جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Margarita Boenig-Liptsinمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Social and political aspects of digital technologies
• Identity and citizenship in technological societies
• Ethics of Technology
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Margarita Boenig-Liptsin is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Ethics, Technology and Society at ETH Zurich's Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, a position she has held since September 2022. Trained in Science, Technology and Society with dual PhDs from Harvard University (History of Science) and Université Paris-Sorbonne (Philosophy), she brings interdisciplinary expertise to examining the relationship between technology, power, democracy, and ethics. Her research spans several interconnected areas focusing on transformations to human identity and citizenship in relation to information technologies across time and cultures. She investigates the social and political aspects of digital technologies, identity and selfhood in technological societies, ethics of technology, and comparative cultures of innovation. Her work uniquely bridges historical analysis with contemporary ethical concerns, examining how concepts like human dignity evolve alongside technological developments from punch cards to AI governance frameworks. Her recent publications (2023-2025) reveal a strong focus on AI ethics, data justice, and the philosophical implications of algorithmic systems. These works demonstrate her consistent interest in how technology shapes democratic processes, citizenship, and ethical frameworks. Her research shows progression from historical studies of computer literacy programs to contemporary analyses of generative AI's impact on knowledge production and everyday ethics. Her scientific recognition includes: NSF funding for her collaborative project on Silicon Valley's innovation imaginary Mozilla Foundation Responsible Computer Science Challenge grant (2018-2021) Academic Data Science Alliance support (2020-2022) Sorbonne Université's Paris IAS Chair on 'Major Changes' (2021-2022) At ETH Zurich, she leads research and teaching initiatives that build connections between engineering and social sciences. Previously at UC Berkeley, she directed the Human Contexts and Ethics Program, developing the Human Contexts and Ethics component for data science education. Her work consistently emphasizes translating social science theory for diverse audiences and connecting scholarly work to community needs in Zurich, Switzerland, and Europe. She teaches courses including 'Artificial Intelligence and Human Values' and 'Research in Ethics, Technology and Society' for the Fall 2025 semester.

Wolfgang Wieshaiderمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Religious Law
• Law and Religion
• Monument Protection Law
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Dr. Wolfgang Wieshaider serves as Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Institute for Legal Philosophy at the University of Vienna's Faculty of Law. He is also the Academic Director of the LL.M. program in Religious Law and holds a position as permanent visiting professor at Charles University in Prague. His scholarly work bridges legal theory with practical applications in religious freedom, cultural heritage, and minority rights. Professor Wieshaider's research spans multiple intersecting domains with particular emphasis on religious law in Central and Eastern Europe, monument protection law, and the legal status of religious minorities. His scholarly output demonstrates deep engagement with the tension between religious practices and state regulation, especially regarding ritual slaughter, religious architecture, and religious minorities' rights. A significant portion of his work focuses on Jewish and Muslim communities in Austria and Central Europe, examining their legal status, rights, and challenges within national and European frameworks. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a consistent focus on the intersection of religious practice and state law, with growing attention to contemporary challenges like religious freedom during the pandemic, Islamic law in European contexts, and the legal recognition of philosophical organizations. His work demonstrates methodological diversity, combining doctrinal legal analysis with comparative approaches and historical perspectives. Professor Wieshaider has made substantial contributions through editorial work, serving as co-editor of the book series Law and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe and Intarsia · Interpretations of Culture and Law , as well as co-editing the Austrian Archives for Law & Religion . His academic leadership extends to directing the LL.M. program in Religious Law, which appears to be a significant educational initiative at the University of Vienna. His scholarly activities include advising graduate students, though specific names are not mentioned in the available materials. Professor Wieshaider maintains active international collaborations, particularly with scholars in Central and Eastern Europe, as evidenced by his numerous co-edited volumes and multilingual publications. The Institute for Legal Philosophy, where Professor Wieshaider works, appears to maintain a strong focus on religious law and cultural heritage, with several team members sharing similar research interests. His office is located in Room 4OG039 at Schenkenstraße 8-10 in Vienna, and he holds consultation hours on Thursdays from 2:30-3:30 pm during academic terms.

Chandra Chekuriمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Theoretical Computer Science
• Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• Discrete and Combinatorial Optimization
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Chandra Chekuri is the Paul and Cynthia Saylor Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, situated within the Grainger College of Engineering. He has been actively contributing to theoretical computer science for over two decades, with significant leadership roles including serving as Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious SIAM Journal on Computing since May 2025. His academic journey began with a B.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1993, followed by a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1998. Prior to joining UIUC, he spent eight years as a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies. Chekuri's research focuses on theoretical computer science with particular emphasis on the design and analysis of algorithms, discrete and combinatorial optimization, approximation algorithms, mathematical programming, and graph theory. His work explores fundamental connections between discrete structures and optimization problems, with applications spanning network design, data analysis, and computational complexity. His recent publications demonstrate a continued focus on hypergraph algorithms, submodular function optimization, and graph partitioning problems, showing how theoretical insights can yield practical algorithmic improvements. His approach often combines continuous relaxations with discrete rounding techniques to develop approximation algorithms for NP-hard problems. As Editor-in-Chief of SIAM Journal on Computing, Chekuri leads one of theoretical computer science's most respected publications, which covers analysis and design of algorithms, algorithmic game theory, computational complexity, and other mathematical aspects of computer science. His editorial leadership follows previous service as Associate Editor for several major journals including SIAM Journal on Computing, Mathematics of Operations Research, and Mathematical Programming. ACM Fellow (January 2024) Scott Fisher Teaching Award (for year 2022-23) from CS Department Chekuri has advised numerous PhD students to completion, including Kent Quanrud, Vivek Madan, Shalmoli Gupta, and Chao Xu, with several currently in progress such as Tanvi Bajpai, ElFarouk Harb, Rhea Jain, and Weihao Zhu. His teaching portfolio includes graduate courses on Randomized Algorithms, Approximation Algorithms, Algorithms for Big Data, and Combinatorial Optimization. He has served as Director of the Graduate Program in the Department of Computer Science from May 2014 to August 2017, demonstrating significant administrative leadership within the department.

• Sustainable Investing
• Corporate Finance
• Behavioural Finance
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Chendi Zhang is a Professor of Finance at the University of Exeter Business School. He serves as the founding Director of the Exeter Sustainable Finance Centre and Director/Treasurer of the Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment. Previously, he was Associate Dean for Research & Impact (2021-2025) and Director of Research for Finance and Accounting (leading REF2021 submission). He holds affiliations with the Global Systems Institute and Environment and Sustainability Institute, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals including Climate Action and Responsible Consumption. Education PhD in Financial Economics from Tilburg University MRes in Finance from Tilburg University MSc in Economics from Tilburg University BSc in International Finance from Shanghai Jiao Tong University Research Focus Professor Zhang's research explores sustainable investing, corporate finance, and behavioral finance with emphasis on ESG integration, climate risk, and stakeholder governance. His work examines how environmental/social factors influence financial markets, corporate decision-making, and asset pricing through empirical and theoretical frameworks. Recent studies analyze biodiversity's financial impact, carbon pricing mechanisms, income inequality disclosures, and ESG resilience during crises (e.g., COVID-19, Ukraine conflict). His research identifies market inefficiencies related to climate sensitivity, gambling sentiment, and dividend policies while exploring corporate governance in state-owned enterprises. Funding and Recognition Research funded by UKRI Natural Environment Research Council, British Academy, BNY Mellon, Royal Bank of Canada, and World Bank. Work featured in The Economist , Wall Street Journal , and Forbes . Articles published in top journals including Management Science and Journal of Financial Economics , cited over 10,000 times. Professional Service Vice Chair of Research Committee for Chartered Association of Business Schools. External examiner for Imperial College London. Previous appointments at University of Cambridge, University of Warwick, University of Sheffield, and Tilburg University.

• Machine Learning
• Visual Computing
• Image Analysis
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Soumya Dutta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), where he leads the INSIGHT: Intelligent Scientific and Visual Computing of Big Data Research Group. He joined IIT Kanpur in October 2022 after working as a Scientist II at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) from July 2019 to August 2022, and previously as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at LANL from June 2018 to July 2019. His educational background includes a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University (2011-2018), where he was part of the GRAVITY research group, and a B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology, India (2005-2009). Research Interests: Dr. Dutta's research focuses on the intersection of machine learning, visual computing, big data, and high-performance computing. His primary research areas include Machine Learning for Visual Computing and Image Analysis, Big Data Visualization and Analytics, Data Science and HPC, Machine Learning for Scientific Computing, and Explainability and Interpretability of AI Models. His work addresses various big data characteristics including the 5 Vs: Volume, Velocity, Variety, Veracity, and Value. He develops techniques that make complex machine learning models more interpretable and explainable, enabling their effective adoption in real-life applications across scientific domains, social media, IoT, healthcare, and industry applications. Dr. Dutta's research group has secured multiple funded projects including: DAVi: An Intelligent Data Analytics and Visualization Framework (funded by ISRO), Intelligent Visual Computing of Extreme-scale Data for Accelerating Scientific Discovery (IIT Kanpur Initiation Grant), Enabling Interactive Big Data Analytics and Visualization at Exascale (SERB), Development of AI-Enabled National Portal for Efficient Search of Missing People (C3iHub), and Proactive and Generalized Deepfake Defense Mechanisms (C3iHub). Best Reviewer, Honorary Mention Award for IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2021 Best Paper Award at ISAV 2021, co-located with Supercomputing (SC) LAAP Award at Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2021 Best Paper Award at TopoInVis 2019 Best Paper Award at ISAV 2018, co-located with Supercomputing (SC) Best Poster Award in 12th Annual CSE Student Poster Exhibition, The Ohio State University, 2018 Best Poster Award in 11th Annual CSE Student Poster Exhibition, The Ohio State University, 2017 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award at IEEE Visualization Conference (IEEE VIS) 2016 Dr. Dutta actively mentors a large group of students including Ph.D., M.Tech., and B.Tech. students. His current Ph.D. students include Shanu Saklani, Sankhadeep Bhowmick, Ananya Chaturvedi, Arpita Santra, Anubhav Dixit (co-supervised), and Robin Shah. He has supervised numerous M.Tech. students with thesis topics ranging from uncertainty-aware neural networks to deepfake detection. Dr. Dutta currently teaches courses including CS360 - Introduction to Computer Graphics and CS661 - Big Data Visual Analytics. The INSIGHT research group collaborates internationally with researchers from Meta, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and National Taiwan Normal University. The group's work focuses on building machine learning and data science-based solutions to analyze large-scale multifaceted data in a scalable way, enabling interactive and interpretable analytics of complex data from scientific simulations, social media, IoT, healthcare, and other application domains.

John Baillieulمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Robotics
• Nonlinear control theory
• Mechanical systems control
• +۶ مورد دیگر

John Baillieul is Distinguished Professor at Boston University with joint appointments in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering. He directs experimental laboratories for real-time control of lightweight robotic systems and applies nonlinear control theory to complex multi-body, networked, and bio-inspired systems. Education: Ph.D., Harvard University Research Interests: Baillieul’s work spans robotics, nonlinear control, and networked systems. Early contributions resolved motion-planning for kinematically redundant manipulators; current themes include neuromimetic learning, vision-based navigation, and resilience of infrastructure networks such as power grids. His group couples rigorous geometric control with real-time hardware to create lightweight, high-performance robots and to uncover fundamental information limits in feedback systems. Recent Publication Trends (2021-2025): Over the past five years his output has concentrated on three synergistic directions: (i) neuromimetic and Koopman-based data-driven methods for estimating and controlling nonlinear systems, (ii) vision-based guidance and sparse optical-flow primitives for agile autonomous flight, and (iii) network-theoretic decomposition and information-rate studies for resilient operation of power grids and collective dynamics. Honors & Awards: IEEE Fellow 2025 Roger W. Brockett Control Systems Award Former Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Affiliations & Service: He is a member of Boston University’s Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE), has served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, and remains active in editorial and organizational roles across the IEEE control systems community.

Morteza Fayaziمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
• Machine Learning (ML) in Analog Circuit Design
• System-on-Chip (SoC) Design Automation
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Morteza Fayazi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah, with an adjunct position in the Kahlert School of Computing. His research focuses on Electronic Design Automation (EDA), applying machine learning to automate analog and mixed-signal circuit design, and developing high-performance computing systems. He holds a B.Sc. from Sharif University of Technology, and M.S.E./Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. His research interests include AI-driven EDA, RF/circuit automation, and energy-efficient processors. Key achievements include the MEDAL lab’s work on terahertz radars, systolic-array processors (e.g., DAP and Versa), and open-source frameworks like FASCINET and Tablext. He has received awards such as the 2024 College of Engineering Dean’s ETR Fund and the 2017 Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award. Teaching responsibilities include multiple iterations of the Digital System Design course (ECE/CS 3700). His work spans over 15 peer-reviewed articles in IEEE Transactions, ACM, and top conferences like ICCAD and VLSI-SOC, emphasizing automation, efficiency, and AI integration in hardware design.

Tamara Broderickمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Machine Learning
• Statistics
• Bayesian Inference
• +۱ مورد دیگر

Tamara Broderick is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, specializing in machine learning and statistics. Her research focuses on developing methods for uncertainty quantification in data analysis, Bayesian nonparametrics, and scalable inference algorithms. She leads a research group advising PhD students and postdocs in statistical machine learning. Her work spans Bayesian modeling, variational inference, spatial statistics, and applications in epidemiology and environmental science. Recent projects involve uncertainty-aware forecasting, robustness analysis of statistical methods, and efficient algorithms for high-dimensional inference. Broderick teaches Bayesian Modeling and Inference and contributes to MIT's statistics and data science initiatives.

Melody Alsakerمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Medical Imaging
• Applied Inverse Problems
• Mathematical Modeling
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Melody Alsaker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Gonzaga University, where she has held this position since January 2016. Her research focuses on medical imaging and applied inverse problems, particularly in the field of electrical impedance tomography (EIT). She specializes in mathematical modeling, algorithm design, and biomedical image processing, with applications in pulmonary and thoracic imaging. Her work emphasizes improving EIT reconstruction techniques using the D-bar method, incorporating spatial priors, and developing real-time solutions for clinical applications. Notable contributions include the ACE1 EIT system for thoracic imaging and studies on stroke classification, air trapping in lungs, and surrogate measures of pulmonary function in children with cystic fibrosis. Alsaker's research bridges mathematics and engineering, addressing challenges in medical imaging accuracy and computational efficiency. Her collaborations span disciplines, including biomedical engineering, respiratory physiology, and clinical medicine.

• Time Series Analysis
• Data Mining
• Machine Learning
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Eamonn Keogh is a Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of California, Riverside. His pioneering work centers on the Matrix Profile, a transformative approach to time series data mining enabling efficient solutions for motif discovery, anomaly detection, and similarity search. His algorithms (STAMP, STOMP, SCRIMP, DAMP, SCAMP) offer exact, parameter-free, and scalable solutions across domains like seismology, bioinformatics, and industrial IoT. Research areas include: Development of ultra-fast algorithms for time series joins and motif discovery at unprecedented scales (breaking the 100 million barrier) GPU acceleration for time series mining Domain-agnostic methods for semantic segmentation and anomaly detection Novel primitives like Time Series Chains, Snippets, and Consensus Motifs His work is highly cited and recognized by industry and academia, with applications ranging from NASA's Cassini mission to detecting BGP anomalies in computer networks.

Georgia Perakisمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Analytics/AI
• Optimization
• Machine Learning
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Georgia Perakis is the John C Head III Interim Dean of MIT Sloan School of Management and a Professor of Operations Management and Operations Research & Statistics. She has been on MIT Sloan's faculty since 1998, contributing extensively to research in analytics/AI, optimization, and machine learning applications in pricing, supply chains, healthcare, and energy. Recognized as a leading academic, she has won numerous awards, including the INFORMS Fellow and Distinguished MSOM Fellow, along with multiple best paper awards. Perakis has supervised 30 PhD and 59 master's students, fostering lifelong academic relationships. Her administrative roles include co-director of the Operations Research Center and Associate Dean for Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing. She currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of M&SOM and has held editorial leadership roles in top journals like Operations Research and Management Science. Her education includes a BS in Mathematics from the University of Athens and advanced degrees in applied mathematics from Brown University. Research Interests : Perakis focuses on solving complex problems at the intersection of optimization and machine learning, with applications in retail promotions, healthcare operations (e.g., emergency department management), and energy systems. Her work emphasizes practical solutions to real-world challenges, leveraging data-driven analytics and prescriptive models. Recent projects include optimizing patient placement in emergency departments and modeling demand for new products in retail. Grants & Awards : Her accolades include the NSF CAREER Award, PECASE Award, and over a dozen best-paper recognitions. Notable contributions include a finalist position in the JD.com Competition (2019) and winning first place for Johnson & Johnson’s demand-prediction work (2018). She has also pioneered methodologies for equitable resource allocation in healthcare. Education & Leadership : Perakis holds leadership roles in interdisciplinary initiatives like the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and the Food Supply Chain Analytics and Sensing Initiative. Her teaching excellence is underscored by awards such as the Jamieson Prize and Teacher of the Year (MIT Sloan). She has directed major programs like the MIT Leaders for Global Operations and the Executive MBA program. Labs & Teams : She is affiliated with the Operations Research Center (an interdepartmental PhD program) and collaborates with institutions like UMass Memorial Hospital on healthcare optimization projects. Her work integrates ethics into AI development, emphasizing fairness, bias mitigation, and societal impact.

Wenhu Chenمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Natural Language Processing
• Deep Learning
• Multimodal Learning
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Wenhu Chen is an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo's Computer Science Department and a CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute. He also holds a part-time role as a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind (20% allocation). His research focuses on natural language processing, deep learning, and multimodal reasoning, with contributions to models like MAmmoTH, OpenCoderInterpreter, and VISTA. He received awards including the Canada CIFAR AI Chair (2022) and the UCSB CS Outstanding Dissertation Award (2021). Education: PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara (under William Wang and Xifeng Yan). Research interests include complex reasoning, controllable GenAI, and multimodal benchmarks like MEGABench and MMMU. Grants include CIFAR AI Chair Funding (2022-2027), NSERC Discovery Fund (2023-2028), and multiple NRC Canada grants. He directs the TIGER Lab, advancing generative models in text, images, videos, and music. Recent talks include presentations on multimodal reasoning at Apple and NeurIPS workshops.

Vasilis Ntziachristosمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Biomedical Imaging
• Optoacoustic Imaging
• Medical Diagnostics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Prof. Vasilis Ntziachristos is a Professor and Chair of Biological Imaging at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), leading the Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging at the Helmholtz Centre Munich. His research focuses on developing novel optical and optoacoustic imaging techniques for early disease detection, diagnostics, and theranostics. He holds a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and previously served as an Assistant Professor at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital. Affiliations: TUM School of Medicine and Health, Helmholtz Munich, Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging. Key Research Themes: Non-invasive imaging methods, molecular imaging, optoacoustic technology, and clinical translation. His work bridges theoretical developments with clinical applications, including advancements in glucose monitoring, cancer imaging, and drug delivery systems. Notable awards include the Leibniz Prize (2013) and the World Molecular Imaging Society Gold Medal (2015). Labs/Teams: Imaging to Sensing I2S, Optoacoustic Mesoscopy, Fluorescence Imaging, and AI in Optoacoustics. Grants/Projects: Involvement in Horizon Europe initiatives and collaborations with TranslaTUM and Helmholtz Munich. Prof. Ntziachristos actively contributes to education via courses like 'Biological Imaging' and 'Introduction to Bioengineering', fostering the next generation of imaging scientists.

Alexander Holleitnerمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Nanotechnology
• Quantum Electronics
• Optoelectronics
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Prof. Alexander Holleitner leads the Chair of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials at the Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich , under the Walter Schottky Institute. His research focuses on ultrafast optoelectronics, quantum optoelectronics, and excitonic systems in nanoscale circuits. Research Directions : Ultrafast optoelectronics, quantum optoelectronics, excitonic systems, THz time-domain spectroscopy, and nanofabrication of mixed organic/inorganic systems. Publications : Recent work spans hyperbolic polaritons, interlayer excitons, graphene nano-gap dynamics, and defect engineering in 2D materials. Collaborations include interdisciplinary projects with groups studying semiconductor heterostructures and quantum technologies. His lab welcomes students and researchers interested in experimental physics, quantum electronics, and nanofabrication.

James Bremerمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Numerical Analysis
• Acoustic and Electromagnetic Scattering Problems
• Integral Equation Methods
• +۵ مورد دیگر

James Bremer is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and holds a cross-appointment in the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Toronto's Scarborough campus. His research focuses on developing efficient numerical algorithms for solving elliptic boundary value problems, integral equations, and special function transforms.