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Faculty

With training from the best universities in the world, all members of the faculty are actively engaged in the kind of research that has earned the Department of Computer Science a place among other top departments in the country. Their individual homepages give detailed information on recent publications and current activities.

CS Faculty

Joint Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Faculty Fellow

CS Faculty

 

Robert "Corky" Cartwright

 Keith D. Cooper
Professor of Computer Science

L. John & Ann H. Doerr Chair in Computational Engineering;
Professor of Computer Science and Electrical & Computational Engineering
Duncan Hall, Rm 3104 X6042 Duncan Hall, Rm 2065 X6013
cork#|)@#|)rice.edu keith#|)@#|)rice.edu

Programming language design and implementation,
program semantics and verification

Compiler construction
   
Alan L. Cox Ronald N. Goldman
Associate Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical & Computational Engineering		 Professor of Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3009 X5730 Duncan Hall, Rm 3116 X5729
alc#|)@#|)rice.edu rng#|)@#|)rice.edu
Operating systems, computer architecture Computer graphics, geometric modeling
   
John Greiner Chris M. Jermaine
Lecturer in Computer Science

Associate Professor of Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3056, X3838 Duncan Hall, Rm 3028 X5690
greiner#|)@#|)rice.edu Christopher.M.Jermaine#|)@#|)rice.edu
Algorithms, theory of computation Databases, data management, data mining/machine learning
   
David B. Johnson Lydia E. Kavraki

Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and Bioengineering
Duncan Hall, Rm 3007 X3063 Duncan Hall, Rm 3106 X5737
dbj#|)@#|)rice.edu kavraki#|)@#|)rice.edu

Wireless and mobile networking protocols

Robotics, bioinformatics, physical algorithms
   
James McLurkin

John Mellor-Crummey

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

 Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Duncan Hall, Rm 3118 X3049 Duncan Hall, Rm 3082 X5179
jmclurkin#|)@#|)rice.edu johnmc#|)@#|)rice.edu

High-performance computing, optimizing compilers,
performance analysis

High-performance computing, optimizing compilers,
performance analysis
   

Luay K. Nakhleh

T. S. Eugene Ng
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3119 X3959 Duncan Hall, Rm 3005 X4389
nakhleh#|)@#|)rice.edu eugeneng#|)@#|)rice.edu

Computational biology and bioinformatics,
phylogenetics, biological sequence analysis

 Computer networks, distributed systems
   

Dung "Zung" Nguyen

Krishna V. Palem

Instructor of Computer Science

 Ken & Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3098 X3835 Duncan Hall, MS 132 X4664
dxnguyen#|)@#|)rice.edu krishna.v.palem#|)@#|)rice.edu
Object-oriented programming,
programming methodology		 Adaptive architectures and computing, algorithms, compiler
optimizations, embedded systems, low energy computing, nanoelectronics
   

Scott Rixner

Vivek Sarkar
Associate Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical & Computational Engineering		 Professor of Computer Science and
E.D. Butcher Chair in Engineering
Duncan Hall, Rm 3032 X6353 Duncan Hall, Rm 3131 X5304
rixner#|)@#|)rice.edu vivek.sarkar#|)@#|)rice.edu
Computer architecture, operating systems
Multicore software, programming languages, optimizing and parallel
compilers, virtual machines and managed runtimes, program analysis
   
Devika Subramanian Walid Taha
Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical & Computational Engineering		 Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3094 X5661 Duncan Hall, Rm 3103 X5718
devika#|)@#|)rice.edu taha#|)@#|)rice.edu
Artificial intelligence Programming languages, embedded systems
   
Moshe Y. Vardi Dan S. Wallach

Karen Ostrum George Professor in
Computational Engineering

Associate Professor of Computer Science and
Professor of Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3096 X5977 Duncan Hall, Rm 3004 X6155
vardi#|)@#|)rice.edu dwallach#|)@#|)rice.edu
Databases, computational complexity theory, design
specification and verification		 Computer systems, language security

Joe Warren Stephen Wong
Chair & Professor of Computer Science Lecturer in Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3114 X5728 Duncan Hall, Rm 3102 X3814

jwarren#|)@#|)rice.edu

swong#|)@#|)rice.edu

Computer graphics, computational geometry protocols

Object-oriented system design

 

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Joint Faculty

 
Michael Byrne Joseph R. Cavallaro
Associate Professor of Psychology and Computer Science Professor of Electrical & Computational Engineering and
Computer Science
Sewall Hall, Rm 484 X3770 Duncan Hall, Rm 3042 X4719

byrne#|)@#|)rice.edu

cavallar#|)@#|)rice.edu

Scott Cutler Peter Druschel
Professor in the Practice of Computer Technology Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical & Computational Engineering; Research Professor
Duncan Hall, Rm 2049 X2526 druschel#|)@#|)rice.edu
cutler#|)@#|)rice.edu

 
G. Anthony Gorry Edward W. Knightly
Friedkin Professor of Management and Professor of Computer Science Professor of Electrical & Computational Engineering and Computer Science
McNair Hall, Rm 350 X6054 Duncan Hall, Rm 3044 X5748
tony#|)@#|)rice.edu knightly#|)@#|)rice.edu

 
Farinaz Koushanfar Yehia Massoud
Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computational Engineering and Computer Science Associate Professor of Electrical & Computational Engineering and Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 2025 X3906 Abercrombie Lab, Rm A127 X6706
Farinaz.Koushanfar#|)@#|)rice.edu massoud#|)@#|)rice.edu
   
Kartik Mohanram Marcia K. O'Malley
Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computational Engineering and Computer Science Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3029 X6712 Mechanical Engineering Bldg., Rm 234 X3545
kmram#|)@#|)rice.edu omalleym#|)@#|)rice.edu
   
James M. Tour Peter J. Varman
T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Dell Butcher Hall, Rm 255 X6246 Duncan Hall, Rm 2022 X3990
tour#|)@#|)rice.edu pjv#|)@#|)rice.edu

 
Lin Zhong
Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computational Engineering and Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3046 X4163
lzhong#|)@#|)rice.edu
 
 
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Adjunct Faculty

 
Vikram Adve Wah Chiu
Associate Professor of Computer Science Alvin Romansky Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Baylor College of Medicine

vadve#|)@#|)cs.uiuc.edu

 wah#|)@#|)bcm.edu
   
Jack Dongarra

Robert Fowler
University Distinguished Professor Director, HPC Research
University of Tennessee

Renaissance Computing Institute
dongarra#|)@#|)cs.utk.edu rjf#|)@#|)renci.org

 

  

Charles "Chuck" Henry

 S. Lennart Johnsson
President Hugh Roy & Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor
Council on Library & Information Resources University of Houston
chhenry#|)@#|)rice.edu johnsson#|)@#|)cs.uh.edu

 
P. Read Montague

Leendert Van Doorn
Professor of Neuroscience Senior Fellow
Baylor College of Medicine Advanced Micro Devices
read#|)@#|)bcm.tmc.edu
   
Scott Warren
Chief Scientist  
Rosetta, Inc.  
scott#|)@#|)rosetta.com

 
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Faculty Fellow

 
William Scherer
Faculty Fellow in Computer Science
Duncan Hall, Rm 3053 X5263
scherer#|)@#|)rice.edu

 
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