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Meet the ICDS Team
Staff Members
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Amit Amritkar
- Assistant Director for Advanced Computing
- Schedule a meeting with Amit
Email: amit@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 865-1134
Website: Visit Amit's Website
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
Clayton Colson
- Immersive Experiences Engineer, RISE (Research Innovation with Scientists and Engineers) Team
Email: cec5550@psu.edu
Patrick Dudas
- R&D Engineer, RISE (Research Innovation with Scientists and Engineers) Visualization Team Lead
- Associate Director, Center for Immersive Experiences
- ICDS Associate
Office: 222A Computer Building
Email: pmd19@psu.edu
Wayne Figurelle
- Assistant Director of Innovation and Outreach
Office: 224D Computer Building
Email: wfigure@psu.edu
Phone: 814-777-2965
Adam Focht
- Systems Engineer
Office: 224G Computer Building
Email: abf123@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-6112
Chad Franklin
- Systems Administrator
Office: 230Z Computer Building
Email: crf33@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-9811
Rob Groner
- R&D Software Engineer
Office: 222E Computer Building
Email: rug262@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-6071
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
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
Gretta Kellogg
- Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives
Email: gretta.kellogg@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-1154
Caroline McLaughlin
- Research Engineering Project Manager
Office: 230Z Computer Building, University Park
Email: ccv5033@psu.edu
Diego Menéndez
- Research Software Engineer, RISE (Research Innovation with Scientists and Engineers) Team
Office: 222E Computer Building
Email: dmenendez@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-9447
Daniel Nissley
- RISE Bioinformatician/Computational Biologist
Office: Computer Building, University Park
Email: dan182@psu.edu
Patrick North
- Technical Communications Specialist
Office: 222A Computer Building
Email: pnn102@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-7016
Cindy Nucciarone
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) Account Administrator
Office: 215 Computer Building
Email: ckn109@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-6014
Ghanghoon "Will" Paik
- Client Support
Office: 225AB Computer Building
Email: gip5038@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-4275
Abhishek Kumar Prajapati
- Client Support
Office: 225AB Computer Building, University Park
Email: avp6022@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-3088
Todd Price
- Interim Communications Team Lead
Office: 214C Computer Building
Email: tup77@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-3738
Rachit Pulhani
- Client Support
Office: 225AB Computer Building, University Park
Email: rqp5551@psu.edu
Lesley Shaffer
- Financial Manager
Office: 224A Computer Building
Email: ljm32@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-9697
Danying Shao
Department: Advanced Technical Services
Office: 214E Computer Building
Email: dus73@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-2309
Gary Skouson
- Systems Engineering Team Lead
Office: 225F Computer Building
Email: gbs35@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-4391
Suzy Unger
- ICDS Project Coordinator
Office: 215 Computer Building
Email: sgm128@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-3315
Samantha Walker
- ICDS Leadership Coordinator
Office: 214 Computer Building
Email: slw5581@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-1463
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
