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Research

CS Students attending an Artificial Intelligence event.
Contributing to the Field & the Department

Students at all levels, whether undergraduate or graduate, have opportunities to participate in faculty research.

Research Opportunities

The following students are working intensively with Professor Susan Epstein under the auspices of The National Science Foundation, and making important contributions to a system that learns to have an intelligent dialogue.

  • Georgina Woo

Professor Epstein is now seeking a few additional undergraduate researchers. If you are a strong student, have completed 135, and want to spend at least a year learning about artificial intelligence, please contact her or drop by during her office hours. Some funding may be available. Interested parties are invited to contact Professor Epstein at the coordinates listed on her home page.

 

Computer Vision & Robotics Lab

Professor Stamos' current research interests are in the broad idea of 3D processing, classification and identification from range and image data.

Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Lab

Professor Anita Raja conducts research at the intersection of bounded rationality, distributed problem solving and artificial intelligence. the DAIR Lab, directed by Professor Raja is concerned with design and development of intelligent single and multi-agent systems.

The following undergraduate lab members conduct research in distributed computing, machine learning, complex networks and more:

  • Umar Faruque
  • Justin Gbadamassi
  • Alisa Leshchenko

Hunter Speech Lab

Professor Sarah Ita Levitan's research interests are spoken language processing, the study of non-verbal aspects of speech. Her recent projects include detecting deceptive and trustworthy language, detecting misinformation and hate speech in social media, funded by NSF and Google Cyber NYC respectively. The following undegraduate students are working alongside Professor Levitan to make this happen.

  • Nicholas Cheung
  • Ghazanfar Shahbaz

Xie Lab

Professor Lie Xie's research is at the intersection of machine learning, bioinformatics, as well as drug discovery. The research interests of the Xie Lab consists of developing novel methods in Artificial Language and Machine Learning and applying them to advancing biomedicine.

The PrOgramming laNguages anD software Engineering Research Lab (PONDER)

Professor Raffi Khatchadourian is currently seeking highly-motivated doctor's, master's and undergraduate students interested in high-impact research. Research interests lay in the areas of Programming Languages, Software Engineering Systems and Data Science. If interested, please fill out this form.

Research Faculty

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Susan Epstein
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
Email
susan.epstein@hunter.cuny.edu
More About Susan Epstein
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Ioannis Stamos
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
Email
istamos@hunter.cuny.edu
More About Ioannis Stamos
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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
Email
anita.raja@hunter.cuny.edu
More About Anita Raja
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Sarah Levitan
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
Email
sarah.levitan@hunter.cuny.edu
More About Sarah Levitan
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Lei Xie
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
Email
lxi0003@hunter.cuny.edu
More About Lei Xie
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Raffi Khatchadourian
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
Email
raffi.khatchadourian@hunter.cuny.edu
More About Raffi Khatchadourian

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