Faculty & Staff
Full-time Faculty
Faculty in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences are committed to excellence in teaching and providing students with expert guidance and advising. With many having been awarded research grants from federal, state and corporate agencies, faculty specialize in a wide array of the latest technologies and bring those technologies into classroom and laboratory settings for our students. The department’s adjunct faculty are highly motivated and active in business and industry. We emphasize quality in education which includes solid theoretical foundations and the latest technological developments.
| Name & Title | Expertise | Contact Information |
|---|---|---|
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Professor & MB3 Undergraduate Director |
Bioinformatics, Design and Development of Database Management Systems and Data Mining Tools |
(410) 704-3149 SC-5101A |
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Lecturer & Program Director M.S. Applied Information Technology |
Sociological Effects of Computerization, Management/End-User Liaison, Systems Analysis, Database Management and Operating Systems |
(410) 704-4966 YR-444 |
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Associate Professor and Program Director B.S. Information Technology |
Human-Computer Interaction, Medical Informatics, Computer Game Design |
(410) 704-2109 YR-474 |
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Professor and Director School of Emerging Technologies |
Requirements Engineering, Distributed Information Systems Development Teams, Qualitative Research Methods, Human Computer Interaction |
(410) 704-4769 YR-469 |
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Clinical Associate Professor |
Programming Language Paradigms, Functional, Object-Oriented, and Logic/Declarative Programming, Embedded Systems and Microcontrollers, "Retro Computing" systems. |
(410) 704-4782 YR-425 |
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Professor |
Software Engineering, Requirements Engineering, Software Analysis and Design, Programming Languages |
(410) 704-4536 YR-476 |
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Associate Professor |
Software Engineering, Software Testing, Mobile and Web Application Development, Cybersecurity, Mutation Analysis, Crowdsourcing |
(410) 704-2894 YR-471 |
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Associate Professor and & Interim Program Director B.S. Computer Science |
Artificial Intelligence (Analogical Reasoning), Object-Oriented Design and Development, Computer Education |
(410) 704-3552 YR-464 |
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Lecturer |
Software Engineering, Systems Analyst, Information Technology, Information Systems, Database Management System development, IT Management, Programming Languages |
(410) 704-4662 YR-457 |
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Lecturer |
Bare Machine Computing, Network Security, Encryption Algorithms |
(410) 704-2428 YR-437 |
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Professor & Program Director B.S. Information Systems |
Human-Computer Interaction, Accessible Computing, Health Informatics, Accessible Security Solutions |
(410) 704-3463 YR-477 |
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Assistant Professor |
Privacy and Security Issues in Federated Learning, Trustworthy Deep Learning, Edge Intelligence, AI for Cybersecurity Applications |
410-704-5439 YR-436 |
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Clinical Professor |
ICT Fluency, Information Technology Management, Technology Education and Software Development |
(410) 704-5277 YR-423 |
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Associate Professor |
Auction Market Mechanism, e-Commerce, Intelligent Agents, Data Classification |
(410) 704-6338 YR-479 |
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Lecturer |
(410) 704-2633 YR-451 |
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Assistant Professor |
AI, Climate Informatics, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, Earth Informatics, Medical Image (data) Analytics, Cybersecurity Informatics |
(410) 704-4771 YR-455 |
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Lecturer |
NLP/Computational Linguistics, Blockchain, Mobile Application Development, Entrepreneurship in Computer Science |
(410) 704-2835 YR-447 |
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Assistant Professor |
Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing, IoT (Internet of Things) System Design, Smart Health Applications |
(410) 704-4518 YR-446 |
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Professor |
Bare Machine Computing Applications and Architectures; Transformation of OS Based Applications to Bare Machine Computing Applications; Design, Implementation and Performance Analysis of Server Systems, Gateways, Routers, Network Clients, Browser and other Network Elements |
(410) 704-3955 YR-429 |
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Professor, Associate Provost for Research & Dean of Graduate Studies |
Cybersecurity Education, Data/Web Mining, Learning Sciences, Web and Mobile Application Development |
(410) 704-3701 AD-325 |
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Lecturer |
(410) 704-3951 YR-445 |
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Professor |
Computer Architecture, Computer Networks, Communications, Computer Graphics, High-Performance Computing Systems |
(410) 704-3782 YR-473 |
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Assistant Professor |
Machine Learning, Network Privacy, Cybersecurity, Telehealth Systems, Cyber Physical System Security, and Distributed Systems. |
(410) 704-6310 YR-443 |
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Assistant Professor |
ML/DL and their Applications, Biometrics, Cybersecurity, Mobile Security |
(410) 704-4532 YR-458 |
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Assistant Professor |
Big data analytics, cybersecurity, and networking in cyber physical systems and IoT |
(410) 704-2154 YR-470 |
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Assistant Professor |
Computer Science Education, Human-Computer Interaction |
YR-424 |
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Professor |
Digital Signal Processing, Algorithm Design and Implementation, FFTs, Parallel and Vector Computing, Computer Vision and Image Processing |
(410) 704-3950 YR-465 |
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Mallik, Anik Assistant Professor |
(410) 704-4770 YR-450 |
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Maradapu Vera Venkata Sai, Akshita Assistant Professor |
Digital Twin Networks, Privacy Aware Computing, Location Based Services, Mobile Crowd-Sensing, Mobile Edge Systems |
amaradapuveravenkatasai AT_TOWSON (410) 704-2154 YR-438 |
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Professor & Department Chairperson |
Spatio-Temporal Data Mining, Data Warehousing, Sensor Database Systems, Distributed Databases, Environmental Informatics, Information Visualization |
(410) 704-2337 YR-406C |
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Associate Professor |
Social Network Analysis, Social-aware Mobile Computing, Data Mining, and Cyber Security |
(410) 704-3089 YR-427 |
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Professor (Joint Appointment with Mathematics) |
Mathematical Algorithms for Geographic Profiling, Cybersecurity |
(410) 704-4757 YR-317 |
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Orabi, Hashim Lecturer |
(410) 704-2981 YR-440 |
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Clinical Associate Professor |
Intelligence and Security Informatics, Social Network Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Computer Supported Cooperative Works (CSCW), Human-Computer Interaction |
(410) 704-3873 YR-468 |
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Assistant Professor |
Human-Computer Interaction, Human-AI Co-Creation, Ethical Human-Centered AI, Interaction Design |
(410) 704-4533 YR-442 |
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Assistant Professor |
Formal Methods; Model-based Design, Specification and Verification of Cyber-physical Systems, Models of Computation, Logic in Computer Science |
(410) 704-2255 YR-462 |
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Assistant Professor |
System Security, Malware Analysis, Cyber Deception and Orchestration, ML/DL for Cybersecurity (malware detection and classification), Threat Hunting |
(410) 704-4535 YR-456 |
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Clinical Assistant Professor |
Systems Administration, Forensics |
YR-422 |
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Professor |
Program Slicing, Software Impact Analysis, Software Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, e-Learning Systems, Health Informatics |
(410) 704-3557 YR-472 |
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Associate Professor, Director M.S. Computer Science |
Multimedia, Comp Graphics and Vision, Comp Animation and Gaming, Machine Learning, Human-Comp Interaction, Virtual Reality and Virtual Environment |
(410) 704-3090 YR-478 |
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Clinical Assistant Professor |
Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Networks, Design and Development of Database Management Systems |
(410) 704-4781 YR-426 |
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Professor, Director of TU Center for Interdisiplinary and Innovative Cybersecurity |
Software Security, Secure Coding, Security Education |
(410) 704-4560 YR-463 |
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Associate Professor & Assistant Chairperson |
Group Decision Support System, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Knowledge Management, System Analysis and Design, Software Engineering, Asynchronous Learning Network, e-Commerce |
(410) 704-2104 YR-475 |
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Professor |
Computer Networks, Wireless Networks, Network Aspects of Bare Machine Computing, Network Security, Network Performance |
(410) 704-4660 YR-428 |
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Professor, Director of Doctoral Program |
Cyber Security, Computer Networks and Cyber-Physical Systems |
(410) 704-5528 YR-467 |
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Zahran, Bassam Clinical Assistant Professor |
(410) 704-6228 YR-431 |
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Lecturer |
Programming Languages, Algorithms, Databases |
(410 704-4666 YR-441 |
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Professor |
Computational Complexity, Algorithms, Cryptography |
(410) 704-4967 YR-466 |
Full-time Staff
| Name & Title | Contact Information |
|---|---|
| Angela McDermott Department Coordinator |
(410) 704-3788 YR 461 |
| Jennifer Brown Administrative Assistant II |
(410) 704-5044 YR 406A |
| Heather L. Bohle Academic Services Manager |
(410) 704-2757 YR 206B |
| Nichole Mason Academic Advising Specialist |
(410) 704-6178 YR 206D |
| Timothy Schneider Degree Advising Specialist |
(410) 704-4918 YR 206E |
| Michelle Bowman Graduate Program Coordinator |
(410) 704-4309 YR 206C |
| Bruce Laws Career Advising Specialist |
(410) 704-6228 YR 206A |
| Samuel Peacock Lab Systems Administrator |
(410) 704-3177 YR 206G |
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Kyle Cummings |
(410) 704-2424 YR 414 |
Faculty Emeriti
| Name and Education | Expertise |
|---|---|
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Behforooz, Ali Ph.D., Michigan State University |
Software Engineering, Software Project Management, Software Metrics, Object-Oriented Design and Development, Compiler Design, Programming Languages |
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Davani, Darush Ph.D., George Washington University |
Mathematical Modeling, Computer Simulation, Robotics, Earthquake Engineering |
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Dudley, Alfreda Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
CyberEthics, CyberLaw and Databases |
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Graves, Bud Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University |
Artificial Intelligence, Modeling, Simulation |
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Hammell, Robert Ph.D., Computer Science |
Fuzzy logic, decision support systems, project management, artificial intelligence, machine learning |
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Lidtke, Doris Ph.D., University of Oregon |
Programming Languages, Software Engineering, Social and Ethical Issues, Computer Science Education |
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Meiselwitz, Gabriele Ed.D., Towson University |
Computer Science and Creativity, Information Security, Information Systems |
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Schmitt, Jeff M.S., Vanderbilt University |
Computer Graphics, Programming Languages, Computer Networks |
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Srivastava, Rajeshwar Ph.D., University of Idaho |
Data Communications, Neural Nets, Microcomputer Interfacing, Process Control, Artificial Intelligence |