Computing, Informatics, and Data Science

Faculty and Staff

Contact Us

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Department of Computing, Informatics & Data Science

In person: 366 Centennial Hall
Phone: (320) 308-4966
Email: cids@stcloudstate.edu

Mailing Address:
366 Centennial Hall
St. Cloud State University
720 4th Ave S
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498

Staff

Cliff Moran

Cliff Moran

  • Office Administrator

(320) 308-4966 | CH 366


Contact for questions about programs or general inquiries.

Computer Science Faculty

Mark Petzold

Mark Petzold

  • Department Chair
  • Professor of Computer Science
  • Ph.D. 2001 University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

(320) 308-4182 | CH 366Z


Speech Synthesis/Detection, Computer Data Communications
Andrew A. Anda

Andrew A. Anda

  • Professor of Computer Science
  • Ph.D. 1995, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

(320) 308-2044 | CH 366AE


High-performance scientific computing, Computing Ethics
Jayantha Herath

Jayantha Herath

  • Professor of Computer Science
  • Ph.D. 1988, Keio University (Japan)

CH 366T


Computer architecture, distributed and parallel computing
Bhaskar Ghosh

Bhaskar Ghosh

  • Assistant Professor of Computer Science
  • Ph.D. University of Louisiana at Lafayette

CH 366V

https://github.com/zosob


Generative Adversarial Networks, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Neuro Symbolic AI, Natural Language Processing , Cybersecurity Analytics, Software Development Lifecycle.
Jie H. Meichsner

Jie H. Meichsner

  • Professor of Computer Science
  • Ph.D. 1996, Tohoku University (Japan)

CH 366U


Neural computation, parallel computing
Ramnath Sarnath

Ramnath Sarnath

  • Professor of Computer Science
  • Ph.D. 1994, State University of New York at Buffalo

(320) 308-4960 | CH 366Q


Algorithm analysis and design, data-structures, computational geometry and object-oriented software design

Cybersecurity Faculty

Ryan Brovold

Ryan Brovold

  • Associate Professor
  • Ph.D. 2012 University of North Dakota

CH 366M

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-brovold/


Cybersecurity Operations, Threat Managment, and Risk Governance.
Indira Dutta

Indira Dutta

  • Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity
  • Ph.D. University of Louisiana at Lafayette

CH 366M


Lightweight Cryptography, Human Factors in Cybersecurity, AI-driven Cybersecurity, IoT and Hardware Security
Dave Keller

Dave Keller

  • Professor in Cybersecurity
  • Director of the Cybersecurity Program
  • MS 2018 - Minnesota State University-Moorhead

(320) 308-2221 | CH 366O


Network Security, Operating System Security, and Cloud Computing

Software Engineering Faculty

Omar Al-Azzam

Omar Al-Azzam

  • Professor of Software Engineering and Computer Science
  • Director of Software Engineering Graduate and Undergraduate Programs
  • Ph.D. 2012, North Dakota State University

(320) 308-5196 | CH 366Y


Big-data analytics, bioinformatics, data mining
Adriano Cavalcanti

Adriano Cavalcanti

  • Associate Professor of Software Engineering
  • Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering Monash University

CH 366K


Biomedical Computing, Brain-Computer Interface, Cloud Computing, Computer Graphics, Mobile technology, Nanorobotics, Robotics
Jalal Khalil

Jalal Khalil

  • Assistant Professor of Software Engineering
  • Director of Computer Science Graduate Programs
  • Ph.D. 2023 University of Alabama at Birmingham

(320) 308-4963 | CH 366X

https://jalal1.github.io/


Geospacial Data Management, Graph Mining, Data Analytics
Mohammed Mahmoud

Mohammed Mahmoud

  • Associate Professor of Software Engineering
  • Ph.D. 2018 University of North Dakota

CH 366L

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahmoud-16

Certified Information Technology Specialist. Certified in Professional Communication. Intuit Design for Delight Innovator Certified. Certified in Entrepreneurship and Small Business (ESB). Master Certified in Entrepreneurship. Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma Certified.

 

Maninder Singh

Maninder Singh

  • Associate Professor of Computer Science
  • Ph.D. 2019, North Dakota State University

(320) 308-4971 | CH 366W


Software Quality, Requirement Engineering, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, Graph Mining, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Empirical Software Engineering.

Statistics and Data Science Faculty

Michael D. Ernst

Michael D. Ernst

  • Professor of Statistics
  • Ph.D. 1997, Southern Methodist University

(320) 308-2175 | CH 367G

Ji Hoon Ryoo

  • Associate Professor of Statistics
  • Ph.D. Quantitative Methods in Education, Educational Psychology

Analysis of Longitudinal and Multilevel Data, Structural Equation Modeling, Psychometrics, Statistical/Machine Learning, and Learning Analytics/Engineering.
Shiju Zhang

Shiju Zhang

  • Associate Professor of Statistics
  • Ph.D. 2005, University of Toledo

CH 366AF

Emeriti Faculty

Bryant A. Julstrom

  • Professor of Computer Science
  • Ph.D. 1987, University of Iowa

Donald O. Hamnes

  • Professor of Computer Science
  • Ph.D. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Ezzat Kirmani

  • Professor of Information Technology Security
  • Ph.D. Illinois Institute of Technology