Thrust Area Leaders

John E. Tomaszewski MD, is SUNY Distinguished Professor and Peter A. Nickerson PhD Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences. Dr Tomaszewski is a leader in digital pathology, computational modeling in histopathology, and the informatics revolution in pathology, where he contributes to international diagnostic guidelines.

Chunming Qiao is a SUNY Distinguished Professor and Chair of the CSE Department. He has lead the Lab for Advanced Network Design, Evaluation and Research (LANDR) at UB since 1993.

Steve Ko is an associate professor within UB’s Department of Computer Science & Engineering. His research interest is in systems in general. He graduated with PhD from UIUC in 2009, spent one year as a postdoc at Princeton, and joined UB in 2010.

Professor Rajan is the leading proponent of the field of Materials Informatics. His research is centered on the application of information science and data intensive methodologies for the discovery, characterization and modeling of materials.

Associate Professor Mark Shepard holds a join appointment in the departments of Architecture and Media Study at the University at Buffalo. He directs the Media Arts and Architecture Program (MAAP) and co-directs the Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies (CAST). His research investigates the implications of emerging technologies for architecture and urbanism.

Karthik Dantu is an assistant professor in UB’s Computer Science and Engineering Department. His areas of expertise include robotics, sensor networks, embedded systems, and mobile computing. Recently, Dr. Dantu has been coordinating mulit-robot systems, specifically micro-aerial vehicle swarms.