Faculty
Zahid Anwar, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor/Challey Scholar
QBB 258 A8
(701) 231-4479
Zahid.Anwar@ndsu.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008
Research Interests: Cybersecurity policy and law, artificial intelligence and machine learning
Anne Denton, Ph.D.
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Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator
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(701) 231-6748
Anne.Denton@ndsu.edu
University of Mainz, 1996
Research Interests: Data Mining; Bioinformatics; Scientific Informatics; Databases; Geospatial Data; Cloud Computing
Ajay Jha, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
QBB 258 B8
(701) 231-6377
Ajay.Jha.1@ndsu.edu
Kyungpook National University, 2017
Research Interests: Software Engineering, Software Testing and Maintenance
Jun Kong, Ph.D.
![CS Dept portrait of Jun Kong](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/9/csm_Kong_Jun_f312afe78b.jpg)
Professor
QBB 258 A14
(701) 231-8179
Jun.Kong@ndsu.edu
University of Texas, Dallas, 2005
Research Interests: Human Computer Interaction; Mobile Computing; Software Engineering
Lu Liu, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
QBB 258 A16
(701) 231-5856
Lu.Liu.2@ndsu.edu
University of Texas at San Antonio, 2017
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Data Mining, Machine Learning, & Data Science
Jen Li, Ph.D.
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Professor
QBB 258 A12
(701) 231-9662
J.Li@ndsu.edu
University of British Columbia, 2008
Research Interests: Smart and Connected Health, Semantic Web Technologies, Internet of Things (IoT)
Simone Ludwig, Ph.D.
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Professor and Department Chair
QBB 258 A22
(701) 231-8197
Simone.Ludwig@ndsu.edu
Brunel University, 2004
Research Interests: Swarm Intelligence; Evolutionary Computation; Fuzzy Reasoning; Cloud Computing
Kenneth Magel, Ph.D.
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Professor
QBB 258 A24
(701) 231-8189
Kenneth.Magel@ndsu.edu
Brown University, 1977
Research Interests: Software Engineering; Human-Computer Interfaces; Software Complexity; Software Design
M. Zubair Malik, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
QBB 258 A23
(701) 231-7248
Zubair.Malik@ndsu.edu
University of Texas at Austin, 2014
Research Interests: Program Analysis, Automated Program Repair, Secure Software Development, Software Verification-Validation and Testing, Software Systems (especially large scale Distributed Systems for Datascience and Machine Learning), Formal Methods, Application of Artificial Intelligence in Program Analysis
Saeed Salem, Ph.D.
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Professor
QBB 258
(701) 231-6377
Saeed.Salem@ndsu.edu
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2009
Research Interests: Bioinformatics; Data Mining
Jeremy Straub, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
QBB 424A
(701) 231-8196
Jeremy.Straub@ndsu.edu
University of North Dakota, 2016
Research Interests: Artificial / Computational Intelligence; Autonomy Applications in Aerospace; Cybersecurity; 3D Printing Command / Control and Assessment; Educational Assessment in Computing Disciplines
Vasant Ubhaya, Ph.D.
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Professor
QBB 258 A9
(701) 231-8947
Vasant.Ubhaya@ndsu.edu
University of California-Berkeley, 1971
Research Interests: Algorithm Analysis; Approximation and Optimization
Changhui Yan, Ph.D.
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Professor, Graduate Coordinator of Computer Science
Director, Genomics, Phenomics and Bioinformatics Program
QBB 258 A27
(701) 231-8182
Changhui.Yan@ndsu.edu
Iowa State University, 2005
Research Interests: Bioinformatics; Computational Biology; Genomics; Machine Learning; Data Mining; Big Data; Cloud Computing
Affiliated Faculty
Gursimran Walia, Ph.D.
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Professor
(701) 231-8562
Gursimran.Walia@ndsu.edu
Mississippi State University, 2009
Research Interests: Empirical Software Engineering; Software Errors and Software Quality Improvement; Requirements Engineering; Human Cognition in Software Engineering; Managing and Estimating Software Quality
Professors of Practice
Oksana Myronovych, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor of Practice
QBB 258 A21
(701) 231-8265
Oksana.Myronovych@ndsu.edu
North Dakota State University, 2009
Pratap Kotala, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor of Practice
QBB 258 A26
(701) 231-7493
Pratap.Kotala@ndsu.edu
Lecturers
David Froslie, MS
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Lecturer
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(701) 231-6427
David.Froslie@ndsu.edu
Lan Hu, MS
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Lecturer
QBB 258 A10
(701) 231-3460
Lan.Hu.1@ndsu.edu
Joseph Latimer, MBA
![CS Dept portrait of Joe Latimer](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/a/csm_Latimer_Joseph_18d9533e22.jpg)
Senior Lecturer
QBB 258 A11
(701) 231-6509
Joseph.Latimer@ndsu.edu
Alex Radermacher, MS
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Lecturer
QBB 258 A15
(701) 231-8555
Alex.Radermacher@ndsu.edu