Faculty Mentors

Meet the faculty mentors for the Frontier Technologies in Biometrics and Authentication REU.

Faculty Mentors

  • Wenyao Xu.
    Wenyao Xu, PhD
    PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

    330 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4748

    wenyaoxu@buffalo.edu

    Professor and Carl V. Granger Endowed Chair
    Director of Research
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Affiliated Faculty
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Director
    Center for Translational AI and Digital Health

    Research Topics: Digital Health; Mobile, Wearable, and Wireless Sensing Systems; Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare; Brain-Computer Interfaces; Digital Twins; Biometrics; Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Trustworthy AI

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    330 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4748

    wenyaoxu@buffalo.edu

  • Jun Xia.
    Jun Xia, PhD
    PhD, University of Toronto

    215C Bonner Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-8628

    Fax: (716) 645-2207

    junxia@buffalo.edu

    Professor
    Director of Graduate Studies
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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    215C Bonner Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-8628

    Fax: (716) 645-2207

    junxia@buffalo.edu

  • Sreyasse Das Bhattacharjee.
    Sreyasee Das Bhattacharjee, PhD
    PhD, Indian Institute of Technology

    349 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4769

    sreyasee@buffalo.edu

    Assistant Professor of Teaching
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Computer vision; machine learning; multimodal data analytics; pattern recognition; large-scale visual search and mining; big data analytics

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    349 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4769

    sreyasee@buffalo.edu

  • Alan Hunt.
    Alan Hunt, MS
    MS, University at Buffalo

    354 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-3184

    ahunt@buffalo.edu

    Professor of Practice
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Software; IT systems

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    354 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-3184

    ahunt@buffalo.edu

  • Siwei Lyu.
    Siwei Lyu, PhD
    PhD, Dartmouth College

    313 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1587

    siweilyu@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Co-Director
    Center for Information Integrity
    Director
    Institute for Artificial and Data Science

    Research Topics: digital media forensics; computer vision; machine learning

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    313 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1587

    siweilyu@buffalo.edu

  • Nalini Ratha.
    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

    Research Topics: Computer vision; artificial intelligence; biometrics and fairness; and trust in AI

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    113K Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1564

    nratha@buffalo.edu

  • Srirangaraj Setlur
    11/7/19
  • Shambhu Upadhyaya.
    Shambhu Upadhyaya, PhD
    PhD, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia

    329 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-3183

    shambhu@buffalo.edu

    Director, SEAS/SOM Cybersecurity MS Program
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Director
    Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE)
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Behavioral biometrics; computer security; distributed systems; fault-tolerant computing (hardware/software)

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    329 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-3183

    shambhu@buffalo.edu

  • Alina Vereshchaka.
    Alina Vereshchaka, PhD
    PhD, University at Buffalo

    350 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1586

    avereshc@buffalo.edu

    Assistant Professor of Teaching
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Optimal control in complex systems, including social behavior modeling, deep reinforcement learning, multi-agent settings, deep learning, adversarial machine learning, transportation and large-scale social system dynamics

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    350 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1586

    avereshc@buffalo.edu

  • Jun Xia.
    Jun Xia, PhD
    PhD, University of Toronto

    215C Bonner Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-8628

    Fax: (716) 645-2207

    junxia@buffalo.edu

    Professor
    Director of Graduate Studies
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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    215C Bonner Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-8628

    Fax: (716) 645-2207

    junxia@buffalo.edu