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Dr. Marc Olano is the director of the Computer Science Department's Game Development Track and has been pursuing research in computer graphics and computer hardware since 1989. Dr. Marc Olano, professor of computer science and electrical engineering, became interested in computer graphics and graphics hardware while studying electrical engineering as an undergraduate student at the…

Dr. Tim Oates pursues research in the field of machine learning and is fascinated by the development of the human brain. Dr. Tim Oates, associate professor of computer science, turned a childhood fascination with robots and science fiction into a career of rewarding research in the field of artificial intelligence. Currently, Dr. Oates is working…

Dr. Sergei Nirenburg is a member of the truly smart agents research group (TSA) where he works on building artificial intelligent agents capable of human behavior. Dr. Sergei Nirenburg, professor, specializes in cognitive systems and natural language processing. He is a member of the truly smart agents research group (TSA), a team made up of…

Dr. Tinoosh Mohsenin runs UMBC’s Engergy Efficient High Performance Computing Lab, where she works to develop highly accurate, low-power communication and healthcare devices. Dr. Tinoosh Mohsenin, associate professor, joined the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering faculty in January 2011. Since then, she has been running UMBC’s Energy Efficient High Performance Computing Lab, where she works…

Dr. Curtis Menyuk specializes in the theory and simulation of optical and photonic systems. He is currently interested in short-pulse lasers, optical resonators, and time and frequency measurement and transfer. More than thirty years ago, Dr. Curtis Menyuk became the founding member of the Electrical Engineering Department when he came to UMBC as an associate…

Dr. Tim Finin specializes in artificial intelligence and has been working on developing smart phones that can guage their user’s “context.” Dr. Tim Finin, professor, was inspired to study artificial intelligence to prove all those wrong who doubted the possibility of intelligent machines. “The working hypothesis that I accepted in college was that animals and…

Dr. Fow-Sen Choa uses a Chemical Vapor Desposition System to grow semiconductors that are used for chemical detection and breath analysis using photo-acoustic (PA) effects. In his opto-electronics and MOCVD lab, Dr. Fow-Sen Choa, professor, uses a Chemical Vapor Deposition System to grow semiconductors, which include semiconductor lasers, semiconductor detectors, semiconductor optical amplifiers, modulators, and…

Professor Ryan Bergeron has been a lecturer of Computer Science since Spring 2008. Currently the Technical Director for UMBC's Women's Volleyball team, Bergeron's research interests lie at the intersection of athletics and technology. Among his colleagues, Professor Ryan Bergeron has one distinct teaching advantage: he can relate to students studying Computer Science at UMBC because…

Dr. Tülay Adali is the director of the Machine Learning for Signal Processing Lab (MLSP-Lab) at UMBC and has been working on diagnosing schizophrenia by analyzing functional MRI and other medical imaging data. Dr. Tülay Adali, professor, specializes in the field of statistical signal processing. An IEEE and AIMBE Fellow, Dr. Adali recently received the…