Full-Time Faculty

	William Baggett, Associate Professor of Teaching wbaggett@memphis.edu 901.678.3044 Dunn Hall 390 PhD, Cognitive Psychology, The University of Memphis, 1998 Research Interests: Intelligent tutoring systems
	Brandon Booth, Assistant Professor bmbooth@memphis.edu 901.860.5091 Dunn Hall 392 PhD, Computer Science, University of Southern California, 2020 Research Interests: Human-centered computing, psychometrics, mobile health, artificial intelligence and games in education, ethical and trustworthy AI
	Kathryn Bridson, Assistant Professor of Teaching kbridson@memphis.edu Dunn Hall 303 MS, Computer Science, The University of Memphis, 2020 Research Interests: Computer science education
	Amy Cook, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator ascook@memphis.edu 901.678.4128 Dunn Hall 113 PhD, Human-Computer Interaction, Carnegie Mellon University, 2019 Research Interests: Human-computer interaction
	Dipankar Dasgupta, Hill Professor in Cybersecurity and Director, Center for Information Assurance dasgupta@memphis.edu 901.678.4147 Dunn Hall 333/FIT 324 PhD, Computer Science, The University of Strathclyde, 1994 Research Interests: Bio-inspired computing, cybersecurity, trustworthy AI
	Scott Fleming, Department Chair and Associate Professor Scott.Fleming@memphis.edu 901.678.3142 Dunn Hall 375A PhD, Computer Science, Michigan State University, 2009 Research Interests: Computer science education, software engineering, human-computer interaction
	Max Garzon, Professor mgarzon@memphis.edu 901.678.3136 Dunn Hall 325 PhD, Theoretical Computer Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1984 Research Interests: Biomolecular and distributed computing, data science
	Xiaolei Huang, Assistant Professor xhuang7@memphis.edu Dunn Hall 111 PhD, Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder, 2020 Research Interests: Natural language processing, machine learning, public health
	Xiajun Jiang, Assistant Professor Xiajun.Jiang@memphis.edu Dunn Hall 307 PhD, Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2024 Research Interests: Adaptive AI computing, physics-informed deep learning, AI for health care
	Santosh Kumar, Director, NIH mDOT Center, Director, MD2K Center of Excellence, and Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence Professor in Computer Science Santosh.Kumar@memphis.edu 901.678.2487 Dunn Hall 319/FIT 303G2 PhD, Computer Science, The Ohio State University, 2006 Research Interests: Artificial intelligence (AI) for wearables, mobile sensor big data, sensor-guided behavioral interventions on wearables, behavioral privacy, mobile health (mHealth)
	Kriangsiri (Top) Malasri, Associate Professor of Teaching and Undergraduate Advising Coordinator kmalasri@memphis.edu Dunn Hall 396 MS, Computer Science, The University of Memphis, 2007
	Haomiao Ni, Assistant Professor hni@memphis.edu Dunn Hall 131 PhD, Informatics, The Pennsylvania State University, 2024 Research Interests: Computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence
	Christos Papadopoulos, Professor and Sparks Family Chair of Excellence in Global Research Leadership Christos.Papadopoulos@memphis.edu Dunn Hall 137 DSc, Computer Science, Washington University in St. Louis, 1999 Research Interests: Computer networks, network security, multimedia communication, distributed systems
	Vinhthuy Phan, Associate Chair and Associate Professor vphan@memphis.edu 901.678.1535 Dunn Hall 309 PhD, Computer Science, Stony Brook University, 2003 Research Interests: Computer science education, bioinformatics, data science
	Vasile Rus, Jack and Jane Morris Professor vrus@memphis.edu 901.678.5259 Dunn Hall 323/STEM 304 PhD, Computer Science, Southern Methodist University, 2002 Research Interests: Artificial intelligence/intelligent systems, data science, natural language processing
	Fatih Sen, Associate Professor of Teaching fsen@memphis.edu 901.678.3463 Dunn Hall 301 PhD, Computer Science, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 2014 Research Interests: Teaching methods, programming languages, databases, web technologies, data science, artificial intelligence, educational technology, blogging, entrepreneurship
	Sajjan Shiva, First Horizon Foundation Distinguished Professor sshiva@memphis.edu 901.678.5667 Dunn Hall 335 PhD, Electrical Engineering, Auburn University, 1975 Research Interests: Software systems, cybersecurity
	Brodrick Stigall, Assistant Professor of Teaching blstgall@memphis.edu Dunn Hall 318 MS, Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018 Research Interests: Voice user interfaces, speech technologies, human-computer interaction, computer science education
	Deepak Venugopal, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator dvngopal@memphis.edu 901.678.1539 Dunn Hall 317 PhD, Computer Science, University of Texas, Dallas, 2015 Research Interests: Machine learning, artificial intelligence
	Lan Wang, Professor (on Temporary Assignment at NSF as Program Director) lanwang@memphis.edu 901.678.1643 Dunn Hall 133 PhD, Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004 Research Interests: Internet architecture, network security, wireless sensor networks
	Thomas Watson, Associate Professor Thomas.Watson@memphis.edu 901.678.3203 Dunn Hall 315 PhD, Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2013 Research Interests: Theoretical computer science, computational complexity
	Myounggyu Won, Associate Professor mwon@memphis.edu 901.678.2792 Dunn Hall 398 PhD, Computer Science, Texas A&M University, 2013 Research Interests: Cyber physical systems, mobile computing, intelligent transportation systems
	Kan Yang, Associate Professor Kan.Yang@memphis.edu 901.678.3139 Dunn Hall 305 PhD, Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, 2013 Research Interests: Data security, blockchain, adversarial machine learning, network security and trust, applied cryptography
	Xiaofei Zhang, Associate Professor Xiaofei.Zhang@memphis.edu 901.678.2471 Dunn Hall 135 PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2013 Research Interests: Graph databases, distributed and parallel computing