Faculty and Staff
Chair
![Photo of Anita Raja](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/anita-raja-1.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Anita Raja
Acting Chair
- Research Areas
- Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Meta-level Reasoning, Machine Learning, Complex Networks
- Home Page
- anraja.commons.gc.cuny.edu
- Office
- 68th Street North 1090G
- Phone
- 212-650-5031
- anita.raja@hunter.cuny.edu
Anita Raja is the Acting Chair in the Department of Computer Science.
More About Anita RajaFaculty
![Photo of Saptarshi Debroy](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/saptarshi-debroy.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Research Areas
- Computer Networking, Network security, Big Data Networking, Distributed & Cloud Computing, and more
- Home Page
- cs.hunter.cuny.edu/~sdebroy/
- Office
- 68th Street North 1090I
- Phone
- 212-650-3989
- saptarshi.debroy@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Sven Dietrich](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sven-dietrich.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Professor
- Research Areas
- Computer and network security, cryptography, anonymity, and privacy
- Home Page
- cs.hunter.cuny.edu/~spock/
- Office
- 68th Street North 1009
- Phone
- 212-772-4939
- spock@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Susan Epstein](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/susan-epstein.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Professor
- Research Areas
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Spatial Cognition, Thinking
- Home Page
- cs.hunter.cuny.edu/~epstein/
- Office
- 68th Street North 1090C
- Phone
- 212-772-5210
- susan.epstein@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Raffi Khatchadourian](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/raffi.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Research Areas
- Programming Languages, Software Engineering, and Machine Learning Systems
- Home Page
- khatchad.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
- Office
- 68th Street North 1090H
- Phone
- 212-650-3988
- raffi.khatchadourian@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Raj Korpan](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/cs-faculty-raj-korpan-1.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Assistant Professor
- Research Areas
- Artificial Intelligence, human-robot interaction, robot navigation, explainable AI, and more
- Home Page
- tierlab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
- Office
- 68th Street North 523-B
- raj.korpan@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Sarah Levitan](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sarah-levitan-1.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Assistant Professor
- Research Areas
- Spoken language processing, natural language processing, and more
- Home Page
- cs.hunter.cuny.edu/~slevitan/
- Office
- 68th Street North 520-H
- sarah.levitan@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Tiziana Ligorio](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/tiziana-ligorio.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Doctoral Lecturer
- Research Areas
- Machine Learning, Spoken Dialogue Systems, Constraint Satisfaction
- Home Page
- tligorio.github.io/
- Office
- 68th Street North 1001-K
- Phone
- 212-396-6123
- tligorio@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Melissa Lynch](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/melissa-lynch.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Lecturer
- Research Areas
- Natural language processing, full-stack web development
- Office
- 68th Street North 1001-K
- melissa.lynch@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Mohammad Hossein Manshaei](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/mohammad-hossein-manshaei.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Professor
- Research Areas
- Security/privacy, wireless networking, game theory, AI, multiagents, smart grids, computational bio
- Home Page
- manshaei.org
- Office
- 68th Street East 1004
- mm16333@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Gennadiy Maryash](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/gennadiy-maryash-1.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Lecturer
- Research Areas
- Educational methodology and scalable teaching practices, and more
- Home Page
- maryash.github.io/
- Office
- 68th Street North 1047
- Phone
- 212-772-4283
- gmaryash@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Saad Mneimneh](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/saad-mneimneh.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Research Areas
- Application of mathematical modeling and algorithmic techniques to scheduling, and more
- Home Page
- cs.hunter.cuny.edu/~saad/
- Office
- 68th Street North 1090L
- Phone
- 212-772-5209
- saad@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Oyewole Oyekoya](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/wole.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Research Areas
- Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, Scientific and Data Visualization.
- Home Page
- wolex.com
- Office
- 68th Street North 1001-T
- oo700@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Eric Schweitzer](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/eric-schweitzer.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Lecturer
- Research Areas
- Theory of computation, logics of knowledge and probabilistic reasoning
- Office
- 68th Street North 1000-E
- Phone
- 212-772-4349
- eric.schweitzer@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Subash Shankar](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/subash-shankar.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Research Areas
- Formal Methods, Software Engineering & Programming Languages, Artificial Intelligence
- Home Page
- cs.hunter.cuny.edu/~sshankar/
- Office
- 68th Street North 1000-F
- Phone
- 212-650-3992
- subash.shankar@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Pavel Shostak](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/pavel-shostak.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Doctoral Lecturer
- Research Areas
- Cryptography, Group Theory
- Office
- 68th Street North 520-F
- pavel.shostak@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Katherine St. John](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/katherine-st-john-1.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Professor
- Research Areas
- Computational Biology, Trees, Random Structures & Algorithms
- Home Page
- stjohn.github.io
- Office
- 68th Street North 1090-D
- Phone
- 212-772-5368
- katherine.stjohn@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Ioannis Stamos](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/ionnais.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Professor
- Research Areas
- Computer Vision, Robotics, Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, 3D Visualization
- Home Page
- cs.hunter.cuny.edu/~ioannis/
- Office
- 68th Street North 1090-K
- Phone
- 212-772-5215
- istamos@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Felisa Vazquez-Abad](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/felisa-vazquez-abad-1.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Professor
- Research Areas
- Adaptive control of stochastic discrete event process, simulation, and more
- Office
- 68th Street North 1000B
- Phone
- 212-772-5634
- felisav@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Stewart Weiss](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/stewart-weiss.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Research Areas
- Software Quality Assurance theory and Methods
- Home Page
- cs.hunter.cuny.edu/~sweiss/
- Office
- 68th Street North 1090J
- Phone
- 212-772-5469
- stewart.weiss@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Lei Xie](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/lei-xie-1.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Professor
- Research Areas
- Bioinformatics, systems biology, molecular modelling and simulation
- Home Page
- cs.hunter.cuny.edu/~leixie/
- Office
- 68th Street North 1000-H
- Phone
- 858-822-3686
- lxi0003@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Tong Yi](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/tong-yi.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Doctoral Lecturer
- Research Areas
- Computer Science Education
- Office
- 68th Street North 1001-L
- Phone
- 212-772-5219
- ty680@hunter.cuny.edu
![Photo of Christina Zamfirescu](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/christina-zamfirescu.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Professor
- Research Areas
- Graph theory, algorithmic combinatorics networks, molecular complexity, and more
- Office
- 68th Street North 1008C
- Phone
- 212-650-3854
- christina.zamfirescu@hunter.cuny.edu
Affiliated Faculty
![Photo of Edgar Troudt](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/edgar-troudt-1024x1024.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Edgar Troudt
Distinguished Lecturer
- Research Areas
- Computer Science Education
- Educational Background
- Ph.D., Computer Science, The CUNY Graduate Center
- Office
- 68th Street West 1138
- Phone
- 212-772-4664
- et3076@hunter.cuny.edu
Departmental Staff
Khant Ko Naing
Assistant to the Chair
- Office
- Hunter North 1008
- Phone
- 212-772-4232
- kn963@hunter.cuny.edu
Zilola Samigjonova
Administrative Assistant
- Office
- Hunter North 1008
- Phone
- 212-772-5213
- zs494@hunter.cuny.edu
Ryan Vaz
Office Assistant, System Administrator
- Office
- Hunter North 1008
- Phone
- 212-772-5213
- rv846@hunter.cuny.edu
Emeritus Faculty
![Headshot of Daniel Cohen standing next to Hilary Clinton](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/daniel-cohen-1024x1024.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Daniel Cohen
Professor Emeritus
- Research Areas
- Graph Theory, Algorithms, Combinatorics, Computer Law
- Educational Background
- BS from Princeton University, PhD from Harvard University, JD from Columbia University
![Headshot of Cullen Schaffer](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/cullen-schaffer-1024x1024.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Cullen Schaffer
Professor Emeritus
- Research Areas
- Computation-intensive approaches to data analysis
- Educational Background
- BA from Harvard University, PhD from Rutgers University
![Headshot of Virginia Teller](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/virginia-teller-1024x1024.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Virginia Teller
Professor Emerita
- Research Areas
- Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence
- Educational Background
- BA from Cornell University, MA from New York University, PhD from New York University
In Memoriam
![Photo of Constantin Negoita](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/constantin-negoita-1024x1024.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Constantin Negoita, (02/03/1936 - 01/21/2023)
Professor Emeritus
- Research Areas
- Computer Logic, Fuzzy Sets and Systems
- Educational Background
- Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of Bucharest
![Photo of William Sakas](https://s29068.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/william-sakas-1024x1024.jpg.optimal.jpg)
William Sakas, (07/25/1960 - 03/21/2024)
Associate Professor and Chair
- Research Areas
- Computational modeling of human thought processes, artificial intelligence, machine learning
- Educational Background
- AB from Harvard (Economics), PhD from CUNY (Computer Science)