Faculty

The faculty section offers an alphabetical listing of all full-time faculty in the Computer Science Department.

dr. chang-hyun joJo, Chang-Hyun, Professor
Chair, Department of Computer Science
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma
Software engineering, software process assessment and improvement, object-oriented design, and agent-oriented software engineering
Office: CS-425
Phone: (657) 278-7255
Email: cjo@fullerton.edu
URL: http://jo.ecs.fullerton.edu 


Sampson Akwafuo

Akwafuo, Sampson, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of North Texas, Texas
Computational epidemiology, algorithms analysis, optimization of disease outbreaks and disaster response, contagion modeling
Office: CS-550
Phone: (657) 278-4676
Email: sakwafuo@fullerton.edu
URL: http://sakwafuo.ecs.fullerton.edu/


Susan Barua

Barua, Susan, Professor of Computer Science & Computer Engineering
Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Ohio
Computer architectures and performance evaluation, neural networks, web-based database development,
and computer networking
Office: CS-502
Phone: (657) 278-3362
Email: sbarua@fullerton.edu
URL: http://www.fullerton.edu/ecs/faculty/sbarua/


Doina Bein

Bein, Doina, Professor
Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Automatic Dynamic Decision-making Distributed computing, fault tolerant algorithms, graph embedding, randomized algorithms, sensor fusion, ad hoc and wireless networks
Office: CS-511A
Phone: (657) 278-4822
Email: dbein@fullerton.edu 
URL: http://ecs.fullerton.edu/~dbein


Ning Chen

Chen, Ning, Professor
Ph.D., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Embedded systems, digital signal processing, robotics, real-time systems, and distributed systems
Office: CS-546
Phone: (657) 278-3293
Email: nchen@fullerton.edu


James S. Choi

Choi, James S., Professor
Ph.D., University of Southern California, California
Software engineering, reverse software engineering, process modeling & configuration management
Office: CS-427
Phone: (657) 278-7257
Email: jchoi@fullerton.edu

 


Bing Cong

Cong, Bin, Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas, Dallas, Texas
Computer network, parallel processing, neural networks, and heuristic search, software process models, and network security
Office: CS-417
Phone: (657) 278-2031
Email: bcong@fullerton.edu


Mikhail Gofman

Gofman, Mikhail, Professor
Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton
System security, policy analysis, and operating systems
Office: CS-429 
Phone: (657) 278-7304
Email: mgofman@fullerton.edu
URL: http://ecs.fullerton.edu/~mgofman 


Wenlin Han

Han, Wenlin, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Alabama
Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Metaverse, Web3
Office: CS-542
Phone: (657) 278-4925
Email: whan@Fullerton.edu
URL: https://wenlinhan.github.io/ 


Floyd Holliday

Holliday, Floyd, Lecturer
M.A., California State University, Long Beach, California
OOP Software Engg, embedded systems, and web-based application
Office: CS-513
Phone: (657) 278-7021
Email: holliday@fullerton.edu

 


Paul Inventado

Inventado, Paul Salvador, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Osaka University, Japan
Educational data mining, machine learning, intelligent tutoring systems, and STEM education
Office: CS-534
Phone: (657) 278-3821
Email: pinventado@fullerton.edu
URL: http://www.fullerton.edu/ecs/faculty/pinventado/


Rong JIn

Jin, Rong , Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas
Multimedia Systems, Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Realities, Data Mining, Algorithmic Optimization, Social Networks
Office: CS-534
Phone: (657) 278-4970
Email: rong.jin@fullerton.edu
URL: rjin.ecs.fullerton.edu


dr. mira kim

Kim, Mira, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Intelligent Software Systems
Office: CS-510
Phone: (657) 278-7778
Email:   mira.kim@fullerton.edu

 


Shilpa Lakhanpal

Lakhanpal, Shilpa, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Western Michigan University (WMU), Michigan
Data mining, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and natural language processing
Office: CS-538
Phone: (657) 278-7305
Email: shlakhanpal@fullerton.edu

 


Anand Panangadan

Panangadan, Anand, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, California
Machine learning, text mining, social network analysis, sensor networks
Office: CS-548
Phone: (657) 278-3998
Email: apanangadan@fullerton.edu
URL: http://www.fullerton.edu/ecs/faculty/apanangadan/


christopher ryu

Ryu, Christopher, Professor
Program Coordinator for M.S in Software Engineering 
Ph.D., University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computational Finance, Software Design and Architecture
Office: CS-421
Phone: (657) 278-7231
Email:   tryu@fullerton.edu  
URL:   http://tryu.ecs.fullerton.edu


Michael Shafae

Shafae, Michael, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, California
Computer Graphics, Computer Games
Office: CS-540
Phone: (657) 278-3291
Email:   mshafae@fullerton.edu

 


Kanika Sood

Sood, Kanika, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Oregon
Techniques for suggesting optimal solver methods, enabling users to choose an optimal solver selection technique for their problems, developing a methodology for analyzing revision control and mining issue tracking data to estimate productivity metrics and analyze various scientific software projects
Office: CS-530
Phone: (657) 278-4911
Email:  kasood@fullerton.edu


Yun Tian

Tian, Yun, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Storage security, cloud security, distributed computing, parallel and high performance computing, and computer science education
Office: CS-544
Phone: (657) 278-2041
Email: ytian@fullerton.edu
URL: http://tianyun.ecs.fullerton.edu


Shawn Wang

Wang, Shawn, Professor
Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey
Databases, knowledge discovery and data mining, pattern matching, and bioinformatics
Office: CS-532
Phone: (657) 278-7258
Email: xwang@fullerton.edu
URL: http://wang.ecs.fullerton.edu/


Dr. Wortman

Wortman, Kevin, Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Algorithm design and analysis, data structures, and computational geometry
Office: CS-536
Phone: (657) 278-2968
Email: kwortman@fullerton.edu

Professor Emeriti

  • Chung, Hwang, Ph.D.

hchung@fullerton.edu

  • Falconer, David, Ph.D.

falconer@fullerton.edu

  • Michalopoulos, Demetrios, Ph.D.

dimitri@fullerton.edu

  • Molodowitch, Mariko, Ph.D.

mmolodowitch@fullerton.edu

  • Mosmann, Charles J., Ph.D.
  • Mousouris, Nick,Ph.D.

mousouris@fullerton.edu

  • Sowell, Edward, Ph.D.

sowell@fullerton.edu


 

Staff

 

Laura Villegas
Administrative Support

lvillegas@fullerton.edu

(657) 278-3700

Location: CS 522

 

Elizabeth Morales
Administrative Support

emorales@fullerton.edu

(657) 278-3700

Location: CS 522

 

Beth Sorensen
Administrative Support Coordinator

bsorensen@fullerton.edu

(657) 278-3700

Location: CS 522

 

Gary Chang
Operating Systems Analyst

gchang@fullerton.edu

(657) 278-7256

Location: CS 413

 

Vacant
Operating Systems Analyst

Location: TBD