جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Adam Yuet Chauمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Chinese Religion and Ritual
• Ritual Theory
• State-Society Relations
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Professor Adam Yuet Chau is a Fellow and Director of Studies at St John's College and holds the Professor of the Anthropology of China position at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge . His academic journey includes training at Stanford University (PhD in Anthropology, 2001) and teaching roles at Oxford and SOAS before joining Cambridge in 2008. Focus on Chinese religions and their social dimensions Specializes in ritual theory and cultural transformations Develops comparative frameworks for understanding religious practices His research spans religion under socialism , hosting in political/religious contexts , and ritual polytropy . Recent projects include editing Chinese Religious Culture in 100 Objects and analyzing 'spheres' (界) in Chinese society . Publications like Miraculous Response (2006) and Religion in Contemporary China (2011) establish him as a key figure in religious anthropology. Current and past PhD/MPhil students explore topics from temple festivals in Taiwan to religious subjectification . He actively reviews for leading presses (Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard) and journals ( Ethnos , Modern China ), and participates in international academic workshops.

Jack Barbaletمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Sociological Theory
• Political Sociology
• Economic Sociology
• +۱۲ مورد دیگر

Professor Jack Barbalet is a distinguished academic at the Australian Catholic University (ACU), affiliated with the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Melbourne campus. His research centers on sociological theory, political and economic sociology, the sociology of emotions, and the sociology of modern China, with a focus on social solidarity, interaction, and institutionalization. His educational background includes an undergraduate degree from Flinders University and a PhD from Adelaide University. He has held academic positions at the University of Papua New Guinea, Australian National University, University of Leicester, and Hong Kong Baptist University before joining ACU. His research emphasizes conceptual refinement and theoretical development, particularly in interpreting Max Weber and analyzing Chinese society through the lens of guanxi, trust, and rural social structures. His recent publications reflect a sustained engagement with foundational sociological texts and their contemporary relevance. The body of his recent work demonstrates strong thematic continuity in examining classical sociological theory, especially Weberian thought, while extending it into non-Western contexts, particularly China. Topics include political violence, cultural imperialism, emotional dynamics in social exchange, and institutional transformation. Member, Editorial Board, Sociology (from 2022) Member, Editorial Board, Sociological Theory (from 2021) Member, Editorial Board, Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (from 2020) Member, Advisory Board, Emotions and Society (from 2019) As a Full HDR Supervisor, Professor Barbalet mentors higher degree research students, though no specific students are listed in the provided text. While no grants are explicitly mentioned, his sustained publication record and editorial roles indicate active research funding and academic leadership. His work continues to influence theoretical and comparative sociology globally. Professor Barbalet is actively involved in academic service through editorial and advisory roles across major sociology journals, reflecting his leadership in sociological theory and the sociology of emotions. He contributes to shaping scholarly discourse in core areas of the discipline.

• Psycholinguistics
• Discourse Pragmatics
• Perspective-Taking
• +۷ مورد دیگر

William S. Horton (Sid) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University , where he has taught since 2005 and directed the Cognition and Communication Lab (Cresap 108). Starting in September 2025, he will serve as Chair of the Department of Linguistics . His research focuses on socio-cognitive mechanisms in language use, particularly discourse pragmatics , perspective-taking , and non-literal language processing . Education: B.S. in Psychology/German from Duke University (1991), M.A. and Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from University of Chicago (1994/1999) Previous roles: Postdoctoral research at SUNY-Stony Brook, Cognitive Aging at Georgia Tech Research trends from his 20+ years of publications include common ground , memory processes , figurative language , and age-related communication changes . His work increasingly incorporates computational text analysis and real-time digital communication studies. Awards : Fellow, Society for Text and Discourse Students : Supervised Ph.D. theses on conversational alignment, common ground activation, and digital communication. Undergraduate honors projects explore inhibitory deficits, speech internalization, and perspective-taking in bilingualism. Cognition and Communication Lab investigates language processing in spoken/written contexts using experimental methods and computational models.

Oliver Müllerمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Philosophical Anthropology
• Philosophy of Technology
• Ethics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Oliver Müller is a Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Freiburg, and serves as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy. His academic journey includes a doctorate from Humboldt University Berlin (2005) and a habilitation in Philosophy (2012). Müller leads research on Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Technology, and Ethics, with a focus on human-machine interactions and Anthropocene ethics. He supervises doctoral and postdoctoral researchers across projects like livMatS and BrainLinks-BrainTools. Research interests span neuroethics, transhumanism, and socio-technological systems, emphasizing ethical frameworks for emerging technologies. Publications explore AI ethics, drone warfare, and phenomenological embodiment, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement with neuroscience and environmental philosophy. Honors include the MTZ Bioethics Award and Heisenberg Fellowship. Müller directs participatory discourse initiatives bridging art and science, fostering public engagement with technological ethics. His work advances critical dialogues on human enhancement and ecological responsibility in the digital age.

Lorin Schöniمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Human-Centered Security
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Human-AI Interaction
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Lorin Schöni is a PhD candidate at ETH Zürich, actively contributing to the Security, Privacy and Society research group since October 2022. Concurrently, he serves as a Lecturer at the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, where he teaches the course Focus on the Human: Human-Centered Security and Privacy Lab (Autumn Semester 2025, Unit 851-0391-00L). His research focuses on human-centered approaches to cybersecurity , particularly through three key domains: Human-Computer Interaction - Investigating design decisions that influence user behavior in digital security contexts Extended Reality Applications - Developing immersive training systems for phishing prevention Usability Engineering - Creating intuitive security interfaces with explainable AI components Recent publications highlight his work at the intersection of autonomous motivation theory and personalized cybersecurity training , with notable presentations at top venues including CHI 2025 and SOUPS 2024. His research aims to transform security from a restrictive framework into a collaborative partnership between users and digital systems, as emphasized in his award-winning work on human-centered cybersecurity.

Howie Chosetمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Robotics
• Medical Robotics
• Snake Robots
• +۱۱ مورد دیگر

Howie Choset is a Professor of Robotics at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. He directs the Undergraduate Robotics Minor and leads the Biorobotics Laboratory, where his research focuses on snake robots, motion planning, and medical robotics. He is also affiliated with the Manufacturing Futures Institute. Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1996) M.S., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1995) B.S.E., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (1990) B.S., Economics, The Wharton School of Business (1990) Choset's research centers on robotics for confined and complex environments, particularly through the development of snake robots. His work integrates mechanism design, path and motion planning, and estimation to enable applications in surgery, manufacturing, infrastructure inspection, and search and rescue. He is a pioneer in medical robotics and has co-founded Medrobotics to commercialize minimally invasive surgical robots. His recent publications highlight a strong focus on ergodic exploration, multi-agent systems, motion planning under uncertainty, and medical robotics. Themes include optimizing robot trajectories for information gathering, solving complex path planning problems with dynamic obstacles, and advancing autonomous systems for disaster response and space exploration (e.g., the EELS robot for Enceladus). MIT Technology Review Top 100 Innovators under 35 (2002) Best Paper Award, RIA (1999) Best Paper Award, ICRA (2003) Best Paper, IEEE Bio Rob (2006) Best Video, ICRA (2011) Nominations for best papers at ICRA, IROS, and CLAWAR Choset has advised numerous students, many of whom have won top awards. His lab has received significant funding for robotics research, including projects in surgical robotics, additive manufacturing, and autonomous exploration. He is the lead author of the textbook Principles of Robot Motion and is actively involved in educational innovation through custom robotics labs. He leads the Biorobotics Laboratory at CMU, which develops advanced robotic systems like snake robots and the EELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor) robot for NASA missions. The lab collaborates with industry and government agencies on applications ranging from surgery to space exploration.

Asaf Ferberمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Combinatorics
• Random Graphs
• Probabilistic Methods
• +۱ مورد دیگر

Asaf Ferber is Associate Professor in Mathematics at University of California, Irvine, School of Physical Sciences. His research spans discrete mathematics including combinatorial games, random graphs, extremal hypergraph theory, and quantum computation. Research explores Hamiltonian cycles in random graphs, structural properties of pseudorandom graphs, and quantum algorithms for combinatorial problems. Recent work develops quantum approaches to graph learning and sparse recovery in random matrices. Awards: NSF CAREER Award Sloan Fellowship Distinguished Early Career Faculty Award for Research Air Force Research Grant NSF-BSF Grant Organizes conferences including SoCalDM Symposium and Desert Discrete Math Workshop, mentoring graduate students through UCI's Probability and Combinatorics Seminar.

• Reconfigurable Computing
• Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)
• High-Level Synthesis
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Paolo Ienne is a Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), where he leads the Processor Architecture Laboratory (LAP) within the School of Computer and Communication Sciences. His research focuses on advancing reconfigurable computing systems through innovative FPGA architectures and high-level synthesis methodologies. His primary research domains include reconfigurable computing, FPGA architecture design, dynamically scheduled dataflow circuits, and hardware acceleration techniques. Recent work emphasizes memory system optimization for FPGAs, formal verification of circuit transformations, and rapid C-to-hardware compilation flows. He has pioneered approaches for handling thousands of outstanding memory misses in FPGA accelerators and developed novel techniques for switch-block exploration without explicit pattern enumeration. Analysis of his 2023-2025 publications reveals a strong trend toward practical FPGA deployment challenges, with increasing focus on HBM integration, virtual memory systems for PCIe-attached devices, and formally verified circuit transformations. His work consistently targets real-world bottlenecks in high-level synthesis toolchains while maintaining theoretical rigor in dataflow architecture design. Professor Ienne's laboratory receives support from the Swiss National Science Foundation and industry partners including Huawei, enabling cutting-edge research in FPGA-based acceleration. His collaborative network spans major semiconductor companies and academic institutions worldwide, with frequent co-authorship on conference proceedings and journal publications in IEEE and ACM venues.

Andre Wibisonoمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Machine Learning
• Optimization
• Sampling
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Andre Wibisono serves as Assistant Professor in Yale University's Department of Computer Science with a secondary appointment in Statistics & Data Science, joining the faculty in 2021 after postdoctoral research at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational background includes: Ph.D. in Computer Science, UC Berkeley M.A. in Statistics, UC Berkeley M.Eng. in Computer Science, MIT S.B. in Mathematics and Computer Science, MIT Wibisono's research focuses on algorithm design for machine learning through optimization, sampling, and game theory , leveraging dynamical systems and information theory to develop accelerated discrete-time algorithms from continuous dynamics. His work provides theoretical foundations for efficient machine learning systems with applications in generative modeling and constrained optimization. Recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate consistent innovation in Hamiltonian-based optimization , constrained-space sampling , and min-max game convergence , characterized by rigorous mathematical analysis connecting continuous dynamics to discrete algorithms. Key trends include randomized integration for acceleration, phi-divergence convergence guarantees, and symplectic geometry applications to mirror descent. Scientific recognition includes: NSF CAREER Award for developing algorithmic frameworks bridging continuous and discrete dynamics He actively mentors current students (Siddharth Mitra, Kaylee Yang, Jane Lee, Qiang Fu, Peter Wang) and has guided two postdocs to faculty positions. Research is funded through the NSF CAREER award and collaborative CIF grants focused on Hamiltonian dynamics for sampling and optimization. His Yale research group develops theoretical foundations for next-generation machine learning algorithms, emphasizing mathematical rigor in optimization and sampling with applications to generative modeling and constrained inference problems.

Sharan Vaswaniمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Reinforcement Learning
• Optimization
• Machine Learning
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Sharan Vaswani is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University (SFU). His research focuses on designing algorithms for sequential decision-making under uncertainty, stochastic optimization, and their interplay with machine learning generalization. He holds a PhD from the University of British Columbia (2019) and postdoctoral experiences at the University of Alberta and Mila. His academic journey includes MSc (UBC, 2015) and BTech (BITS Pilani, 2012) degrees. Education: PhD (UBC, 2019), MSc (UBC, 2015), BTech (BITS Pilani, 2012) Postdoctoral Work: University of Alberta (2020-2021), Mila (2019-2020) Teaching includes courses on Probability and Computing (CMPT 210), Optimization for Machine Learning (CMPT 409/981), and Theoretical Foundations of Reinforcement Learning (CMPT 419/983). His research group focuses on developing scalable optimization algorithms with theoretical guarantees. He advises multiple PhD and MSc students, contributing to areas like constrained MDPs, adaptive learning rates, and reinforcement learning theory. Research Highlights: Contributions to bandit algorithms, stochastic gradient methods, and reinforcement learning theory. Notable work includes global convergence analysis of policy gradients and variance-reduced optimization frameworks.

Steven Hoekstraمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Atomic Physics
• Molecular Physics
• Stark Deceleration
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Prof. dr. Steven Hoekstra is an Associate Professor of Atomic and Molecular Physics at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Science and Engineering, within the Van Swinderen Institute. His research focuses on precision measurements using cold molecules to explore fundamental physics, including Stark deceleration, laser cooling, and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. He leads the NL-eEDM program at Nikhef, investigating the electron's electric dipole moment. Hoekstra is also involved in educational innovation, having received the Teacher of the Year award (2020) and a Senior Teacher Qualification (2023). He has supervised over 11 PhD theses and currently mentors 5 students. His work combines experimental techniques with theoretical insights, addressing questions like symmetry violations and quantum dynamics. Key projects include manipulating BaF molecules with electrostatic fields and exploring levitated nanoparticles as sensors. Hoekstra has secured major grants, including NWO VICI (2022) and VIDI (2013), and collaborates internationally on projects like the European Strategy for particle physics. Recent articles highlight advancements in molecular beam control, spin-precession methods for EDM searches, and opportunities in radioactive molecules. He actively participates in the Physics Olympiad Netherlands as chair, contributing to science outreach and education.

Peter C. Caldwellمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Modern Europe
• Modern Germany
• History of Public Law and Political Thought
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Peter C. Caldwell is the Samuel G. McCann Professor of History at Rice University and Director of the Program in Politics, Law, and Social Thought. He specializes in modern European history with a focus on Germany, constitutionalism, welfare state development, and political thought. His research spans Weimar Republic legal crises, postwar West Germany, and 19th/20th-century intellectual movements. Education: PhD (1993), MA (1989), and BA (1987) from Cornell University, New York University. Awards include the George R. Brown Award for Teaching (2016) and Humboldt Fellowship. He has authored/co-authored major works like Democracy, Capitalism, and the Welfare State (2019) and Germany Since 1945 (2018, 2023 revision). Teaching focuses on European political history, comparative welfare states, and 19th-century political thought. Current research examines democratic rhetoric in contemporary Mexican politics and authoritarian constitutionalism. Advised over a dozen undergraduate theses on topics ranging from Weimar Republic legal theory to Cold War historiography. Publications span German constitutional history, Cold War dynamics, and East German politics. His work bridges legal, economic, and cultural dimensions of modern European history with interdisciplinary approaches to political theory.

Maarten de Hoopمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Seismic Wave Analysis
• Inverse Problems
• Deep Learning
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Maarten de Hoop is the Simons Chair and Professor of Computational and Applied Mathematics at Rice University, part of the George R. Brown School of Engineering. He holds visiting roles at MIT and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research spans seismic wave analysis, inverse problems, deep learning, and planetary seismology. He earned his Ph.D. in Technical Sciences from Delft University of Technology (1992), and earlier degrees from Utrecht University. Notable awards include the 1996 J. Clarence Karcher Award and 2001 Fellowship from the Institute of Physics. His work integrates computational mathematics with geophysics, focusing on extracting signal information from large datasets, developing novel inverse scattering methods, and applying deep learning to geoscience challenges. Recent studies include transformer models for in-context learning, semialgebraic neural networks, and seismic waveform foundation models like SeisLM. He leads the Geo-Mathematical Imaging Group, fostering interdisciplinary projects in planetary missions and data-driven discovery.

• Theoretical Plasma Physics
• Magnetic Reconnection
• Plasma Turbulence
• +۴ مورد دیگر

James F. Drake is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park, with affiliations at the Institute for Physical Science and Technology (IPST) and the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP). He holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Physics from UCLA (1975). His research focuses on theoretical plasma physics, particularly magnetic reconnection and plasma turbulence, with applications to space physics, solar flares, and magnetic fusion. Key contributions include elucidating the role of whistler waves in reconnection dynamics and advancing understanding of energy release mechanisms in plasmas. Dr. Drake’s awards include the American Physical Society Fellowship and the Humboldt Senior Scientist Research Award. He teaches advanced physics courses (e.g., Physics 604, 611, 761-762) and has pioneered computational models to study reconnection, turbulence, and particle acceleration. Recent work leverages Parker Solar Probe data to explore solar wind dynamics and reconnection in near-Sun environments. Education: UCLA (B.S., M.S., Ph.D. in Physics, 1975) Research Themes: Magnetic Reconnection, Plasma Turbulence, Space Plasma Dynamics Notable Achievements: Leader in reconnection theory; developer of kinetic simulation frameworks; contributor to NASA missions

Anirban Acharyaمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• International Political Economy
• International Relations
• Research Methods
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Anirban Acharya, Ph.D., is a Professor of Political Science at Le Moyne College. His research focuses on political power's impact on markets, neoliberalism, and South Asia. He holds degrees from Jadavpur University (B.A., M.A. Economics), Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (M.Phil. Development Studies), and Syracuse University (M.A., Ph.D. Political Science). His areas of specialization include International Political Economy, International Relations, and US Foreign Policy. He has received several awards such as the 2018 Le Moyne College Faculty Spotlight and the 2017 Ignatian Mission Award. His media engagements include panel discussions on PBS-WCNY and interviews on topics like Afghanistan's political landscape. Acharya has published works like Right to Sell: Markets, Capitalism, and Urban Space in India (2022) and contributed to edited volumes analyzing South Asian politics. His research has been supported by grants from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and others. Beyond academia, he is an avid cook, chess player, violinist, and spice enthusiast.