51 faculty and 27 courses in Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis.
- Ning Zhang, Associate Professor h-index 87
Computer Engineering & Operating Systems Cyberphysical Systems & Internet of Things Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Real-Time & Embedded Systems Security & Privacy Expertise Building provable security protecti
Notable: “DeCAF: A Deep Convolutional Activation Feature for Generic Visual Recognition” (2013) · 3,569 citations
- Chenyang Lu, Professor h-index 68
Computational Methodologies Cyberphysical Systems & Internet of Things Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Real-Time & Embedded Systems Expertise Director of the AI for Health Institute; internationally recognized leader
Notable: “Integrated coverage and connectivity configuration in wireless sensor networks” (2003) · 1,269 citations
- Sanjoy Baruah, Professor h-index 60
And activities are in real-time and safety-critical system design, scheduling theory, resource allocation and sharing in distributed computing environments, and algorithm design and analysis. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, and the recipient of
Notable: “Proportionate progress: A notion of fairness in resource allocation” (1996) · 707 citations
- Christopher Gill, Professor h-index 59
Computer Engineering & Operating Systems Cyberphysical Systems & Internet of Things Parallel Computing Technology Real-Time & Embedded Systems Expertise Develops novel system software architectures, policies and mechanisms for a
Notable: “Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis” (2022) · 1,851 citations
- Raj Jain, Professor h-index 58
Computer Engineering & Operating Systems Cyberphysical Systems & Internet of Things Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Networked Systems Quantum and Photonic Materials and Devices Real-Time & Embedded Systems Securit
Notable: “Survey of Important Issues in UAV Communication Networks” (2015) · 2,306 citations
- Aaron Bobick, Dean h-index 55
Notable: “The recognition of human movement using temporal templates” (2001) · 2,796 citations
- Michael Brent, Professor h-index 47
Computational Systems Biology Expertise Computational genomics, computational systems biology, and applications of machine learning to biology Research The Brent Lab is developing and applying mathematical and computational methods for mapp
Notable: “Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome” (2002) · 7,251 citations
- Yixin Chen, Professor h-index 47
Notable: “An End-to-End Deep Learning Architecture for Graph Classification” (2018) · 1,497 citations
- Fuhai Li, Associate Professor h-index 45
Lie in modeling and interpreting large-scale and complex textual-numeric graphs. His lab develops LLM-graph foundation models, AI agents and agentic AI to automate graph understanding and reasoning in real-world systems, thereby speeding up
Notable: “Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition is not required for lung metastasis but contributes to chemoresistance” (2015) · 1,797 citations
- Roch Guerin, Department Chair & Professor h-index 43
Cyberphysical Systems & Internet of Things Networked Systems Parallel Computing Technology Real-Time & Embedded Systems Expertise International leader in the field of computer networking Focus Computer networks, cloud computing, per
Notable: “Equivalent capacity and its application to bandwidth allocation in high-speed networks” (1991) · 1,315 citations
- Tao Ju, Professor h-index 42
Notable: “Dual contouring of hermite data” (2002) · 591 citations
- Patrick Crowley, Professor h-index 39
Networked Systems Security & Privacy Expertise Computer & Network Systems Architect Research Patrick Crowley's current research projects focus on networked systems with improved privacy, performance, scalability & ease-of-use. B
Notable: “Named data networking” (2014) · 2,171 citations
- Jeremy Buhler, Professor h-index 33
Cyberphysical Systems & Internet of Things Parallel Computing Technology Expertise Accelerates analyses of massive biological sequence databases Research Advances in high-throughput DNA sequencing have led to a proliferation of sequence
Notable: “Integrated Genomic and Proteomic Analyses of a Systematically Perturbed Metabolic Network” (2001) · 2,060 citations
- Ron Cytron, Professor h-index 33
Automatic program optimization and transformation (especially of network software and middleware), voting strategies suitable for the Internet and storage-management systems suitable for object-oriented programs. Biography Professor
Notable: “Efficiently computing static single assignment form and the control dependence graph” (1991) · 2,245 citations
- Jonathan Turner, Emeritus Professor h-index 32
The design of instruments for automated long-term monitoring of marine environments, hyper-spectral analysis of seawater, design and analysis of algorithms and data structures. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the ACM and a m
Notable: “OpenFlow” (2008) · 8,430 citations
- Chongjie Zhang, Associate Professor h-index 29
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Expertise Deep reinforcement learning, multi-agent systems, human-AI interaction Research Chongjie Zhang's research focuses on deep reinforcement learning, multi-agent systems, and human-AI int
Notable: “QPLEX: Duplex Dueling Multi-Agent Q-Learning” (2020) · 144 citations
- Roman Garnett, Associate Professor h-index 27
Artificial Intelligence in Materials Discovery and Design Computational Methodologies Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Expertise Bayesian experimental design for automating scientific discovery Research Professor Garnett's pri
Notable: “Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 32 (NeurIPS 2019)” (2020) · 2,419 citations
- Roger Chamberlain, Professor h-index 25
Computer Engineering & Operating Systems Cyberphysical Systems & Internet of Things Real-Time & Embedded Systems Expertise Works with VelociData, Inc., a St. Louis firm commercializing university technology for fast data analysi
Notable: “Parallel logic simulation of VLSI systems” (1994) · 127 citations
- Caitlin Kelleher, Professor h-index 24
Human-Computer Interaction Expertise Developed "Storytelling Alice," a programming system for middle school girls Focus User-centered design and evaluation Research Caitlin Kelleher is a researcher in Human-Computer Interaction and focuses
Notable: “Lowering the barriers to programming” (2005) · 886 citations
- Jiaxin Huang, Assistant Professor h-index 23
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Natural Language Processing Expertise Leverages large language models to enable label‑efficient knowledge acquisition and utilization Research Jiaxin Huang works in the field of natural languag
Notable: “Big Data Driven Mobile Traffic Understanding and Forecasting: A Time Series Approach” (2016) · 247 citations
- William Yeoh, Associate Professor h-index 21
Computational Methodologies Cyberphysical Systems & Internet of Things Human-Computer Interaction Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Expertise Enabling human-AI collaboration through human-aware decision-making algorithms Re
Notable: “Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems and Applications: A Survey” (2018) · 198 citations
- Umar Iqbal, Assistant Professor h-index 20
In computer security and privacy. His research focuses on bringing transparency and control in computing systems to empower users, platforms, and regulators to improve user privacy and security. His current focus areas include AI system
Notable: “DexYCB: A Benchmark for Capturing Hand Grasping of Objects” (2021) · 252 citations
- Alvitta Ottley, Associate Professor h-index 17
Computational Methodologies Human-Computer Interaction Expertise Focuses on designing personalized & adaptive visualization systems Research Alvitta Ottley's research interests include information visualization, human-computer interacti
Notable: “Finding Waldo: Learning about Users from their Interactions” (2014) · 144 citations
- Chien-Ju Ho, Associate Professor h-index 15
Computational Methodologies Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Expertise Designs & analyzes human-in-the-loop systems Research Professor Ho's research centers on the design and analysis of human-in-the-loop systems, with a f
Notable: “Online Task Assignment in Crowdsourcing Markets” (2021) · 301 citations
- Netanel Raviv, Assistant Professor h-index 15
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Networked Systems Parallel Computing Technology Security & Privacy Systems Science Theoretical Computer Science Expertise Develops mathematical tools for computation, privacy and machine le
Notable: “Lagrange Coded Computing: Optimal Design for Resiliency, Security and Privacy” (2018) · 206 citations
- Marion Neumann, Teaching Professor h-index 13
Notable: “An End-to-End Deep Learning Architecture for Graph Classification” (2018) · 1,497 citations
- Brendan Juba, Associate Professor h-index 13
Computational Methodologies Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Theoretical Computer Science Expertise Works on algorithms for integrated learning & reasoning in artificial intelligence Research Brendan Juba's work primarily
Notable: “Precision-Recall versus Accuracy and the Role of Large Data Sets” (2019) · 306 citations
- I-Ting Angelina Lee, Associate Professor h-index 13
Parallel Computing Technology Expertise Works to advance software technologies for parallel computing Research I-Ting Angelina Lee's research focuses on advancing software technologies for parallel computing. She is interested in many aspec
Notable: “Using memory mapping to support cactus stacks in work-stealing runtime systems” (2010) · 40 citations
- Takayuki Dan Kimura, Emeritus Professor h-index 10
Focus on human computer interface based on the "silicon paper" technology (pen user interface) and the visual programming technology. He served as principal investigator of the Kumon Machine Project. Biography Professor Kimura began his car
Notable: “Recognizing multistroke geometric shapes” (1993) · 78 citations
- Michael Hall, Lecturer h-index 10
Performance analysis, modeling, digital systems and reconfigurable logic.
Notable: “Auto-Pipe: Streaming Applications on Architecturally Diverse Systems” (2010) · 45 citations
- Todd Sproull, Teaching Professor h-index 8
Notable: “Deep packet inspection using parallel bloom filters” (2004) · 435 citations
- Hussein Sibai, Assistant Professor h-index 8
Cyberphysical Systems & Internet of Things Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Theoretical Computer Science Expertise Develops trustworthy autonomous systems Research Hussein Sibai’s research is on trustworthy autonomy
Notable: “NO Need to Worry about Adversarial Examples in Object Detection in Autonomous Vehicles” (2017) · 210 citations
- Bill Siever, Teaching Professor h-index 5
Notable: “Courses, Content, and Tools for Internet of Things in Computer Science Education” (2018) · 72 citations
- James Orr, Senior Lecturer h-index 5
Real-time and cyberphysical systems. He serves as the Master's Program Director for Computer Engineering.
Notable: “Elasticity of Workloads and Periods of Parallel Real-Time Tasks” (2018) · 12 citations
- Athena Tabakhi, Lecturer h-index 4
Notable: “Preference Elicitation with Interdependency and User Bother Cost” (2018) · 14 citations
- Sara Nurollahian, Lecturer h-index 4
Lie within computing education, particularly in programming instruction, ethical considerations of technology and accessibility. She is also broadly interested in human-computer interaction. Some awards include: SIGCSE Outstanding Reviewer
Notable: “Use of an Anti-Pattern in CS2: Sequential if Statements with Exclusive Conditions” (2023) · 9 citations
- Gregory Kehne, Assistant Professor h-index 3
Computational Methodologies Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Theoretical Computer Science Expertise I work on online and approximation algorithms and using computer science to study and improve collective decision-making. Biog
Notable: “Fair Sortition Made Transparent” (2021) · 11 citations
- Jonathan Shidal, Senior Lecturer h-index 3
Notable: “Improving System Predictability and Performance via Hardware Accelerated Data Structures” (2012) · 10 citations
- Cynthia Ma, Lecturer h-index 2
Was the analysis of gene expression data to model gene regulation, specifically the role of transcription factors (TFs) and the inference of TF activity in different conditions. After receiving her PhD, Cynthia joined the teaching faculty o
Notable: “Computational Analysis Reveals a Key Regulator of Cryptococcal Virulence and Determinant of Host Response” (2016) · 54 citations
- Doug Shook, Teaching Professor h-index 2
Notable: “Machine Learning on the Move” (2020) · 3 citations
- Andrew Witt, Professor
- Brian Garnett, Senior Lecturer
- David Ferry, Senior Lecturer
- Dennis Cosgrove, Professor of Practice
- Ian Bogost, Professor
- Ilan Goodman, Lecturer
- Kate Holdener, Senior Lecturer
- Kunal Agrawal, Professor
- Nathan Jacobs, Vice Provost & Professor
Applications of Imaging in Science & Engineering Computational Methodologies Computer Vision Graphics, Vision, and Imaging Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning in Image Science Natural Language Processing Sign
- Steve Cole, Senior Lecturer
Parallel computing and accelerating streaming applications on GPUs. In the News McKelvey Engineering faculty selected for AI Curriculum Corps Faculty to participate in summer program to integrate or critically examine AI in classroo
- Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, Professor
Computational Methodologies Computational Systems Biology Cyberphysical Systems & Internet of Things Graphics, Vision, and Imaging Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Security & Privacy Social Work & Public Health Sys
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.