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: Privacy-preserving machine learning; AI/Generative AI for Cybersecurity; Trustworthy and Explainable AI
Engineering East Hall, Room E4252
tarodz@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Foundational Models; Machine Learning & Deep Learning
Engineering Research Building, Room 2321
tndinh@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Graph Machine Learning; Quantum Machine Learning; Network Science
Engineering Research Building, Room ERB2314
pghosh@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Artificial Intelligence
Engineering East Hall, Room E4242
gyeeratw@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Data Mining; Big Data
Engineering East Hall, Room E4234
harahshehk@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Integration of AI in Real-World Systems
Engineering East Hall, Room E4268
lkurgan@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Big Data Analysis
Engineering Research Building, Room ERB2328
misko@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Computational Intelligence Techniques (Machine Learning); Fuzzy Neural Data Mining Techniques
Engineering West Hall, Room W436
btmcinnes@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Natural Language Processing; Large Language Models and Agentic AI; Question Answering; Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Knowledge Graphs; Machine Learning
Engineering Research Building, Room ERB2339
meerzas@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Responsible Content Governance; Robust and Trustworthy AI
Engineering Research Building, Room ERB2330
tnadeem@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Generative AI; AI-Enabled Health; Trustworthy AI; Applied AI in Networking and Cybersecurity
Engineering Research Building, Room ERB2331
vekslerm@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Adversarial AI; Trustworthy AI
Engineering Research Building, Room ERB2316
xin@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Computer Vision; Artificial Intelligence; Secure Visual Intelligence
East Engineering Hall, Room E4237
xuanx@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Computer Vision; Multimodal Learning; AI Model Validation
Engineering East Hall Room E4240
hszhou@vcu.edu
Focus areas: Cryptography for AI; Trustworthy AI; AI Watermarking