Department of Computer Science

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains three levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, and (3) External.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one external graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

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FULL MEMBERS

BRANDON BOOTH, Assistant Professor, PhD (2020), University of Southern California [2030]

AMY COOK, Associate Professor, PhD (2019), Carnegie Mellon University [2026]

DIPANKAR DASGUPTA, Professor, PhD (1994), The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom [2030]

SCOTT D. FLEMING, Associate Professor, PhD (2009), Michigan State University [2027]

MAX GARZON, Professor, PhD (1984), The University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana [2026]

XIAOLEI HUANG, Assistant Professor, PhD (2020), University of Colorado Boulder [2027]

SANTOSH KUMAR, Professor, PhD (2006), The Ohio State University [2028]

ANDREW NEEL, PhD (2007), University of Memphis [2027]

HAOMIAO NI, Assistant Professor, PhD (2024), The Pennsylvania State University [2031]

NIRMAN KUMAR, PhD (2014), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign [2027]

CHRISTOS PAPADOPOULOS, Professor, PhD (1999), Washington University in Saint Louis [2026]

VINHTHUY PHAN, Associate Professor, PhD (2003), State University of New York at Stony Brook  [2029]

VASILE RUS, Professor, PhD (2002), Southern Methodist University [2030]

SAJJAN G. SHIVA, Professor, PhD (1975), Auburn University [2026]

DEEPAK VENUGOPAL, Associate Professor, PhD (2015), University of Texas at Dallas [2027]

LAN WANG, Professor, PhD (2004), University of California Los Angeles [2026]

THOMAS WATSON, Associate Professor, PhD (2013), University of California, Berkeley [2028]

MYOUNGGYU WON, Associate Professor, PhD (2013), Texas A&M University [2025]

KAN YANG, Associate Professor, PhD (2013), City University of Hong Kong [2031]

XIAOFEI ZHANG, Associate Professor, PhD (2013), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology [2025]

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

WILLIAM B. BAGGETT, Associate Professor of Teaching, PhD (1998), The University of Memphis 

KATHRYN BRIDSON, Assistant Professor of Teaching, MS (2020), The University of Memphis 

KRIANGSIRI MALASRI, Associate Professor of Teaching, MS (2007), The University of Memphis 

FATIH SEN, Associate Professor of Teaching, PhD (2014), University of Arkansas at Little Rock

BRODRICK STIGALL, Assistant Professor of Teaching, MS (2018), Georgia Institute of Technology 

 

EXTERNAL MEMBERS

WEIZI LI, Assistant Professor, PhD (2019), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [2026]

 

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NOTE: Expiration date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets.