Faculty

• Interim Chair, Computer Science

• Professor, Cruse C. and Marjorie F. Calahan Centennial Chair in Engineering

• Primary research areas are data science infrastructure and machine learning.

jiazhang@smu.edu

• Associate Department Chair, Computer Science 

• Professor, Computer Science

• Primary research areas are computer architecture and security.

manikas@lyle.smu.edu

• Associate Professor, Computer Science

• Program Director, Computer Science AI

• Primary research areas are machine learning / artificial intelligence and software engineering.

coyle@lyle.smu.edu

• Professor, Computer Science

• Program Director, Software Engineering Graduate Programs

• Primary research areas are software testing, especially usage-/risk-based testing and usability and user experience (UX) measurement and improvement. 

tian@lyle.smu.edu

• Associate Professor, Computer Science

• Program Director, Cybersecurity

• Primary research areas are software engineering and formal methods.

kperiyasamy@mail.smu.edu

• Professor, Computer Science

• Primary research areas are visual and spatial computing and applications of emerging immersive 3D technologies in museums.

alfordg@smu.edu

• Professor, (Courtesy Appointment)

camp@smu.edu

• Assistant Professor, Computer Science

• Primary research areas are human-in-the-loop machine learning and game based education.

coreyc@smu.edu

• Professor, (Courtesy Appointment)

jdworak@smu.edu

• Assistant Professor, Computer Science

• Primary research areas are cloud computing and data mining.

meldayeh@mail.smu.edu

• Associate Professor, Computer Science

• Primary research areas are artificial intelligence and data mining.

mhahsler@lyle.smu.edu

• Associate Professor, Computer Science

• Primary research areas are AI and software engineering and empirical software engineering.

lghuang@lyle.smu.edu

• Associate Professor, Computer Science

• Primary research areas are machine learning and deep learning and applied machine learning in health and education.

eclarson@lyle.smu.edu

• Associate Professor, Computer Science

• Primary research areas are natural language processing and database systems.

kdlin@smu.edu

• Professor, (Courtesy Appointment)

• Bobby B. Lyle Professor of Leadership and Global Entrepreneurship

• Senior Fellow in the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity

minsker@smu.edu

• Associate Professor, Computer Science

• Program Co-Director, M.S. in Datacenter Systems Engineering

• Primary research areas are software engineering life cycle model delivery engagement and project management optimization and risk management.

klynes@smu.edu

• Professor, (Courtesy Appointment)

• Cecil H. Green Chair of Engineering

• Executive Director, Darwin Deason Institute for Cybersecurity

mitch@lyle.smu.edu

• Assistant Professor, Computer Science

• Primary research areas are natural language processing and narrative understanding.

ljahan@mail.smu.edu

• Assistant Professor, Computer Science

• Primary research areas are deep learning and supervised and semi-supervised machine learning.

mehakg@mail.smu.edu

• Associate Professor, Computer Science

• Primary research areas are data mining and social network analysis.

nyuruk@mail.smu.edu

• Professor, (Courtesy Appointment)

• Vice Provost for Research and Chief Innovation Officer

• Director AT&T Center for Virtualization

• University Distinguished Professor

nair@lyle.smu.edu