Computer Science and Engineering

PhDs and postdocs on the job market

Javad Bagherzadeh
Javad BagherzadehPostdoctoral ResearcherWebsiteExpertise: FPGA Design, RTL Design, Novel Architectures, 3D computer chips, ReliabilityDissertation topic: Novel architectures and design technologies for reliable computing and experimental 3D computer chipsPreferred employment: IndustryAdvisor: Ronald DreslinskiExpected date available: 12/31/2020
Subarno Banerjee
Subarno BanerjeePhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Programming Languages, Software EngineeringDissertation topic: Robust, Reliable, and Repairable Systems with Targeted Program AnalysesPreferred employment: Industry or AcademiaAdvisor: Satish NarayanasamyExpected date available: 08/30/2021
Huxley Bennett
Huxley BennettPostdoctoral ResearcherWebsiteExpertise: Theoretical computer science, algorithms, computational complexity, latticesDissertation topic: Lattices and geometric algorithmsPreferred employment: AcademiaAdvisor: Chris PeikertExpected date available: 08/15/2021
Anindya Das Antar
Anindya Das AntarPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Computational Modeling, Patient Behavior Modeling, HCI, Applied MLDissertation topic: Behavior-based Healthcare Interventions Utilizing Computational ModelingPreferred employment: Academia, Industry or GovernmentAdvisor: Nikola BanovicExpected date available: 05/03/2024
Hossein Golestani
Hossein GolestaniPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Computer architecture, datacenter systemsDissertation topic: Architectural support for software data planesPreferred employment: Industry or GovernmentAdvisor: Thomas F. WenischExpected date available: 08/31/2021
Juncheng Gu
Juncheng GuPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Computer Systems and NetworkingDissertation topic: Efficient Resource Management for Deep Learning ClustersPreferred employment: Industry or AcademiaAdvisor: Kang G. Shin, Mosharaf ChowdhuryExpected date available: 08/31/2021
Yu Huang
Yu HuangPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Software Engineering; Human Factors; Medical Imaging; Mobile SensingDissertation topic: Understanding User Cognition: From Spatial Ability to Code Writing and Review.Preferred employment: Industry or AcademiaAdvisor: Westley WeimerExpected date available: 05/01/2021
Kevin Leach
Kevin LeachPostdoctoral ResearcherWebsiteExpertise: Systems security, software engineering, binary analysisDissertation topic: Transparent System Introspection in Support of Analyzing Stealthy MalwarePreferred employment: Industry or AcademiaAdvisor: Westley WeimerExpected date available: 05/30/2021
Peter Lindes
Peter LindesPhD CandidateExpertise: AI, cognitive modeling, language comprehensionDissertation topic: A computational model of human language comprehensionPreferred employment: Industry or AcademiaAdvisor: John LairdExpected date available: 06/30/2021
Lajanugen Logeswaran
Lajanugen LogeswaranPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language ProcessingDissertation topic: Text Understanding from Limited Supervision: Representation Learning, Transfer Learning and Few-shot LearningPreferred employment: IndustryAdvisor: Honglak LeeExpected date available: 04/30/2021
Aditya Modi
Aditya ModiPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Reinforcement Learning, Machine learning, Statistical learning theoryDissertation topic: Utilizing Structure for Efficient Exploration in Reinforcement Learning: Contextual, Multi-task and Representation LearningPreferred employment: Industry or AcademiaAdvisor: Satinder Baveja, Ambuj TewariExpected date available: 08/30/2021
Subhankar Pal
Subhankar PalPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Computer ArchitectureDissertation topic: Towards Closing the Programmability-Efficiency Gap using Software-Defined HardwarePreferred employment: IndustryAdvisor: Ronald G. DreslinskiExpected date available: 08/31/2021
Sung Park
Sung ParkPhD CandidateExpertise: Compiler, System for MLDissertation topic: Compiler Auto-tuning for Code OptimizationPreferred employment: Industry or GovernmentAdvisor: Scott MahlkeExpected date available: 05/30/2021
Andrew Quinn
Andrew QuinnPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, Reliability, DebuggingDissertation topic: Data-centric Techniques for Resolving Softare ErrorsPreferred employment: AcademiaAdvisor: Peter Chen and Jason FlinnExpected date available: 05/01/2021
Janarthanan Rajendran
Janarthanan RajendranPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Reinforcement Learning and Deep LearningPreferred employment: AcademiaAdvisor: Satinder SinghExpected date available: 04/30/2021
Jie Song
Jie SongPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Dataset search, data mashup, data integration, entity matching, data quality, data provenance, data documentation, data reproducibilityDissertation topic: Facilitating Location and Use of Socio-economic Data with Minimal User InterventionPreferred employment: Industry or AcademiaAdvisor: H. V. JagadishExpected date available: 04/30/2021
Akshitha Sriraman
Akshitha SriramanPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Computer Architecture, Software Systems, Data Center-Scale ComputingDissertation topic: Enabling Hyperscale Web ServicesPreferred employment: AcademiaAdvisor: Thomas F. WenischExpected date available: 05/31/2021
Bryan Stearns
Bryan StearnsPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Cognitive architecture, task-general learning mechanisms, cognitive modeling, symbolic systems, context-based adaptive reasoningDissertation topic: Defining and filling in missing computation from theories of general cognitive abilities leads to better models for replicating human learning.Preferred employment: IndustryAdvisor: John LairdExpected date available: 04/01/2021
Ryan Szeto
Ryan SzetoPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Computer vision, video inpainting, generative video models, deep learning, machine learningDissertation topic: Instance-Tailored Generative Models for Video InpaintingPreferred employment: Industry or GovernmentAdvisor: Jason J. CorsoExpected date available: 05/31/2021
Timothy Trippel
Timothy TrippelPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Hardware Security, Embedded Systems, Computer ArchitectureDissertation topic: Towards a Secure Hardware Supply ChainPreferred employment: Industry or GovernmentAdvisor: Kang G. ShinExpected date available: 04/30/2021
Charlie Welch
Charlie WelchPhD CandidateWebsiteExpertise: Natural Language ProcessingDissertation topic: Leveraging Longitudinal Data for Personalized Prediction and Word RepresentationsPreferred employment: AcademiaAdvisor: Rada MihalceaExpected date available: 12/09/2020
Yiqun Yao
Yiqun YaoPostdoctoral ResearcherWebsiteExpertise: Artificial IntelligenceDissertation topic: Multimodal AI and Natural Language UnderstandingPreferred employment: Industry or AcademiaAdvisor: Rada MihalceaExpected date available: 09/01/2021


Karthik Desingh
Postdoctoral researcher
kdesingh@cs.washington.edu
Website
Areas of expertise: Robotics, Computer Vision, AI
Dissertation topic: Efficient Belief Propagation for Perception and Manipulation in Clutter
Preferred employment: Academia; Industry or Government
Advisor: Chad Jenkins (Ph.D. advisor), Dieter Fox (Posdoc advisor)
End of appointment: 6/13/2022


Marlena Duda
PhD candidate
marlenad@umich.edu
Website
Areas of expertise: Time Series methods, machine learning, fMRI, dynamic functional connectivity
Dissertation topic: Informed Segmentation Approaches for Dynamic Functional Connectivity Estimation
Preferred employment: Academia; Industry or Government
Advisor: Danai Koutra and Chandra Sripada
Expected graduation date: 7/17/2021


Arya Farahi
Postdoctoral researcher
aryaf@umich.edu
Website
Areas of expertise: Algorithmic Fairness, AI in Uncertain Settings, Uncertainty Quantification, Astroinformatics, Urban Informatics
Dissertation topic: Multi-wavelength Facets of Galaxy Clusters
Preferred employment: Academia; Industry or Government
Advisor: Danai Koutra
End of appointment: 8/31/2021

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