People
Dr. Yan-Bin Jia
207 Atanasoff
515-294-2577
jia@iastate.edu
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Haniyeh Fekrmandi, Ph.D. student (CS)
M.S. (CS), Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Iran, 2020
B.S. (IT), Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Iran, 2017
116B Atanasoff
haniyehf@iastate.edu
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Ling Tang, Ph.D. student (CS)
B.S., Xiamen University, China, 2015
M.S., Eastern Michigan University, 2018
116B Atanasoff
ling@iastate.edu
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Xuye Wu, Ph.D. student (CS)
M.S., Financial Engineering, University of Southern California, 2020
B.S., Mathematics, University of Illinois Urbana-Campaign, 2018
116B Atanasoff
wuxuye@iastate.edu
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Logan Ellsworth, B.S. student (CS)
116B Atanasoff
lte@iastate.edu
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Gavin Andres, B.S. student (CS)
116B Atanasoff
gjandres@iastate.edu
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Alumni
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Yuechuan Xue
Ph.D. in CS, 2022
Now at Amazon, Seattle, WA.
yuechuan@iastate.edu
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Prajjwal Jamdagni
Ph.D. in CS, 2022
Now at LeapThought, Seattle, WA.
prajjwal@iastate.edu
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Xiaoqian Mu
Ph.D. in CS, 2021
Now at Aescape, New York, NY.
xqmu1005@iastate.edu
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Matthew Gardner
Ph.D. in CS, 2020
Now at Boston Dynamics, Mountain View, CA.
matthew@iastate.edu
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Feifei Wang
Ph.D. in Math/CS, 2017
Now at Databricks, San Francisco, California.
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Huan Lin
Ph.D. in CS, 2015
Now at Jiangsu Yijiahe Information Technology Co., Ltd, Nanjing, China.
Feng Guo
Ph.D. in CS, 2014
Now at Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA.
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Jiang Tian
Ph.D. in CS, 2010
Now at Technicolor Visual Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, China.
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Rinat Ibrayev
Ph.D. in CS, 2008
Now at Apixio, San Mateo, CA.
- Ian Gonzalez-Alfonzo, M.S. in CS, 2023.
- Karter Krueger, B.S. in SE, 2021, now M.S. student at Worchester Polytechnic Institute
- Marcelo Abrantes, B.S. in EE and Math, 2021
- Shengwen Xie, M.S. in CS, 2020 (and Ph.D. in ME, 2021), now at Elite Robot, China.
- Adam Willerth, B.S. in CS and Math, 2019.
- Zachary Glanz, B.S. in Cpr E, 2018.
- Avery Dempsey, visiting B.S. student (ME) in Summer 2017, Northwestern University.
- Jacob Stimes, B.S. in SE, 2017, now at Google, Mountain View, CA.
- Jared Hays, M.S. in CS, 2014.
- Trenton Anagnostopoulos, B.S. in CS, 2012.
- Sean Strickland, B.S. in SE, 2013, now at Workiva, Ames, IA.
- Rex Fernando, B.S. in CS, 2013, now Ph.D. student at University of Wisconsin at Madison.
- HyunTae Na, M.S. in CS, 2011, Ph.D. under Guang Song, 2016, and now an Assistant Professor at Penn State Harrisburg, PA.
- Theresa Driscoll, M.S. in CS, 2011, now at John Deere, Des Moines, IA.
- Liangchuan Mi, M.S. in CS, 2005, now at NVIDIA Corporation, 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA.
- Neil Kronlage, B.S. in Cpr E, 2004, now at Microsoft, Seattle, WA.
- Steve Collins, B.S. in Cpr E, 2003.
- Jon Van Dis, B.S. in CS, 2002.
- David Persky, B.S. in CS, 2001, graduated with a M.S. from U. Wisconsin in 2005.
- Joe Mesterhazy, B.S. in CS, 2001.
- Brian Grice, B.S. in ME, 2000.