Faculty

Computer Science Faculty


  • Carolyn Anderson

    Assistant Professor of Computer Science

    B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    I use computational, experimental, and symbolic methods to understand meaning in natural language.

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  • Scott D. Anderson

    Lecturer in Computer Science

    B.S., Yale University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

    Professor Anderson's teaching interests include web application programming, including databases, web frameworks, and computer graphics. His research interests are similar, but also include artificial intelligence (particularly planning and natural language processing), simulation, system software and system administration.

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  • Christine Bassem

    Anchor Point Assistant Professor in Computer Science

    B.S., Ain Shams University; M.S., German University in Cairo; Ph.D., Boston University

    Interested in resource management within brokered computing environments; specifically the allocation of resources (packing/routing), and its economical aspects.

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  • Brian Brubach

    Assistant Professor of Computer Science

    B.A., Columbia College Chicago; B.A., Rutgers University-Camden; Ph.D., University of Maryland (College Park)

    I love designing algorithms and exploring CS theory applied to e-commerce, fairness in machine learning, democracy, and bioinformatics.

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  • Catherine R. Grevet Delcourt

    Assistant Professor of Computer Science

    B.A., Wellesley College ; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

    I build social systems prototypes and study how people relate to each other through social technologies.

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  • Jean Herbst

    Senior Instructor in Computer Science Laboratory

    B.S., University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.S., University of Rhode Island

    Expert in computer hardware: the nuts and bolts (or, gates and chips) that make a computer work.

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  • Stella Kakavouli

    Senior Instructor in Computer Science Laboratory

    B.S., National Technical University (Athens, Greece); M.S., Brown University

    Teaches introduction to computer science for majors and non-majors, as well as data structures.

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  • Sohie Lee

    Senior Instructor in Computer Science Laboratory

    B.S., Cornell University; M.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California (San Diego)

    Interested in the intersection of cognitive science and computer science as well as the development of introductory computer science curriculum.

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  • Peter Mawhorter

    Instructor in Computer Science Laboratory

    B.S., Harvey Mudd College; Ph.D. University of California (Santa Cruz)

    I'm a computer scientist interested in artificial intelligence and creativity, with a soft spot for interactive narrative and games.

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  • P. Takis Metaxas

    Professor of Computer Science

    B.Sc., University of Athens (Greece); Ph.D., Dartmouth College

    Engaged in research on Web Science, Web Spam and Information Retrieval, Medical s/w, Parallel Computing, Multimedia, and CS Education.

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  • Eni Mustafaraj

    Associate Professor of Computer Science

    M.Eng., Polytechnic University of Tirana (Albania); Ph.D., Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany)

    I love data, the Web, and web data. I aim to understand, critique, and transform web-based sociotechnical systems using data & web science.

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  • Smaranda Sandu

    Instructor in Computer Science Laboratory

    B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University

    Interested in the intersection of computer science, mathematics, and human decision making, as well as improving science education and communication

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  • Orit Shaer

    Professor of Computer Science

    B.A., Academic College of Tel-Aviv; M.S., Ph.D., Tufts University

    Explores new human-computer interaction techniques that provide seamless interfaces between people, computers, and the physical world.

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  • Brian Tjaden

    Chung Family Professor in Data and Computational Science; Professor of Computer Science

    B.A., Amherst College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington

    Professor of computational biology and computer science.

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  • Franklyn A. Turbak

    Associate Professor of Computer Science

    S.B., M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Programs and programming languages are at the heart of both my teaching and research.

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  • Jordan Tynes

    Hess Fellow and Lecturer in Computer Science

    B.A., University of California (Santa Cruz); M.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University

    Immersive learning environments and playable media as a technology-based approach to communicating about the world around us.

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Faculty Emeriti


  • Ellen C. Hildreth

    Professor Emerita of Computer Science

    B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Research on human vision combining computer modeling and perceptual studies; interdisciplinary computer science education.

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  • Randy Shull

    Professor Emeritus of Computer Science

    B.A., Humboldt State University; M.S., University of New Hampshire; M.A., Ph.D., Dartmouth College

    Currently studying the structure of tolerance orders of open closed intervals.

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