Computing, Informatics, and Data Science

Faculty and Staff

Contact Us

Department of Computing, Informatics & Data Science

In person: 366 Centennial Hall
Phone: (320) 308-4966
Email: csit@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


Interests: 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


Interests: High-performance scientific computing, Computing Ethics
Jayantha Herath

Jayantha Herath

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

(320) 308-2142 | CH 366T


Interests: computer architecture, distributed and parallel computing
Jie H. Meichsner

Jie H. Meichsner

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

(320) 308-2147 | CH 366U


Interests: 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

http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rsarnath


Interests: algorithm analysis and design, data-structures, computational geometry and object-oriented software design

Cybersecurity Faculty

Dave Keller

Dave Keller

  • Professor in Cybersecurity
  • Director of the Cybersecurity Program
  • MS 2018 - Minnesota State University-Moorhead, BS 1989 - Mankato State University

(320) 308-2221 | CH 366O


Interests: Network Security, Operating System Security and Security of IOT

Ezzat Kirmani

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

(320) 308-3071 | CH 366P


Interests: computer networks, security, dependability, performability, performance evaluation; fault management, network management, modeling, and cluster computing
Akalanka Bandara Mailewa

Akalanka Bandara Mailewa

  • Associate Professor of Computer Science
  • Ph.D. 2020, Texas Tech University

(320) 308-5695 | CH 366AH


Interests: Big Data Security, IoT Security, Cyber-Security, Computer Networking, Cryptography, Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking, and Software Test Automation

Software Engineering Faculty

Bilal Al-Ahmad

Bilal Al-Ahmad

  • Associate Professor of Software Engineering
  • PhD 2015 North Dakota State University

(320) 308-4965 | CH 366AG


Interests: Software Requirements Engineering, Software Design, Software Testing, Software Projects Managements, Software Engineering Education, Machine Learning, and Software Defined Networks
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


Interests: big-data analytics, bioinformatics, data mining
Adriano Cavalcanti

Adriano Cavalcanti

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

(320) 308-4734 | CH 366K

https://web.stcloudstate.edu/vq5252rg/


Interests: 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
  • PhD 2023 University of Alabama at Birmingham

(320) 308-4963 | CH 366X


Interests: Geospacial Data Management, Graph Mining, Data Analytics
Maninder Singh

Maninder Singh

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

(320) 308-4971 | CH 366W

https://web.stcloudstate.edu/msingh/

Interests: 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

Cynthia L. Hollenstein

Cynthia L. Hollenstein

  • Assistant Professor of Statistics
  • M.S. 1997, Kansas State University

(320) 308-2087 | CH 366L

Shiju Zhang

Shiju Zhang

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

(320) 308-1744 | 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