Pablo Rivas

Dr. Pablo Rivas is a junior faculty serving as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Baylor University (formerly at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York). He worked in the industry for a decade as a software engineer before becoming an academic. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, ACM, and SIAM. He was […]

Natalia Villanueva-Rosales

Natalia Villanueva Rosales is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her work aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of discovery, integration, and trust of scientific data and models. Her approach links human and machine knowledge to address societally-relevant problems in areas that require interdisciplinary approaches supported […]

Enrico Pontelli

Enrico Pontelli received his Laurea with Honors in Computer Science from the University of Udine (Italy) in 1991, a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Houston (1992) and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from New Mexico State University (1997). He joined the faculty ranks at NMSU in 1997 as a tenure-track […]

Martine Ceberio

Dr. Ceberio is a professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at El Paso. She joined UTEP in 2003 after obtaining her PhD in Computer Science from the University of Nantes, France (2003). Her research revolves around reliable decision-making under uncertainty, optimization, and solving large dynamical systems with uncertainty. Her passion lies in […]

Lei Xu

Lei Xu received his Ph.D. degree from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. He is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. His research interests include applied cryptography, cloud/mobile security, and decentralized systems. 

Raena Cota

Raena Cota received a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Arizona.  She received an M.S. in Biology from Northern Arizona University. She has worked at New Mexico State University since 2012.  Her first position at NMSU was in the Biology Department as the Outreach Scientist for the NMSU-HHMI Precollege Program.  In […]