Faculty

 

Dr. Kai ChangKai Chang
Department Chair

Office: 3101 Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6310
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Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1986
Software testing; software comprehension and visualization tools; software complexity metrics; computer supported cooperative work; artificial intelligence; expert systems; information assurance education. Current research includes software engineering and The Distributive Collaborative Writing Aid.

 

Sanjeev BaskiyarSanjeev Baskiyar
Associate Professor

Office: 3127C Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6306
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Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1993
Computer Architecture, Real-time and Embedded Computing, Scheduling, Cluster Computing, Energy Aware Computing,  and Disk Technologies.

 

Saad BiazSaad Biaz
Associate Professor

Office: 3101Q Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6307
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Ph.D., Texas A & M University , 1999
Networking; Wireless Networking; Mobile Computing; Distributed systems; Computer Architecture; TCP issues over wireless networks. Current research includes routing protocols for adhoc networks over bluetooth and performance of transport protocols over Bluetooth technology.

 

Homer CarlisleHomer Carlisle
Associate Professor

Office: 3101T Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6308
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Ph.D., Emory University, 1970
Programming languages; languages and algorithms for distributed and parallel processing; operating systems. His research interests include parallel computation and the software testing of Ada programs. He is also investigating compilation for distributed processor evaluation of programs.

 

Richard ChapmanRichard Chapman
Associate Professor

Office: 3127G Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6314
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Ph.D., Cornell University, 1994
VLSI CAD tool design; formal methods; high level synthesis; history of computing; wireless security. He is a major professor for the "Better Tools and Better Interfaces for Hardware-Software Codesign" and "Efficient, Formally Verified Tools for High Level Synthesis and Hardware-Software Codesign" research projects.

 

James H Cross IIJames Cross
Professor

Office: 3127D Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6315
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Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1986
Software engineering: design methodology, testing, reverse engineering, and CASE tools. Recent research includes the development of CASE tools oriented toward reverse engineering, maintenance, and testing of Ada software. He is the Principal Investigator and Director of the GRASP Research Project.

 

Dr. Yan GuYan Gu
Assistant Professor

Office: 3101P Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-5170
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Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008
Parallel and distributed computing, systems and networking, network modeling and simulation, discrete event simulation, high performance computing, performance evaluation, statistical and analytical data analysis, data mining

 

Drew HamiltonDrew Hamilton
Professor

Office: 3101D Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6360
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Ph.D., Texas A&M, 1996
Computer and Network Security, Software Vulnerability Analysis, Simulation of Computer Networks, Software Engineering, Software Architectures, Computer Networking, Distributed Computing.

 

Dean HendrixDean Hendrix
Associate Professor

Office: 3127B Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6305
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Ph.D., Auburn University, 1996
Software engineering; software visualization; software metrics; reverse engineering; program understanding; markup languages; programming languages; secure software development. His current research includes the GRASP Project.

 

Dr. Wei-Shinn KuWei-Shinn Ku
Assistant Professor

Office: 3108 Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6341
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Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2007
Spacial/temporal data management; mobile data management; information security and privacy; location-based services; peer-to-peer systems; geographic information systems.

 

Alvin S. LimAlvin Lim
Associate Professor

Office: 3110 Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6326
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Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993
Wireless networks; high performance networks; mobile computing and databases; reliable and dynamically reconfigurable distributed systems; complex software development; parallel processing; performance measurements and analysis.

 

Daniela MarghituDaniela Marghitu
Comp 1000 Coordinator

Office: 3118 Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6386
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Ph.D., University of Craiova, Romania, 1998
Faculty Coordinator of the Information Technology minor courses: COMP1000 Personal Computer Applications, COMP2000 Network Programming with HTML and Java, COMP 3010 Spreadsheet-Based Applications with VBA, and COMP5000/6000 Web Application Development. She is the director and founder of the Auburn University Lab for Educational and Assistive Technology, Computer Literacy Academy for Children (dealing with disabilities) and author of two IT textbooks.

 

Hari NarayananHari Narayanan
Professor

Office: 3127F Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6312
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Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1992
Human-computer interaction; learning technology; cognitive science; artificial intelligence. He leads the Intelligent & Interactive Systems Research Group.

 

Xiao Qin Xiao Qin
Assistant Professor

Office: 3101E Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6327
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Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2004
Parallel and distributed systems, real-time computing, storage systems, computer security, fault tolerance, performance evaluation. Current research includes energy-efficient parallel disk systems and reliability models of fault-tolerant storage systems.

 

Cheryl SealsCheryl Seals
Associate Professor

Office: 3101M Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6319
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Ph.D., Virgina Tech, 2004
End User Programming: human computer interaction (HCI), human centric computing, visual programming environments, software engineering, and empirical studies of programmers.

 

Hanqin TianHanqin Tian
Adjunct Alumni Professor

 

School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Office: SFWS Building
Phone: (334) 844-1059
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Ph.D., State University of New York and Syracuse University, 1995
Systems modeling, computer simulation, spatial analysis (GIS, GPS, and RS), and ecosystem theory.

 

David UmphressDavid Umphress
Associate Professor

Office: 3127E Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6335
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Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1987
Software engineering; software processes; software design; object-oriented technologies; palm computing; software engineering education; project simulation; secure software development.

 

Levent YilmazLevent Yilmaz
Associate Professor

Office: 3116 Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6343
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Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 2002
Modeling and Simulation, Agent-Directed Simulation, Complex Adaptive Systems, Systems Modeling for Science and Innovation Policy, Computational Modeling of Creative Scientific Discovery Systems, Software Modeling and Design.

 

Weikuan YuWeikuan Yu
Assistant Professor

Office: 3101R Shelby Center
Phone: (334) 844-6330
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Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2006
Storage, File Systems, and Parallel IO;  High Performance Computing, Network and Grid Computing;  Fault Tolerance and Virtualization;  Computational Biology and Reconfigurable Computing with FPGA.