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.
Joel Walsh
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A. University of California, Davis; M.Ed. University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
Meiqing Zhang
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A. Harbin Engineering University; M.A. University of Chicago; M.Sc., Ph.D. University of Southern California
Hector M. Camarillo Abad
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Hector M. Camarillo Abad has a background in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Intelligent Systems.
Kathryn Leonard
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College; 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
Teddy Pozo is a multimedia writer and artist. Their art practice combines conductive materials with clay sculptures and original game designs to create unique game arcade machine and console installations.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
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
Chris Cianci
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
A.B. Occidental College; B.S. Caltech; Ph.D. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Chris has devoted his career (and much of his life) to robots of all flavors, shapes, and sizes; from swarm systems and sensor networks to self-driving cars and dexterous humanoids.
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.
Tuyetdong Phan-Yamada
Visiting Instructor, Computer Science
B.S., University of California, Irvine; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles
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Affiliated Faculty
Treena Basu
Associate Professor, Mathematics
M.S., Mathematical Sciences, University of Texas; Ph.D., Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of South Carolina
Treena Basu primarily works on developing numerical solutions to fractional partial differential equations. She is currently pursuing research in applications of data science in the field of educational data mining and medical data. Read her Oxy Story profile.