Hridesh Rajan

Dr. Hridesh Rajan serves as Dean and Professor in Tulane's School of Science & Engineering. His research spans software engineering, programming languages, and AI systems, with focus on making ML models more verifiable, modular, and fair. He has received numerous honors including AAAS Fellowship and NSF CAREER Award.

His work develops techniques for neural network decomposition, fairness verification, and binary code analysis. Recent projects include Fairify for bias detection in AI systems and methods for decomposing CNNs/RNNs into reusable modules.

As dean, Dr. Rajan leads strategic initiatives to enhance interdisciplinary research and STEM education. He previously chaired Computer Science at Iowa State University, expanding programs in data science and increasing diversity.