Department of Computer Science
The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains three levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, and (3) External.
Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one external graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.
FULL MEMBERS
BRANDON BOOTH, Assistant Professor, PhD (2020), University of Southern California
AMY COOK, Assistant Professor, PhD (2019), Carnegie Mellon University [2026]
DIPANKAR DASGUPTA, Professor, PhD (1994), The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom [2030]
SCOTT D. FLEMING, Associate Professor, PhD (2009), Michigan State University [2027]
MAX GARZON, Professor, PhD (1984), The University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana [2026]
XIAOLEI HUANG, Assistant Professor, PhD (2020), University of Colorado Boulder [2027]
NIRMAN KUMAR, PhD (2014), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign [2029]
SANTOSH KUMAR, Professor, PhD (2006), The Ohio State University [2027]
ANDREW NEEL, PhD (2007), University of Memphis [2027]
CHRISTOS PAPADOPOULOS, Professor, PhD (1999), Washington University in Saint Louis [2026]
VINHTHUY PHAN, Associate Professor, PhD (2003), State University of New York at Stony Brook [2023]
VASILE RUS, Professor, PhD (2002), Southern Methodist University [2030]
SAJJAN G. SHIVA, Professor, PhD (1975), Auburn University [2026]
DEEPAK VENUGOPAL, Associate Professor, PhD (2015), University of Texas at Dallas [2027]
LAN WANG, Professor, PhD (2004), University of California Los Angeles [2026]
THOMAS WATSON, Associate Professor, PhD (2013), University of California, Berkeley [2028]
MYOUNGGYU WON, Assistant Professor, PhD (2013), Texas A&M University [2025]
KAN YANG, Assistant Professor, PhD (2013), City University of Hong Kong [2024]
XIAOFEI ZHANG, Assistant Professor, PhD (2013), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology [2025]
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
WILLIAM B. BAGGETT, Associate Professor of Teaching, PhD (1998), The University of Memphis
KATHRYN BRIDSON, Assistant Professor of Teaching, MS (2020), The University of Memphis
KRIANGSIRI MALASRI, Associate Professor of Teaching, MS (2007), The University of Memphis
SALIM SAZZED, Visiting Assistant Professor, PhD (2023), Old Dominion University
FATIH SEN, Associate Professor of Teaching, PhD (2014), University of Arkansas at Little Rock
BRODRICK STIGALL, Assistant Professor of Teaching, MS (2018), Georgia Institute of Technology
EXTERNAL MEMBERS
WEIZI LI, Assistant Professor, PhD (2019), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [2026]
NOTE: Expiration date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets.