Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science

New Faculty 2024

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Check out the 2024 Lightning Research Talk videos to learn more about what our new faculty are working on!

Hammad Ahmad

Hammad Ahmad

Assistant Teaching Professor

Software and Societal Systems Department

Education

  • B.S. Computer Science, Washington and Lee University, 2019
  • M.S. Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2021
  • Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2024

Research Interests

  • Software Engineering, Cognition, Pedagogy

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Richard Border

Richard Border

Assistant Professor

Computational Biology Department

Education

  • B.A. Japanese Language and Literature, Wesleyan University, 2011
  • M.A. Behavioral, Psychiatric, and Statistical Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder 2018
  • M.S. Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder 2018
  • Ph.D. Behavioral, Psychiatric, and Statistical Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder 2019

Research Interests

  • Statistical Genetics, Human Genetics, Bayesian Statistics, Quantitative Psychology, Stochastic Optimization, Metascience

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Carlos Busso

Carlos Busso

Professor

Language Technologies Institute

Education

  • B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, 2000
  • M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, 2003
  • Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 2008

Research Interests

  • Multimodal Machine Learning, Affective Computing, Speech Processing, Speech Emotion Recognition, Social Signal Processing, Nonverbal Behaviors for Conversational Agents, Human Interaction Analysis and Modeling, Multimodal Applications for In-vehicle Active Safety Systems
Justin Chan

Justin Chan

Assistant Professor

Software and Societal Systems Department, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Education

  • B.A. Computer Science, Dartmouth College, 2015
  • Ph.D. Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, 2023

Research Interests

  • Mobile, Wireless, Embedded Systems, Computational Health, Environmental Sensing
Christian Cuba_Samaniego

Christian Cuba_Samaniego

Assistant Professor

Computational Biology Department

Education

  • B.S. Mechatronic Engineering, National University of Engineering, 2009
  • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California Riverside, 2017

Research Interests

  • Synthetic Biology, Feedback Control, Biomolecular Dynamical Systems, Biocomputation
Hana Habib

Hana Habib

Assistant Teaching Professor

Software and Societal Systems Department

Austin Henley

Austin Henley

Associate Teaching Professor

Software and Societal Systems Department

Education

  • B.S. Computer Science, Austin Peay State University, 2011
  • M.S. Computer Science, University of Memphis, 2013
  • Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Memphis, 2018

Research Interests

  • Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, AI
Irene Kaplow

Irene Kaplow

Assistant Professor

Computational Biology Department, Biological Sciences

Education

  • B.S. Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010
  • M.S. Computer Science, Stanford University, 2014
  • Ph.D. Computer Science, Stanford University, 2017
  • Postdoc, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017-2023
  • Research Scientist, Duke University, 2023-2024

Research Interests

  • Comparative Genomics, Transcriptional Regulation, Machine Learning for Biology
Aviral Kumar

Aviral Kumar

Assistant Professor

Computer Science Department

William Kuszmaul

William Kuszmaul

Assistant Professor

Computer Science Department

Education

  • B.S. Mathematics, Stanford University, 2018
  • B.S. Computer Science, Stanford University, 2018
  • Ph.D. Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023

Research Interests

  • Algorithms, Data Structures, Randomization

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Hao Liu

Hao Liu

Assistant Professor

Machine Learning Department

Yang Liu

Yang Liu

Assistant Professor

Computer Science Department

Education

  • B.S. Mathematics, MIT 2018
  • Ph.D. Mathematics, Stanford 2023

Research Interests

  • Algorithms and Complexity, Theory
Aran Nayebi

Aran Nayebi

Assistant Professor

Machine Learning Department, Robotics Institute, Neuroscience Institute

Education

  • B.S. Mathematics, Stanford University, 2015
  • M.S. Computer Science, Stanford University, 2017
  • Ph.D. Neuroscience, Stanford University, 2022

Research Interests

  • Computational Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
Sarah Scheffler

Sarah Scheffler

Assistant Professor

Engineering and Public Policy, Software and Societal Systems Department

Education

  • B.S. Computer Science and Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, 2015
  • Ph.D. Computer Science, Boston University, 2021

Research Interests

  • Applied Cryptography, Privacy, Zero Knowledge Proofs, End-to-end Encryption, Computer Science and Law, Encryption Policy

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Max Simchowitz

Max Simchowitz

Assistant Professor

Machine Learning Department

Education

  • A.B. Mathematics, Princeton University, 2015
  • Ph.D. University of California Berkeley, 2021

Research Interests

  • Learning Theory, Decision Making, Robotics, Control

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