CS Department Faculty - Computer Science
Computer Science Department Chair Dr Gurminder Singh
Gurminder Singh is Professor and Chair of the Dept of Computer Science at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. In addition to excellence in research and teaching, he is championing technology transition and multidisciplinary research. Previously, he has successfully transitioned multiple research projects to industry and lead the formation of global start-ups. Dr Singh was the founder of the ACM Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) conference in 1995; now held annually across the world. He was also a co-founder of the ACM User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), now the premier conference in its field. He has made lasting contributions to academic research by publishing in numerous conferences and journals, and by editing special issues of the prestigious computing journals: CACM, ACM Transactions on CHI, multiple issues of IEEE Multimedia, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, and Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds. Dr Singh is currently active in research in high-fidelity virtualization to support digital twins of networked computing systems and offensive cyber operations.
Computer Science Faculty
Bruce Allen
Faculty Associate ResearchPeter Ateshian
Faculty Associate Research
Mikhail Auguston
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Glushkov Cybernetics Institute, 1983
Research Interests
Software Engineering, Programming Languages, Compiler Construction, Testing and Debugging Automation, Visual Programming, Computer Security
Armon Barton
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington, 2018
Research Interests
Secure Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Anonymous Communications, Security and Privacy
Valdis Berzins
Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979
Research Interests
Software Engineering, Computer Aided Design, Software Evolution and Merging, Specification Languages, Computer Languages, Program Synthesis and Verification, Knowledge Representation, Engineering Databases
Robert Beverly
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
Research Interests
Network architecture, systems engineering, Internet measurement, and complex systems. Intersection of networks and machine learning.
Curtis Blais
Faculty associate – research (MOVES)
PhD, Naval Postgraduate School, 2018
Research interests
Interoperability, combat simulation, Semantic Web standards
Paul Clark
Faculty Associate Research
MS, Naval Postgraduate School, 1999
Research Interests
Computer Security Education, Modification of Open Source Operating Systems
Scott Coté
Senior Lecturer
MS, Naval Postgraduate School, 2000
Research Interests
Network design and integration, wireless networking, network security and robotics.
Chris Darken
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Yale University, 1993
Research Interests
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and applications to military simulations
Rudy Darken
Professor, CS & MOVES Faculty
DSc, George Washington University, 1995
Research Interests
Virtual environments, Human-computer interaction, Human factors, Training systems, Wireless mobile computing
Arijit Das
Faculty Associate Research
MS, University of Nevada, 1989
Research Interests
Mobile Devices, Pocket PC, PALM, embedded C, J2ME, Java
Duane Davis
Research Assistant Professor
PhD, Naval Postgraduate School, 2006
Research Interests
Swarm robotics, robotic ethics, object oriented design, artificial intelligence, and aerial robotic swarms.
Peter J. Denning
Director of the Cebrowski Institute and Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968
Research Interests
Publications. Technology and transformation, Networking in network centric operations
George Dinolt
Professor of the Practice Cyber Operations
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1971
Research Interests
Formal Methods, Computer Security
Doron Drusinsky
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1988
Research Interests
Publications. Harel statecharts, UML, Verification, Formal Methods, Software Testing, Run time Verification, Temporal Pattern Matching, Automatic Test Generation, Real Time Model Checking, Real Time, Low Impact, On-line business rule and security checking, Temporal Logic, Metric Temporal Logic, Probabilistic Temporal Logic, Extended Regular Expressions, Visualization, Programming Applications of Formal Methods, Knowledge models, Temporal Intrusion Pattern Detection
Chris Eagle
Senior Lecturer
MS, Naval Postgraduate School, 1995
Research Interests
Computer Network Attack/Defense/Exploitation, Computer Forensics, Reverse Engineering.
John D. (JD) Fulp
Senior Lecturer
MS, Naval Postgraduate School, 1996
Research Interests
Implementation of Public Key Infrastructure, Design of Secure Networks
Michael Guerrero
Research Associate, Faculty (MOVES)
Master’s of Interactive Technology - Software Engineering SMU 2009
Research Interests
Computer graphics, AI, game design
Dr. Britta Hale
Assistant Professor
PhD, 2017, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Research Interests
Cryptographic Key Exchange and Authentication Protocols, Protocol Design and Analysis, Security Models, Data Authentication and Confidentiality, Group Messaging Security, IoT Security, Device Commissioning for Autonomous Networks, Forward Secrecy and Post Compromise Security, Information Security Policy and Ethics, Key Infrastructures, Key Management, Post Quantum Cryptography.
Eric Heine
Faculty Associate – Research (MOVES)
BS in Computer Science from UC Santa Cruz, 2004
Research Interests
Game design, User Interfaces
Cynthia Irvine
Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research
Ph.D., Case Western University, 1975
Research Interests
Information Assurance, Multilevel Security, High Assurance Security Engineering, Network Security, Security Models, Distributed Systems Security, Security Requirements Engineering, Information Assurance Pedagogy, Systems Architecture
Erik Johnson
Faculty Associate – Research (MOVES)
BS Aviation Computer Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1995
Research Interests:
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer graphics, Software design
Mathias Kölsch
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara, 2004
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Machine Learning and AI, Augmented Reality, Human-Computer Cooperation, Computer Networks
Joshua A. Kroll
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2015
Research Interests
Trustworthy AI, Technology Governance, Systems Engineering, Privacy, Security, Accountability, Ethics, Computer Science and Law, Human Factors, Formal Methods, Data Science, Bias and Fairness, Dependability and Assurance
Luqi
Professor
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1986
Research Interests
Cyber Security, Risk Assessment, Cognitive Modeling, Runtime Monitoring, Cyber-Physical Systems, Autonomous Systems, Network & Communications Systems, Distributed Systems of Systems, and C4ISR Modeling and Simulation, Data Science, Document Conversion, Reliable Software Architectures, Rapid Prototyping & Agile Methods for Software Automation.
Bret Michael
Professor
Ph.D., George Mason University, 1993
Research Interests
Trustworthy and dependable distributed systems, cloud and mobile device computing
Dr. Vinnie Monaco
Assistant Professor
PhD, 2015, Pace University
Interests
Security, Usability, Artificial intelligence
Thuy Nguyen
Research Associate
B.A., University of California at San Diego, 1982
Research Interests
Secure Cyber-Physical Systems (industrial control systems (ICS), programmable system-on-chip (SoC FPGA) platforms, heavy-duty vehicle communications systems (SAE J1939)), Secure Cloud-scale Platforms and Applications, High Assurance Operating Systems and Kernels, Hardware Security, Systems Security Engineering, and Security Evaluation and Certification
Charles Prince
Research Associate
B.S., Oregon State University, 1993
Research Interests
Mobile Devices, Network, Security, Embedded Devices
Justin P. Rohrer
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2011
Research Interests
Mobile wireless networks, disruption-tolerant networks (DTNs), software-defined networks, network resilience and survivability
Neil Rowe
Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1983
Research Interests
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Alan Shaffer
Senior Lecturer, Academic Associate
Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School, 2008
Research Interests
Security modeling of systems; high assurance system verification; formal methods analysis; network virtualization. Research interests moving toward data science and cloud computing.
Gurminder Singh
Department Chair, Professor, and Director of the Center for the Study of Mobile Devices and Communications
Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1989
Research Interests
Wireless Mobile Computing, Mobile Devices, Wireless Data Services
Michael Thompson
Research Associate
B.S., Marquette University, 1981
Research Interests
Network security simulation based educational games, high assurance multilevel security, software vulnerability analysis tools
Dennis Volpano
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Oregon Graduate Institute, 1986
Research Interests
Programming Languages, Type Systems, Program Security
Geoffrey Xie
Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1996
Research Interests
Network design, configuration, analysis, and validation; Tactical and disruption tolerant networks; Secure handhelds and seamless mobility; Underwater acoustic networks