Iowa State University

Iowa State UniversityIowa State University

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Computer Science


Graduate students pursuing an M.S. or Ph.D. degree in the Department of Computer Science or in an interdepartmental program with Computer Science as a home department. Interdepartmental programs are, but not limited to: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB), Genetics Development & Cell Biology (GDCB), Human Computer Interaction (HCI), and Information Assurance.


Computer Science Ph.D. Students

Name Advisor (* = Temporary Advisor)
Babar, Junaid (Samik Basu & Andrew Miner)
Babbitt, Ryan Michael (Wong, Johnny S.)
Bagherzadeh, Mehdi (Rajan, Hridesh)
Batinov, Georgi (Miller, Leslie)
Bruno, Christopher Jia, Yan-Bin*
Bui, Ngot Phu Honavar, Vasant*
Caragea, Cornelia (Honavar, Vasant)
Case, Adam Graduate Committee*
Chang, Wen-Chieh (Eulenstein, Oliver)
Chaudhary, Ruchi (Fernández-Baca, David)
Chen, Yetian (Tian, Jin)
Cheng, Shuxing (Chang, Carl K.)
Darvish Darab, Mohammad Ali Graduate Committee*
Dong, Jeyoun (Chang, Carl K.)
Dong, Jianrong (Fernández-Baca, David)
Dyer, Robert (Rajan, Hridesh)
Feng, Taiming (Ruan, Lu)
Galdames, Patricio A. (Cai, Ying)
Gu, Xiaoyang (Lutz, Jack)
Guo, Feng Graduate Committee*
Hanna, Youssef (Rajan, Hridesh)
He, Ru (Basu, Samik)
Hong, Dong Ho Wallapak Tavanapong & Johnny Wong*
Jaygarl, Hojun (Chang, Carl K.)
Jiang, Hsin-yi (Chang, Carl K.)
Jing, Yaping (Miner, Andrew S.)
Jordan Osorio, Rafael (Honavar, Vasant)
Khanolkar, Neeraj Chaudhuri, Soma*
Kim, Jin-Sook (Zhang, Wensheng)
Kleiman (Ellern), Elizabet (David Fernandez-Baca & Clifford Bergman)
Koul, Neeraj (Honavar, Vasant)
Krishnamurthy, Viswanath (Rajan, Hridesh)
Krishnan, Sandeep Lutz, Robyn R.*
Krishnasamy Sivaprak, Gopalakrishnan Aduri, Pavan*
Lee, Sanghack Graduate Committee*
Lee, Yih-Cheng (Bruce) Cai, Ying*
Li, Zi Graduate Committee*
Lin, Harris Tzu-Hao (Honavar, Vasant)
Lin, Tu-Liang (Margaritis, Dimitris)
Liu, Danyu (Tavanapong, Wallapak)
Liu, Zhi (Ruan, Lu)
Long, Yuheng (Rajan, Hridesh)
Lu, Kai-Shin (Chang, Carl K.)
Mi, Liangchuan Jia, Yan-Bin*
Ming, Hua (Chang, Carl K.)
Mooney, Sean Graduate Committee*
Na, Hyun Tae (Jia, Yan-Bin)
Nandakumar, Satyadev (Lutz, Jack)
Natarajan, Ashwin (Johnny Wong & Ying Cai)
Patterson, Brian (Jack H. Lutz & James Lathrop)
Peng, Yang Zhang, Wensheng*
Qin, Hua Zhang, Wensheng*
Reyes Alamo, Jose (Johnny Wong and Carl K. Chang)
Ruse, Michelle E. (Basu, Samik)
Sanghvi, Bhavesh Honavar, Vasant*
Santhanam, Ganesh Ram (Honavar, Vasant)
Sarkar, Tanmoy Pavan Aduri & Johnny Wong*
Schroeder, Jonathan (Lutz, Robyn R.)
Shaner, Stephen (Leavens, Gary)
Sharma, Sugam Graduate Committee*
Shutters, Bradley (Lutz, Jack H.)
Sondag, Tyler (Rajan, Hridesh)
Stanek, Sean Wong, Johnny S.*
Sterling, Aaron (Lutz, Jack)
Strasburg, Christopher Wong, Johnny S.*
Subramanian, Nalin (Zhang, Wensheng)
Summers, Scott (Jack Lutz & James Lathrop)
Sun, Hongyu (Lutz, Robyn R.)
Tao, Jia (Giora Slutzki & Vasant Honavar)
Taylor, Kristina Honavar, Vasant*
Tian, Jiang (Jia, Yan-Bin)
Towfic, Fadi George (Honavar, Vasant)
Tran, Minh (Tavanapong, Wallapak)
Tsai, Hsine-Jen (Miller, Leslie)
Tu, Kewei (Honavar, Vasant)
Vakati, Sudheer (Fernandez-Baca, David)
Vasile, Flavian (Honavar, Vasant)
Voutsadakis, George (Giora Slutzki & Vasant Honavar)
Wang, Chuang (Zhang, Wensheng)
Wang, Heyong Graduate Committee*
Wang, Yi (Chang, Carl K.)
Wehe, Andre (Oliver Eulenstein & Glenn Luecke)
Xie, Haihua Graduate Committee*
Xu, Ge (Cai, Ying)
Yang, Jingwei Graduate Committee*
Yang, Junggyu Kumar Ratnesh*
Zhang, Wei (Chang, Carl K.)
Zhao, Xinyuan (Gadia, Shashi K.)

Computer Science M.S. Students

Name Advisor (* = Temporary Advisor)
Addagada, Bharat Kumar snt@iastate.edu*
Agrawal, Ankit Graduate Committee*
Airan, Ankur (Zhang, Wensheng)
Altmaier, Joseph Graduate Committee*
Arora, Nishtha (Miner, Andrew S.)
Balakrishnan, Aravindh Kumar Shashi Gadia*
Cha, Sahnghyun (Bergman, Cliff)
Chellappan, Saravana Graduate Committee*
Cho, Kyoung Tak Graduate Committee*
Deepak, Akshay (Fernández-Baca, David)
Desai, Kiran Sosonkina, Masha*
Devasani, ShrenikReddy Graduate Committee*
Dhulpet, Swaroop Rajendra Graduate Committee*
Driscoll, Theresa (Jia, Yan-Bin)
Fong, Michael (Zhang, Wensheng)
Gopal, Munish Graduate Committee*
Han, Yang (Chang, Carl K.)
Jalan, Jaikishan (Hridesh Rajan & Jennifer Davidson)
Jillella, Suman Reddy Graduate Committee*
Khokale, Asha Graduate Committee*
Kisara, Vineeth (Ruan, Lu)
Kodavali, Sateesh (Honavar, Vasant)
Laghave, Nikhil (Sosonkina, Masha)
Liu, Xuemin (Wallapak Tavanapong & Johnny Wong)
Lu, Xuejia (Zhang, Wensheng)
Mandal, Debasis (Aduri, Pavan)
Mundhe, Ritu Shriram Miner, Andrew S.*
Narayanappa, Harish (Rajan, Hridesh)
Nelson, Phyllis Graduate Committee*
Oster, Zachary (Basu, Samik)
Palapetty, Renish (Chang, Carl K.)
Pandit, Sushain (Honavar, Vasant)
Ram, Lavanya (Tian, Jin)
Ramalingam, KarthikNarayanan Graduate Committee*
Ramesh, Kartic (Gadia, Shashi K.)
Rodrigues, Cavell (Rajan, Hridesh)
Saggi, Anand Johnny Wong & Wallapak Tavanapong*
Sharma, Alok (Miller, Leslie)
Shetty, Soumya (Gadia, Shashi K.)
Suvorov, Yuly Graduate Committee*
Tadepalli, Ravikiran Graduate Committee*
Talamudupula, Sai Kiran Graduate Committee*
Tang, Hailin Song, Guang*
Vasanth, Achyuthan Graduate Committee*
Vattumalli, Bhagvanth (Simanta Mitra & Carl Chang)
Wang, Yanfei Zhang, Wensheng*
Weeks, Nathan (Masha Sosonkina & Gurpur Prabhu)
Wei, Yi (Zhao Zhang & Ying Cai)
Weiss(Taborskaia), Olga (Soma Chaudhuri & Glenn R. Luecke)
Wemhoff, Rebecca (Miller, Leslie)
Xiao, Liyuan (Chang, Carl K.)
Zhou, Fuchao (Wong, Johnny S.)

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Ph.D. Students
(with Computer Science as their Home Department)

Name Advisor (* = Temporary Advisor)
Alcon, Timothy (Honavar, Vasant)
Patitz, Matthew (Lutz, Jack)

Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Ph.D. Students
(with Computer Science as their Home Department)

Name Advisor (* = Temporary Advisor)
Carlson, Patrick (Hridesh Rajan and Judy Vance)
Lane, Jesse (Vasant Honavar & Greg Luecke)
Sinapov, Jivko (Alexander T. Stoytchev)

Human Computer Interaction (HCI) M.S. Students
(with Computer Science as their Home Department)

Name Advisor (* = Temporary Advisor)
Whitney, Kofi (Miller, Leslie)