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Faculty and Committees

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Committees

Exec Committee Members
 

Name

 College Term Ending Term # Alternate
Mikael Vejdemo Johansson EO (Acting Fall 2023)      

Sos Agaian

 College of Staten Island August 2026 2 Xiaowen Zhang
Sergei Artemov Graduate Center August 2021   Lev Manovich
Mayank Goswami Queens College August 2024 1 Ted Brown
Candido Cabo City Tech August 2027 1  

Amotz Barnoy

 Brooklyn College August 2023 2 Neng-Fa Zhou

Shweta Jain

 John Jay College August 2023    

Zhigang Zhu

 City College of New York September 2021    

Abdullah Tansel

 Baruch, York and BMCC June 2025 2nd Hao Tang

Sven Dietrich

 Hunter College August 2021   Saad Mneimneh
Liang Zhao Lehman College August
2021		    
         
Student        
Jonathan Hanon jhanon1@gradcenter.cuny.edu      
Jianing Qi jqi@gradcenter.cuny.edu      
Kamyar Moud kmoud@gradcenter.cuny.edu      
       

Election Committee

Faculty        End Date Term #
Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson mvejdemojohansson@gc.cuny.edu June 2025 1st
Liang Zhao liang.zhao1@lehman.cuny.edu June 2024 1st
Raffi Khatchadourian raffi.khatchadourian@hunter.cuny.edu June 2023 1st
Student      
Jonathan Hanon jhanon1@gradcenter.cuny.edu    
Bilal Abdulrahman badulrahman@gradcenter.cuny.edu    
Kamyar Moud kmoud@gradcenter.cuny.edu    
       

Faculty Membership Committee

Faculty   End date Term #
Sarah Zelikovitz Sarah.Zelikovitz@csi.cuny.edu June 2024 2nd
Alexey Ovchinnikov aovchinnikov@qc.cuny.edu June 2024 1st
Kaliappa Ravindran kravindran@ccny.cuny.edu June 2025 1st
Anita Raja anita.raja@hunter.cuny.edu June 2025 2nd
Sergei Artemov (Alternate) sartemov@gc.cuny.edu June 2024 1st
Student      
Jonathan Hanon jhanon1@gradcenter.cuny.edu    
Kamyar Moud kmoud@gradcenter.cuny.edu    

 

Curriculum and Exam Committee

Faculty             End Date Term #
Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson mvejdemojohansson@gc.cuny.edu June 2025 1st
Mayank Goswami mayank.isi@gmail.com June 2025 2nd
Liang Zhao liang.zhao1@lehman.cuny.edu June 2025 1st
Shweta Jain sjain@jjay.cuny.edu June 2024 1st
Anita Raja anita.raja@hunter.cuny.edu June 2024 1st
Student  
Jonathan Hanon jhanon1@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Kamyar Moud kmoud@gradcenter.cuny.edu

 

PhD Awards and Admissions Committee

Faculty   End Date
Zhigang Zhu The City College of New York  
William Sakas Hunter College  
Shweta Jain John Jay College of Criminal Justice  
Matt Johnson Lehman College  
Ted Raphan Brooklyn College  

Mayank Goswami

 Queens College  

Yumei Huo

 College of Staten Island  

Elena Filatova

 New York City College of Technology  
Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson City University of New York (at large) June 2024 (1st term)
Alexey Ovchinnikov (Alternate) City University of New York (at large) June 2024 (1st term)
     
     
Student    
Jonathan Hanon (Alternate) jhanon1@gradcenter.cuny.edu  

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Faculty             End Date Term #
Charlene Tsai chialing.tsai@qc.cuny.edu June 2024 1st
Sarah Levitan sarah.levitan@hunter.cuny.edu June 2024 1st
Raquel Benbunan-Fich Raquel.Benbunan-Fich@baruch.cuny.edu June 2023 1st
Wole Oyekoya (Alternate) oyewole.oyekoya@hunter.cuny.edu June 2024 1st
Student  
Soo Go sgo@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Jonathan Hanon (Alternate) jhanon1@gradcenter.cuny.edu

Graduate Council Representatives

Faculty   Term
Jonathan Gryak Jonathan.Gryak@qc.cuny.edu 2023-2025
vacant    
Student    
Jianing Qi jqi@gradcenter.cuny.edu 2023-2025
Bilal Abdulrahman babdulrahman@gradcenter.cuny.edu 2023-2025
Jonathan Hanon jhanon1@gradcenter.cuny.edu 2022-2024 (At-Large)

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Algorithms

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Amotz Bar-Noy

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Professor

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Peter Brass - Professor - profile photo

Peter Brass

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science
Mayank Goswami - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Mayank Goswami

Associate Professor

  • Data Science

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science
Matthew Johnson - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Matthew Johnson

Assistant Professor

  • Data Science

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science
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Victor Pan

Distinguished Professor

  • Mathematics

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science
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Dina Sokol

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science

By Research Area

Artificial Intelligence

Soon Ae Chun - Professor - profile photo

Soon Ae Chun

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science
Susan Epstein

Susan Epstein

Professor

  • Data Science

Professor

  • Computer Science
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Rohit Parikh

Distinguished Professor

  • Mathematics

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Philosophy
Theodore Raphan - Distinguished Professor - profile photo

Theodore Raphan

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Data Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Psychology
Changhe Yuan - Associate Professor - profile photo

Changhe Yuan

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science

Associate Professor

  • Data Science
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Sarah Zelikovitz

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science

Associate Professor

  • Data Science
Zhigang Zhu - Professor - profile photo

Zhigang Zhu

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science

Professor

  • Cognitive Neuroscience

By Research Area

Communication Networks and Computer Systems

Hui Chen - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Hui Chen

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science
Ping Ji - Professor and Executive Officer/Chair - profile photo

Ping Ji

Executive Officer/Chair and Professor

  • Computer Science

Director and Professor

  • Data Science
Matthew Johnson - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Matthew Johnson

Assistant Professor

  • Data Science

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science
Louis Petingi - Professor - profile photo

Louis Petingi

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science

By Research Area

Computational Biology

Sos Agaian - Distinguished Professor - profile photo

Sos Agaian

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science
Theodore Raphan - Distinguished Professor - profile photo

Theodore Raphan

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Data Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Psychology
Dina Sokol - Professor - profile photo

Dina Sokol

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science
Lei Xie - Professor - profile photo

Lei Xie

Professor

  • Biochemistry

Professor

  • Biology

Professor

  • Computer Science

By Research Area

Computational Science and Modeling

Asohan Amarasingham - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Asohan Amarasingham

Assistant Professor

  • Psychology

Assistant Professor

  • Biology

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science

Assistant Professor

  • Neuroscience

Assistant Professor

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
Susan Epstein

Susan Epstein

Professor

  • Data Science

Professor

  • Computer Science
Feng Gu - Associate Professor - profile photo

Feng Gu

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science

Associate Professor

  • Data Science
Matthew Johnson - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Matthew Johnson

Assistant Professor

  • Data Science

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science
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Victor Pan

Distinguished Professor

  • Mathematics

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science
Jianting Zhang - Associate Professor - profile photo

Jianting Zhang

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science

Associate Professor

  • Data Science

By Research Area

Computer and Network Security

Hui Chen - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Hui Chen

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science
Ping Ji - Professor and Executive Officer/Chair - profile photo

Ping Ji

Executive Officer/Chair and Professor

  • Computer Science

Director and Professor

  • Data Science
Bon Sy - Professor - profile photo

Bon Sy

Professor

  • Data Science

Professor

  • Computer Science

By Research Area

Data Science

Amotz Bar-Noy - Professor - profile photo

Amotz Bar-Noy

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science
Peter Brass - Professor - profile photo

Peter Brass

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science
Soon Ae Chun - Professor - profile photo

Soon Ae Chun

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science
Susan Epstein

Susan Epstein

Professor

  • Data Science

Professor

  • Computer Science
Elena Filatova

Elena Filatova

Assistant Professor

  • Linguistics

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science
Mayank Goswami - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Mayank Goswami

Associate Professor

  • Data Science

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science
Michael Grossberg - Associate Professor - profile photo

Michael Grossberg

Associate Professor

  • Data Science

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science
Feng Gu - Associate Professor - profile photo

Feng Gu

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science

Associate Professor

  • Data Science
Matthew Johnson - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Matthew Johnson

Assistant Professor

  • Data Science

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science
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Devorah Kletenik

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science

Assistant Professor

  • Data Science
Rivka Levitan - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Rebecca (Rivka) Levitan

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science

Assistant Professor

  • Linguistics

Assistant Professor

  • Data Science
Lev Manovich, faculty photo

Lev Manovich

Presidential Professor

  • Data Science

Presidential Professor

  • Computer Science

Presidential Professor

  • Digital Humanities

Presidential Professor

  • Data Analysis and Visualization
Louis Petingi - Professor - profile photo

Louis Petingi

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science
Theodore Raphan - Distinguished Professor - profile photo

Theodore Raphan

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Data Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Psychology
Dina Sokol - Professor - profile photo

Dina Sokol

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science
Bon Sy - Professor - profile photo

Bon Sy

Professor

  • Data Science

Professor

  • Computer Science
Ying-Li Tian - Distinguished Professor - profile photo

Ying-Li Tian

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Data Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
Huy Vo - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Huy Vo

Assistant Professor and Deputy Executive Officer

  • Computer Science

Assistant Professor

  • Data Science
Jie Wei - Professor - profile photo

Jie Wei

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science
Changhe Yuan - Associate Professor - profile photo

Changhe Yuan

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science

Associate Professor

  • Data Science
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Sarah Zelikovitz

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science

Associate Professor

  • Data Science
Jianting Zhang - Associate Professor - profile photo

Jianting Zhang

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science

Associate Professor

  • Data Science
Shuqun Zhang - Professor - profile photo

Shuqun Zhang

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science
Zhigang Zhu - Professor - profile photo

Zhigang Zhu

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science

Professor

  • Cognitive Neuroscience

By Research Area

Logic

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Rohit Parikh

Distinguished Professor

  • Mathematics

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Philosophy

By Research Area

Machine Learning

Sos Agaian - Distinguished Professor - profile photo

Sos Agaian

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science
Asohan Amarasingham - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Asohan Amarasingham

Assistant Professor

  • Psychology

Assistant Professor

  • Biology

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science

Assistant Professor

  • Neuroscience

Assistant Professor

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
Susan Epstein

Susan Epstein

Professor

  • Data Science

Professor

  • Computer Science
Elena Filatova

Elena Filatova

Assistant Professor

  • Linguistics

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science
Mayank Goswami - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Mayank Goswami

Associate Professor

  • Data Science

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science
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Devorah Kletenik

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science

Assistant Professor

  • Data Science
Jun Li - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Jun Li

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science
Theodore Raphan - Distinguished Professor - profile photo

Theodore Raphan

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Data Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Psychology
Alla Rozovskaya - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Alla Rozovskaya

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science

Assistant Professor

  • Data Science

Assistant Professor

  • Linguistics
Lei Xie - Professor - profile photo

Lei Xie

Professor

  • Biochemistry

Professor

  • Biology

Professor

  • Computer Science
Changhe Yuan - Associate Professor - profile photo

Changhe Yuan

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science

Associate Professor

  • Data Science
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Sarah Zelikovitz

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science

Associate Professor

  • Data Science
Zhigang Zhu - Professor - profile photo

Zhigang Zhu

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science

Professor

  • Cognitive Neuroscience

By Research Area

Natural Language Processing

Elena Filatova

Elena Filatova

Assistant Professor

  • Linguistics

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science
Rivka Levitan - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Rebecca (Rivka) Levitan

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science

Assistant Professor

  • Linguistics

Assistant Professor

  • Data Science
Sarah Ita Levitan - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Sarah Ita Levitan

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science

Assistant Professor

  • Linguistics
Alla Rozovskaya - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Alla Rozovskaya

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science

Assistant Professor

  • Data Science

Assistant Professor

  • Linguistics
William Sakas - Associate Professor - profile photo

William Sakas

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science

Associate Professor

  • Linguistics

By Research Area

Signal/Image Processing

Sos Agaian - Distinguished Professor - profile photo

Sos Agaian

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science
Michael Grossberg - Associate Professor - profile photo

Michael Grossberg

Associate Professor

  • Data Science

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science
Theodore Raphan - Distinguished Professor - profile photo

Theodore Raphan

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Data Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Psychology
Ying-Li Tian - Distinguished Professor - profile photo

Ying-Li Tian

Distinguished Professor

  • Computer Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Data Science

Distinguished Professor

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
Jie Wei - Professor - profile photo

Jie Wei

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science
Shuqun Zhang - Professor - profile photo

Shuqun Zhang

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science
Zhigang Zhu - Professor - profile photo

Zhigang Zhu

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science

Professor

  • Cognitive Neuroscience

By Research Area

Theory

Mayank Goswami - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Mayank Goswami

Associate Professor

  • Data Science

Associate Professor

  • Computer Science
Matthew Johnson - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Matthew Johnson

Assistant Professor

  • Data Science

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science
Jun Li - Assistant Professor - profile photo

Jun Li

Assistant Professor

  • Computer Science
Louis Petingi - Professor - profile photo

Louis Petingi

Professor

  • Computer Science

Professor

  • Data Science