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Faculty

With training from the best universities in the world, all members of the faculty are actively engaged in the kind of research that has earned the Department of Computer Science a place among other top departments in the country. Their individual homepages give detailed information on recent publications and current activities.

CS Faculty

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Adjunct Faculty

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CS Faculty

 

 

Robert "Corky" Cartwright

 Swarat Chaudhuri
Professor of Computer Science

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3104 X6042 Duncan Hall, Rm 3103 X6314
cork#|)@#|)rice.edu swarat@#|)rice.edu

Programming language design and implementation,
program semantics and verification

Reasoning about programs, parallel programming, theoretical computer science
Keith D. Cooper Alan L. Cox

L. John & Ann H. Doerr Professor of Computational Engineering;
Professor of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering

 Associate Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Duncan Hall, Rm 2065 X6013 Duncan Hall, Rm 3009 X5730
keith#|)@#|)rice.edu alc#|)@#|)rice.edu

Compiler construction

 Operating systems, computer architecture
   
Scott Cutler Ronald N. Goldman
Professor in the Practice of Computer Technology Professor of Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 2063 X2526 Duncan Hall, Rm 3116 X5729
cutler@#|)rice.edu rng#|)@#|)rice.edu
Computer graphics, geometric modeling
   
John Greiner Chris M. Jermaine

Lecturer in Computer Science

Associate Professor of Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3093, X3838 Duncan Hall, Rm 3028 X5690
greiner#|)@#|)rice.edu christopher.m.jermaine#|)@#|)rice.edu
Algorithms, theory of computation

Databases, data management, data mining/machine learning
   
David B. Johnson Lydia E. Kavraki

Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and Bioengineering
Duncan Hall, Rm 3007 X3063

Duncan Hall, Rm 3106 X5737
dbj#|)@#|)rice.edu kavraki#|)@#|)rice.edu

Wireless and mobile networking protocols

Robotics, bioinformatics, physical algorithms
   

James McLurkin

John Mellor-Crummey

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Duncan Hall, Rm 3118 X3049, Lab Number: X4539

 Duncan Hall, Rm 3082 X5179

jmclurkin#|)@#|)rice.edu

 johnmc#|)@#|)rice.edu

Distributed algorithms for multi-robot systems

High-performance computing, optimizing compilers,
performance analysis
   

Luay K. Nakhleh

T. S. Eugene Ng
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3119 X3959		 Associate Professor of Computer Science
Electrical & Computer Engineering
nakhleh#|)@#|)rice.edu Duncan Hall, Rm 3005 X4389
Computational biology and bioinformatics, eugeneng#|)@#|)rice.edu

phylogenetics, biological sequence analysis

 Computer networks, distributed systems
   

Krishna V. Palem

Scott Rixner

Ken & Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computer Science

 Associate Professor of Computer Science and
Duncan Hall, MS 132 X4664 Electrical & Computer Engineering
krishna.v.palem#|)@#|)rice.edu Duncan Hall, Rm 3032 X6353
Adaptive architectures and computing, algorithms, compiler
optimizations, embedded systems, low energy computing, nanoelectronics		 rixner#|)@#|)rice.edu
Computer architecture, operating systems
   

Vivek Sarkar

Devika Subramanian
Professor of Computer Science and
E.D. Butcher Chair in Engineering		 Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Duncan Hall, Rm 3131 X5304 Duncan Hall, Rm 3094 X5661
vivek.sarkar#|)@#|)rice.edu devika#|)@#|)rice.edu
Multicore software, programming languages, optimizing and parallel
compilers, virtual machines and managed runtimes, program analysis		 Artificial intelligence
   
Moshe Y. Vardi Dan S. Wallach
Karen Ostrum George Professor
in Computer Engineering		 Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Duncan Hall, Rm 3057 X5977
vardi#|)@#|)rice.edu		 Duncan Hall, Rm  1081 X6155
dwallach#|)@#|)rice.edu
Databases, computational complexity theory, design Computer systems, language security
specification and verification
 
Joe Warren Stephen Wong

Chair & Professor of Computer Science

Lecturer in Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3114 X5728

Duncan Hall, Rm 3102 X3814

jwarren#|)@#|)rice.edu

swong#|)@#|)rice.edu

Computer graphics, computational geometry protocols

Object-oriented system design

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Joint Faculty

 
Michael Byrne Joseph R. Cavallaro
Professor of Psychology and Computer Science Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and
Computer Science
Sewall Hall, Rm 484 X3770 Duncan Hall, Rm 3042 X4719

byrne#|)@#|)rice.edu

cavallar#|)@#|)rice.edu
Peter Druschel G. Anthony Gorry
Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical & Computer Engineering; Research Professor		 Friedkin Professor of Management and Professor of Computer Science
druschel#|)@#|)rice.edu McNair Hall, Rm 350 X6054
tony#|)@#|)rice.edu

 
Edward W. Knightly Farinaz Koushanfar
Professor of Electrical & ComputerEngineering and Computer Science Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3044 X5748 Duncan Hall, Rm 2025 X3906
knightly#|)@#|)rice.edu Farinaz.Koushanfar#|)@#|)rice.edu

 
Yehia Massoud Marcia K. O'Malley
Associate Professor of Electrical & ComputerEngineering and Computer Science Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Computer Science
Abercrombie Lab, Rm A127 X6706 Mechanical Engineering Bldg., Rm 234 X3545
massoud#|)@#|)rice.edu omalleym#|)@#|)rice.edu
   
James M. Tour Peter J. Varman
T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Dell Butcher Hall, Rm 255 X6246 Duncan Hall, Rm 2022 X3990
tour#|)@#|)rice.edu pjv#|)@#|)rice.edu
   
Lin Zhong
Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3046 X4163
lzhong#|)@#|)rice.edu

 
 
 
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Adjunct Faculty

 Vikram Adave Robert C. Bronk
 Associate Professor of Computer Science  Information Tech Policy Fellow
 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  Rice University
 vadve#|)@#|)cs.uiuc.edu rcbronk@rice.edu
   
Ken Chen  Wah Chiu
Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics and Comparative Biology  Alvin Romansky Professor
 MD Anderson Cancer Center  Baylor College of Medicine
 kchen3@#|)mdanderson.org  wah#|)@#|)bcm.edu
   
Jack Dongarra Robert Fowler
University Distinguished Professor Director, HPC Research
University of Tennessee Renaissance Computing Institute
dongarra#|)@#|)cs.utk.edu  rjf#|)@#|)renci.org
   
Charles "Chuck" Henry S. Lennart Johnsson
President  Hugh Roy & Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor
Council on Library & Information Resources  University of Houston
chhenry#|)@#|)rice.edu  johnsson#|)@#|)cs.uh.edu
 Mark Moll  P. Read Montague
 Robotics, Bioinformatics  Professor of Neuroscience
 Duncan Hall, Rm 3055 X5934  Baylor College of Medicine
mmoll#|)@#|)rice.edu read#|)@#|)bcm.tmc.edu
Walid Taha Leendert Van Doorn
Professor of Computer Science Senior Fellow
Halmstead University Advanced Micro Devices
taha@#|)rice.edu
Steve Wallach
Scientist
Convey Computers, Chiaro Networks, Convex HP
 swallach@#|)rice.edu  
 

 
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