I am an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at Santa Clara University. Between 2016 and 2019, I was an Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering department at San José State University. In 2016, I received my Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Minnesota. My advisor was George Karypis. In 2011, I received my M.S. in computer science from Texas State University under the guidance of Byron J. Gao.
Highlights:
- Research in machine learning, data mining, computational genomics, and high-performance computing.
- Received the Next Generation Data Scientist award at IEEE DSAA 2016, for work on efficient exact nearest neighbor search methods.
- Built a supercomputer from scratch for the research and education benefit of SJSU faculty and students.
- Passionate about teaching and mentoring students.
Courses
- COEN 011 Advanced Programming. Fall 2019.
- COEN 281 Pattern Recognition and Data Mining. Winter 2019.
- COEN 145 Introduction to Parallel and Concurrent Programming. Spring 2020.
- COEN 240 Machine Learning. Spring 2020.