Department of Computer Science and Engineering welcomed four new faculty |
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Four faculty members have joined the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University with research expertise in areas such as cybersecurity, human-computing interaction and motion-planning algorithms.
“With the fierce competition for talent in both academic and industrial settings, we are delighted to have such adept faculty joining the department,” said Dr. Dilma Da Silva, former department head.
The four new faculty members include:
Dr. Martin Carlisle, professor of practice, received his doctoral degree in computer science from Princeton University and his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Delaware. Carlisle’s research interests include computer security, programming languages and computer science education.
Dr. Jeeeun Kim, assistant professor, received her doctoral and master’s degrees in computer science from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and her bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Korea Aerospace University. Kim’s research interests include digital fabrication, human-computer interaction, human-artificial intelligence interaction and design research.
Dr. Shawna Thomas, instructional assistant professor, received her doctoral degree in computer science and her bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Texas A&M University. Thomas’ research interests include algorithms for robotic motion planning, motion planning applications to computational biology and computational geometry.Dr. Yupeng Zhang, assistant professor, received his doctoral degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Maryland and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in information engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Zhang’s research interests include applied cryptography and security, zero-knowledge proofs, blockchain and privacy-preserving machine learning.