FACULTY
LEADERSHIP
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. Alex Ryba
Chair, Professor
Ph.D., 1985, Cambridge University, England
Research interests
Computational Group Theory, Computational Algebra, Group Theory, Combinatorial Game Theory.
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FULL-TIME FACULTY
Ph.D. 2001, University of Maryland College Park
Research interests
Computer Systems and Networks, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Software Engineering, High Performance Computing
Ph.D. 1992 (Mathematics), University of Michigan
Research interests
Cryptanalysis, Analytic Number Theory.
Ph.D. 1971, New York University
Research interests
Algorithm design and development, simulation methodology, and analytic modeling.
Contact
xinying.chyn@qc.cuny.edu
Tel: 718-997-3482
Science Building, A328
Office Hours
MTWR: 9:30am – 10:00am in PH-108
Education
Ph.D. 2004, City University of New York
Research interests
Operating Systems, Computer Vision, Graph Theory
Ph.D. 1989, New York University
Research interests
Biomedical Imaging, Computer Vision, Genetic Algorithms, Parallel Processing.
Ph.D. 2013, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Research interests
Algorithms and mathematical techniques for handling large sets of data that are either centralized, distributed or visual.
Ph.D. 2017, City University of New York
Research interests
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Applied Algebra, Computational Medicine.
Kahrobaei, Delaram
Professor
Ph.D. 2004, City University of New York
Research interests
Post-Quantum Algebraic Cryptography, Information Security, Data Science, Applied Algebra
Kong, T. Yung
Professor
D.Phil. 1986, Oxford University, England
Research interests
Geometrical and topological problems related to computer vision, graphics, and image processing (especially digital topology).
Li, Jun
Associate Professor
Ph.D. 2017 University of Toronto
Research interests
Distributed computing, information theory, machine learning, distributed storage.
Lord, Kenneth
Doctoral Lecturer
Ph.D. 1995 City University of New York
Research interests
Operating Systems, Applications of Computers to Linguistics and Music, Web Programming.
Mitchell, Tim
Associate Professor
Ph.D. 2014 New York University
Research interests
Designing fast and reliable algorithms and software for robust control and stability analysis of dynamical systems.
Obrenic, Bojana
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D. 1993, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Research interests
Algorithm Design (especially for parallel and concurrent systems), Databases, Computational Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Distributed Computing.
Science Building, A326
MTWR 11:45am-12:45pm
Phillips, Tsaiyun I.
Professor
Ph.D. 1984, University of Maryland
Research interests
Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Document Image Analysis, Document Image Databases, Performance Evaluation for Recognition Systems.
Rahman, Md Mahbubur
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2020, Wayne State University
Research interests
Internet-of-Things, Cyber-Physical Systems, Wireless Sensor Networks, Distributed Systems, Real-Time and Embedded Systems.
Rozovskaya, Alla
Associate Professor
Ph.D. 2013, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research interests
Applying machine learning and natural language processing techniques for developing data-driven intelligent learning systems.
Smith-Thompson, Anne
Lecturer
Science Building, A114
Steinberg, Oren
Lecturer
Queens Hall, 205M
MTWR 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Svadlenka, John
Doctoral Lecturer
Ph.D. 2020, City University of New York
Research interests
Matrix Approximation, Dimensionality Reduction, Algorithm Design for Big Data
Svitak, Joseph
Deputy Chair, Doctoral Lecturer
Ph.D. 2008, City University of New York
Research interests
Genetic algorithms, optical character recognition, and finite state automata.
Sy, Bon K.
Professor
Ph.D. 1988, Northeastern University
Research interests
Database Systems and Information Retrieval, Decision Support Systems, Information Systems, Scientific Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, AI in Rehabilitation and Medicine, Knowledge-Based Systems for Medical Diagnosis.
Telang, Gaurish
Doctoral Lecturer
Ph.D. 2019, Stony Brook University
Research interests
Discrete and computational geometry
Tsai, Charlene
Associate Professor
Ph.D. 2003 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research interests
Biomedical image analysis, Computer vision, Data science in literacy education, Intelligent tutoring
Waxman, Jerry
Professor
Ph.D. 1973, New York Univesity
Research interests
Algorithms, Computer Science Education
Science Building, A220
Office Hours
After class
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ADJUNCT FACULTY
Adjunct Faculty
CS Adjunct Faculty
| Name | Title | Office (SB) | Office Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abreu, Andy | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | andy.abreu@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Alayev, Yosef | Asst. Professor (adj) | A201 | yosef.alayev@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Baci, Nikola | Lecturer (adj) | A201 |
MTWR: 12:30pm-1:00pm |
nikola.baci@qc.cuny.edu |
| Bedoya, Kevin | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | kevin.bedoya32@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Boateng, Justin | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | justin.boateng@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Bournias, Themistokles | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | themistokles.bournias@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Cesaretti, Paul | Sub-Lecturer | A227 | MTWR: 12:00pm-1:00pm | paul.cesaretti@qc.cuny.edu |
| Connor, Timothy | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | timothy.connor@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Fried, Matthew | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | matthew.fried@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Gao, Tianyu | Grad Asst B | A201 | tgao@gradcenter.cuny.edu | |
| Gomes, Russell | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | russell.gomes@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Greenberg, Aryeh | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | aryeh.greenberg@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Heller, Peter | Lecturer (adj) | OL | peter.heller@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Huang, Xiuyi | Lecturer (adj) | A208 | xiuyi.huang@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Huang, Zhewen | Grad Asst B | A207a | zhuang5@gradcenter.cuny.edu | |
| Jagdeo, Mellisa | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | mellisa.jagdeo@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Landau, Gerald | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | gerald.landau@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Law, Raymond | Sub-Lecturer | A201 | raymond.law@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Mistretta, Lauren | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | lauren.mistretta@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Teitelman, Lawrence | Lecturer (adj) | A201 |
MTWR 9:00am-10:00am |
lawrence.teitelman@qc.cuny.edu |
| Tse, Ricky | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | chi.tse@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Upadhyay, Vivek | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | vivek.upadhyay@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Wang, Yun | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | MTWR: 4:00pm-5:00pm | yun.wang@qc.cuny.edu |
| Wu, Sophie | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | shuyuan.wu@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Yang, Kelly | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | kangmei.yang@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Yeh, Jackson | Lecturer (adj) | OL | jackson.yeh@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Zhou, Jerry | Lecturer (adj) | A201 | xinglong.zhou@qc.cuny.edu |
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ACADEMIC ADVISORS
Academic Advisors
CS Academic Advisors
| Name | Advisor | Office | Office Hours | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akinlar, Cuneyt | Undergrad | QH-205F | 718-997-3505 | cuneyt.akinlar@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Chyn, Xinying | Undergrad | SB-A328 | MTWR: 8:30am-9:30am | 718-997-3482 | xinying.chyn@qc.cuny.edu |
| Kong, T. Yung | Graduate | SB-A106 | 718-997-3478 | tkong@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Smith-Thompson, Anne | Undergrad | Online | 718-997-3476 | anne.smiththompson@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Steinberg, Oren | Undergrad | QH-205M | MTWR: 4:00pm-6:00pm | 718-997-3509 | oren.steinberg@qc.cuny.edu |
| Svadlenka, John | Undergrad | SB-A336 | 718-997-3523 | john.svadlenka@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Telang, Gaurish | Undergrad | QH-205K | 718-997-3570 | gaurish.telang@qc.cuny.edu | |
| Tsai, Charlene | Undergrad | SB-A118 | 718-997-3497 | chialing.tsai@qc.cuny.edu |




