Current Ph.D. Students:

1. Mohammadreza Akbari Lor

Current MS Students (Thesis Option):

Current MS Students (Non-Thesis Option):

Current BS Students (Senior Projects):

Post Ph.D. Students:

1. Rui Ma (August 2023)
   • Postdoc, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA, October 2023.

2. Yudong Tao (May 2022)
   • Research Data Scientist, Facebook (Meta), Menlo Park, CA, USA, July 2022.
   • Jury Graduate Award, December 2021.

3. Muhammad Saad Sadiq (May 2020)
   • Applied Scientist, Microsoft, Seattle, WA, USA, August 2021.
   • Software Engineer, Microsoft, Seattle, WA, USA, February 2020.

4. Ahmed Soliman (May 2020)
   • Principal Software Engineer Lead, Microsoft, Seattle, WA, USA, May 2020.
   • Principal Software Engineer, Microsoft, Seattle, WA, USA, 2018.
   • Microsoft, Seattle, WA, USA, 2008.

5. Yilin Yan (August 2018)
   • Staff AI Engineer, Baidu USA, CA, USA, October 2023.
   • Senior Data Scientist, Strivr Inc., CA, USA, April 2020.
   • Senior Data Scientist, Adara Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA, November 2018.
   • Jury Graduate Award, December 2017.

6. Qiusha Zhu (May 2014)
   • VP, Digital & Mobile Modeling, Barclays, Wilmington, DE, USA, November 2021.
   • VP, Digital Analytics & Insights, Citibank, Wilmington, DE, USA, November 2016.
   • Data Scientist, SENZARI, Inc., Miami, Florida, USA, July 2014.

7. Dianting Liu (December 2013)
   • Product Analyst, American Integrity Insurance Company of Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA, November 2014.
   • Aidble Inc.

8. Tao Meng (December 2013)
   • Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Google, CA, USA, 2020.
   • Senior Machine Learning Scientist, Facebook, CA, USA, May 2019.
   • Data Scientist, Apple Inc., CA, USA, September 2014.
   • Data scientist consultant at Apple, Advantis Global Inc., CA, USA, March 2014.

9. Chao Chen (August 2012)
   • Associate Director, Data, Insights and Customer Behavior, Connected Care, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, March 2022.
   • Consultant, Data and Analytics, Connected Care and Insulin, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, September 2019.
   • VP, Digital Targeting & Analysis, Citibank, Wilmington, DE, USA, July 2016.
   • Senior Data Scientist, Capital One, Richmond, Virginia, USA, September 2015.
   • Senior Management Information Systems Analyst, Capital One Bank, Richmond, Virginia, USA, August 2012.
   • Mentioned as a "high-quality" and "all-around nicely done" Ph.D. dissertation by Dr. Blake, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Miami, August 2012.
   • Jury Graduate Award, December 2011.

10. Zifang Huang (May 2012)
    • Sr. Manager, Data Science, PayPal, San Jose, CA, USA, September 2020.
    • Sr. Manager, Decision Sciences, Western Union Digital Ventures, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2016.
    • Manager, Decision Sciences, Western Union Digital Ventures, San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2016.
    • Senior Risk Analyst, Western Union, San Francisco, CA, USA, April 2013.
    • Reporting Analyst, Ocwen Financial Corporation, West Palm Beach, FL, USA, August 2012.

11. Bassem Abdullah (May 2012)
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Systems Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2012.
    • Took over after Dr. Akmal Younis passed away in December 2011.

12. Lin Lin (August 2010)
    • Principal Data Scientist, Strategy & Analytics, Macy's Inc., New York, NY, 02/2020-present.
    • Sr. Data Scientist, Strategy & Analytics, Macy's Inc., New York, NY, 02/2019-02/2020.
    • Data Scientist, Strategy & Analytics, Macy's Inc., New York, NY, 07/2018-02/2019.
    • Data Science Manager, Sears Holdings Corporation, Miami, FL, 09/2017-06/2018.
    • Senior Electronic Products Manager, American National Standards Institute (ANSI), New York, NY, 03/2016-09/2017.
    • Senior Electronic Products Specialist, American National Standards Institute (ANSI), New York, NY, 10/2010-02/2016.
    • Ph.D. Thesis Abstract was included in ACM SIGMM Records, Vol. 3, Issue 1, March 2011.

13. Hongli Luo (June 2006)
    • August 2013 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Computer, Electrical, and Information Technology, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.
    • August 2006 - July 2013: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.
    • Jury Graduate Award, December 2005
    • "Excellence in the Research and Application of Advanced Computing and Internet Technologies to Further NOAA's Service to the Nation" award, NOAA TECH 2004.

14. Choochart Haruechaiyasak (June 2003)
    • Information Research and Development Division, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand, June 2003.
    • Outstanding Departmental Graduating Graduate Student in College of Engineering, May 2003.
    • Jury Graduate Award, December 2002.

Post MS Students (Thesis Option):

1. Anchen Sun (May 2020)
2. Michael Jankulak (August 2012)
3. Varsha Sainani (May 2009)
4. Nicholas Carrasco (June 2007)
5. Zongxing Xie (May 2007)
6. Shaminda Subasingha (December 2005)
7. Guy Ravitz (May 2005)
8. Indika Priyantha Kuruppu-Appuhamilage (May 2005)
9. Maththondage Chamara Sisirawansha Ranasingha (December 2004)

Post MS Students (Non-Thesis Option):

1. Isaac Thomas Furtney (December 2018)
2. Stephen Moody (May 2015)
3. Ashley E. Huff (December 2007)
4. Ilya Kozavchinsky (December 2007)
5. Miguel Puerto (May 2007)
6. Justin Tyler Archie (May 2006)
7. Thiago Quirino (May 2005)
8. Gbemi Anne Ogunrinde (May 2003)

Post BS Students (Senior Projects):

1. Brett Randolph Nemetz (May 2022)
2. Renzo Darien Pederzoli (May 2022)
3. Wasiq Nauman Qureshi (May 2022)
4. Manuel Muchuli (May 2022)
5. Kathryn Maeve Murray (May 2022)
6. Michael Lawrence Wexler (May 2022)
7. John Enlow (May 2021)
8. Jay Jain (May 2021)
9. Harrison Mount (May 2021)
10. Jackson Westwood (May 2021)
11. Zihao Fan (May 2021)
12. Vignesh Selvaraj (May 2021)
13. Luis Sosa (May 2021)
14. Meng Zhang (May 2021)
15. Thomas Frazel (May 2016)
16. Ahmed Mohammed Gaziani (May 2016)
17. Nicholas Ryan Mendez (May 2016)
18. Lourdes Montero (May 2016)
19. Andrew Medhat Gabriel (May 2015)
20. Ming Ma (May 2015)
21. Elsa Maria Rodriguez Plaza (May 2015)
22. Menghao Lin (May 2015)
23. Ni Yang (May 2015)
24. Xianming Zhou (May 2015)
25. Yang Liu (May 2014)
26. Alexander Rodriguez (December 2012)
27. Thamer Abdulaziz Almutairi (December 2012)
28. Johnathan Robert Hunter (May 2011)
29. Ryan Amundsen (May 2008)
30. Evelyn Ruth Lawrence (May 2008)
31. Robert Justin Ascani (May 2006)
32. Aaron Christopher Metz (May 2006)
33. Jeremy Gerson (May 2005)
34. Patrice Mincey (May 2005)
35. Mike Waldron (May 2005)
36. Matti Waarna (May 2004)
37. Chris Dosen (May 2004)
38. Deepak Thani (December 2003)
39. Leon B. Xia (May 2003)
40. Manuella Okantey (May 2002)

Visiting Scholars:

1. Youjia Fu, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, China (Jan. 2019 - Jan. 2020)
2. Yin Cai, Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, China (Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2018)
3. Xue Yang, Nanjing Institute of Technology, China (Jan. 2016 - July 2016)
4. Heyong Wang, South China University of Technology, China (Dec. 2013 - Nov. 2014)
5. Momo Li, Yunnan Nationalities University, China (Oct. 2013 - Oct. 2014)
6. Guannan Deng, Northeast Dianli University, China (Nov. 2013 - Oct. 2014)
7. Guiru Zhao, China Earthquake Networks Center, China (Nov. 2012 - Oct. 2013)
8. Chengde Zhang, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (Oct. 2012 - Sept. 2013)
9. Huayong Liu, Huazhong Normal University, China (Sept. 2012 - Aug. 2013)
10. PeiFeng Xu, Jiangsu Polytechnic College of Agriculture and Forestry, China (Sept. 2012 - Sept. 2013)
11. Bo Jiang, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China (March 2010 - Aug. 2010)
12. Yan Zhao, Donghua University, Shanghai, China (Sept. 2009 - Sept. 2010)