Faculty
Our Faculty
General inquiries to the department and the M.S. Program should be sent to the Department Chair / Graduate Program Director, William Turkett (turketwh@wfu.edu), and/or the department Academic Coordinator, Zoey Li (lizo@wfu.edu).
William Turkett
Department Chair
Graduate Program Director, Associate Professor
246 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Computational Biosciences, Applications of Machine Learning, Network Security
Sarra Alqahtani
Associate Professor
Denton Family Faculty Fellow
240 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning
Grey Ballard
Associate Professor
Robert & Debra Lee Faculty Fellow; David and Lelia Farr Professor & Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship
237 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Numerical Linear Algebra, High Performance Computing, Computational Science
Daniel Cañas
Associate Professor
249 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Software for Computer Science Education, Processes and Thread in Linux
Minghan Chen
Associate Professor
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Faculty Fellow
242 Manchester Hall
Research interests: Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Knowledge-guided Machine Learning, Bioinformatic Inference, Parameter Optimization
Samuel Cho
Associate Professor of Physics
Affiliate of Computer Science
301B Olin Physical Laboratory
Research Interests: Computational Biophysics, High Performance Computing (GPUs)
William Cochran
Assistant Teaching Professor
227 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Ethics of Emerging Technologies, Moral Education, Computer Ethics
Jason Cui
Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Robert J. Plemmons Fellow in Computational Sustainability at the Andrew Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability
251 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Remote Sensing Applications
Aditya Devarakonda
Assistant Professor
251 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: High Performance Computing, Machine Learning, Scientific Computing
Ron Doyle
Presidential Chair in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship
251 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Web Application Development, Automation, Artificial Intelligence and the Application of these Topics to Entrepreneurial Innovation.
Jennifer Erway
Professor of Mathematics
Affiliate of Computer Science
130 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Computational Mathematics
Errin Fulp
Professor
239 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Intelligence-driven Approaches to Computer Security, Computer Networks
Don Gage
Research Associate Professor
Natalia Khuri
Associate Professor
226 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Data Mining, Data-centric Artificial Intelligence (DCAI)
Sami Khuri
Adjunct Professor
Research Interests: Detection of Patterns in Biological Sequences
Kyle Luthy
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Affiliate of Computer Science
Wake Downtown, Room 4510
Research Interests: Field-deployable Unmanned Distributed Sensor Systems and Robotics
Paúl Pauca
Professor
235 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Intelligent Remote Sensing for Conservation and Discovery, Machine Learning, Image Processing, Computational Imaging
Bob Plemmons
Research Professor
Reynolds Professor of Computer Science & Mathematics – Emeritus
Research Interests: Computational Mathematics
Rob Robless
Visiting Assistant Professor
005, Building 29
Research Interests: Evolution of Domestic Software Engineering Skills
Pete Santago
Professor
Faculty Director of the University WakerSpace
250 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Simulation, Machine Learning, Curriculum Development
Cody Stevens
Adjunct Professor
Senior UNIX Systems Administrator
243 Manchester Hall
Olubunmi Sule
Visiting Assistant Professor
004, Building 29
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Cybersecurity
Xueyuan “Michael” Vanbastelaer
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Systems Security, Privacy, Data Provenance, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning
Fan Yang
Assistant Professor
234 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Data Mining, Machine Learning, Trustworthy AI
Ying Zhang
Assistant Professor
236 Manchester Hall
Research Interests: Software Security, Software Engineering
Emeriti Faculty
Jennifer Burg
Professor Emerita
David John
Professor Emeritus
Stan Thomas
Associate Professor Emeritus