Participating Faculty
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Bai, Zhen
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- zbai@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7758
- 3007 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Human-Computer Interaction; Augmented Reality; Tangible User Interfaces; Embodied Conversational Agent; Technology-Enhanced Learning; Computer-Supported Collaborative Work; Assistive Technology; Machine Learning for HCI
Bazarian, Jeff
- Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine (SMD)
- jeff_bazarian@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1198
Bocko, Mark
- Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Director, Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences (CEIS)
- mark.bocko@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4879
- 709 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Audio and acoustic signal processing; Computer audition; Sensors and transducers
Brown, Thomas G.
- Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
Professor of Optics - Director, Institute of Optics
- brown@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7816
- 113 Wilmot Building
Interests: Optoelectronics
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Carney, Laurel H.
- Marylou Ingram Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Neuroscience
- Laurel_Carney@URMC.Rochester.edu | (585) 276-3948
- 5-6438 Medical Center
Interests: Auditory neuroscience; Neurophysiological, behavioral, and computational studies of hearing; Signal processing for hearing aids
Cetin, Mujdat
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Computer Science - Robin and Tim Wentworth Director, Goergen Institute for Data Science
Director, New York State Center of Excellence in Data Science
- mujdat.cetin@rochester.edu | (585) 276-5061
- 1211 Wegmans Hall and 719 Computer Studies Building
Interests: computational sensing and imaging as applied to radar and biomedical imaging; probabilistic methods for image and video analysis as applied to biomedical image analysis, microscopic neuroimaging, and computer vision; signal processing and machine learning for brain-computer/machine interfaces, with applications for alternative communication and rehabilitation for patients and monitoring of cognitive states
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DeAngelis, Greg
- George Eastman Professor
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
- gdeangelis@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8677
- 321 Meliora Hall
Interests: 3D vision and navigation; Multisensory integration; Neural coding; Decision-making
Dewhurst, Stephen
- Professor Microbiology and Immunology
- Vice President for Research, University of Rochester
- stephen_dewhurst@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2708
- 601 Elmwood Ave., Box 672
Interests: Influenza Viruses; Virus Polymerase HIV Vaccine Development; NeuroAIDS Research
Duan, Zhiyao
- Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Computer Science
- zhiyao.duan@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5302
- 720 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Computer Audition; Audio Signal Processing; Machine Learning; Music Information Retrieval
Dwarkadas, Sandhya
- Visiting Research Professor of Computer Science
Interests: Parallel and distributed computing; Computer architecture and networks; Interaction and interface between the compiler, runtime system, and underlying architecture; Software distributed shared memory; Integrated compiler and runtime support for parallelism; Simulation methodology; Uniprocessor and multiprocessor architectures; Parallel applications development; Performance evaluation
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Foxe, John
- Professor, Center for Visual Science
Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Professorship, Neuroscience - Director, Ernest J. Del Monte Neuromedicine Institute
Chair, Department of Neuroscience
- john_foxe@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4586
- G-9602 MC
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Hasselberg, Michael
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- michael_hasselberg@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3000
Heyworth, Gregory
- Associate Professor of English
- Director, Lazarus Project
- gregory.heyworth@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2548
- 408 Morey Hall
Higley, Sarah L
- Professor
- sarah.higley@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9261
- 411 Morey Hall
Interests: Medieval vernacular languages and literature of Northern Europe and their interchanges; Film and media studies; Teratology (the study of the monstrous); Ecocriticism
Hoque, Ehsan
- Associate Professor of Computer Science
- mehoque@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1351
- 3013 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Human Computer Interaction; Artificial Intelligence ; Interactive machine learning; Health and wellbeing; Future of skills
Howard, Thomas M.
- Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- thoward@ece.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3755
- 732 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Artificial Intelligence; Robotics; Motion Planning; Human-Robot Interaction
Huxlin, Krystel
- Professor, Ophthalmology, Neuroscience, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Center for Visual Science
- James V. Aquavella Professor, Ophthalmology
Associate Chair for Research, David and Ilene Flaum Eye Institute
URMC Ombudsperson
Associate Director, Center for Visual Science
- khuxlin@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5495
- 2-6728 Medical Center
Interests: Improving vision after damage
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Jacobs, Robert A.
- Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, and the Center for Visual Science
- Rjacobs@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0753
- 306 Meliora Hall
Interests: cognitive and perceptual learning; neural computation
Jarvis, Michael J.
- Professor of History
- Director of the Digital Elmina Project; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project
- michael.jarvis@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4558
- 455 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Public History and Museum Studies; Early American and Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transnational); Material Culture and Historical Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History
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Kruschwitz, Jennifer D. T.
- Associate Professor of Optics
Senior Scientist, LLE
- jennifer.kruschwitz@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7823
- 509 Wilmot Building
Interests: Optical Interference Coatings and Color
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Lalor, Edmund
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
- Edmund_Lalor@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3077
- 2.B203A Center for Advanced Brain Imaging and Neurophysiology (CABIN), Medical Annex Building
Interests: Human sensory neurophysiology; Brain-computer interfacing; Computational neuroscience; Neural encoding of natural sounds; Sensory processing in psychiatric and developmental disorders
Lee, Ming-Lun
- Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering (Instructional Faculty)
- minglunlee@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2120
- 620 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Audio Programming; Programming for Interactive Multi-media Performance; Audio Preservation ; The Computational Analysis of Musical Performances and Recordings; Benjamin Britten’s Recorded Legacy; The Art of Classical Recording Production
Lin, Feng Vankee
- Associate Professor, Nursing, Psychiatry, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Neuroscience
- vankee_lin@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6002
- 2w128 Helen Wood Hall
Luehmann, April
- Associate Professor, Warner School of Education
- aluehmann@warner.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3010
- 472 LeChase Hall
Luo, Jiebo
- Albert Arendt Hopeman Professor of Engineering
Professor of Computer Science
- jluo@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 276-5784
- 3101 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Computer Vision; Machine learning; Data Mining; Social Media; Biomedical Informatics; Human Computer Interaction; Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing
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Maddox, Ross
- Visiting Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Auditory neuroscience; Auditory brainstem response; Audio-visual integration; Selective attention; Audiologic diagnosis
Mitchell, Jude
- Assistant Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- jmitch27@ur.rochester.edu
- 307 Meliora Hall
Interests: How spatial attention alters statistics of neuronal spiking; Extracellular classification of neuronal types in awake animals; Systems identification models of sensory processing and attention; Network models of spiking neurons and correlations in firing; Human psychophysics in object-based attention, recognition, and perceptual learning
Mitten, David
- Professor of Orthopedics
- dave_mitten@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5321
- Building D 4901 Lac De Ville Blvd
Moore, Duncan T.
- Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor in Optical Engineering Science
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Business Administration in the Simon Business School
- moore@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5248
- 409A Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Engineering; Lens Design & Manufacturing; Gradient-Index Optics
Mort, Brendan
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Research
- Director of the Center for Integrated Research and Computing
- brendan.mort@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8289
- 418 Hutchison Hall
Interests: High performance computing; application of computing technology to chemistry and biology; computational chemistry algorithm development; molecular dynamics simulations, electronic structure theory
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Nelson, Randal C.
- Professor in Memoriam
Interests: Machine vision and robotics; Object recognition and learning representations at the interface between feature-based and appearance-based approaches; Vision for manipulation and hand-eye coordination; Motion recognition and analysis, and visual navigation
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Padmanabhan, Krishnan
- Assistant Professor Neuroscience and Center for Visual Science
- krishnan_padmanabhan@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0698
Interests: Dissecting the neural circuits underlying sensory coding and psychiatric disease
Pai, Sreepathi
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- sree@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 276-2391
- 3409 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Compilers; Heterogeneous Architectures; GPU algorithms; Performance Modeling
Pasternak, Tatiana
- Professor Emeritus, Neuroscience, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Center for Visual Science
Perucchio, Renato
- Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Program Director, Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures
- rlp@me.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4071
- 236 and 415 Hopeman
Interests: Computational solid and structural mechanics; Engineering practices in Classical Antiquity
Poletti, Martina
- Assistant Professor, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Neuroscience, Center for Visual Science
- martina_poletti@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4801, (585) 273-3081
- 312 Meliora Hall
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Rolland, Jannick
- Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science - Director, NSF/IUCRC: Center for Freeform Optics
Director, R.E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design and Engineering
- rolland@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 752-1013
- 505 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Aberration Theory; Freeform Optics; Metasurfaces; Metaform; Optical System Design; Optical Metrology; Illumination; Instrumentation and System Engineering; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Optical Coherence Elastography (OCE); Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR); Head-Worn Displays; Heads-up Displays
Rubin, Joan S.
- Dexter Perkins Professor in History
Professor of History
- joan.rubin@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9347
- 363 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Cultural and Intellectual History; The History of the Book
Rucci, Michele
- Professor, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Center for Visual Science
- mrucci@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-4023, (585) 273-3081
- 309 Meliora Hall
Interests: Vision and Action
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Schieber, Marc
- Professor, Neurology, Neuroscience, Center for Visual Science
- mschiebe@ur.rochester.edu
- 6-8537 Medical Center
Interests: Neural control of hand and finger movements
Schneller, Oliver
- Professor of Composition
- Director, Eastman Audio Research Studio [EARS]
- schneller@esm.rochester.edu | (585) 274-1108
Sharma, Gaurav
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
- gaurav.sharma@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7313
- 725 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Data Analytics; Cyber Physical Systems; Signal and Image Processing; Computer Vision; Media Security; Communications
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Tadin, Duje
- Professor, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Ophthalmology, Neuroscience, Center for Visual Science
Chair, Brain & Cognitive Sciences - Director of Training, Center for Visual Science
- Dtadin@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8682
- 310 Meliora Hall
Interests: neural mechanisms of visual perception
Tenhaeff, Wyatt E.
- Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
- wyatt.tenhaeff@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5080
- 4403 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Electrochemical Energy Storage; Solid State Lithium Batteries and Solid Electrolytes; Polymer Thin Films, Interfaces and Thin Film Synthesis & Characterization; Vacuum Deposition Techniques
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Vamivakas, Nick
- Professor of Quantum Optics & Quantum Physics
- nick.vamivakas@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2089
- 101 Wilmot Annex
Interests: Quantum Optics; Quantum Physics
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White, Andrew D.
- Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
- andrew.white@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7395
- 4401 Wegmans Hall
Interests: AI Directive Design of Materials; Molecular Simulations; Augmented-Reality in Chemical Engineering Education; Grid-Energy Storage Simulations
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Xu, Chenliang
- Associate Professor of Computer Science
- chenliang.xu@rochester.edu
- 3005 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Computer Vision; Video Analysis; Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Multimodal Modeling
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Yan, Yukang
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- yyan37@cs.rochester.edu
- 2505 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Human-Computer Interaction; Human Behavior Modeling; Virtual/Augmented Reality
Yoon, Geunyoung
- Professor Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering, Center for Visual Science, Optics
- gyoon@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4998
- G-3182 MC
Interests: Supernormal vision
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Zhu, Yuhao
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- yzhu@rochester.edu
- 3501 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Augmented/Virtual Reality; Human Perception and Cognition; Computational Photography/Imaging; Computational Heritage/Humanities; Computer architecture