Alex Dekhtyar
Unit: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Title: Professor
Research Expertise
Alex Dekhtyar has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland. Since 2007 he is on the faculty at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. His research interests include machine learning, data science, database systems, requirements engineering, and cross-disciplinary research that requires applied machine learning, data science, or database technologies, as well as Computer Science and Data Science education. Alex is a co-founder of Cal Poly's Cross-Disciplinary Studies Minor in Data Science, and is one of the principal faculty members working on the BS in Data Science. He is also one of the co-founders or RE Cares - a Software Engineering + Social Good event co-located with the International Conference on Requirements Engineering. He is one of the faculty collaborator's on the Digital Democracy project (https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/).
Areas of Expertise/Keywords
machine learning
data science
data science education
requirements engineering
cross-disciplinary projects
computing + social good
