- Primary advisor and mentor to over 43 Ph.D. students who have secured successful professional careers in computing
- H-index of 65, authored well over 600 publications (with over 16,000 citations)
- Numerous patents and software systems released to the public domain
- Research work supported by government agencies (e.g., NSF, NIH, DOE, FDA, DARPA) and industry (e.g., HP, IBM, Verizon Labs, GTE, NEC, AMADEUS, Charles River Analytics)
- Held leadership positions in the big data field
Research Experience
- Director of DAta-Driven Intelligent SYstems Lab (DAISY)
- PI for CEDAR Center - Circular Economy and Data Analytics Engineering Research
- WiDS Ambassador & PI | WiDS Central Massachusetts | Annual Symposium for Women+
- PI for WPI DATA SCIENCE REU SUMMER Site: Undergraduate Funded Research Opportunities
Education
- BS in Computer Science from J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- MS in Computer Science from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
- PhD in Computer Science from University of California, Irvine, California
Background
Professor of Computer Science, Program Head of Data Science. As the founding Head of the interdisciplinary Data Science program at WPI, supports the Data Science community in research collaborations, new educational initiatives, and innovative industry-sponsored and mentored Graduate Qualifying projects.