Name: Anjali Agarwal Title: Lecturer Category: Teaching Research Interests: Computer science education and introductory programming pedagogy. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/agarwal-anjali.html Name: Karan Ahuja Title: Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Lisa Wissner-Slivka and Benjamin Slivka Professor); Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy) Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, ubiquitous and mobile computing, augmented and virtual reality, multimodal sensing and machine learning for interactive systems. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ahuja-karan.html Name: Mohammed Alam Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction Category: Teaching Research Interests: Computer science education and pedagogy (focus on artificial intelligence curriculum). Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/alam-mohammed.html Name: Emma Alexander Title: Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy) Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Computer vision, computational imaging, and machine learning for visual perception systems. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/alexander-emma.html Name: Nabil Alshurafa Title: Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine; Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Ubiquitous computing and mobile health, wearable sensors, and machine learning for health monitoring. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/alshurafa-nabil.html Name: Brenna Argall Title: Professor of Computer Science; Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Robotics and autonomous systems, human–robot interaction, assistive and rehabilitation robotics for physically disabled users. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/argall-brenna.html Name: Nivedita Arora Title: Allen K. and Johnnie Cordell Breed Junior Professor of Design; Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Assistant Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Sustainable computational materials, low-power embedded systems, and design of IoT devices for environmental and urban health applications. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/arora-nivedita.html Name: Sruti Bhagavatula Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction Category: Teaching Research Interests: Computer science education and curriculum development in introductory programming and systems. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/bhagavatula-sruti.html Name: Larry Birnbaum Title: Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Artificial intelligence, natural language processing, information retrieval, and intelligent information systems (especially automated content generation). Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/birnbaum-larry.html Name: Jeremy Birnholtz Title: Associate Professor of Communication Studies (primary); Associate Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Computer-mediated communication, social media, online communities, and the social dynamics of technology use. Lab/Website: https://design.northwestern.edu/faculty/jeremy-birnholtz.html Name: Fabian Bustamante Title: Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Distributed systems and networking, internet measurement, peer-to-peer systems, and networked system performance. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/bustamante-fabian.html Name: Simone Campanoni Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science; Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy) Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Compiler design, programming languages, computer architecture, and software optimization for parallel and heterogeneous systems. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/campanoni-simone.html Name: Yan Chen Title: Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Network security and privacy, internet measurement, intrusion detection, and distributed system security. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/chen-yan.html Name: Alok Choudhary Title: Harold Washington Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Big data analytics, high-performance computing, data mining, and systems for large-scale data management. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/choudhary-alok.html Name: Noshir Contractor Title: Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences (Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences); Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Network science, social network analysis, computational social science, and the study of online communities and team collaboration. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/contractor-noshir.html Name: Oliver Cossairt Title: Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science; Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Category: Adjunct Research Interests: Computational photography, computer vision, optical imaging systems, and 3D imaging techniques. Lab/Website: http://compphotolab.northwestern.edu (Oliver Cossairt Homepage) Name: Andrew Crotty Title: Assistant Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Database systems, data management, query optimization, and scalable data analytics platforms. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/crotty-andrew.html Name: Joshua D'Arcy Title: Clinical Assistant Professor Category: Teaching Research Interests: Computer science education, software engineering pedagogy, and industry-focused computer science training. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/d-arcy-joshua.html Name: Anindya De Title: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science Category: Adjunct Research Interests: Theoretical computer science, complexity theory, Boolean function analysis, and learning theory. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/de-anindya.html Name: David Demeter Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction Category: Teaching Research Interests: Computer science education, introductory programming, and student engagement in computer science curricula. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/demeter-david.html Name: Christos Dimoulas Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Programming languages, program verification, software reliability, and runtime verification systems. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/dimoulas-christos.html Name: Peter Dinda Title: Professor of Computer Science; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy) Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Operating systems, distributed systems, virtualization, parallel computing, and performance modeling of computer systems. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/dinda-peter.html Name: Douglas Downey Title: Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Artificial intelligence and machine learning, natural language processing, search engines, and information extraction from text. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/downey-douglas.html Name: Matthew Easterday Title: Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences; Assistant Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Learning sciences, educational technology, human-computer interaction in education, and game-based learning environments. Lab/Website: https://design.northwestern.edu/faculty/matthew-easterday.html Name: Edith Elkind Title: Ginni Rometty Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Algorithmic game theory, computational social choice, collective decision-making algorithms, and artificial intelligence. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/elkind-edith.html Name: Andrew Fano Title: Clinical Professor of Computer Science; Clinical Professor of Operations (by courtesy) Category: Teaching Research Interests: Artificial intelligence applications in industry, business analytics, and technology innovation in enterprise systems. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/fano-andrew.html Name: Robby Findler Title: Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Programming languages, software development environments, formal methods, and educational tools for coding (co-creator of the Racket language). Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/findler-robert.html Name: Ken Forbus Title: Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Artificial intelligence, qualitative reasoning, cognitive modeling, commonsense reasoning, and AI in education. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/forbus-ken.html Name: Steven Franconeri Title: Professor of Psychology; Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Visual cognition, information visualization, cognitive psychology of attention and perception, and designing effective visual displays of data. Lab/Website: https://psychology.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core/profiles/steven-franconeri.html Name: Julia Gaudio Title: Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences; Assistant Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Network science, probabilistic methods, high-dimensional statistics, and inference in complex networks. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/gaudio-julia.html Name: Elizabeth Gerber Title: Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Communication Studies; Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, design innovation, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding, and tools to support collaborative creativity. Lab/Website: https://design.northwestern.edu/faculty/elizabeth-gerber.html Name: Darren Gergle Title: Professor of Communication Studies; Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), social computing, and how visual information supports group communication. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/gergle-darren.html Name: Dietrich Geisler Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction Category: Teaching Research Interests: Computer science instruction, software development education, and broadening participation in computing. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/geisler-dietrich.html Name: Branden Ghena Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction Category: Teaching Research Interests: Embedded systems education, Internet-of-Things applications, and hands-on computing curricula. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ghena-branden.html Name: Joshua Glaser Title: Assistant Professor of Neurology (Ken and Ruth Davee Department); Assistant Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Computational neuroscience, interpretable machine learning for neural data, and understanding neural control of movement through data-driven models. Lab/Website: https://glaserlab.github.io (Glaser Lab) Name: Benjamin Golub Title: Professor of Economics; Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Economic and social networks, network game theory, learning and influence processes in networks, and systemic risk in financial networks. Lab/Website: https://economics.northwestern.edu/people/directory/benjamin-golub.html Name: Matthew Groh Title: Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations; Assistant Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Computational social science, organizational behavior, artificial intelligence applications in management, and social network analytics in organizations. Lab/Website: https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/groh_matthew.aspx Name: Izzy Grosof Title: Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences (by courtesy in Computer Science) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Optimization and algorithm design in operations research, with applications to industrial engineering and management science. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/industrial/directory/faculty/grosof-izzy.html Name: Dongning Guo Title: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Wireless communications, information theory, signal processing, and network coding in communication networks. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/guo-dongning.html Name: Kristian Hammond Title: Bill and Cathy Osborn Professor of Computer Science; Director of MS in Artificial Intelligence Program; Director of CASMI Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Artificial intelligence, natural language generation, narrative intelligence, and applications of AI for media and journalism. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hammond-kristian.html Name: Nikos Hardavellas Title: Professor of Computer Science; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Associate Chair for Graduate Studies (Computer Science) Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Computer architecture, memory systems, parallel computing, and hardware/software co-design for high-performance computing. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hardavellas-nikos.html Name: Jason Hartline Title: Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Algorithmic mechanism design, algorithmic game theory, auction theory, and approximation algorithms in economic systems. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hartline-jason.html Name: Mitra Hartmann Title: Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Biomechanics and robotics, neuromechanics of animal sensory systems (tactile sensing using whiskers), and bio-inspired robotic design. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/hartmann-mitra.html Name: Josiah Hester Title: Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science Category: Adjunct Research Interests: Sustainable computing, battery-free and low-power embedded systems, energy-harvesting Internet-of-Things devices, and mobile health sensing. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/hester-josiah.html Name: Michael Horn Title: Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence; Professor of Computer Science; Professor of Education and Social Policy Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Learning sciences and technology, tangible user interfaces, computer science education, and museum-based learning with interactive exhibits. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/horn-michael.html Name: Ian Horswill Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Artificial intelligence, cognitive modeling, game design and interactive entertainment, and AI-based art and expression. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/horswill-ian.html Name: Ágnes Horvát Title: Associate Professor of Communication Studies; Associate Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Human-centered computing, network science, online information dissemination, social media analytics, and collective intelligence. Lab/Website: https://agneshorvat.soc.northwestern.edu Name: Joseph Hummel Title: Professor of Instruction Category: Teaching Research Interests: Programming languages, compilers, high-performance computing, cloud computing, and undergraduate research engagement in computer science. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hummel-joseph.html Name: Huiling Hu Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction Category: Teaching Research Interests: Computer science instruction, software development practices, and improving student learning outcomes in programming courses. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hu-huiling.html Name: Jessica Hullman Title: Ginni Rometty Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Data visualization, human-data interaction, uncertainty communication, and interactive tools for data analysis and reasoning. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hullman-jessica.html Name: Maia Jacobs Title: Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, personal health informatics, user-centered design of mobile health systems, and adaptive user interfaces for health support. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/jacobs-maia.html Name: Russell Joseph Title: Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Associate Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Computer architecture, embedded systems, power-efficient processor design, and hardware-software co-design for energy efficiency. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/joseph-russell.html Name: Aggelos Katsaggelos Title: Joseph Cummings Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy); Professor of Radiology (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Image and video processing, computer vision, multimedia signal processing, and applications of machine learning in imaging and art conservation. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/katsaggelos-aggelos.html Name: Matthew Kay Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science; Associate Professor of Communication Studies Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, personal health informatics, data visualization (especially uncertainty visualization), and user-centric statistical communication. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kay-matthew.html Name: Samir Khuller Title: Peter and Adrienne Barris Chair of Computer Science; Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Graph algorithms, discrete optimization, scheduling, and computational geometry. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/khuller-samir.html Name: Sam Kriegman Title: Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Robotics and artificial life, evolutionary algorithms, bio-inspired design, and machine learning for the design of novel organisms (e.g. Xenobots). Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kriegman-sam.html Name: Anastasia Kurdia Title: Professor of Instruction; Assistant Chair (Computer Science) Category: Teaching Research Interests: Computer science education, programming languages pedagogy, and curriculum design for introductory computer science. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kurdia-anastasia.html Name: Aleksandar Kuzmanovic Title: Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Computer networks, internet architecture, network security, and peer-to-peer systems, including anonymization and network neutrality. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kuzmanovic-aleksandar.html Name: Manling Li Title: Assistant Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Natural language processing, multimodal machine learning (vision-language integration), embodied AI, and commonsense reasoning in AI systems. Lab/Website: https://limanling.github.io Name: Annie Liang Title: Associate Professor of Economics; Associate Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Economic theory and machine learning, mechanism design in markets, and the application of machine learning techniques to social science models. Lab/Website: https://economics.northwestern.edu/people/directory/annie-liang.html Name: Daniel W. Linna Jr. Title: Senior Lecturer in Law and Computer Science Category: Teaching Research Interests: Legal innovation and technology, computational law, artificial intelligence in legal services, legal process improvement, and law-tech operations. Lab/Website: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/DanielLinna Name: Duri Long Title: Assistant Professor of Communication Studies; Assistant Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, social computing in entertainment and media, virtual reality and storytelling, and technology in learning environments. Lab/Website: https://communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/DuriLong.html Name: Kevin Lynch Title: Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Center for Robotics and Biosystems Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Robotics and control systems, autonomous robots, motion planning, and human-machine integration in robotic systems. Lab/Website: https://robotics.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/kevin-lynch.html Name: Malcolm MacIver Title: Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Bio-inspired robotics, neurobiology of animal behavior (electric fish), biomechanics, and the design of robotic systems informed by neuroscience. Lab/Website: https://mechanical.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/malcolm-maciver.html Name: Konstantin Makarychev Title: Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Theoretical computer science, approximation algorithms, optimization, beyond worst-case analysis, and applications of high-dimensional geometry in algorithms. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/makarychev-konstantin.html Name: Sidhanth Mohanty Title: Assistant Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Probability theory in theoretical computer science, mixing times of Markov chains, high-dimensional expanders, random matrix theory, and coding theory. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mohanty-sidhanth.html Name: Todd Murphey Title: Professor of Mechanical Engineering Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Robotics and automation, control theory, motion planning, and computational methods for dynamic systems and autonomous machines. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/murphey-todd.html Name: Seda Ogrenci (Memik) Title: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Computer architecture, hardware accelerators, energy-efficient computing, VLSI design, and embedded system architecture. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/memik-seda.html Name: Eleanor O'Rourke Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science; Associate Professor of Education and Social Policy Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Computer science education, human-computer interaction, educational technology, and learning sciences (designing engaging learning environments for computing). Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/orourke-eleanor.html Name: Sara Owsley Sood Title: Professor of Instruction; Chookaszian Family Teaching Professor; Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education (Computer Science) Category: Teaching Research Interests: Computer science education, pedagogy for introductory CS, and improving diversity and inclusion in computer science programs. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/sood-sara.html Name: Bryan Pardo Title: Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Music information retrieval, audio signal processing, machine learning for sound and music, and human-computer interaction with audio systems. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/pardo-bryan.html Name: Dmitrii Pasechnik Title: Research Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Mathematical foundations of computer science, including algebraic and combinatorial algorithms, symbolic computation, optimization, and computer-aided verification of mathematics. Lab/Website: https://theory.cs.northwestern.edu/people/#DmitriiPasechnik Name: Miklos Racz Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science; Associate Professor of Statistics Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Probability and statistics at the interface with computer science, random graphs and networks, information theory, and statistical inference algorithms. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/racz-miklos.html Name: Chris Riesbeck Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science; Director of Master of Science in Computer Science Program; Co-Director of Center for Computer Science and Learning Sciences Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Artificial intelligence, natural language understanding, case-based reasoning, and intelligent tutoring systems for education. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/riesbeck-chris.html Name: Jennie Rogers Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Database systems, distributed data management, data privacy, and cloud computing platforms for data science. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/rogers-jennie.html Name: Michael Rubenstein Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science; Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Robotics, swarm robotics, multi-robot systems, self-assembling robots, and distributed algorithms for robot coordination. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/rubenstein-michael.html Name: Kate Smith Title: Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy) Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Quantum computing systems, including quantum computer architecture, optimized quantum compilation, error mitigation techniques, distributed quantum computing, and quantum circuit simulation. Lab/Website: https://knsmith.github.io (Kate Smith Group Site) Name: Vincent St-Amour Title: Associate Professor of Instruction Category: Teaching Research Interests: Programming languages and compilers, software engineering education, and functional programming pedagogy. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/st-amour-vincent.html Name: V.S. Subrahmanian Title: Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, predictive analytics, counter-terrorism and cyber threat intelligence, and multi-disciplinary applications of AI. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/subrahmanian-v-s.html Name: Lydia Tse Title: Pioneer Professor of Practice Category: Teaching Research Interests: Practical software development, industry best practices in computer science, and bridging academic concepts with real-world application (emphasis on professional practice). Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/tse-lydia.html Name: Sarah Van Wart Title: Adjunct Assistant Professor Category: Adjunct Research Interests: Computing education, civic technology, community-centered design, and broadening participation in computing. Lab/Website: https://vanwars.github.io Name: Aravindan Vijayaraghavan Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science; Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences (by courtesy) Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Theoretical computer science, algorithmic foundations of machine learning and data science, combinatorial optimization, and beyond worst-case analysis for algorithms. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/vijayaraghavan-aravindan.html Name: John Villasenor Title: Adjunct Professor Category: Adjunct Research Interests: Technology policy, cybersecurity law, intellectual property issues, and the societal impacts of emerging technologies. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/villasenor-john.html Name: Rob Voigt Title: Assistant Professor of Linguistics; Assistant Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Computational linguistics, natural language processing, sociolinguistics, and language in social interaction (using NLP to study linguistic patterns in society). Lab/Website: https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/rob-voigt Name: Xiao Wang Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Cryptography, secure multi-party computation, privacy-preserving computation, and applied cryptographic protocols for data security. Lab/Website: https://wangxiao1254.github.io Name: Zhaoran Wang Title: Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences; Associate Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Machine learning theory, statistical learning, optimization algorithms, and reinforcement learning, especially in large-scale and high-dimensional settings. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/wang-zhaoran.html Name: Todd Warren Title: Adjunct Lecturer Category: Adjunct Research Interests: Technology entrepreneurship, software product management, venture development in computing, and industry practices in software innovation. Lab/Website: https://toddwseattle.com Name: Uri Wilensky Title: Professor of Computer Science; Professor of Education and Social Policy; Lorraine Morton Professor Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Learning sciences, complex systems, agent-based modeling, simulation-based learning environments, and computational modeling tools (creator of NetLogo). Lab/Website: https://ccl.northwestern.edu/uri Name: Zach Wood-Doughty Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction Category: Teaching Research Interests: Data science education, machine learning pedagogy, and guiding students in practical machine learning projects. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wood-doughty-zach.html Name: Marcelo Worsley Title: Karr Family Associate Professor of Computer Science; Associate Professor of Learning Sciences (School of Education and Social Policy) Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Multimodal learning analytics, human-computer interaction in education, educational data mining, and technology to support hands-on learning and making. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/worsley-marcelo.html Name: Ying Wu Title: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Computer vision, multimedia data analysis, video surveillance, and machine learning for image and video understanding. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/wu-ying.html Name: Stephen Xia Title: Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Assistant Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Electronic design automation, hardware security, and emerging computing architectures. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/xia-stephen.html Name: Xinyu Xing Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Cybersecurity, software security, program analysis, vulnerability detection, and systems security (including malware analysis and binary program analysis). Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/xing-xinyu.html Name: Haoqi Zhang Title: Associate Professor of Computer Science Category: Tenure-Track Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, social computing, design of collaborative systems, crowdsourcing, and AI-Augmented human teamwork (CS + X initiatives). Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/zhang-haoqi.html Name: Yiji Zhang Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction Category: Teaching Research Interests: Data science education, machine learning and statistics curriculum, and project-based learning in data analytics. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/zhang-yiji.html Name: Hai Zhou Title: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Electronic design automation (EDA), formal verification, algorithm design for VLSI CAD, and combinatorial optimization in circuit design. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/zhou-hai.html Name: Qi Zhu Title: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy) Category: Affiliated Research Interests: Cyber-physical systems, real-time embedded systems, automotive and transportation systems, design automation, and system-level design optimization. Lab/Website: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/zhu-qi.html Name: Rob Zubeck Title: Adjunct Professor Category: Adjunct Research Interests: Game design and development, interactive entertainment technology, and artificial intelligence in games. Lab/Website: http://users.cs.northwestern.edu/~robז