People

Director:

Assistant Professor in Data Science and Health Informatics, Department of Information Science

College of Information
University of North Texas
Discovery Park, Room E298A

Faculty Members:

Dr. Jiangping Chen
Professor in Information Science, Department Chair, Department of Information Science
College of Information
University of North Texas
Discovery Park, Room E297J

Dr. Junhua Ding
Professor in Data Science, Department of Information Science
College of Information
University of North Texas
Discovery Park, Room E292G

Dr. Lingzi Hong
Assistant Professor in Data Science, Department of Information Science
College of Information
University of North Texas
Discovery Park, Room E292E

Current Members:

Dr. Guonan Wang, Adjunct Professor in Information Science.
Fengjiao Tu, Ph.D. student in Information Science, Fall 2023-Present.
Xiaoyu Zhang, Ph.D. student in Information Science, Fall 2018-Present.
Wenqian Zhao, Ph.D. student in Information Science, Fall 2019-Present.
Kate Kargozari, Ph.D. student in Information Science, Fall 2020-Present.
Jiyuan Li, Ph.D. student in Information Science, Fall 2020-Present. (Former Master student in Information Science)
Huyen T. N. Nguyen, Ph.D. student in Information Science, Summer 2021-Present. (Former Master student in Information Science)
Lavinia Florentina, Ph.D. student in Information Science, Fall 2022-Present. (Former Master student in Mathematics)
Natalie Tran, Ph.D. student in Information Science, Spring 2022-Present. (Former Master student in Data Science)

Alumni:

Xinchen Yu, Ph.D. student in Information Science, Fall 2019-Spring 2023.
Dr. Mohannad Alharbi, Ph.D. student in Information Science, Fall 2017-Spring 2023.
Dr. Juncheng Ding, Visa Research, Ph.D. student in Computer Science graduated in 2022.
Mi-Young Chong, Postdoc Researcher at University of Virginia, PhD student graduated in 2020.
Biodun Awojobi, Cloud Technologist at Google, PhD student graduated in 2020.
Dr. Duha Alsmadi, Assistant Professor at University of Petra, PhD student graduated in 2019.
Dr. Abdulrahman Habib, Clincial Assistant Professor at University of North Texas at Frisco, PhD student graduated in 2019.

Dr. Brenda Reyes Ayala, Assistant Professor at University of Alberta, PhD student graduated in 2018.
Bhanu Prasad G (2020-2022), Master student in Data Science. Now working in T-mobile as a Software Engineer.
Akshitha Maddi (2019-2021), Master student in Data Science. Now working as a Software Development Engineer@Amazon.
Sai Supriya Vadla (2020-2021), Master student in Data Science. Now working as an Associate Engineer at Continental.
Sai Varun Dodla (Summer 2021), Master student in Computer Science.
Nagma Shaik (2020-2021), Master student in Data Science. Now working as a Software Engineer III @ SiriusXM & Pandora
Raheyma Khan (2020-2021), Master student in Data Science.
Bhavya Nandana Kanuboddu (2020-2021), Master student in Data Science.
Srinivas Rao Kolla (2020-2021), Master student in Data Science.
Sundar Pathuri (2018-2020), Master student in Data Science.
Rama Krishna Sasank Tummala (2018-2020), Master student in Data Science.
Vinati Gattupalli (2018-2020), Master student in Data Science. Now working as a Data Scientist (Marketing) at Bluestem Brands.
Mayuri Magdum (2018-2020), Master student in Business.
Nikhil Kumar Veldanda (2019-2020), Master student in Data Science.
Leela Kishan Kolla (2019-2020), Master student in Business.
Behpour Sahar (2018-2019), PhD student in Information Science.
Riya Bhusal (2018-2019), Master student in Data Science.
Kristy Phillips (2018-2019), Master student in Information Science. Coming PhD student in Information Science at UNT beginning in 2020.
Lavanya Panapakam (2017-2018), Master student in Information Science graduated in 2019.

Harshita Parcha (2017-2018), Master student in Information Science graduated in 2018. Now working as a data Engineer at Capital One.
Priya Darshini Devarasetti (2016-2017), Master student in Information Science. Now working as a software engineer at EF Johnson Technologies, Inc.
Lokesh kumar Viswavarapu (2016-2017), Master student in Electrical Engineering. Now working as a software engineer at iOLAP, Inc.
Surya, Teja Jandhyam (2016-2017), Master student in Information Science.
Nicole L Bank (2015-2017), PhD student in Information Science.

Xinyue Wang (2015-2017), Undergraduate student in Computer Science. Now PhD student in Computer Science Virginia Tech.
Shravan Kumar Anugam (2015-2016), Master student in Information Science. Now working as a Full Stack PHP developer at AT&T.
Min Namgoong (2014-2015), PhD student in Information Science.
Dr. Ryan Knudson (2010-2015), a data scientist working in a corporate in North Carolina.
Mr. Zhongjie Chen (2013-2014), Computer Science graduate student. Now working in California.

Dr. Miguel Ruiz (2010-2011), Senior NLP Research Engineer at Nuance Communications.
Wenqian Zhao (2010-2012). Master student in Information Science. Now PhD student in Information Science at UNT.
Ms. Olajumoke Ozagu, Ph.D. Candidate.

Former Visiting Scholars:

Dr. Mingwei Tang (2019-2020). Associate professor and Department chair from School of Information Engineering at Nanjing Audit University.
Liuxing Lu (2019-2020). Visiting PhD student, PhD student from School of Information Management at Wuhan University.
Yu Shi (2019-2020). Visiting PhD student, PhD student from School of Information Management at Wuhan University.
Qijin Liu (2019-2020). Visiting PhD student, PhD student from School of Information Management at Wuhan University.
Dr. Shuyi Wang (2018-2019). Assistant professor of Information Science at School of Management, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
Chunying Wang (2018-2019). PhD student of Library Science at School of Information Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Dr. Jingye Qu (2017-2018). Associate Professor at Computer Science and Technology College, Beihua University, JIlin, China.
Wei Chen (2017-2018). Associate research fellow and Deputy Director at Department of Strategic Information Analysis, Wuhan Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
Dr. Minghong Chen (2017-2018). Associate Professor at School of Information Management, SUN Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Dr. Guohu Xu (2015-2016). Associate Professor at College of Business, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China.
Dr. Gaohui Cao (2014-2015). Visiting Scholar. Associate Professor and associate dean at School of Information Management, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.
Dr. Qian Hu (2012-2013), Associate Professor at School of Information Management, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.
Dr. Yong Wan (2012-2013), Wuhan Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
Mr. Shan Jiang (2010-2011), Wuhan Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China

Dr. Ren Ding (2009-2010), Chinese language consultant. Now working in Tufts University.