Faculty and Researchers
NYUAD Faculty and Senior Researchers Shaping the AI Agenda
Aaron Kaufman
Associate Program Head for Student and Curricular Affairs of the Masters of Interdisciplinary Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (MIDSAI); Associate Professor of Political Science, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Associate Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Science - Politics, NYU
Education: BA University of California, Berkeley; AM Harvard University; PhD Harvard University
Expertise: Computational Social Science, Data Science, American Politics
Alberto Gandolfi
Program Head of Mathematics; Professor of Practice in Mathematics
Education: Laurea in Mathematics, Università di Modena; PhD in Mathematics, Delft University of Technology
Expertise: AI in Education, Statistical Mechanics, Models for Epidemics, Bioinformatics, Statistics of Unobserved Species
Andrew J. Eisenberg
Program Head, Music; Associate Professor of Music; Global Network Associate Professor of Music, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU
Education: BMus New York University; MA, PhD Columbia University
Expertise: MaSC, Arts and Humanities
Azhar Zam
Associate Professor of Bioengineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Associated Faculty with the Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments, NYU Tandon
Education: PhD Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Expertise: Medical Imaging; Biomedical Optics, Biomedical Spectroscopy; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Photoacoustics; Optical-based Smart and Miniaturized Systems; AI-aided optical diagnostics and imaging
Azza Abouzied
Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement and Engagement; Associate Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering
Education: BSc, MSc Dalhousie University; MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Expertise: HuDa Lab, Science
Borja García de Soto
Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Tandon
Education: PhD Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich
Expertise: S.M.A.R.T Construction, Engineering
Carlos Guedes
Professor of Music
Education: BM Polytechnic of Porto, School of Music and Performing Arts; MA, PhD New York University
Expertise: MaSC, Arts and Humanities
Christina Pöpper
Associate Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Associate Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Education: PhD and MSc (Diploma) ETH Zurich
Expertise: Cyber Security and Privacy Lab, Science
Dattaraj Dhuri
Postdoctoral Associate
Education: PhD Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Expertise: Astrophysics and Space Science, Science
David Wrisley
Professor of Digital Humanities
Education: AB University of Chicago; MA/PhD Princeton University
Expertise: Digital Humanities, Arts and Humanities
Farah Emad Shamout
Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Associated Faculty with the Computer Science and Engineering Department, NYU Tandon
Education: DPhil, University of Oxford, Rhodes Scholar
Expertise: Machine Learning, Data Science, Applications in Healthcare
Farshad Khorrami
Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Associated Faculty with the Computer Science and Engineering Department, NYU Tandon
Education: PhD, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, The Ohio State University
Expertise: Control and Robotics, NYU Tandon, Engineering
Francesco Paparella
Associate Professor of Mathematics; Global Network Associate Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Education: Laurea in Fisica - Università di Torino; PhD Geophysics - Università di Genova
Expertise: ACCESS, Science
Hanan Salam
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Education: PhD CentraleSupélec
Expertise: SMART, Science
Hisham Sati
Director, Center for Quantum and Topological Systems (CQTS); Associate Dean for Student Success and Curricular Affairs; Professor of Mathematics; Global Network Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Education: BS American University of Beirut; PhD University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Expertise: CQTS, Science
John Burt
Professor of Biology
Education: PhD, MS, University of Windsor, Canada; BS,Cape Breton University, Canada; PGCE, University of Sunderland, UK
Expertise: ACCESS, Science
John-Ross Rizzo
Rehabilitation Medicine, Vice Chair for Innovation & Equity, Ilse Melamid Endowed A/Prof of Rehab Medicine, Associate Professor of Neurology, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering
Education: MD, New York Medical College
Expertise: AI for Accessibility, NYU Tandon/Engineering
Keith Ross
Professor of Computer Science
Education: BS Tufts University; MS Columbia University; PhD University of Michigan
Expertise: CIDSAI, Science
Kinga Makovi
Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU
Education: PhD Columbia University
Expertise: Computational Social Science
Kyunghyun Cho
Professor of Computer Science and Data Science
Education: Ph.D., Aalto University School of Science, Finland, M.S., Machine Learning and Data Mining, Aalto University School of Science, B.S., Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Expertise: Machine learning, natural languages, machine translation, artificial intelligence, Courant, NYU Frontier
Monica Menendez
Director of the Research Center for Interacting Urban Networks (CITIES); Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Tandon
Education: PhD University of California, Berkeley
Expertise: Urban Networks, Engineering
Mostafa Mobasher
Assistant Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Associated Faculty with the Civil and Urban Engineering Department, NYU Tandon
Education: PhD Columbia University
Expertise: Computational Solid Mechanics, Engineering
Muhammad Shafique
Professor of Computer Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NYU Tandon
Education: PhD Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Expertise: Efficient and Secure AI, Engineering
Nikos Nikiforakis
Professor of Economics; Global Network Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU; Director of the Center for Behavioral Institutional Design (C-BID)
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: PhD, Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London
Expertise: Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Public Economics
Nizar Habash
Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: PhD, Computer Science, University of Maryland College Park
Expertise: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Arabic Language Processing
Olivier Pauluis
Professor of Mathematics, Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU; Affiliated Faculty and CoP-Investigator for the Center for Prototype Climate Modeling, NYUAD
Education: BS Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), PhD Princeton University
Expertise: ACCESS, Science
Panče Naumov
Professor of Chemistry, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Professor of Chemistry, NYU
Education: PhD, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Expertise: Smart Materials Lab, Science
Pierre Youssef
Program Head of the Masters of Interdisciplinary Data Science and Artificial Intelligence; Associate Professor of Mathematics; Global Network Associate Professor of Mathematics
Education: BA Lebanese University; MA Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6); PhD Université Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallée
Expertise: MIDSAI Program Head, Science
Ramesh Karri
Professor and Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, NYU Tandon
Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of California at San Diego, B.E in ECE from Andhra University
Expertise: Hardware Security, Engineering, NYU Tandon
Riyadh Baghdadi
Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering
Education: BA Ecole Superieure d’Informatique; MA Sorbonne University; PhD Sorbonne University; Postdoc MIT
Expertise: Modern Compilers, Science
Saurabh Ray
Associate Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Associate Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Education: BTech Institute of Technology Guwahati; MCS, PhD Universität des Saarlandes
Expertise: Computational Geometry, Science
Shady Amin
Associate Program Head for Undergraduate Studies of Biology; Associate Professor of Biology; Global Network Associate Professor of Biology
Education: BSc Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara; MA Chemistry, San Diego State University; PhD Inorganic Chemistry, University of California San Diego/San Diego State University Joint Program
Expertise: ACCESS, Science
Shravan Hanasoge
Assistant Research Professor
Expertise: Astrophysics and Space Science, Science
Talal Rahwan
Associate Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Associate Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Education: BEng University of Aleppo; PhD Southampton University
Expertise: Data Science and AI Lab
Tarek Abdoun
Program Head of Civil and Urban Engineering; Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Tandon
Education: PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New YorkT
Expertise: SHORES, Engineering
Tuka Waddah Alhanai
Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Associated Faculty with the Computer Science and Engineering Department, NYU Tandon, NYU Tandon Ph.D. Mentor
Education: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Expertise: CHI-Lab, Engineering
Yasir Zaki
Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU Tandon Ph.D. Mentor
Education: MSc University of Bremen; PhD University of Bremen
Expertise: ComNets, Science
Yi Fang
Associate Professor of Computer Engineering; Associate Professor of Computer Science (Affiliated), NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, NYU Tandon
Education: PhD Purdue University
Expertise: MVCL, Engineering