Members

Leadership

Venu Govindaraju, PhD
PhD, University at Buffalo
516 Capen Hall, 113 Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-3321, (716) 645-1558
govind@buffalo.edu
Vice President
Office of Research and Economic Development
Founding Director
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS)
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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516 Capen Hall, 113 Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-3321, (716) 645-1558
govind@buffalo.edu
Srirangaraj (Ranga) Setlur, MS
MS, University at Buffalo
113Q Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1568
setlur@buffalo.edu
Co-Director
Principal Research Scientist
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS)
Associate Director of Community Engagement
Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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113Q Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1568
setlur@buffalo.edu

Visiting Research Scientists

Vivek Menon, PhD
PhD, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
vivekmenon@am.amrita.edu
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
School of Computing, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amritapuri Campus)
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vivekmenon@am.amrita.edu
Sumi Suresh M S, PhD
PhD, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
sumisure@buffalo.edu
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
School of Computing, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amritapuri Campus)
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Working with Venu Govindaraju
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
University at Buffalo
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Affiliated Faculty

Karthik Dantu, PhD
PhD, University of Southern California
106 Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2670
kdantu@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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106 Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2670
kdantu@buffalo.edu
David Doermann, PhD
PhD, University of Maryland
338P Davis Hall
Phone: Department Chair: (716) 645-4730, Faculty Office: (716) 645-1557
doermann@buffalo.edu
SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
Professor
Department Chair
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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338P Davis Hall
Phone: Department Chair: (716) 645-4730, Faculty Office: (716) 645-1557
doermann@buffalo.edu
Mark Frank, PhD
331 Baldy Hall; 101 Fargo Quad
Phone: (716) 645-1170
mfrank83@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Communication
College of Arts and Sciences
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331 Baldy Hall; 101 Fargo Quad
Phone: (716) 645-1170
mfrank83@buffalo.edu
Zhanpeng Jin, PhD
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
336 Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1601
zjin@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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336 Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1601
zjin@buffalo.edu
Kwang Oh, PhD
PhD, University of Cincinnati
113 C Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1025
kwangoh@buffalo.edu
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Electrical Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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113 C Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1025
kwangoh@buffalo.edu
Nalini Ratha, PhD
PhD, Michigan State University
113K Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1564
nratha@buffalo.edu
SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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113K Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1564
nratha@buffalo.edu
Wenyao Xu, PhD
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
330 Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-4748
wenyaoxu@buffalo.edu
Professor
Associate Department Chair
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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330 Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-4748
wenyaoxu@buffalo.edu

Post-docs and Research Scientists

Kenny Davila, PhD
113P Davis Hall
kennydav@buffalo.edu
Postdoctoral Associate
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
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113P Davis Hall
kennydav@buffalo.edu
Philip Kilinskas
113O Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-6165
pck@buffalo.edu
Research Scientist
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
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113O Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-6165
pck@buffalo.edu
Malcolm Mast
113N Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-6163
mast@buffalo.edu
Research Scientist
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
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113N Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-6163
mast@buffalo.edu
Sergey Tulyakov
113K Davis Hall
tulyakov@buffalo.edu
Research Scientist
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
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113K Davis Hall
tulyakov@buffalo.edu

Students

Saleem Ahmed
Graduate Student
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
113V Davis Hall
Email: sahmed9@buffalo.edu
Bhargava Urala Kota
Graduate Student
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
113V Davis Hall
Email: buralako@buffalo.edu
Nagashri Lakshminarayana
Graduate Student
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
113V Davis Hall
Email: nagashri@buffalo.edu
Kyung Lee
Graduate Student
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
113V Davis Hall
Email: klee43@buffalo.edu
Deen Mohan
Graduate Student
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
113V Davis Hall
Email: dmohan@buffalo.edu
Neeti Pokhriyal
Graduate Student
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
113R Davis Hall
Email: neetipok@buffalo.edu
Nishant Sankaran
Graduate Student
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
113V Davis Hall
Email: n6@buffalo.edu
Fei Xu
Graduate Student
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
113P Davis Hall
Email: fxu3@buffalo.edu

Staff

Mary Jane Gallo
Project Administrative Officer
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
113L Davis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1562
Email: mgallo@buffalo.edu

Alumni

Devansh Arpit (Salesforce)
Shounak Gore (Qualcomm)
Jingyu Ji (Amazon)
Gaurav Kumar ([24]7.ai)
Utkarsh Porwal (JLL)
Rohit Pandey (Google)
Sandeep Satheesan (NSCA)
Rathin Radhakrishnan Nair (Qualcomm)
Chetan Ramaiah (Salesforce)
Manavender Reddy (Amazon)
Arti Shivram
Yingbo Zhou (Salesforce)
Safwan Wshah (University of Vermont)
Xi Cheng (Google)
Ricardo N. Rodriguez
Vikas Chaudhury
Achint Oommen Thomas (Embibe)
Anurag Bhardwaj (Apple)
Daekeun You (Michigan Medicine)
Jianglai Li (Philips)
Xujun Peng (ISI)

Amalia Rusu
Amit Mhatre (Amazon)
Candice Quadros (Roku)
Chaohong Wu (KLA-Tencor)
David Bartnik (Qualcomm)
Damien Jose (Microsoft)
Faisal Farooq (IBM)
Hansheng Lei (University of Texas)
Huaigu Cao (Raytheon BBN)
Karthik Sridharan
Liana M. Lorigo
Praveer Mansukhani (Machinomatic)
Robert Milewski
Sankalp Nayak (Amazon)
Sarojini Ramakrishnan (QC)
Shamalee Deshpande (Intel)
Sharat Chikkerur
Tsai-Yang Jea (Bloomberg)
Vamsy Chodavarapu (University of Dayton)
Xia Liu
Zhi Zhang (JP Morgan Chase)