Regular Faculty
Justin Li, Chair
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science and Computer Science
B.S., Northwestern University; Ph.D, University of Michigan
Justin Li teaches in cognitive science and computer science, and is interested in how people and artificial agents perform knowledge search.
Kathryn Leonard
Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs; Professor, Computer Science
B.S., University of New Mexico; M.S., Ph.D., Brown University
Kathryn Leonard studies geometric models for computer graphics, computer vision, and data analysis, with an emphasis on explainability.
Teddy Pozo
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Irina Rabkina
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., Scripps College; M.S., Loyola University of Chicago; P.h.D., Northwestern University
Irina Rabkina’s research interests lie at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive science. She wants to build AI systems that think in the same ways that people do.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Tuyetdong Phan-Yamada
Visiting Instructor, Computer Science
B.S., University of California, Irvine; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles
Prof. Phan-Yamada's personal website: https://phan-yamada.weebly.com
Hsing-Hau Chen
Resident Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University; M.S., Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Southern California
Eugenio Grippo
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Eugenio Grippo research interest is in the area of modeling and control of the electric power grid using mathematical curvature theory. He also expanded his research area interest to ML (Machine Learning), DeFi (Decentralized Finance) and IoT (Internet of Things) while pursuing his postdoc at USC.
Alan Knoerr
Associate Professor, Mathematics, Cognitive Science, Emeritus
B.A., Oberlin College; Sc.M., Ph.D., Brown University
Alan Knoerr is an applied mathematician who teaches a broad range of courses in mathematics; he also teaches in the cognitive science and computer science programs.
Sheldon Schiffer
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz; M.F.A., UCLA; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia State University
Anh Vo
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.S., Creighton University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln