IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Key Persons
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.
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- 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.
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- Assistant Teaching Professor
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- Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Computer Science
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Courtesy Associate Professor
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.
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- Courtesy Associate Professor
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- Student, Graduate Assistant
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- Student, Research Assistant
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- Affiliate Assistant Professor
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- Administrative Assistant I
- Staff
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- Graduate Student Services Specialist
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- Affiliate Assistant Professor
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- Manager Information Technology Systems
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Courtesy Associate Professor
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- Postdoc Research Associate
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- Affiliate Assistant Professor
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- Graduate Student Services Specialist II
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- Academic Advisor - Computer Science
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- Advisor
- Assistant Professor
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B.E., Electrical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology
M.S., Computer Science, Sharif University of Technology
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- Affiliate Associate Professor
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Assistant Professor
- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Assistant Teaching Professor
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- Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Professor and Department Chair
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Courtesy Associate Professor
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- Assistant Teaching Professor
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- Affiliate Assistant Professor
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- Affiliate Assistant Professor
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- Cost Center Manager Computer Science and Math
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Secretary III - Computer Science
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- Administrative Assistant II
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- Affiliate Associate Professor
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- Affiliate Associate Professor
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- Assistant Teaching Professor
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- Assistant Teaching Professor
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
- Masters Student
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Professor, Associate Chair for Research, Lanh & Oanh Nguyen Endowed Chair of Software Engineering
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- Affiliate Assistant Professor
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- Graduate Student Services Specialist II
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- Professor, Director of Graduate Education
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- Affiliate Assistant Professor
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
- Graduate Student
- Professor Emeritus
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- Courtesy Assistant Professor
- Mathematics
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- Professor Emeritus
- Retired
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- Professor Emeritus
- Retired
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
- Masters Student
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee
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- Associate Professor Emeritus
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- Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Distance Education
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- Academic Advisor - Computer Science
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- Associate Chair for Education
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- Affiliate Assistant Professor
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- Courtesy Associate Professor
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- Affiliate Assistant Professor
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- Chairman of Graduate Admissions Committee
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- Member of the Professor, Chair of Search Committee