teaching
Education, Mentoring, and Outreach
Educational Contributions
- Founding Co-director, Financial Technologies (FinTech) program, University of Central Florida (2019-2020).
- Graduate Chair, MS in Computer Science & MS in AI, University of Texas at San Antonio (2021-2023).
- Instructor, New 6000-level class on Trust in AI, taught to 50 students (2020-2024).
- Creator, 6000-level independent study courses on Automated Synthesis and Satisfiability Solving (2017-2020).
- Reviewer and Contributor, Introduction to Computer Science book under the Open Educational Resources initiative OpenStax.org (2024).
Courses Taught
| Semester | Course | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | CAP 6619 - U01 Advanced Topics in Machine Learning: Trust in AI | 32 graduate students Student Perception: 4.84/5.0 |
| Spring 2023 | CS 6463 Advanced Topics: Trust in AI | 18 graduate students Student Perception: 4.9/5.0 |
| Spring 2022 | CS 6463 Advanced Topics: Trust in AI | Student Perception: 5.0/5.0 |
Alumni
Ph.D. Mentees
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Prof. Sven Thijssen
Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University -
Prof. Muhammad Rashed
Assistant Professor at University of Texas at Arlington
Postdoctoral Researchers
| Name | Year | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Priyanka Kumar Singh | 2023 | Assistant Professor, University of Texas Permian Basin, Texas |
| Prof. Lipismita Panigrahi | 2023 | University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas |
| Prof. Sumit Tetarave | 2022 | Assistant Professor, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, India |
| Prof. Sunny Raj | 2020 | Assistant Professor, Oakland University, Michigan |
| Prof. Steven Fernandes | 2020 | Assistant Professor, Creighton University, Nebraska |
Graduated Ph.D. Students
| Name | Year | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Jodh Singh Pannu | 2024 | Employment: Undisclosed |
| Dr. Suraj Singireddy | 2023 | Machine Learning Scientist at PayPal |
| Prof. Mesut Ozdag | 2020 | Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida, Orlando |
| Prof. Sunny Raj | 2020 | Assistant Professor at Oakland University, MI |
| Dr. James Pyrich | 2019 | CEO |
| Dr. Arfeen Khalid | 2019 | Senior Machine Learning Researcher, Comcast |
| Prof. Dwaipayan Chakraborty | 2019 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Assistant Professor at Rowan University |
| Dr. Amad Ul Hassen | 2019 | Research Management at SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Prof. Alvaro Velasquez | 2018 | Air Force Research Lab Information Directorate and Assistant Professor, UC Boulder |
| Dr. Emily Sassano | 2018 | Sanofi Pasteur, Orlando |
| Prof. Faraz Hussain | 2016 | Associate Professor at Clarkson University, New York |
Undergraduate Research and Outreach
- Gabriel Lucchesi
FIU Honors Program
High School Senior Research
- Poonacha Cheppudira
BASIS Charter School