • Graduate Student
  • Professor Emeritus

Rafael Radkowski

Job Titles:
  • Courtesy Assistant Professor
  • Mathematics

Ratnesh Kumar

Job Titles:
  • Software Engineering

Rebecca Eiland

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  • Student

Rex Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Retired

Robert Jernigan


Robyn Lutz

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Roger Maddux

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Retired

Ruchira Manke

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  • Student

Sadiya Ahmad

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  • Student

Sahil Afrid Farookhi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
  • Masters Student

Salil Purandare

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  • Student

Samik Basu

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Sanket Wagle

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  • Student

Saptarshi Biswas

Job Titles:
  • Student

Sayan Das

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  • Graduate Student

Sayem Mohammad Imtiaz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
  • Student

Shaila Sharmin

Job Titles:
  • Student

Shakil Ahmed

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  • Lecturer

Shashi Gadia

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Emeritus

Shibbir Ahmed

Job Titles:
  • Student

Shu-Hui (Susan) Chang

Job Titles:
  • Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Distance Education

Siddhant Grover

Job Titles:
  • Student

Simanta Mitra

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Sita Molacek

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor - Computer Science

Siyuan Sun

Job Titles:
  • Student

Soma Chaudhuri

Job Titles:
  • Associate Chair for Education

Sourabh Bhattacharya


Sriram Vijendran

Job Titles:
  • Student

Subhankar Bhattacharjee

Job Titles:
  • Student

Suraj Kothari

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Swarna Das

Job Titles:
  • Student

Tanim Ahmed

Job Titles:
  • Student

Tavis Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Affiliate Assistant Professor

Tichakorn (Nok) Wongpiromsarn


Tim McNicholl

Job Titles:
  • Courtesy Associate Professor

Titus Klinge

Job Titles:
  • Affiliate Assistant Professor

Trent Muhr

Job Titles:
  • Student

Usman Gohar

Job Titles:
  • Student

Varsha Ravichandra Mouli

Job Titles:
  • Student

Wallapak Tavanapong


Wang Li

Job Titles:
  • Student

Wei Qian

Job Titles:
  • Student

Wei Le

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Graduate Admissions Committee

Wensheng Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Xiang Ma

Job Titles:
  • Student

Xiangyang Xu

Job Titles:
  • Student

Yan Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Student

Yan-Bin Jia

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Yang Li

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Yee Chuen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee

Ying Wei

Job Titles:
  • Student

Ying Cai

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Yonas Sium

Job Titles:
  • Student

Yu Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Student

Zachary Glanz

Job Titles:
  • Student

Zhu (Drew) Zhang


Zihao Liu

Job Titles:
  • Student