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Affiliate Faculty
Faculty across the university are engaged in research and/or teaching activities in Data Science. You can meet them here and find out about what they do.
Khaled Abdelghany
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Khaled Abdelghany
Civil & Environmental Eng.
Alejandro Aceves
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Alejandro Aceves
Mathematics
Vishal Ahuja
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Vishal Ahuja
ITOM
Stephen Arrowsmith
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Stephen Arrowsmith
Earth Sciences
Richard Barr
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Richard Barr
OREM
Hillel Bavli
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Hillel Bavli
Dedman School of Law
Michael Braun
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Michael Braun
Marketing
Gary Brubaker
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Gary Brubaker
SMU Guildhall
Aren Cambre
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Aren Cambre
Office of Information Technology
Alexander Chase
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Alexander Chase
Earth Sciences
Steven Chiou
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Steven Chiou
Statistics and Data Science
Andrew Davies
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Andrew Davies
Center for Justice Reform
Heather DeShon
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Heather DeShon
Earth Sciences
Klaus Desmet
Klaus Desmet
Economics
Ira Greenberg
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Ira Greenberg
Art, Creative Computing
Thomas Hagstrom
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Thomas Hagstrom
Mathematics
Daniel Heitjan
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Daniel Heitjan
Statistical Science
Robert Howell
![Daniel H](/-/media/Site/Provost/DataScienceInstitute/Howell.jpg?h=193&iar=0&w=193&hash=FA44B9A0E6FEFB08B6D9768483FA3A30)
Robert Howell
Philosophy
Ruidi Huang
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Ruidi Huang
Finance
Marcin Jurek
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Marcin Jurek
Statistics and Data Science
Akihito Kamata
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Akihito Kamata
EPL/Psychology
Yusuf Kara
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Yusuf Kara
CORE
Wookun Kim
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Wookun Kim
Economics
Elfi Kraka
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Elfi Kraka
Chemistry
Eric Larson
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Eric Larson
Computer Science
King Ip (David) Lin
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King Ip (David) Lin
Computer Science
Rocio Madera
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Rocio Madera
Economics
Monnie McGee
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Monnie McGee
Statistical Science
Joel Meyers
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Joel Meyers
Physics
Daniel Millimet
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Daniel Millimet
Economics
Adam Norris
![Norris](/-/media/Site/Provost/DataScienceInstitute/Norris.jpg?h=199&iar=0&w=199&hash=988E659581C715077031A4BA9F03BA9D)
Adam Norris
Biological Sciences
Eli Olinick
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Eli Olinick
OREM
Fredrick Olness
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Fredrick Olness
Physics
Anthony Petrosino
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Anthony Petrosino
Simmons School of Education & Human Development
Mitchell Thornton
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Mitchell Thornton
Electrical & Computer Eng.
Minh-Binh Tran
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Minh-Binh Tran
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences
Halit Uster
![Uster](/-/media/Site/Provost/DataScienceInstitute/uster.jpg?h=149&iar=0&w=149&hash=E243F5A15D663576FAE81D6293D22F3C)
Halit Uster
OREM
Glenn Voss
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Glenn Voss
DataArts
Zannie Voss
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Zannie Voss
DataArts