Cecilia Ovesdotter Alm, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
English / Computational Linguistics
College of Liberal Arts
Website
coagla@rit.edu
Natural Language Processing research, with a focus on linguistic and language-inclusive sensing with text, speech, and multimodal data for broad impact domains, including bioinformatics and health.
Reynold Bailey, Ph.D.
Professor
Computer Science
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
rjb@cs.rit.edu
Analyzing and influencing human eye-gaze behaviors and attention, including research on applied perception and artificial intelligence research on multimodal information signals from humans.
Carlos Castellanos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Interactive Games and Media
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
cxcigm@rit.edu
Using machine-learning to recognize human states (e.g., workload, engagement) and tasks from physiological data in order to facilitate intelligent robot/system interactions.
Sorim Chung, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Marketing
Saunders College of Business
Website
schung@saunders.rit.edu
Impact of technology on consumer behavior, particularly in the context of sensory marketing, user environments, advertising, and brand management, with recent work on impact of touch interfaces and other device types on online shoppers.
Gabriel Diaz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Center for Imaging Science
College of Science
Website
gjdpci@rit.edu
Research on the visual guidance of action, i.e. how visual information is used to guide movements of the body when performing everyday actions, utilizing a variety of techniques and equipment, including computational modeling, eye-tracking, virtual reality, and motion capture.
Lisa Elliot, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Office of the Associate Dean for Research
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Website
lisa.elliot@rit.edu
Research on education and cognitive development, including qualitative research methodologies and survey design, with a focus on Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) students and the efficacy of technologies for DHH students in STEM.
Elena Fedorovskaya, Ph.D.
Research Faculty
Integrated Sciences Academy
College of Science
Website
elena.fedorovskaya@rit.edu
Research on imaging, color management and color science, and broadly, cross media studies from cognitive, perceptual, affective and computational standpoints.
James Ferwerda, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Center for Imaging Science
College of Science
Website
jafpci@rit.edu
Research on building computational models of human vision from psychophysical experiments, and developing advanced imaging systems based on these models.
Joe Geigel, Ph.D.
Professor
Computer Science
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
jmg@cs.rit.edu
Interdisciplinary multimedia projects that that combine computer science, real-time graphics, mobile devices, art, music, and theatre to create interactive live experiences, collaborating with artists, designers, musician and photographers from both within RIT and externally.
Anne Haake, Ph.D.
Dean
Professor
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
arhics@rit.edu
Human-computer interaction, with a focus on bioinformatics and health, including research on infusing expertise (domain knowledge, perceptual/visual behaviors) into the design of computing systems for complex tasks.
Vicki Hanson, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emerita
School of Information - The iSchool
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
vicki.hanson@hq.acm.org
Human-computer interaction, accessibility, aging, applications addressing needs of diverse populations, with emphasis on language, cognition, and healthcare.
Currently, the CEO of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Jamison Heard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering
College of Engineering
Website
jrheee@rit.edu
Using machine-learning to recognize human states (e.g., workload, engagement) and tasks from physiological data in order to facilitate intelligent robot/system interactions.
Christopher Homan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Computer Science
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
cmh@cs.rit.edu
Computational social network analysis (CSNA), combining social media, network science, sociology, and advanced computational methods to study the role of social networks in organizational behavior, to improve health, productivity, and social welfare.
Matt Huenerfauth, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Information - The iSchool
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
matt.huenerfauth@rit.edu
Human-computer interaction and accessibility research, especially assistive technology and accessible computing, natural language processing, sign language computational linguistics, virtual human animation, user-based evaluation of assistive technology.
Yu Kong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
yu.kong@rit.edu
Research on computer vision, deep learning, machine learning, and social media analytics. Teaching computers to see the physical world, including spatial and temporal relationships, and to predict human activity in video after observing only the beginning few frames.
Rui Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Computing and Information Sciences
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
rxlics@rit.edu
Machine learning research, especially with applications for eye-tracking data analysis, artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, data management and analytics, human-computer interactions, and security and privacy.
Tae (Tom) Oh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Information - The iSchool
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
tom.oh@rit.edu
Wireless and networking technologies, with applications for accessibility and inclusion (e.g. smart cane systems for blind users), vehicular area networks, data acquisition and analytics, mobile device security, internet of things (IoT) security, and sensor networks.
Konstantinos Papangelis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Interactive Games and Media
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
kpapangelis@me.com
Location-based social networks, the physical web, location-based/in-situ crowdsourcing, pervasive games, and novel mobile technologies.
Roshan Peiris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Information - The iSchool
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
roshan.peiris@rit.edu
Haptics, virtual and augmented reality, human computer interaction, and accessibility, including technologies for older adults.
Chao Peng, MFA and Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Interactive Games and Media
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
cxpigm@rit.edu
High performance graphics, video game development, GPU-accelerated parallel computing, big data visualization, virtual reality, and 3D interaction.
Jeff Pelz, Ph.D.
Professor
Center for Imaging Science
College of Science
Website
jbppph@rit.edu
Eye-tracking research to study human eye movements in complex tasks and natural environments so that we can better understand the process, rather than the mechanics, of visual perception.
Dan Phillips, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering
Website
dbpeee@rit.edu
Development of assistive devices and systems for individuals with disabilities, signal processing and analysis of large, complex biomedical data sets, and clinical applications of ultrasound in cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment.
Esa Rantanen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
Website
emrgsh@rit.edu
Human factors in complex systems, human performance measurement and modeling, mental workload, decision-making, human error, and reliability.
Ehsan Rashedi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
College of Engineering
Website
exreie@rit.edu
Theoretical and application-oriented research topics, covering several aspects within the fields of ergonomics, biomechanics, work physiology, safety, and rehabilitation.
Kristen Shinohara, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Information - The iSchool
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
kssics@rit.edu
Human-computer interaction and accessibility research, especially the design of technologies usable by people with disabilities with a focus on how to improve accessible design to include social aspects of technology use.
Michael Stinson, Ph.D.
Professor
M.S. in Secondary Education (MSSE) Program
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Website
msserd@rit.edu
Evaluation of communication and collaboration technologies for students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, classroom motivation of deaf students, social adjustment of mainstreamed students, and facilitation of lecture comprehension.
Garreth Tigwell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Information - The iSchool
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
garreth.w.tigwell@rit.edu
Human-computer interaction, accessibility, addressing situational impairments, inaccessible design, and barriers to nonverbal computer-mediated communication.
Brian Tomaszewski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Interactive Games and Media
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
bmtski@rit.edu
Research in the domains of geographic information science and technology, geographic visualization, spatial thinking, disaster management, and refugee affairs.
Matthew Wright, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of the Center for Cybersecurity
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
matthew.wright@rit.edu
Phishing and privacy in social networks, password alternatives for user authentication, and usable security and privacy in emerging technologies.
Michael Yacci, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean
Professor
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
may@it.rit.edu
Intelligent tutoring systems, structural knowledge, instructional design theory, performance support systems, intelligent agents, interactive courseware design, knowledge management, and human cognition.
Richard Zanibbi, Ph.D.
Professor
Computer Science
College of Computing and Information Sciences
Website
rlaz@cs.rit.edu
Pattern recognition and machine learning, with applications in document recognition and information retrieval, including math-aware search engines and interfaces, recognizing math notation, locating text in pictures, and audio-visual search in lecture videos.
Yunbo "Will" Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Website
ywzeie@rit.edu
Human-computer interaction, engineering design, advanced manufacturing, and digital fabrication.
Zhi Zheng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Website
zhzbme@rit.edu
Human-robot interaction, human-computer interaction, technology-mediated assessment/intervention systems for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, assistive technologies for older adults with physical and cognitive limitations, automatic interaction cue sensing for cognitive and behavioral analysis.