Department - Faculty & Staff

Our Faculty & Staff

• Faculty
• Graduate Teaching & Research Assistants
• Staff

• Bebis, George Professor

  (775) 784-6463
  bebis@cse.unr.edu
  website: www.cse.unr.edu/~bebis
  Research/outreach areas: Computer vision; stereo vision; perspective geometry; theory of invariants; indexing; object recognition; shape analysis and representation; motion; texture; shading; face recognition; image databases; medical diagnosis; image processing; image compression; classification; learning and generalization properties of neural networks; applications of neural networks; genetic algorithms. Learn More About George Bebis

• Bryant, Bobby Assistant Professor

  (775) 784-7593
  bdbryant@unr.edu
  http://www.cse.unr.edu/~bdbryant/
  Research/outreach areas: Artificial intelligence; AI in games and simulators, intelligent agents; multi-agent systems; visibly intelligent behavior; intelligently stochastic behavior; behavioral cloning; sensor-controller systems; artificial neural networks; genetic algorithms; human-biased genetic algorithms; neuroevolution. Learn More About Bobby Bryant

• Dascalu, Sergiu Associate Professor

  (775) 784-4613
  dascalus@cse.unr.edu
  www.cse.unr.edu/~dascalus
  Research/outreach areas: Software engineering (in particular, languages and techniques for software specification, development environments, and project management); human-computer interaction; real time systems; formal notations.Learn More About Sergiu dascalu

• Egbert, Dwight Professor

  (775) 784-6952
  egbert@cse.unr.edu
  www.cse.unr.edu/~egbert
  Research/outreach areas: Neural network computing applications: analysis of medical images, search for patterns in massive patient care databases, imputation of missing data; image processing applications: medical diagnosis using x-rays, thermal and CAT scans to advanced research modeling based on high speed imaging at the cellular level; digital hardware design ranging from single board microprocessor controllers for instrumentation to application specific VLSI integrated circuits; computer vision. Learn More About Dwight Egbert

• Fritzinger, Eric Software Engineer

  (775) 784-6877
  Email: ericf@cse.unr.edu
  www.cse.unr.edu/~ericf  
  Research/outreach areas: Software engineering; user interface design; environmental modeling and model coupling; video game design; robotics.
  Learn More About Eric Fritzinger

• Folmer, Eelke Associate Professor

  (775) 784-7592
  Email: efolmer@unr.edu
  www.eelke.com  
  Research/outreach areas: Games; interaction design; software
  engineering; accessibility / usability of virtual worlds and games;
  software architecture assessment; game engine design; and component-based game development.Learn More About Eelke Folmer

• Gunes, Mehmet Assistant Professor

  (775) 784-4313
  mgunes@cse.unr.edu
  www.cse.unr.edu/~mgunes
  Research/outreach areas: Networks; communications; internet measurements; network protocols; network security; design verification and testing; complex networks; biological networks.
  Learn More About Mehmet gunes

• Harris, Frederick Professor

  (775) 784-6571
  fredh@cse.unr.edu
  www.cse.unr.edu/~fredh
  Research/outreach areas: Parallel computing; operating systems; graph algorithms; optimization; virtual reality with mining applications.
  Learn More About Frederick Harris

• LaTourrette, Nancy Lecturer

  (775) 784-4014
  latour@cse.unr.edu
  www.cse.unr.edu/~latour, www.ecc.unr.edu
  Research/outreach areas: Programming and problem solving; discrete mathematics; computer science education; systems administration.
  Learn More About Nancy LaTourrette

• Leverington, Michael Instructor

  (775) 784-1414
  michael@edtech-teched.com
  www.cse.unr.edu/~michael
  Research: Education (Curriculum & Course Development; Teaching Effectiveness) and Problem Solving (People, Computers)
  Learn More About Michael Leverington

• Louis, Sushil Professor

  (775) 784-4315
  sushil@cse.unr.edu
  website: www.cse.unr.edu/~sushil
  Research/outreach areas: Intelligent systems; decision support systems; design and optimization of engineering and manufacturing systems; World Wide Web and Internet tools; using adaptive algorithms for modeling and optimizing manufacturing systems; robust hybrid algorithms for engineering design; evolutionary methods for designing and optimizing control algorithms.
  Learn More About sushil louis

• McMahon, Michael Database Administrator

  (775) 784-4356
  mcmahon@cse.unr.edu
  www.cse.unr.edu/~mcmahon
  Research/outreach areas: Databases (including architecture, development, and administration), software architecture (design through implementation), software system optimization, ubiquitous computing, geospatial data analysis, climate change analysis.
  Learn More About Michael McMahon

• Nicolescu, Mircea Associate Professor

  (775) 784-4356
  Mircea@cse.unr.edu
  www.cse.unr.edu/~mircea
  Research/outreach areas: Computer vision; analysis and interpretation of visual motion; perceptual organization; stereo vision, image and video segmentation; three-dimensional reconstruction; vision-based surveillance and activity recognition; human-computer interaction; panoramic video systems.
  Learn More About mircea nicolescu

• Nicolescu, Monica Associate Professor

  (775) 784-1687
  monica@cse.unr.edu
  www.cse.unr.edu/~monica
  Research/outreach areas: Autonomous robots; robot control; artificial intelligence (AI); robot learning; machine learning; game AI; human-robot interaction and communication; imitation learning; multirobot systems; behavior-based control; social robotics.
  Learn More About Monica Nicolescu

• Varol, Yaakov Department Chair / Professor

  (775) 784-6974
  varol@cse.unr.edu
  website: www.cse.unr.edu./~varol
  Research/outreach areas: Parallel computing; algorithm design and analysis; data fusion; discrete simulation and modeling; programming and problem solving.
  Learn More About Yaakov Varol

• Yuksel, Murat Associate Professor

  (775) 327-2246
  yuksem@cse.unr.edu
  www.cse.unr.edu/~yuksem
  Research/outreach areas: Computer communication networks; wireless routing; mobile ad-hoc networks/systems; network economics; free-space-optical mobile ad-hoc networks (FSO-MANETs); and performance analysis.
  Learn More About Murat Yuksel

Adjunct / Emeritus

• Brady, Allen Professor Emeritus

  (775) 784-6974
  al@cse.unr.edu
  http://www.cse.unr.edu/~al/

• Looney, Carl Professor Emeritus

  (775) 784-4313
  looney@cse.unr.edu
  www.cse.unr.edu/~looney

• Wishart, Edward Professor Emeritus

  (775) 784-6974
  ed@cse.unr.edu
  http://www.cse.unr.edu/~ed/

Teaching Assistants

• Mehmet Akgun

  CPE 301
  SEM 323A
  mburakgu@gmail.com
  

• Christopher Ballinger

  CS 282
  SEM 211
  christopher.alan.ballinger@gmail.com
  

• Ben Brown

  CS 241
  SEM 255A
  sirgenius3@gmail.com
  

• Maryam Jaberi

  CS 135
  SEM 255A
  maryamjaberi@gmail.com
  

• Hasan Karaoglu

  CS 202
  SEM 255A
  tarik.karaoglu@gmail.com
  

• Mustafa Kilavuz

  CS 105
  SEM 255A
  mkilavuz@cse.unr.edu
  

• Abdullah Sevincer

  CPE 201
  SEM 323A
  mkilavuz@cse.unr.edu
  

• Faezeh Tafazzoli

  CS 135
  SEM 255A
  faezeh.tafazzoli@gmail.comm
  

Research Assistants

• Amol Ambardekar

  SEM 209
  acube3@yahoo.com
  Advisor: Dr. Mircea Nicolescu
  
  

• Ilias Apostolopoulos

  SEM 246
  apostolopoulos.elias@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Kostas Bekris
  
  

• Daniel Bigelow

  SEM 246
  dbigelow@cse.unr.edu
  Advisor: Dr. Monica Nicolescu
  
  

• Kathryn Browne

  SEM 246
  katiembrowne@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Monica Nicolescu
  
  

• Hayreddin Ceker

  SEM 203
  heyreddin.ceker@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Mehmet Gunes
  
  

• Aras Dargazany

  
  arasdar@yahoo.com
  Advisor: Dr. Mircea Nicolescu
  
  

• Aarti Dhone

  
  aartidhone@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Sergiu Dascalu
  
  

• Andrew Dobson

  SEM 246
  chupleskai@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Kostas Bekris
  
  

• Esra Erdin

  SEM 203
  erdinesra@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Mehmet Gunes
  
  

• Gareth Ferneyhough

  
  gareth00@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Fred Harris
  
  

• James Frye

  
  jamesqf@charter.net
  Advisor: Dr. Fred Harris
  
  

• Ivan Gibbs

  
  igibbs@cse.unr.edu
  Advisor: Dr. Sergiu Dascalu
  
  

• Roger Hoang

  
  rvhoang@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Fred Harris
  
  

• Hakan Kardes

  SEM 203
  hakankardes56@yahoo.com
  Advisor: Dr. Mehmet Gunes
  
  

• Richard Kelley

  SEM 246
  rkelley@cse.unr.edu
  Advisor: Dr. Monica Nicolescu
  
  

• Vinitha Khambadkar

  SEM 205
  vinitha.khambadkar@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Eelke Folmer
  
  

• Miran Kim

  SEM 205
  mirank@cse.unr.edu
  Advisor: Dr. Eelke Folmer
  
  

• Andrew Kimmel

  SEM 246
  akimmel42@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Kostas Bekris
  
  

• Christopher King

  
  cjking@cse.unr.edu
  Advisor: Dr. Mircea Nicolescu
  
  

• Athanasios Krontiris

  SEM 246
  tdk.krontir@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Kostas Bekris
  
  

• Yanbo Li

  SEM 246
  yanbo2u@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Kostas Bekris
  
  

• Torbjorn Loken

  
  ongakka@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Fred Harris
  
  

• James Marble

  SEM 246
  jmarble@cse.unr.edu
  Advisor: Dr. Kostas Bekris
  
  

• Tony Morelli

  SEM 205
  tony@tonymorelli.com
  Advisor: Dr. Eelke Folmer
  
  

• Karl Mullner

  SEM 207
  karl.mullner@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Sushil Louis
  
  

• Sohei Okamoto

  SEM 205
  soheio@unr.edu
  Advisor: Dr. Sergiu Dascalu
  
  

• Bugra Oktay

  SEM 209
  bugra@cse.unr.edu
  Advisor: Dr. Eelke Folmer
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• Jigarkumar Patel

  SEM 205
  jspatel@cse.unr.edu
  Advisor: Dr. Sergiu Dascalu
  
  

• Burkay Sucu

  SEM 209
  bsucu@cse.unr.edu
  Advisor: Dr. Eelke Folmer
  
  

• Joseph Vesco

  
  sciamerman-unr@yahoo.com
  Advisor: Dr. Fred Harris
  
  

• Liesl Wigand

  
  wolfdrake15@hotmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Monica Nicolescu
  
  

• Christopher Zachor

  
  zachorc@gmail.com
  Advisor: Dr. Mehmet Gunes
  
  

• Spoon, Trish Office Manager

  (775) 784-6997
  tspoon@unr.edu

• Wiley, Duane System Administrator

  http://www.cse.unr.edu/~help/who.html