Faculty

Faculty at DIMACS

Professor of Computer Science/DIMACS Director:
David Pennock
Room 404, CoRE Building
Telephone: (848) 445-5931
E-Mail: dpennock at dimacs.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Economics and computation, artificial intelligence, intelligent markets, prediction markets, wagering, probability, elicitation, collective intelligence, decision theory, and machine learning.
Professor of Mathematics/Director Emeritus of DIMACS/Director of CCICADA:
Fred Roberts
Room 410, CoRE Building
Telephone: (848) 445-4303
E-Mail: froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Mathematical models in the social, behavioral, biological and environmental sciences and of problems of communications and transportation; graph theory and combinatorics; measurement theory; operations research; utility, decisionmaking, and social choice; mathematical modeling and decision-making for homeland security.
Professor of Computer Science/DIMACS Deputy Director:
Lirong Xia
Room 426, CoRE Building
Telephone: (848) 445-0073
E-Mail: lirong.xia at rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, multi-agent systems, decision-making under uncertainty, algorithm design, social choice theory, game theory, mechanism design, prediction markets, preference learning, differential privacy, blockchain.
Research Professor/Associate Director:
Tami Carpenter
Room 430, CoRE Building
Telephone: 848-445-4631
E-Mail: tcar at dimacs.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Mathematical modeling, decision sciences, optimization.
Research Professor/Associate Director for Education:
Margaret (Midge) Cozzens
Room 421, CoRE Building
Telephone: 848-445-4577
E-Mail: midgec@dimacs.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Discrete Mathematical Modeling, Graph Theory, Game Theory, Mathematical Psychology, Network Vulnerability, Operations Research, Technology, Mathematics and Science Education.
Research Professor:
Dennis Egan
Room 413, CoRE Building
Telephone: 848-445-4582
E-Mail: deegan at dimacs.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Data Analytics, Cyber Identity, Security Metrics, First Responder Training and Technologies, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science.
Research Professor/Associate Director:
Lazaros Gallos
Room 426, CoRE Building
Telephone: 848-445-0075
E-Mail: lgallos at dimacs.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Complex networks, online interactions, epidemic spreading, complex systems.
Associate Research Professor:
Christie Nelson
Room 424, CoRE Building
Research Interests: Operations Research, Optimization, Linear Programming, Resource Allocation, Machine Learning, Text Mining, Analytics, Security Metrics, Stadium Security Patron Screening, walk-through metal detectors, data analysis and cleaning.