ICDS Leadership

Cervone

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/214L Computer 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

Hunter

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

Kandemir

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

Honavar

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: E335 Westgate Building, University Park

Email: vuh14@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-3141

Research Focuses: Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, data sciences, knowledge representation, causal inference, AI for science, bioinformatics and computational molecular and systems biology, biomedical and health informatics, materials informatics, applied information integration and informatics

Website: Visit Vasant's Website

Wauthier

Christelle Wauthier

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

Department: Geosciences

Office: 311 Deike Building, University Park

Email: cuw25@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-6649

Research Focuses: Magma and volcanic processes; natural hazards; magma-tectonic interactions; remote-sensing and InSAR