AI & Data Science
Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing (NLP); Computational Intelligence/Heuristics; Scalable Analytics/Data Mining; Core AI; Trustworthy/Secure AI; Explainable AI; Data-centric AI/Data Governance.
Research labs
- Machine Learning and Bioinformatics Lab
- Security and Quantum Intelligence (SecQ) Lab
- Natural Language Processing Lab
- Biological Networks Lab
- Structural Bioinformatics (Kurgan) Lab
- Advanced Wireless and Security (ADWISE) Lab
- Modern Heuristics Research Group (MHRG)
- Mobile Systems & Intelligent Communications (MuSIC) Lab
Research faculty
Engineering East Hall, Room E4225
akkayak@vcu.edu
Focus Areas: Cybersecurity and Privacy, Trustworthy AI, IoT (Internet of Things), Cyberphysical Systems (CPS), Blockchain
Engineering East Hall, Room E4252
tarodz@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Biomedical Data Science, Foundational Models, Bioinformatics, Machine Learning & Deep Learning, Quantum Machine Learning
Engineering Research Building, Room 2321
tndinh@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Network vulnerability assessment, Security and privacy in social networks and wireless networks, Combinatorial Optimization, Approximation algorithm
Engineering Research Building, Room ERB2314
pghosh@vcu.edu
Focus areas: AI, Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing, Systems Biology, Stochastic modeling and discrete event simulation, Mobile ubiquitous and grid computing
Engineering East Hall, Room E4242
gyeeratw@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, network engineering and big data
Engineering East Hall, Room E4234
harahshehk@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Network security, IDS, IoT security, Integration of AI in real-world systems
Engineering East Hall, Room E4268
lkurgan@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Structural Bioinformatics, Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Protein-ligand(drug) interactions, Computer-aided molecular modeling, Big Data Analysis
Engineering Research Building, Room ERB2328
misko@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Computational Intelligence Techniques (Machine Learning) with Applications in Energy Cybersecurity and Human Machine Interfaces, Software Defined Networks, Fuzzy Neural Data Mining Techniques, Energy Security, Human-machine Interfaces
Engineering West Hall, Room W436
btmcinnes@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Natural Language Processing, Biomedical Text Processing, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning
Engineering Research Building, Room ERB2339
meerzas@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Smart Healthcare and Fitness, Responsible Content Governance, Robust and Trustworthy AI, AI Security and Privacy
Engineering Research Building, Room ERB2330
tnadeem@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Cybersecurity and Privacy, Wireless Networks, Edge/Cloud Computing, Generative AI, Trustworthy AI, AI-enabled health, cyber-physical systems, cobots
Engineering Research Building, Room ERB2331
vekslerm@vcu.edu
Focus areas: AI Security, Cyber-physical Systems Security, Adversarial AI, Cybersecurity, Trustworthy AI
Engineering Research Building, Room ERB2316
xin@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical AI
East Engineering Hall, Room E4237
xuanx@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Explainable AI, AI Model Validation, Visual Analytics