ICDS Leadership

ICDS is governed by researchers, for researchers. Our leadership team of directors makes strategic decisions about how best to accomplish our mission and vision.

Our directors are advised and guided by the faculty and staff of our coordinating committee and faculty council.

Director

Guido Cervone

Professor of Geography and Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Interim Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
ICDS Co-Hire

Department: Geography

Office: 205 Walker Building, University Park

Email: cervone@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-0179

Research Focuses: Remote sensing, environmental hazards, geoinformatics, social media

Website: Visit Guido's Website

Associate Directors

David Hunter

Professor of Statistics
Associate Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
ICDS Co-Hire

Department: Statistics

Office: 310 Thomas Building

Email: drh20@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-1348

Research Focuses: Statistical algorithms, particularly MM algorithms; statistical modeling of networks; and mixture models, particularly finite mixtures in which the component distributions are not parametrically specified

Website: Visit David's Website

Mahmut Kandemir

Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Director of Graduate Affairs
Associate Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
ICDS Co-Hire

Department: Computer Science and Engineering

Office: 354C Information Science and Technology Building, University Park

Email: kandemir@cse.psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-4888

Research Focuses: Embedded systems, programming languages, compilers, power-aware computing, dependable computing, input/output systems

Website: Visit Mahmut's Website

Vasant Honavar

Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology
Associate Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
ICDS Co-Hire

Department: Information Sciences and Technology

Office: 301A Westgate Building, University Park

Email: vuh14@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-3141

Research Focuses: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, big data analytics, bioinformatics and computational molecular and systems biology, discovery informatics, knowledge representation and semantic web, applied information integration and informatics

Website: Visit Vasant's Website