Student Members


Current Members


Mirtha Lucas

Mirtha Lucas is a PhD candidate at DePaul University in the Computer Science Program. Her areas of interests are Computer Vision and Neural Networks with Deep Learning applied to the medical field. Besides pursuing her PhD studies, she is also a full time Software Developer in the Industry of Power Plan Design and Power Transmission Systems.

Charmi Patel

Charmi Patel is a Ph.D. Student in College of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul. She is currently a Research Assistant in the Medical Informatics (MedIX) lab. Her research interests are applying Computer Vision and Machine Learning. Her hobbies are Photoshop/Illustrator Designing and Hiking.

Nandhini Gulasingam

Nandhini Gulasingam is a part-time Ph.D. student with research interests in Machine Learning and Visualization. She currently works for the Faculty Scholarship Collaborative (FSC) at DePaul University and is an adjunct faculty member in the college of CDM and LAS where she teaches Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Data Sciences and Statistics. At the FSC, she manages GIS, database, web development and data related projects. Her expertise includes data analysis, GIS and visualization, databases, and web development.

Ankita Mishra

Ankita Mishra is a graduate student in data science with a strong interest in applying machine learning and statistical techniques to healthcare challenges. Her research focuses on developing predictive models that analyze social determinants of health (SDoH) to better understand factors influencing patient outcomes. By incorporating unstructured data sources, such as text-based records from Community Health Workers (CHWs), she aims to enhance risk assessment strategies and support more effective healthcare interventions. Through her work, Ankita seeks to bridge data gaps and contribute to more equitable and informed decision-making in the medical field.

George Tzimas

George Tzimas is a graduate student at DePaul pursuing a combined MS Data Science degree at DePaul University. His research is focused on applying machine learning techniques and statistical methodologies in the healthcare sector. George's research is focused on developing innovative risk modeling frameworks and improving patient-centered healthcare approaches, with the goal of improving outcomes for patients and healthcare providers alike.

Huy Quoc Nguyen

Huy Quoc Nguyen is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree in Computer Science with a minor in Software Development. His academic interests extend to the realm of Game Design, an area about which he is deeply passionate. In addition to his enthusiasm for programming, he is an avid reader with a particular fondness for fantasy novels. Among the numerous books he has enjoyed, 'Lord of the Mysteries' holds a special place as his all-time favorite.

Minh Nguyen

Minh Nguyen is an undergraduate student who is majoring in Computer Science. His interest is in data analytics, and he wanted to learn more about the depth of computer science. He is working on creating an interface on Linux that allows the user to upload their Training and Testing data sets and visualize the distributions along with OoD scores.

Maria Alexandra (Ally) Theodorescu

Ally Theodorescu is a graduate student pursuing a Master's degree in Data Science. She earned her B.S in Computer Science with a minor in Data Science from DePaul and her research interests include materials informatics and data analytics/visualization. In her free time, she enjoys reading, hiking, running, playing tennis, and drawing.



ALUMNI


PhD

  • Jennifer Piane, Silgan Closures (2024)
  • Amal Almansour (2024)
  • Yiyang(Ian) Wang, Milwaukee School of Engineering (2023)
  • Priya Deshpande, Marquette University (2021)
  • Alicia Boyd, Post-doc at New York University (2021)
  • Julie Zhang, East-West University, Chicago (2011)
  • Emilia Apostolova, Language.ai (2011)
  • William Horsthemke, Argonne National Lab, Chicago (2010)

Masters

  • Jainam Shah
  • Srikar Madarapu
  • Edward Xu
  • Anisha Patel
  • Arun Sivakumar
  • Gokul Sivakumar
  • Arun Gopal Govindaswamy
  • Tianyi (Jocelyn) Tan
  • Xinsong Li
  • Peter Szczepanski
  • Mingfei Shao
  • Matthew Yung
  • Caroline Cao
  • Sriram Yarlagadda
  • Sungmin Kim
  • Max Li
  • Carleton Smith
  • Charlie Rohlf
  • Thavaselvi Ramalingam
  • Marc Ardito
  • John Campion
  • Michael Doran
  • Charles Dowling
  • Xiaotao Fang
  • John Feigenbaum
  • Chandler Gegg
  • Michael Gredlics
  • Dony Kartawijaya
  • Lynette Lilly
  • Chanokporn Limpsangsri
  • Cynthia Michalowski
  • Vesna Mitrovic
  • Ronald Niehaus
  • Jon Nowick
  • Jennifer Piane
  • Ewa Piatkowska
  • Andrew Smith
  • Winnie Tsang
  • Shu Xie
  • Jose Zamacona
  • Dmitry Zinovev

Undergraduates

  • Maria Alexandra (Ally) Theodorescu
  • Valerie Simonis
  • Xufan Ma
  • Kyle Moy
  • Stelian Aioanei
  • Richard Brock
  • Jennifer Chow
  • Andrew Corboy
  • Eugene Ioffe
  • Mikhail Kalinin
  • Arati Kurani
  • Jong Lee
  • Pia Opulencia
  • Carl Philips
  • Greg Smith
  • Cecelia Story
  • Winnie Tsang
  • Joseph Wantroba
  • Dong-Hui Xu