Shishir Shah
Shishir Shah is Professor and Chair in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Houston. His research focuses on fundamentals of computer vision, video analytics, machine learning, and statistical methods in image analysis with applications in multi-modality sensing, human behavior and motion modeling, biometrics, and microscope image analysis. Shah currently serves as an […]
Bhanu Jain
Bhanu Jain is a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington. She received her PhD Degree in August 2021 from The University of Texas at Arlington (Advisors: Dr. R. Elmasri and Dr. M. Huber). She received her Master’s degree in CSE from The University of […]
Chengkai Li
Dr. Chengkai Li is a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington, Director of the Innovative Database and Information Systems Research Laboratory (IDIR), and Co-Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (CARIDA). He is also an Affiliate Faculty of the […]
Weishi Shi
Dr. Weishi’s research studies how to implement various learning strategies to make machine learning data efficient, which means reducing the human annotation costs at different phases of machine learning, including model training, model testing, and model validation. He mainly develops active learning algorithms for other machine learning tasks and models.
Wenlu Wang
Dr. Wang is an assistant professor of Computer Science at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Her research interests include deep sequential modeling and interdisciplinary AI for putting AI into practice. Many real-world applications rely on modeling sequential dependencies, such as text sequences and spatial-temporal sequences. She has been collaborating with companies and agencies to develop commercial […]
Monika Akbar
Saeid Tizpaz-Niari
Saeid Tizpaz-Niari is an Assistant Professor of CS at UT El Paso. He received his PhD from the ECEE department at University of Colorado Boulder in 2020. His research interests are at the intersection of Cybersecurity, Machine Learning, and Verification. He is the first author of multiple publications in top tier Security, AI, Verification, and […]
Benito Vasquez
Benito Vasquez currently serves as the Coordinator at University of Houston-Downtown in the Southwest region of the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI). He holds a BS in Applied Mathematics and an MFA in Performance and Pedagogy. Most recently, he served as the Manager of Community Partnerships at the Alley Theatre where he worked to […]
Scott King

Scott A. King is a professor of computer science at Texas A&M University -Corpus Christi. He is the director for iCORE and Pixel Island. He is a Co-Lead for the CAHSI SW region ad a member of AI2ES. His research interests are Visualization, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, AI Robotics, Ambient Intelligence, and HCI. Prior to […]
Johnelle Sparks
Dr. Johnelle Sparks is Professor of Demography and Associate Dean for Faculty Success and Administration in the College for Health, Community and Policy at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has been with the department since fall 2006 and has worked extensively mentoring doctoral students completing the applied demography doctoral program. She is […]