{"id":758,"date":"2009-09-14T22:10:54","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T22:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=758"},"modified":"2026-04-01T22:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:03:56","slug":"css-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/faculty\/css-faculty","title":{"rendered":"Department of Computing & Software Systems Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to the faculty directory for the Computing & Software Systems department. Use the links below to learn more about each faculty member’s educational background, areas of focus in instruction and research, and contact information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laurie Anderson, Associate Teaching Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260C
lja3@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> communications; applied computing; active learning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hazeline Asuncion, Associate Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-271C
hazeline@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> software traceability; data provenance; software architecture<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Murat Se\u00e7kin Ayhan, Assistant Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-271G
msayhan@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> machine learning, medical image analysis, medical AI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kaylea Champion, Assistant Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-271C
kaylea@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> computer-supported cooperative work, empirical software engineering, human-computer interaction, applied machine learning, cybersecurity<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mia Champion, Assistant Teaching Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-146
miachamp@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> cloud computing, deep learning, explainable AI, bioinformatics, product management<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Min Chen, Professor & Acting Associate Chair<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260K
minchen2@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> multimedia big data analytics, multimedia data mining, machine learning, and their applications on interdisciplinary projects<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dharma Dailey, Assistant Teaching Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260V
ddailey@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> collaborations between professional software engineers and scientists at the Scientific Software Engineer Center at UW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marc Dupuis, Associate Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260L
marcjd@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> cybersecurity and privacy; human factors; information assurance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Munehiro Fukuda, Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-136
mfukuda@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> parallel programming; parallel simulation; distributed computing systems<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jeffrey Kim, Associate Teaching Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-271S
jykim@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> software engineering work practice; distributed collaboration; social innovation and entrepreneurship<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wooyoung Kim, Associate Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260U
kimw6@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> computational biology; biological motif; network biology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nancy Kool, Assistant Teaching Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260S
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Brent Lagesse, Associate Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260G
lagesse@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> cybersecurity; adversarial machine learning; pervasive computing; interdisciplinary computer science<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Johnny Lin, Teaching Professor & Acting Department Chair<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260R
jwblin@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> scientific computing; assessment; science, ethics, and policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Afra Mashhadi, Associate Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-271R
mashhadi@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> ubiquitous computing, applied machine learning, crowd-sensing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Clark Olson, Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-271B
cfolson@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> computer vision; data clustering; robot navigation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Erika F. Parsons, Associate Teaching Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260P
efuente@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> applied machine learning; high performance computing; data analytics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yang Peng, Associate Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260T
yangpeng@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> wireless and sensor networks; internet of things; cyber-physical systems<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yusuf Pisan, Teaching Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260Q
pisan@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> computer science education; video games; augmented\/virtual reality<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arkady Retik, Associate Teaching Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260B
aretik@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> software engineering and management; entrepreneurship; education<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Zachary (Zak) Rubin, Assistant Teaching Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-146
zarubin@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> human computer interaction, assistive technology, signal processing, human factors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dong Si, Associate Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-271H
dongsi@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> artificial intelligence, data science, computational biology and healthcare informatics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Stiber, Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-340
stiber@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> computational neuroscience; scientific data visualization and management; artificial neural networks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jeff Stride, Assistant Teaching Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-271T
jstride@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> software engineering, computer science education, GUI programming, data science<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kelvin Sung, Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260O
ksung@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> computer graphics; augmented\/virtual reality; videogames<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Geethapriya Thamilarasu, Associate Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-260H
geetha@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research:<\/strong> wireless security; mobile health; internet of things<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Annuska Zolyomi, Assistant Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW CREATE – Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology & Experiences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UW1-271N
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Research:<\/strong> human computer interaction, user-centered design, accessible technology, socio-technical collaboration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Morteza Chini, Part-time Lecturer<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Eric Brechner, Affiliate Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-391
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Career Coach and Founder, Ally for Onlys in Tech<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research: <\/strong>Solid Modeling, Envelopes and NC Machining, Interactive Walkthrough of Large Geometric Models, B-Splines<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marcel Gavriliu, Affiliate Instructor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-320
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Research: <\/strong>validated computing, interval analysis, computer graphics, software engineering with AI, AI fundamentals, safety and alignment, and bringing real-world engineering experience into the classroom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mohammad (Atiq) Haque, Affiliate Instructor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Steve Melnikoff, Affiliate Instructor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Chief Scientist, Penta Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jonathan Morgan, Affiliate Assistant Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UW1-320
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Research: <\/strong>human computer interaction, social computing, data science, cybersecurity, AI UX<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ethan Uong, Affiliate Instructor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Senior Principal Software Engineer, RTX<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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