The Computing Innovation Fellows Project

50 Most Recent Mentor Posts

• Anne Carpenter Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT - Carpenter lab/Imaging Platform (Cambridge, MA, United States)
  image processing, image analysis, data mining, microscopy images, biology, biological, genome, chemical screens, high content screening, machine learning, systems biology
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Computer Science Education / Educational Technology Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Software Engineering 13June, 2012
• Juliana Freire NYU Poly (New York, NY)
  Retrieval and mining of hidden-Web data, Scientific Data Management, Workflows and Provenance, Large-scale data integration, Web information systems and Internet applications, Databases and knowledge-base systems
  Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Information Systems / Information Science Scientific/Medical Informatics 22November, 2011
• Ramani Duraiswami University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD (near Washington DC))
  Sound Scene Analysis; Human Spatial Hearing; Speaker Recognition; Large Data Problems; Fast Multipole Methods
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing 18September, 2011
• Pavan Turaga Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
  Computer Vision, Human Activity Analysis, Interactive Systems, Visual Databases, Healthcare and Wellbeing Applications
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Other 15September, 2011
• Xin Wang Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, New York)
  wireless network, mobile computing, MIMO, sensing, fusion, compressive sensing, network, mobile cloud computing, Smart Grid
  Mobile / Ubiquitous / Embedded Computing Networks / Operating Systems 20August, 2011
• Anant Agarwal CSAIL, MIT (Cambridge/Boston, MA)
  OS: multicore operating systems, cloud computing OS, distributed OS, embedded OS, factored OS, FOS; Architecture: multicore architecture, simulators, cache coherence, NOC, energy efficiency, parallel computing, organic computing, self-aware computing
  Hardware / Architecture Networks / Operating Systems Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing 20June, 2011
• Mor Harchol-Balter Carnegie Mellon University (Computer Science Department)
  Performance modeling; Queueing theory; Capacity provisioning; Power management in data centers; Energy / Response time tradeoffs; Distributed systems
  Networks / Operating Systems Theory / Algorithms 10June, 2011
• Radhika Nagpal Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA)
  multi-agent systems, modular robotics, swarm robotics, robobees project, bio-inspired computing, bio-inspired robotics
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision 2June, 2011
• Ted Pedersen http://www.d.umn.edu/~tpederse (Duluth, Minnesota, USA)
  natural language processing, word sense disambiguation, sense induction, health informatics, semantic similarity
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Scientific/Medical Informatics 31May, 2011
• Wojciech Matusik MIT (Cambridge, MA)
  virtual humans, displays, photography, data-driven materials, simulation, computer graphics, computer vision, interaction
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Graphics / Visualization 31May, 2011
• Mircea Stan University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA, USA)
  high-performance low-power VLSI, temperature-aware circuits and architecture, embedded systems, nanoelectronics, spintronics, printable electronics, SOC design, subVolt switch design, aging and wearout
  Hardware / Architecture 31May, 2011
• Sinisa Todorovic Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
  computer vision, object recognition, activity recognition, image segmentation, tracking
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision 31May, 2011
• Rajiv Joshi T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM (Rt 134, Kitchwan Road, Yorktown Heights, NY)
  Variability analysis for VLSI, Statistical methodology/algorithms for VLSI and non-VLSI applications, High performance and low power circuit techniques for sub-nanometer technologies. Modelling of alternate memory (PCM, MRAM) and scaling impacts.
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Hardware / Architecture Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing Theory / Algorithms 30May, 2011
• Rafail Ostrovsky UCLA (Los Angeles, California)
  Cryptography; Streaming Algorithms; Routing and Network Algorithms; Metric Embeddings; Search and Classification Problems on High-Dimensional Data.
  Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Information Assurance / Security / Privacy / Cryptography Theory / Algorithms 30May, 2011
• C Hendricks Brown University of Miami (Center for Computational Science, U Miami)
  Social systems informatics, biostatistics, social network analysis, systems science
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Information Systems / Information Science Scientific/Medical Informatics Social Computing / Social Informatics 30May, 2011
• Michael Kozuch Intel Labs Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
  Cloud computing, file systems, datacenter, power management, virtualization
  Hardware / Architecture Networks / Operating Systems Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing 30May, 2011
• Shree Nayar Computer Vision Laboratory (New York, New York)
  Computer Vision, Computational Imaging, Physics Based Models for Vision and Graphics, Material Modeling, Material Recognition
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision 30May, 2011
• Michelle Zhou IBM Research Almaden (San Jose, CA)
  Intelligent user interaction, interactive visual text analysis, social informatics including analytics-driven and crowd-sourced social network analysis, social profiling and community analysis, intelligent mobile information interaction and presentation.
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Graphics / Visualization HCI / CSCW Information Systems / Information Science Mobile / Ubiquitous / Embedded Computing Social Computing / Social Informatics 30May, 2011
• Tajana Rosing UCSD (San Diego, CA)
  energy efficiency, thermal management, power management, embedded computing, context awareness,
  Hardware / Architecture Mobile / Ubiquitous / Embedded Computing Networks / Operating Systems Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing 29May, 2011
• Mitsunori Ogihara University of Miami Center for Computational Science (Coral Gables, FL)
  Heterogeneous data integration for data mining, music information retrieval, biological network analysis, computational modeling and simulation of health-related data
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing Scientific/Medical Informatics 28May, 2011
• Hanan Samet University of Maryland at College Park Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (College Park, Maryland)
  Spatial Data Structures, Spatial Databases, Computer Graphics, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Image Databases, Computer Vision, Visualization, Algorithms, Similarity Searching, Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR), Human Computer Interaction
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Graphics / Visualization HCI / CSCW Information Systems / Information Science Theory / Algorithms 28May, 2011
• Arun Iyengar IBM T. J. Watson Research Center (Yorktown Heights, NY, USA)
  Web performance, caching, distributed computing, parallel computing, fault tolerance, high availability, capacity planning, storage
  Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Information Systems / Information Science Networks / Operating Systems Other 28May, 2011
• Avinash Kodi Ohio University (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
  Network-on-Chips (NoCs), emerging technologies (nanophotonics, wireless/RF, 3D), reconfigurable networks, power-aware systems, optical interconnects for datacenters, scalable cache coherence, and high-performance computing (HPC) systems.
  Hardware / Architecture Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing 28May, 2011
• Phillip Gibbons Intel Labs (Pittsburgh, PA)
  Cloud computing
  Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Hardware / Architecture Networks / Operating Systems Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing Theory / Algorithms 27May, 2011
• Christy Tyberg IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center (Yorktown Heights, NY)
  VLSI circuit design 3D VLSI Integration
  Hardware / Architecture 27May, 2011
• Mary Cummings MIT Humans and Automation Laboratory (Cambridge, MA)
  Human supervisory control, human-automation interaction, unmanned vehicles, human factors, human computer interaction
  HCI / CSCW 26May, 2011
• Brighten Godfrey University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL)
  networks, Internet architecture, algorithms, distributed systems
  Networks / Operating Systems Theory / Algorithms 26May, 2011
• Elizabeth Jessup University of Colorado at Boulder (Boulder, Colorado)
  numerical linear algebra, numerical software, high-performance computing, memory-effiicient computing, computer science education, women in computing
  Computer Science Education / Educational Technology Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing 26May, 2011
• James (Bo) Begole Palo Alto Research Center (Palo Alto, CA)
  computer-mediated communications, distributed interpersonal awareness, sensor-based interruptibility and presence modeling and prediction, media device interoperability and control, context-aware mobile systems
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision HCI / CSCW Mobile / Ubiquitous / Embedded Computing Other 26May, 2011
• Doug Bowman Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia)
  3D user interfaces, virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D interaction, game interfaces
  Graphics / Visualization HCI / CSCW 26May, 2011
• Shishir Shah University of Houston (Houston, Texas)
  Computer Vision, Video Analytics, Distributed Surveillance, Pattern Recognition, Human Activity Analysis, Biomedical Image Analysis
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Scientific/Medical Informatics 26May, 2011
• Benjamin Kuipers University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
  Foundational knowledge, cognitive map, robotic wheelchair, human-robot interaction
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision 26May, 2011
• Charlotte Lee Computer Supported Collaboration Lab, University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
  Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), HCI, Science and Technology Studies, Qualitative Research Methods, Scientific Collaboration, Cyberinfrastructure, Sociotechnical Systems
  HCI / CSCW Information Systems / Information Science Scientific/Medical Informatics Social Computing / Social Informatics 26May, 2011
• Scott Klemmer Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
  Prototyping is pivotal to design innovation, collaboration, and creativity. My group’s research empowers more users to design interactive systems, expert designers to be more creative, and programmers to engage in design thinking.
  HCI / CSCW 26May, 2011
• Jordan Pollack DEMO Lab, Brandeis University (Boston, MA)
  Artificial Life, Evolutionary Computation, Coevolutionary Learning, Machine Learning, Educational technology, Evolutionary Robotics
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision 25May, 2011
• Claire Monteleoni George Washington University, Department of Computer Science (Washington DC)
  Machine learning, clustering, online learning, streaming clustering, Climate Informatics, learning theory, privacy-preserving machine learning, active learning, theory, optimization, randomized algorithms
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Information Assurance / Security / Privacy / Cryptography Theory / Algorithms 25May, 2011
• Alexandros Labrinidis University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
  user-centric data management, web data management, stream data management, Quality of Service, Quality of Data, scientific data management, cloud computing
  Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Mobile / Ubiquitous / Embedded Computing Networks / Operating Systems Scientific/Medical Informatics 25May, 2011
• Andrew Chien University of Chicago, Department of Computer Science (Chicago, Illinois)
  computer architecture, heterogeneous, GPU's, exascale; global scale infrastructure, data-intensive computing; programming models and tools Beyond Moore's Law
  Hardware / Architecture Networks / Operating Systems Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing Programming Languages / Compilers 25May, 2011
• Carlos Guestrin Carnegie Mellon University (United States)
  Machine Learning, Taming Information Overload, Parallel Algorithms, Information Retrieval
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision 25May, 2011
• Susanne Wetzel Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ)
  Wireless Security, RFID Security, Biometrics, Privacy-Preserving Multi-Party Computations, Security Economics, Cryptography on GPUs, Lattice Theory
  Computer Science Education / Educational Technology Information Assurance / Security / Privacy / Cryptography Mobile / Ubiquitous / Embedded Computing 25May, 2011
• Richard Cole Courant Institute, New York University (New York City)
  algorithmic economics, markets and equilibria
  Theory / Algorithms 25May, 2011
• Bjoern Hartmann University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
  design tools, crowdsourcing, end-user programming, rich interaction technologies
  HCI / CSCW Mobile / Ubiquitous / Embedded Computing Software Engineering 25May, 2011
• Shyamsundar Rajaram Hewlett Packard Laboratories (Palo Alto, CA)
  Content analysis, Text mining, Machine learning, Recommender systems, Personalization, User modeling.
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining 24May, 2011
• Ryan O'Donnell Carnegie Mellon University, Computer Science Department (Pittsburgh, PA)
  Analysis of Boolean functions, Approximability of optimization problems, Learning theory, Complexity theory, Property Testing, Probability
  Theory / Algorithms 24May, 2011
• Imre Solti Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, OH)
  Clinical Natural Language Processing, Information Extraction from Electronic Health Record, Data Mining of the Electronic Health Record, Predictive Modeling of Clinical Outcomes, Clinical Text Mining, Clinical Machine Learning
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Scientific/Medical Informatics 24May, 2011
• Chirag Shah Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
  IR; HCI; CSCW; Collaborative information seeking; Social information seeking; Social Q&A; Social media; Information theory.
  Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining HCI / CSCW Information Systems / Information Science Social Computing / Social Informatics 24May, 2011
• Nelson Chang Hewlett-Packard Laboratories (Palo Alto, CA)
  3D; GPU; data visualization; camera modeling and calibration; computer vision; image processing; digital video processing; HCI; collaboration technologies; mobile devices; high speed networking
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Graphics / Visualization Hardware / Architecture HCI / CSCW Mobile / Ubiquitous / Embedded Computing Networks / Operating Systems Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing Scientific/Medical Informatics Social Computing / Social Informatics 23May, 2011
• Eric Eaton Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
  lifelong machine learning; transfer learning; interactive learning; relational learning; applications to medicine and search & rescue
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Computer Science Education / Educational Technology Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining Scientific/Medical Informatics 23May, 2011
• Tandy Warnow University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
  Computational biology, computational historical linguistics, evolution, sequence alignment, metagenomics, statistical inference, algorithm design, combinatorial optimization
  AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing Scientific/Medical Informatics Theory / Algorithms 23May, 2011
• Adriana Iamnitchi University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
  socially-aware distributed systems, social computing, social sensors, cloud computing, privacy of social information, social network analysis
  Mobile / Ubiquitous / Embedded Computing Networks / Operating Systems Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing Social Computing / Social Informatics 23May, 2011