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Dr. Oleg Komogorstev
Dr. Oleg Komogortsev awarded Denise M. Trauth Endowed Professorship

Professorship Award

Congratulations Dr. Oleg Komogortsev on being honored as the second recipient of the Denise M. Trauth Endowed Presidential Research Professorship! 
New STEM Building
TXST President Kelly Damphousse and others pose for a group photo at the STEM building ground breaking ceremony.

Groundbreaking Ceremony

Texas State University hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, Aug. 16, to mark the start of construction on the university’s new STEM classroom building, the future home of Computer Science.
Dr. Apan Qasem
Dr. Apan Qasem

Grant Award

Congratulations to Dr. Apan Qasem for receiving $2.64 million in grant funding to support the STEM-CLEAR: Creating Contextualized Learning Pathways across Academic and Cultural Boundaries project!

Dr. Tsz-Chiu Au
Dr. Tsz-Chiu Au

New Faculty Member

Dr. Au's research aims to investigate the foundations of multiagent systems. His works focus on fully autonomous vehicles, intelligent transportation systems, and robotic systems for logistics. 
Dr. Veronica Perez-Rosas
Dr. Veronica Perez-Rosas

New Faculty Member

Dr. Perez-Rosas' research lies in the intersection of artificial intelligence, natural language processing and healthcare. Her research has support from NSF and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 
Dr. Isayas Berhe Adhanom
Dr. Isayas Adhandom

New Faculty Member

Dr. Adhanom's research focuses on enhancing Extended Reality systems, such as Virtual and Augmented Reality, by addressing the technical and perceptual challenges that hinder usability. 
Dr. Shibbir Ahmed
Dr, Shibbir Ahmed

New Faculty Member

Dr. Ahmed specializes in Software Engineering, AI, and Data Science, focusing on trustworthy AI systems.  He has received multiple awards and reviews for top venues such as ASE, ICSE and EMSE.
Dr. Xiaomin Li
Dr. Xiaomin Li

New Faculty Member

Dr. Li's research is in time-series data analysis using machine learning methods and efficient AI systems. She earned her PhD from Texas State University and is now Assistant Professor of Instruction.
Dr. Alberto Castro-Hernandez
Dr. Alberto Castro-Hernandez

New Faculty Member

Dr. Castro-Hernandez has done research in natural language processing and global software development. Previously he was Assistant Professor of Teaching in Computer Science at Wayne State University.
Dr. Ghadeer Alabandi
Dr. Ghadeer Alabandi

New Faculty Member

Dr. Alabandi's research includes optimizing and parallelizing a variety of graph algorithms. Her work leverages both GPU and multi-CPU systems to achieve significant performance improvements. 
Dr. Ghazanfar Ali
Dr. Ghazanfar Ali

New Faculty Member

Dr. Ali has done research in high-performance computing. He is currently a Senior Systems Design Engineer at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).