Raj Bhatnagar

Raj Bhatnagar is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cincinnati, affiliated with the College of Engineering, Architecture and Art. His research focuses on data mining, pattern recognition, AI, and algorithms for bioinformatics. He has secured over 25 grants from federal agencies (NSF, Air Force Research Laboratory), industry (Charles Schwab, Edaptive Computing), and state/private entities, totaling millions in funding.

• Education: PhD in Computer Science from University of Maryland College Park (1989)

Research Interests: His work spans distributed computing, graph theory, machine learning for industrial applications, and cybersecurity. Notable contributions include algorithms for clustering, anomaly detection, and formal concept analysis. He collaborates with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the Air Force on projects like predictive analytics for spindle health and verification of microelectronics designs.

Recent Grants: Includes a 2023 industry grant for Machine Learning educational seminars (MME I45I), and multiple ongoing Air Force contracts (2018-2022) for ML-based verification test processes.

• Labs/Teams: Involved with Edaptive Computing’s Data Analytics & Cybersecurity Simulation Center and the Air Force-led STAMP/TAME research initiatives.