AI Degree Program Faculty

Faculty

Houssam Abbas

Houssam Abbas

Assistant Professor

houssam.abbas@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Formal methods, logical and automated reasoning, computational ethics, planning, cyber-physical systems verification and control

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Julie A. Adams

Professor
College of Engineering Dean's Professor

julie.a.adams@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Human-machine teaming, distributed artificial intelligence, multiple and collective robotics

Alireza Aghasi

Alireza Aghasi

Associate Professor

alireza.aghasi@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

AI theory and algorithm analysis, high dimensional probability, signal and information processing

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Sharmodeep Bhattacharyya

Associate Professor

Sharmodeep.Bhattacharyya@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Statistics, machine learning, network analysis, neuroscience

Lizhong Chen

Lizhong Chen

Associate Professor

chenliz@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

AI accelerators, computing efficiency of machine learning, natural language processing

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Maude David

Assistant Professor

maude.david@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

AI and machine learning applied to microbiome

Tom Dietterich

Thomas G. Dietterich

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

tgd@cs.orst.edu

Research Expertise

Robust ai, machine learning, anomaly detection, computational sustainability

Patrick Donnelly

Patrick Donnelly

Assistant Professor

Patrick.Donnelly@osucascades.edu

Research Expertise

Deep learning for non-speech audio, machine learning for music

Alan Fern

Alan Fern

Professor

alan.fern@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Reinforcement learning, planning, humanoid robotics, agricultural AI

Xiaoli Fern

Xiaoli Fern

Associate Professor

xfern@eecs.oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Applied machine learning, graph learning, explainability in machine learning, machine learning for microbiome

Naomi Fitter

Naomi Fitter

Associate Professor

naomi.fitter@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Human-robot interaction, socially assistive robotics, haptics, engineering education

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Xiao Fu

Associate Professor

xiao.fu@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Machine learning, signal processing, optimization

Bechir Hamdaoui

Bechir Hamdaoui

Professor

hamdaoui@eecs.oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Intelligent networked systems; wireless and network cyber security; AI for wireless and wireless security

David Hendrix

David Hendrix

Professor

david.hendrix@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Bioinformatics, computational biology, biological data science, data mining, machine learning

Sanghyun Hong

Sanghyun Hong

Assistant Professor

sanghyun.hong@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Trustworthy ai, machine learning, efficient machine learning, privacy-preserving machine learning, machine learning for security

Liang Huang

Liang Huang

Professor

liang.huang@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Computational linguistics (translation, parsing); computational biology (RNA folding and design); algorithms

Rebecca Hutchinson

Rebecca Hutchinson

Associate Professor
Kearney Faculty Scholar

rebecca.hutchinson@oregonstate.edu

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Peter G. Jacobs

Professor
James and Shirley Kuse Chair in Chemical Engineering

peter.jacobs@oregonstate.edu

Jinsub Kim

Jinsub Kim

Associate Professor

jinsub.kim@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Security of machine learning, machine learning and AI for energy systems, autonomous systems

Stefan Lee

Stefan Lee

Assistant Professor
Brent and Elaine Leback Endowed Engineering Professorship Fund

leestef@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Computer vision, natural language processing, machine learning

Fuxin Li

Fuxin Li

Associate Professor

fuxin.li@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Computer vision, explainable machine learning, deep learning

V John Mathews

V John Mathews

Professor

Mathews@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Signal processing and machine learning; adaptation and online learning; neural engineering and structural health monitoring.

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Karthika Mohan

Assistant Professor

karthika.mohan@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Causal inference, graphical models, missing data, non-independent and identically distributed data, interference

Raviv Raich

Raviv Raich

Professor

raich@eecs.oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Signal processing and machine learning, optimization, probabilistic modeling

Stephen Ramsey

Stephen Ramsey

Associate Professor

ramseyst@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Bioinformatics, computational biology, precision medicine, knowledge graphs

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Sandhya Saisubramanian

Assistant Professor

sandhya.sai@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Automated planning, reinforcement learning, AI safety

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Cory Simon

Associate Professor

cory.simon@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Applied machine learning and optimization; automated decision-making algorithms

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Bill Smart

Professor

smartw@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Machine learning, Reinforcement learning, robotics, AI

Prasad Tadepalli

Prasad Tadepalli

Professor

tadepall@eecs.oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Reinforcement learning, explainable ai, automated planning, machine learning

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Arash Termehchy

Associate Professor

termehca@eecs.oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Reasoning and ML on raw data, reasoning and ML on structured data, scalable and robust ML, data systems, human-data interaction

Sinisa Todorovic

Sinisa Todorovic

Professor

sinisa@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Computer vision: semantic and instance segmentation in images; action segmentation in videos; few-shot, weakly-supervised, cross-domain settings of these vision problems

Kagan Tumer

Kagan Tumer

Professor

kagan.tumer@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Multiagent reinforcement learning, multi-objective learning

Huazheng Wang

Huazheng Wang

Assistant Professor

huazheng.wang@oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Information retrieval, reinforcement learning, trustworthy AI

Weng-Keen Wong

Weng-Keen Wong

Professor

wong@eecs.oregonstate.edu

Research Expertise

Machine learning; probabilistic graphical models; anomaly detection; human-in-the-loop learning; computational sustainability.

Affiliated Faculty

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Ravi Balasubramanian

Associate Professor

ravi.balasubramanian@oregonstate.edu

Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute | Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Robotics
Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez

Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez

Professor

ecs@oregonstate.edu

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Data Science and Engineering | Energy Systems
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Geoff Hollinger

Professor

geoff.hollinger@oregonstate.edu

Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute | Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Robotics

Interdisciplinary Advisory Committee

The IACAI advises on strategic directions for the AI program, including potential new courses, student and faculty recruitment, and cross-college research collaboration opportunities.

  • Matt Betts, College of Forestry:  Landscape and wildlife ecology
  • Xiaohui Chang, College of Business:  Space-time modeling for environmental applications and business; big data collected from social media; machine learning
  • Paul Ha-Yeon Cheong, College of Science: Chemistry
  • Cass Dykman, College of Education:  Sentiment analysis, natural language processing, Bayesian statistics, AI augmented counter-intelligence
  • Xiaoli Fern, College of Engineering:  Applied machine learning, graph learning, explainability in machine learning, machine learning for microbiome
  • David Hendrix (co-chair), College of Engineering: bioinformatics, computational biology, biological data science, data mining, machine learning
  • Emily Ho, College of Health: Biology and population health
  • Liang Huang (chair), College of Engineering:  Natural language processing (translation, parsing, etc.), computational biology (RNA folding, mRNA design, RNA design, etc.)
  • Pankaj Jaiswal, College of Agricultural Sciences:  Genomics; bioinformatics, natural language processing, machine learning, high throughput phenotyping, big data
  • Jinsub Kim, College of Engineering:  Security of machine learning, machine learning and AI for energy systems, autonomous systems
  • Molly Megraw, College of Agricultural Sciences:  Computational biology; genomics; bioinformatics; interpretable classical machine learning techniques for highly dependent feature sets
  • Stephen Ramsey, College of Veterinary Medicine:  Precision medicine; biomedical knowledge graphs; bioinformatics
  • Gaurav Sahay, College of Pharmacy:  Lipid Nanoparticles for delivery of mRNA for therapeutic applications (gene delivery, gene editing), using AI to design nanoparticles
  • Christopher A. Sanchez, College of Liberal Arts:  Human-computer interaction, human-centered design, cognitive science, decision making
  • Steve Strauss, College of Forestry:  Biotechnology, genetically modified organisms, gene editing, CRISPR, regulations, sustainability, wood, carbon, trees, agriculture, genomics, environment
  • Robyn Tanguay, College of Agricultural Sciences:  Environmental and molecular toxicology
  • Yelda Turkan, College of Engineering:  Construction engineering
  • Nicole von Germeten, College of Liberal Arts:  Global history, gender, race, religion, storytelling
  • James Watson, College of Earth,Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences:  Complex adaptive systems