Meet the ICDS Team

ICDS Leadership

ICDS is governed by researchers, for researchers. Our leadership team of directors makes strategic decisions about how best to accomplish our mission and vision.

Our directors are advised and guided by the faculty and staff of our coordinating committee and faculty council.

Director

Guido Cervone

Cervone

Guido Cervone

  • Professor of Geography and Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
  • Interim Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
  • ICDS Co-Hire

Department: Geography

Office: 205 Walker Building, University Park

Email: cervone@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-0179

Research Focuses: Remote sensing, environmental hazards, geoinformatics, social media

Website: Visit Guido's Website

 

Associate Directors

David Hunter

Hunter

David Hunter

  • Professor of Statistics
  • Associate Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
  • ICDS Co-Hire

Department: Statistics

Office: 310 Thomas Building

Email: drh20@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-1348

Research Focuses: Statistical algorithms, particularly MM algorithms; statistical modeling of networks; and mixture models, particularly finite mixtures in which the component distributions are not parametrically specified

Website: Visit David's Website

 

Kandermir Mahmut

Kandemir

Mahmut Kandemir

  • Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Director of Graduate Affairs
  • Associate Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
  • ICDS Co-Hire

Department: Computer Science and Engineering

Office: 354C Information Science and Technology Building, University Park

Email: kandemir@cse.psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-4888

Research Focuses: Embedded systems, programming languages, compilers, power-aware computing, dependable computing, input/output systems

Website: Visit Mahmut's Website

 

Vasant Honavar

Honavar

Vasant Honavar

  • Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology
  • Associate Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
  • ICDS Co-Hire

Department: Information Sciences and Technology

Office: 301A Westgate Building, University Park

Email: vuh14@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-3141

Research Focuses: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, big data analytics, bioinformatics and computational molecular and systems biology, discovery informatics, knowledge representation and semantic web, applied information integration and informatics

Website: Visit Vasant's Website

 

Wauthier

Christelle Wauthier

  • Associate Professor of Geosciences
  • Associate Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
  • ICDS Co-Hire

Department: Geosciences

Office: 311 Deike Building, University Park

Email: cuw25@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-6649

Research Focuses: Magma and volcanic processes; natural hazards; magma-tectonic interactions; remote-sensing and InSAR

 

Assistant Director

Amritkar

Amit Amritkar

Email: amit@psu.edu

Phone: (814) 865-1134

Website: Visit Amit's Website

 

Bahrmann

Chad Bahrmann

  • Assistant Director Engineering and Science Services

Email: cpb11@psu.edu

 

Hey

Wolf Hey

  • Interim Director of Operations

Email: wzh5214@psu.edu

 

Kellogg

Gretta Kellogg

  • Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives

Email: gretta.kellogg@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-1154

 

Wayne Figurelle

Figurelle

Wayne Figurelle

  • Assistant Director of Innovation and Outreach

Office: 224D Computer Building

Email: wfigure@psu.edu

Phone: 814-777-2965