44 faculty and 40 courses in Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
- Jun Dai, Associate Professor, Computer Science h-index 59
- Xiangnan Kong, Associate Professor, Computer Science h-index 39
Focus on data mining and machine learning, with emphasis on addressing the data science problems in biomedical and social applications. Data today involves an increasing number of data types that need to be handled differently from conventi
- Yanhua Li, Associate Professor, Computer Science h-index 37
Focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and data science, with applications in smart cities in many contexts, including spatial-temporal data analytics, urban planning and optimization. Recently, his research has an emphasis on advancing imit
- Cheng Zhang, Assistant Professor, Computer Science h-index 36
Program Verification Semantics of Programming Language Kleene Algebra Transition Systems -- Coalgebra Logic in Computer Science Lightweight Formal Method THE CAMPAIGN FOR WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE BEYOND THESE TOWERS Now, more than ev
- Mark Claypool, Professor, Computer Science h-index 35
Multimedia networking, congestion control, network games and information filtering.
- Qi Zhang, Assistant Professor, Computer Science h-index 34
- Xiaoyan Sun, Associate Professor, Computer Science h-index 30
Lie in cybersecurity, including network and distributed system security, AI security, IoT & embedded system security, mobile & software security, privacy, security & digital forensics education and workforce training etc. Her wo
- Xiaozhong Liu, Associate Professor, Computer Science h-index 28
Natural language processing (NLP), text/graph mining, information retrieval/recommendation, metadata, and computational social science. His dissertation at Syracuse University (advisor Dr. Elizabeth D. Liddy) explored an innovative
- Erin Solovey, Associate Professor, Computer Science h-index 26
Human-Computer Interaction Artificial Intelligence Brain-Computer Interfaces Accessibility Novel Interaction Modes & Techniques Adaptive User Interfaces Physiological and Wearable Computing Human Interaction with Artificial Intelligence
- Kyumin Lee, Associate Professor, Computer Science h-index 26
In social computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, and information retrieval, over large-scale systems like the Web and social media. He focuses on threats to these systems and design methods to
- Gillian Smith, Associate Professor, Computer Science h-index 25
In computational creativity, game design, computer science education, and the intersection of traditional crafts and computation. In 2021 Professor Smith was appointed director of WPI’s Interactive Media and Games Development prog
- Jacob Whitehill, Associate Professor, Computer Science h-index 24
In applied machine learning, computer vision, data science and their applications to education, affective computing, and human behavior recognition. My work is highly interdisciplinary and frequently intersects cognitive science, psycho
- Walter Gerych, Assistant Professor, Computer Science h-index 24
- Tian Guo, Associate Professor, Computer Science h-index 24
Cloud Computing Edge Computing AR/VR Deep learning Systems Distributed Systems Scholarly Work Professor Guo’s research includes work on cloud/edge resource management, big data frameworks, deep learning inference, distributed training, neur
- Lane Harrison, Associate Professor, Computer Science h-index 20
Information Visualization Visual Analytics Human-Computer Interaction Scholarly Work Improving Bayesian Reasoning: The Effects of Phrasing, Visualization, and Spatial Ability 2015 News Chev Right Icon of hollow arrow pointing right Arrow Ri
- Carolina Ruiz, Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences and Professor of Computer Science h-index 17
Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Data Mining Applications of Machine Learning to Medicine Digital Health Scholarly Work See full list of publications at this link. News Chev Right Icon of hollow arrow pointing right Arrow Right Icon
- Craig Shue, Professor & Department Head, Computer Science h-index 17
Cybersecurity Computer Networking Distributed Systems Scholarly Work Publications list in Prof. Shue’s website Complete list of publications in Google Scholar Complete list of publications in DBLP Complete list of publications in Scopus Pro
- Robert Walls, Associate Professor, Computer Science; Program Director, Cybersecurity h-index 15
Es on systems security and performance. Consequently, my projects often lie at the intersection of software and hardware. Some of my projects include developing compiler-based defenses for embedded microcontrollers, providing security
- Roee Shraga, Assistant Professor, Computer Science h-index 12
Data Integration Data Discovery Human-in-the-loop Machine Learning Information Retrieval Natural Language Processing (NLP) Large Language Models (LLMs) Scholarly Work Web table retrieval using multimodal deep learning Adnev: Cross-domain sc
- Raha Moraffah, Assistant Professor, Computer Science h-index 9
- Hanmeng Zhan, Assistant Professor, Computer Science h-index 9
- Rodica Neamtu, Professor of Teaching, Computer Science h-index 8
Data Mining Machine Learning Big Data Time Series Analytics Brain Waves Analytics Information Retrieval and Integration Exploratory and Predictive Financial Tools Alternative Augmentative Communication for People with Disabilities Scholarly
- Ethan Prihar, Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science h-index 7
- Shubbhi Taneja, Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science h-index 5
Lie in energy-efficient computing and big data systems. She collaborates actively with researchers at national labs, faculty engaged in pedagogical research and other disciplines of computer science, particularly computer a
- Maxim Lisnic, Assistant Professor, Computer Science h-index 4
- Bahman Moraffah, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Computer Science
- Charles Roberts, Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Craig Wills, Professor, Computer Science
Internet Measurement Online Privacy Distributed Computing User Interfaces Scholarly Work Current list of publications available online. Professional Affiliations Vita contains professional affiliations. News Chev Right Icon of hollow arrow
- Dachun Sun, Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science
- Daniel Reichman, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Theoretical Computer Science Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence THE CAMPAIGN FOR WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE BEYOND THESE TOWERS Now, more than ever, the world needs what we have created and what we do at WPI. Chev Right Icon of h
- Dmitry Korkin, Professor, Computer Science
- Elke Rundensteiner, Professor, Computer Science; Program Head, Data Science
Es on how to make use of data and information effectively, towards achieving goals in business, scientific discovery, and digital health. With interconnectivityvity of the internet, the availability of computing power, and digital data ever
- Emmanuel Agu, Professor, Computer Science
In the areas of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Mobile Health, mobile and ubiquitous computing, and computer graphics. He is especially interested in research into how to use a smartphone or smartwatch as a platform to deliver be
- Gabor Sarkozy, Professor, Computer Science
In graph theory, discrete mathematics, and theoretical computer science. I am especially interested in studying the structure of very large graphs,; an area that is getting more and more important these days. I enjoy teaching at WPI; in
- George Heineman, Associate Professor, Computer Science
Software Engineering Component-Based Software Engineering Software Architecture Modularity and Composition Scholarly Work J. Bessai, G. T. Heineman, B. Düdder, "Covariant Conversions (CoCo): A Design Pattern for Type-Safe Modular Software E
- Jennifer Mortensen, Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science
Ed on computational modeling of protein structures and the properties of protein interactions. Her work has revealed the important role of steric interactions in protein cores and reframed the prior understanding of the atomic packing of am
- Joshua Cuneo, Senior Instructor, Computer Science
- Matthew Ahrens, Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science
- Michael Engling, Associate Teaching Professor, Computer Science
Computer Science Education, Security and Privacy, Cryptography, and Combinatorial Games. I am ever alert for new ways to convince his students that mathematics is fun. Along with my wife Joey, I am a Volunteer Crew Leader for Friend
- Neil Heffernan, Professor, Computer Science
- Sakire Arslan Ay, Associate Teaching Professor, Computer Science
In data management and database systems, specifically geospatial and multidimensional data management. My research has primarily focused on large-scale geospatial data indexing, sensor-rich video annotation and search, and spatiotempora
- Taylor Andrews, Instructor, Computer Science
- Wilson Wong, Associate Professor of Teaching, Computer Science
Software Engineering and Information Systems Capstone Innovations Computer Science Education Social network analysis Computer Systems and Architecture Scholarly Work Englander, I., Wong. W. The Architecture of Computer Hardware, Systems Sof
- Yu-Shan Sun, Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science
Computer science education, software engineering, and formal methods & verification. Recently, he was a co-PI on an NSF Research Grant that studied student impediments in understanding and reasoning about code through a novel online
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 2026-07-01.