Faculty and Researchers

Texas Tech University

Name Area Of Expertise Contact
Brian Ancell, Ph.D.
  • Numerical weather prediction
  • Data Assimilation
  • Wind power forecasting
  • Computer Animation
  • Adjoint and ensemble
    forecast sensitivity

: brian.ancell@ttu.edu

: 806.834.3143

Yong Chen, Ph.D. Yong Chen
  • Memory and Storage Systems
  • Data Management and Data Centers
  • Cloud Platform Architecture
  • Programming and Software Environments
  • High Performance Computing

: yong.chen@ttu.edu

: 806.834.0284

Tommy Dang, Ph.D. Tommy Dang
  • Big Data Visualization and Visual Analytics
  • Statistical data analysis
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality
  • Human and Computer Interaction
  • Computer Animation
  • Empirical software engineering

: tommy.dang@ttu.edu

: 806.319.3156

Lisa Gittner, Ph.D.
  • Public Health
  • Healthcare Analytics
  • Risk Modeling
  • Predictive Health Modeling
  • Systems Modeling

: lisa.gittner@ttu.edu

: 806.834.4193

Hafiz Khan M.R., Ph.D.
  • Public Health Informatics
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Healthcare Analytics
  • Statistical Modeling
  • Bayesian Modeling
  • Predictive Modelling and Risk Stratification

: hafiz.khan@ttuhsc.edu

: 806.743.4213

Dy Le, Ph.D.
  • Artificial intelligence and Machine learning
  • Data Analytics
  • Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) and condition-based monitoring
  • Intelligent sensing
  • Fatigue and damage tolerance
  • Fracture mechanics
  • Materials state awareness

: dy.d.le@ttu.edu

: 410.569.2831

Susan A. Mengel, Ph.D.
  • Big Data Analysis
  • Internet of Things
  • Computer Security
  • Visualization
  • Optimization

: susan.mengel@ttu.edu

: 806.742.3527

Alan Sill, Ph.D.
  • Cloud Standards
  • Software Development and Testing
  • Large-Scale Systems
  • Data Center Automation
  • High Perfomance Computing

: alan.sill@ttu.edu

: 806.834.5940

University of Arizona

Name Area Of Expertise Contact
Ali Akoglu, Ph.D.
  • High Performance Computing
  • Reconfigurable Computing
  • Adaptive Hardware Systems
  • Computer Architecture

: akoglu@ece.arizona.edu

: 520.626.5149

Gregory Ditzler, Ph.D.
  • Scalable feature selection
  • Learning in nonstationary environments
  • Applied Machine Learning

: ditzler@email.arizona.edu

: 520.621.6180

Chris Fox, Ph.D.
  • High-Performance Materials/Hypersonics
  • Cybersecurity
  • Space Object Intelligence
  • Optics
  • Sensors

: chrisfox@email.arizona.edu

: 520.621.2040

Salim Hariri, Ph.D.
  • Autonomic computing
  • Self-protection of networks and computers
  • Self-control and management of network centric systems
  • High performance distributed computing
  • Agent-based control and management of networked systems

: hariri@ece.arizona.edu

: 520.621.4378

Talal Moukabary, Ph.D.
  • Author Identification for Threat Detection in Social Media
  • Federated Cloud Testbed as a Service
  • Senior’s Virtual Assistant
  • Proactive Asset Management System
  • Machine Learning
  • Anomaly based Intrusion Detection
  • Intelligent Cybersecurity Assistant Role for Simplifying Adversary Playbooks
  • Dynamic Data-driven Application System

: tmoukaba@email.arizona.edu

University of North Texas

Name Area Of Expertise Contact
Cihan Tunc, Ph.D.
  • Autonomic cloud management
  • Cloud cybersecurity and resiliency
  • Internet of Things
  • Autonomic computing

: Cihan.Tunc@unt.edu

Technical Cooperative Partner

Name Area Of Expertise Contact
John Leidel, Ph.D. John Leidel
  • High performance computing system architecture
  • CPU micro architecture
  • Compiler architecture
  • Parallel programming models & runtime libraries
  • Graph algorithms
  • Architecture simulation

Chief Scientist and Founder
Tactical Computing Laboratories