42 faculty and 0 courses in Computer Science at Duke University.
- Siqi Liu, Assistant Professor of Computer Science h-index 184
Notable: “Defect‐Rich MoS2 Ultrathin Nanosheets with Additional Active Edge Sites for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution” (2013) · 3,047 citations
- Jian Pei, Chair; Arthur S. Pearse Distinguished Professor of Computer Science h-index 95
Data science, big data, data mining, database systems, and enterprise data strategies. Ph.D. Student Recruiting I am recruiting multiple Ph.D. students at Duke University. Ambitious students with solid background and strong interest in data science, d
Notable: “Mining frequent patterns without candidate generation” (2000) · 6,360 citations
- Michael Reiter, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Computer Science h-index 78
Computer and network security- Blockchains and Byzantine fault-tolerant distributed systems- Applied cryptography AnnouncementsI usually have openings in my group for newPh.D. students. Pleaseread this
Notable: “False data injection attacks against state estimation in electric power grids” (2011) · 2,375 citations
- Jun Yang, Knut Schmidt Nielsen Distinguished Professor of Computer Science h-index 71
Notable: “Infrared Patch-Image Model for Small Target Detection in a Single Image” (2013) · 1,219 citations
- John H. Reif, A. Hollis Edens Distinguished Professor of Computer Science h-index 66
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Notable: “DNA-Templated Self-Assembly of Protein Arrays and Highly Conductive Nanowires” (2003) · 1,780 citations
- Pankaj K. Agarwal, RJR Nabisco Distinguished Professor of Computer Science h-index 60
Computational & discrete geometry: Paradigms & techniques, approximation algorithms, stochastic models, geometric optimization, kinetic geometry, data structures, arrangements, proximity problems, trangulation, motion planning, geometric sampling. Shape analys
Notable: “Simplification envelopes” (1996) · 523 citations
- Bruce Randall Donald, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Computer Science h-index 55
Notable: “Kinodynamic motion planning” (1993) · 456 citations
- Robert Calderbank, Charles S. Sydnor Distinguished Professor of Computer Science h-index 49
Notable: “Space-time codes for high data rate wireless communication: performance criterion and code construction” (1998) · 7,103 citations
- Bruce Maggs, Pelham Wilder Distinguished Professor of Computer Science h-index 48
Es on distributed systems, including content delivery networks, computer networks, and computer and network security. Advisees Xiao (Shane) Zhang PhD, 2023 (with co-advisor _Xiaowei Yang_) Waqar Aqeel PhD, 2021 Ilker Nadi Boz
Notable: “Cutting the electric bill for internet-scale systems” (2009) · 834 citations
- Carlo Tomasi, Iris Einheuser Distinguished Professor h-index 45
Notable: “Bilateral filtering for gray and color images” (2002) · 8,102 citations
- Jeffrey S. Chase, Professor of Computer Science h-index 45
Operating systems/distributed systems. My research has focused on cloud infrastructure services and federation (e.g., ExoGENI), trust management and security in cloud environments (e.g., Silver), ener
Notable: “Managing energy and server resources in hosting centers” (2001) · 1,291 citations
- Alexander J. Hartemink, Professor of Computer Science h-index 42
The development of new algorithms in statistical machine learning and artificial intelligence, and on the application of those methods to complex problems in computational genomics. Specific application areas include regulatory genomics and systems biology
Notable: “ChIP-seq guidelines and practices of the ENCODE and modENCODE consortia” (2012) · 2,226 citations
- Rong Ge, Cue Family Associate Professor of Computer Science h-index 40
Notable: “Tensor decompositions for learning latent variable models” (2014) · 818 citations
- Kamesh Munagala, Professor of Computer Science h-index 40
Notable: “Local Search Heuristics for k-Median and Facility Location Problems” (2004) · 544 citations
- Alberto Bartesaghi, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Associate Professor of Biochemistry (Joint) h-index 38
Notable: “A collaborative framework for 3D alignment and classification of heterogeneous subvolumes in cryo-electron tomography” (2012) · 2,250 citations
- Xiaowei Yang, Director of Graduate Studies MS Programs; Professor of Computer Science h-index 32
Focused on large-scale computer systems, including computer networks and distributed systems. As a computer system (such as the Internet) increases in the number of components and distributes across diverse geographical locations, a div
Notable: “CloudCmp” (2010) · 882 citations
- Anru Zhang, Eugene Anson Stead Jr. M.D. Associate Professor; Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics and CS h-index 30
Notable: “Sparse Representation of a Polytope and Recovery of Sparse Signals and Low-Rank Matrices” (2014) · 359 citations
- Susan H. Rodger, Director of Undergraduate Studies; Professor of the Practice of Computer Science h-index 26
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Notable: “Exploring the role of visualization and engagement in computer science education” (2002) · 644 citations
- Bhuwan Dhingra, Assistant Professor of Computer Science h-index 23
Notable: “PubMedQA: A Dataset for Biomedical Research Question Answering” (2019) · 589 citations
- Debmalya Panigrahi, Associate Chair; Professor of Computer Science h-index 23
I am broadly interested in theoretical computer science, particularly in the design and analysis of algorithms. My two main research thrusts are graph algorithms and algorithms and uncertainty. In graph algorithms, I am interested in the study of network flows
Notable: “A general framework for graph sparsification” (2011) · 105 citations
- Owen L. Astrachan, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies; Professor of the Practice of Computer Science h-index 23
Notable: “The CS principles project” (2012) · 123 citations
- Kartik Nayak, Associate Professor of Computer Science h-index 21
Notable: “Stubborn Mining: Generalizing Selfish Mining and Combining with an Eclipse Attack” (2016) · 482 citations
- Danfeng Zhang, Associate Professor of Computer Science h-index 21
Es on computer security and programming languages. His recent work is on sound and practical methods for full-system mitigation of timing channels and a general approach of diagnosing errors detected by static program analyses, such as info
Notable: “Predictive black-box mitigation of timing channels” (2010) · 153 citations
- Xiaobai Sun, Professor of Computer Science h-index 19
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Notable: “Video rate spectral imaging using a coded aperture snapshot spectral imager” (2009) · 364 citations
- Sudeepa Roy, Associate Professor of Computer Science h-index 19
Broadly in Databases, Data Management, and Data Analysis in Computer Science. My recent research focuses on foundational aspects of big data processing and responsible data analysis along three thrusts: 1. Data management: I work on repairing noisy data
Notable: “A formal approach to finding explanations for database queries” (2014) · 135 citations
- Benjamin Rossman, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Associate Professor of Mathematics (Joint) h-index 16
Notable: “An optimal decomposition algorithm for tree edit distance” (2009) · 206 citations
- Monica Agrawal, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics; Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Joint) h-index 14
Notable: “Modeling polypharmacy side effects with graph convolutional networks” (2018) · 1,382 citations
- Danyang Zhuo, Assistant Professor of Computer Science h-index 13
Notable: “Ansor: Generating High-Performance Tensor Programs for Deep Learning” (2020) · 82 citations
- Pardis Emami-Naeini, Assistant Professor of Computer Science h-index 11
Es on developing usable privacy and security solutions that empower individuals from diverse sociodemographic backgrounds to engage in safer, more informed interactions with technology. My work has been featured by Wired, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washi
Notable: “Exploring How Privacy and Security Factor into IoT Device Purchase Behavior” (2019) · 219 citations
- Matthew Lentz, Assistant Professor of Computer Science h-index 9
Es on two directions: 1) introducing new abstractions and tools for building (and reasoning about) secure, trustworthy software systems, 2) building systems that improve performance for modern networking and machine learning applications. While those are my ma
Notable: “SeCloak” (2018) · 57 citations
- Kristin V Stephens-Martinez, Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science h-index 7
Notable: “Monitoring MOOCs” (2014) · 88 citations
- Robert C. Duvall, Senior Lecturer of Computer Science h-index 7
Notable: “Analyzing Student Work Patterns Using Programming Exercise Data” (2015) · 76 citations
- Lisa Wills, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Assistant Professor of ECE (Joint) h-index 7
Notable: “MasterRTL: A Pre-Synthesis PPA Estimation Framework for Any RTL Design” (2023) · 31 citations
- Brandon Fain, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Computer Science h-index 6
Es on algorithmic fairness and moral/ethical thought in artificial intelligence. My motivation for this work derives from a desire to generate a more humane society with respect to AI and algorithms that can respond to the complexity of preferences in a rigoro
Notable: “Proportionally Fair Clustering” (2019) · 43 citations
- Alicia Nicki Washington, Cue Family Professor of the Practice of Computer Science h-index 6
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Notable: “The Computer Science Attitude and Identity Survey (CSAIS): A Novel Tool for Measuring the Impact of Ethnic Identity in Underrepresented Computer Science Students” (2016) · 18 citations
- Yesenia Velasco, Lecturer of Computer Science h-index 4
Notable: “A New Comprehensive RSU Installation Strategy for Cost-Efficient VANET Deployment” (2016) · 132 citations
- Tananun Songdechakraiwut, Assistant Research Professor of Computer Science h-index 4
Notable: “Dynamic Topological Data Analysis for Functional Brain Signals” (2020) · 23 citations
- Alexander Steiger, Assistant Research Professor of Computer Science
- Cynthia D. Rudin, Gilbert Louis and Edward Lehrman Distinguished Professor; Professor of ECE and Statistical Science (Joint)
Es on interpretable machine learning and its applications; that is, designing machine learning models whose reasoning processes people can understand. This includes algorithms for extremely sparse models, interpretable neural networks, interpretable matching m
- Eric Noel Fouh Mbindi, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Computer Science
Computer science education, learning sciences, learning technologies, learning analytics/educational data mining, and digital libraries. Projects Understanding and Enhancing Self-Regulated Learning in Introductory Computer Science Courses (funded by
- Kate Nemecek, Lecturer of Computer Science
Of interest include Computer Science education, and CS1/CS2 learning, pedagogy, and curricula. Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations Lecturer of Computer Science · 2023 - Present Computer Science , Trinity College of Arts & Scie
- Ronald Parr, Professor of Computer Science
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