Faculty

Professor and Dean of the College
Peter Nelson, Dean Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1988 Artificial intelligence, intelligent transportation systems,manufacturing optimization, high-availability clustering, heuristic search email - web - 838 SEO - 312.996.3259
Professor and Head of the Department
Robert Sloan, Professor and Department Head Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989 Algorithms and complexity theory, especially applied to artificial intelligence problems, security, computer science education email - web - 1112 SEO - 312.996.2369
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Tom DeFanti, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1973 Virtual reality, computer networks, computer graphics email - web - 2032 ERF - 312.996.3002
Tadao Murata, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1966 Petri nets, design, modeling, and analysis of concurrent systems email - web - 1107 SEO - 312.996.2307
Professor
Isabel Cruz, Professor Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1994 Databases, geographic information systems, semantic web, information visualization, visual languages, graph drawing, multimedia, information retrieval, security email - web - 1134 SEO - 708.269.5075
Robert Grossman, Professor Ph.D., Princeton University, 1985 Data mining, internet technologies, high performance computing and networking, distributed computing email - web - 727 SEO - 312.413.2176
Robert Kenyon, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1978 Human-Computer interaction, computer graphics email - web - 1133 SEO - 312.996.0450
Ashfaq Ahmad Khokhar, Professor Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1993 Distributed multimedia databases and networks, data mining and OLAP, parallel computation, architectures, and software systems email - web - 1013 SEO - 312.413.9460
Bing Liu, Professor Ph.D., University of Edinburgh, 1989 Data mining and knowledge discovery, Web and text mining, Bioinformatics email - web - 931 SEO - 312.355.1318
Peter Nelson, Dean Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1988 Artificial intelligence, intelligent transportation systems,manufacturing optimization, high-availability clustering, heuristic search email - web - 838 SEO - 312.996.3259
Sol Shatz, Professor Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1983 Software engineering, distributed computing email - web - 817 SEO - 312.355-3317
Prasad Sistla, Professor Ph.D., Harvard University, 1983 Formal methods in concurrent and distributed systems, semantics and verification of concurrent programs, database management systems email - web - 1033 SEO - 312.996.8779
Robert Sloan, Professor and Department Head Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989 Algorithms and complexity theory, especially applied to artificial intelligence problems, security, computer science education email - web - 1112 SEO - 312.996.2369
Jeffrey Tsai, Professor Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1985 Software engineering, intelligent systems, bioinformatics, multimedia systems, agent-based systems email - web - 1115 SEO - 312.996.9324
Ouri Wolfson, Richard and Loan Hill Professor Ph.D., New York University, 1984 Database systems, distributed systems, transaction processing, mobile computing email - web - 1137 SEO - 312.996.6770
Clement Yu, Professor Ph.D., Cornell University, 1973 Database management, information retrieval and knowledge base management, multimedia retrieval email - web - 1100 SEO - 312.996.2318
Philip S. Yu, Professor and Wexler Chair in Information Technology Ph.D., Stanford University, 1978 Data mining, database, social networks and web email - web - 1138 SEO - 312.996.0498
Associate Professor
Ugo Buy, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1990 Software engineering, digital government email - web - 1139 SEO - 312.413.2296
Bhaskar DasGupta, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1995 Bioinformatics, computational biology, neural networks, machine learning, optical networks, combinatorial algorithms email - web - 933 SEO - 312.355.1319
Barbara Di Eugenio, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1993 Natural language processing, intelligent agents, collaborative and tutoring systems email - web - 916 SEO - 312.996.7566
Piotr Gmytrasiewicz, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1992 Artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, intelligent agents, knowledge representation, uncertainty reasoning, automated decision-making, decision and game theories, intelligent coordination and communication, cognitive modeling email - web - 935 SEO - 312.355.1320
Andrew Johnson, Associate Professor Ph.D., Wayne State University, 1994 Computer graphics, collaborative environments, visualization, virtual reality, learning environments, user interfaces email - web - 2032 ERF - 312.996.3002
Ajay Kshemkalyani, Associate Professor Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1991 Distributed computing, computer networks, sensor networks, mobile ad-hoc networks, concurrent systems email - web - 915 SEO - 312.355.1309
Jason Leigh, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998 Amplified collaboration environments, advanced networking, realtime computer Graphics, virtual Reality, video game design and development email - web - 2032 ERF - 312.996.3002
John Lillis, Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1996 CAD for VLSI, combinatorial optimization email - web - 936 SEO - 312.355.1317
Tom Moher, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1983 Learning Environments, human-computer interaction email - web - 3009 ERF - 312.996.4562
Jon Solworth, Associate Professor Ph.D., New York University, 1987 Computer Systems Security, Networking, Operating Systems, and Distributed Systems email - web - 4224B SEL - 312.996.0955
Lenore Zuck, Associate Professor Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, 1987 Theorem proving, formal methods, translation validation, formal analysis of security protocols email - web - 1140 SEO - 312.355.1339
Assistant Professor
Tanya Berger-Wolf, Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002 Application of discrete modelling and analysis techniques to various areas of computational biology email - web - 1136 SEO - 312.413.8719
Jakob Eriksson, Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 2006 Self-organizing wireless networks, open wifi connectivity, intelligent public transport email - web - 1135 SEO - 312.996.0481
Leilah Lyons, Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2008 Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), Interactive Museum Exhibit Design email - web - 918 SEO -
Mitchell Theys, Visiting Assistant Professor Ph.D., Purdue University, 1999 Distributed computing, heterogeneous computing, VHDL design, networking email - web - 941 SEO - 312.413.9267
V. N. Venkatakrishnan, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2004 Computer security, network security email - web - 1131 SEO - 312.996.4860
Research Professor
Daniel J. Bernstein, Research Professor Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1995 Computational number theory, computational commutative algebra, cryptography, computer security email - web - SEO 410 - 312.413.9322
Luc Renambot, Research Assistant Professor Ph.D., Université de Rennes, 2000 Tele-immersion, visualization, advanced networking email - web - 2032 ERF - 312.996.3002
Lecturer
John Bell, Lecturer Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990 Virtual reality email - web - 1035 SEO - 312.413.9054
Dale Reed, Lecturer Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1995 Uses of technology in education, artificial intelligence email - web - 917 SEO - 312.413.9478
Patrick Troy, Lecturer M.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1990 Computer science education email - web - 919 SEO - 312.996.8521

Faculty Awards

UIC Teaching Recognition Program Award

UIC Mentor of the Year

UIC Silver Circle Award for Teaching Excellence

UIC Distinguished Professors

University of Illinois Scholars