FACULTY & STAFF DIRECTORY
Faculty
| NAME | Title | OFFICE | RESEARCH INTERESTS | ||
| Aaron Keen | Department Chair | akeen@calpoly.edu | 14-254 | Programming Languages, Compilers, Static Analysis, CS Education | |
| Laila Abdelhafeez | Assistant Professor | labdelha@calpoly.edu | 14-216 | ||
| Paul Anderson | Professor | pander14@calpoly.edu | 14-115D | AI, machine learning, bioinformatics, data science, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, ranking algorithms, and fairness. | |
| Hisham Assal | Lecturer | hhassal@calpoly.edu | 14-240 | ||
| Stephen Beard | Assistant Professor | srbeard@calpoly.edu | 14-214 | Security, Architecture, Compilers, Language, Performance | |
| John Bellardo | Professor | bellardo@calpoly.edu | 14-235D | Satellites, Embedded Systems, Networks, Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, Security | |
| Alex Bisberg | Assistant Professor | abisberg@calpoly.edu | 14-211 | Computational social science, games, machine learning, AI | |
| Bruce Burton | Lecturer | baburton@calpoly.edu | 14-240 | ||
| Rodrigo Canaan | Assistant Professor | rcanaan@calpoly.edu | 14-207 | AI, Games, Co-Creativity, Evolutionary Computing, Quality-Diversity Algorithms, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning | |
| John Clements | Professor | clements@calpoly.edu | 14-208 | Programming Languages, Notional Machines for Computing Education, Continuation Marks, Functional Languages, Compilers, Music, CS Education | |
| Bruno da Silva | Associate Professor | bcdasilv@calpoly.edu | 14-223 | Human and Social Aspects in SE, Tools for Software Development Productivity, SE Education, Software Developer Experience, Mining Software Repositories, Emotion and Sentiment Analysis applied to Software | |
| Bruce DeBruhl | Associate Professor | bdebruhl@calpoly.edu | 14-210 | Security and Privacy, Automotive Security, Wireless Security, Software Security | |
| Alex Dekhtyar | Professor | dekhtyar@calpoly.edu | 14-212 | Databases, Machine Learning, Data Science, Software Engineering | |
| Kirk Duran | Lecturer | kduran02@calpoly.edu | 14-236 | ||
| Christian Eckhardt | Associate Professor | eckhardt@calpoly.edu | 14-238D | ||
| Sussan Einakian | Lecturer | seinakia@calpoly.edu | 14-202 | ||
| Phoenix (Dongfeng) Fang | Assistant Professor | dofang@calpoly.edu | 14-210 | ||
| Kris Fox | Lecturer | jfox@calpoly.edu | 14-240 | ||
| Daniel Frishberg | Assistant Professor | dfrishbe@calpoly.edu | 14-223 | Graph theory, algorithms, Markov chains, computational geometry, neuroinclusive pedagogy | |
| Javier Gonzalez-Sanchez | Assistant Professor | javiergs@calpoly.edu | 14-227 | Software Engineering, Intelligent Systems Engineering, Software Product Lines, Human-Computer Interaction, Emotion AI (Affective Computing), Machine Learning, Augmented Reality, CS Education | |
| April Grow | Assistant Professor | amgrow@calpoly.edu | 14-209 | Games, Physical Crafts, Procedural Generation | |
| Bret Hartman | Lecturer | bahartma@calpoly.edu | 14-240 | ||
| Paul Hatalsky | Lecturer | phatalsk@calpoly.edu | 21-240 | ||
| Michael Haungs | Professor | mhaungs@calpoly.edu | 181-221 | Game Design, Game Implementation, User Centered Design, User Experience, Mobile Apps, Web Apps, CSC Education, K12 STEAM Outreach | |
| Borislav Hristov | Assistant Professor | bhristov@calpoly.edu | 14-115H | Machine Learning, AI, Bioinformatics, Data Science | |
| Silas Hsu | Assistant Professor | sihsu@calpoly.edu | 14-206 | Human-Computer Interaction, User Interface Design, CS Education | |
| Irene Humer | Assistant Professor | ihumer@calpoly.edu | 14-245 | ||
| Brian Jones | Lecturer | btjones@calpoly.edu | 14-236 | ||
| Paris Kalathas | Assistant Professor | pkalatha@calpoly.edu | 14-213 | CS Education, CS+X Curricula, In-service & Pre-service K-12 Teacher Preparation, Educational Tools, Interdisciplinary-Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (I-TPACK) Development | |
| Ayaan Kazerouni | Assistant Professor | ayaank@calpoly.edu | 14-229 | Computing Education, Software Engineering, Software Testing | |
| Fahim Khan | Assistant Professor | fkhan19@calpoly.edu | 14-216 | Computer Vision, Applied Machine Learning, Computer Graphics, Data Visualization, Citizen Science | |
| Foaad Khosmood | Professor | foaad@calpoly.edu | 14-115F | Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Video Games, Data Science, Digital Government | |
| BJ Klingenberg | Lecturer | bklingen@calpoly.edu | 14-228 | ||
| Ken Kubiak | Lecturer | kubiak@calpoly.edu | 14-228 | ||
| Franz Kurfess | Professor | fkurfess@calpoly.edu | 14-203 | AI, Human-Computer Interaction, Ethics and Social Justice in AI and Machine Learning | |
| Ulf Lindqvist | Lecturer | ulindqvi@calpoly.edu | 14-240 | Security, Critical Infrastructures, Applied Cryptography | |
| Chris Lupo | Professor | clupo@calpoly.edu | 14-102 | Computer Architecture, Parallel and GPU Computing, Performance Optimization | |
| Andrew Migler | Lecturer | amigler@calpoly.edu | Virtual | ||
| Theresa Migler | Associate Professor | tmigler@calpoly.edu | 14-226 | Graph Theory, Algorithm Design, Network Analysis, CS Education, CS Outreach, CS Theory (Complexity) | |
| Joydeep Mukherjee | Assistant Professor | jmukherj@calpoly.edu | 14-219 | Software Performance Engineering, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, DevOps | |
| Sumona Mukhopadhyay | Assistant Professor | mukhopad@calpoly.edu | 14-217 | Data Science, Machine Learning, Object Detection, Open CV | |
| Lara Nichols-Brown | Lecturer | nichols@calpoly.edu | 14-240 | ||
| Phillip Nico | Professor | pnico@calpoly.edu | 14-205 | ||
| Maria Pantoja | Associate Professor | mpanto01@calpoly.edu | 14-115C | High Performance Computing, Parallel Programming (OpenMP and GPU), Distributed Systems (MPI and goLang), Reliability in Distributed Systems, Acceleration of Deep Learning | |
| David Parkinson | Lecturer | dsparkin@calpoly.edu | 14- 240 | ||
| Zachary N J Peterson | Professor | znjp@calpoly.edu | 14-235B | Security, Cryptographic Engineering, Computer Security Education, Storage Systems, Games and Play, Interactive Fiction, Interactive Art, Applied Cryptography | |
| Gregory Philbrick | Lecturer | gphilbri@calpoly.edu | 21-240 | ||
| Lucas Pierce | Lecturer | lupierce@calpoly.edu | 14-240 | ||
| Anita Rathi | Lecturer | anrathi@calpoly.edu | 092-M-C104 | ||
| Vanessa Rivera | Lecturer | vcrivera@calpoly.edu | 14-202 | ||
| Mugizi Rwebangira | Assistant Professor | mrwebang@calpoly.edu | 14-218 | Machine Learning, AI, Computational Neuroscience | |
| Paul Schmitt | Assistant Professor | prs@calpoly.edu | 14-204 | Networked Systems, Privacy, Internet Measurement, AI/ML for Networks | |
| John Seng | Professor | jseng@calpoly.edu | 14-115A | Robotics, Embedded Systems, Computer Architecture | |
| Devkishen Sisodia | Assistant Professor | dsisodia@calpoly.edu | 14-221 | Network Security, Internet Measurement, Adversarial ML, CS Education | |
| Christopher Siu | Lecturer | cesiu@calpoly.edu | 14-236 | ||
| Lubomir Stanchev | Professor | lstanche@calpoly.edu | 14-230 | Databases, Semantic Computing, Machine Learning, Data Science | |
| Ka Yaw Teo | Assistant Professor | kteo@calpoly.edu | 14-215 | Algorithms and Data Structures, Computational Geometry, Combinatorial Optimization, Robot Motion Planning, Facility Location Theory, Applied Biomedical Computing, CS Education | |
| Luis Vargas | Lecturer | lvarga16@calpoly.edu | 14-236 | ||
| Jonathan Ventura | Associate Professor | jventu09@calpoly.edu | 14-235C | Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Remote Sensing | |
| Kurt Voelker | Lecturer | kvoelker@calpoly.edu | 14-202 | ||
| Mike Wagner | Lecturer | mcwagner@calpoly.edu | 14-240 | ||
| Jenny Wang | Lecturer | jwang96@calpoly.edu | 14-240 | ||
| Austin Wright | Assistant Professor | awrigh20@calpoly.edu | 14-211 | ||
| Zoë Wood | Professor | zwood@calpoly.edu | 192-305 | Computer Graphics, Rendering, Games, Visualization, Computer Science Education | |
| Julie Workman | Lecturer | jworkman@calpoly.edu | 21-240 | ||
| Eric Yocam | Lecturer | eyocam@calpoly.edu | 14-240 | ||
| Chris Zielke | Lecturer | czielke@calpoly.edu | 21-240 |
Affiliated Faculty
| NAME | OFFICE | |
| Jean Davidson – Biological Sciences | jdavid06@calpoly.edu | 33-267 |
| Jane Lehr – Professor & Chair Women & Gender Studies | jlehr@calpoly.edu | 47-25F |
| Enrica Lovaglio Costello – Art and Design | elovagli@calpoly.edu | 34-163 |
| Ava Wright – Philosophy | avwright@calpoly.edu | 47-34B |
Active Emeriti
| NAME | OFFICE | |
| Charles Dana – Professor | chdana@calpoly.edu | 14-240 |
| Hasmik Gharibyan – Professor | hghariby@calpoly.edu | 14-240 |
| Tim Kearns – Associate Professor | tkearns@calpoly.edu | 14-240 |
Staff
| NAME | POSITION | |
|---|---|---|
| Leanne Fiorentino | Administrative Support Coordinator | lfiorent@calpoly.edu |
| Teresa Medrano | Administrative Analyst Specialist | tlmedran@calpoly.edu |
Spring 2026 FACULTY OFFICE HOURS
| Professor | Office | Cal Poly Email | Office Hours | How to Connect | Zoom |
| Abdelhafeez, Laila | 14-231 | labdelha@calpoly.edu | MW 1-2PM | In Person | |
| Assal, Hisham | 14-240 | hhassal@calpoly.edu | By appointment on Zoom | Zoom | link on Canvas |
| Beard, Stephen | 14-214 | srbeard@calpoly.edu | M 10:10-11 am, 2:10 – 3 pm; W 9:10-10 am, 2:10-3 pm | In person; zoom secondary (preference given to those in person) | |
| Bellardo, John | 14-235D | bellardo@calpoly.edu | TWTh 10:10 – 11:00 am. | In Person | |
| Bisberg, Alex | 14-211 | abisberg@calpoly.edu | T 1-2pm, W 1-3pm | In Person, email for appointment | |
| Burton, Bruce | 14-254 | baburton@calpoly.edu | NA – off this quarter | NA | |
| Clements, John | 14-208 | clements@calpoly.edu | M 9am-10am, T 10am-11am, 1pm-2pm, F 11am-12pm | In Person | |
| DeBruhl, Bruce | 14-210 | bdebruhl@calpoly.edu | M, Tues, Thurs 2:10-3 | In person, zoom on request | |
| Dekhtyar, Alex | 14-212 | dekhtyar@calpoly.edu | T: 10-11am W: 10am-12pm R: 10-11am | in-person, zoom by request | |
| Einakian, Sussan | 14-202 | seinakia@calpoly.edu | MW 3-4:30 and by appointment | In Person and Zoom | |
| Fang, Dongfeng | 192-332 | dofang@calpoly.edu | Tuesday 3-4:30pm; Thursday 11am-12pm, 3-4:30pm. | In person, 192-332. | |
| Foaad Khosmood | 14-115F | foaad@calpoly.edu | MW 2:10pm-4:00pm | in Person or by appointment | |
| Frishberg, Daniel | 14-223 | dfrishbe@calpoly.edu | TR 10:10-11:00am, W 3:10-4:00pm, F 11:10am-12:00pm | TR in person, WF Zoom | In Canvas |
| Gonzalez-Sanchez, Javier | 14-227 | javiergs@calpoly.edu | MWF 1pm-2pm, MW 4pm-5pm | In person or Email | |
| Grow, April | 14-209 | amgrow@calpoly.edu | TH 12:30-3, WF 1-2 | In-person, email, zoom, or discord | |
| Haungs, Michael | 181-221 | mhaungs@calpoly.edu | MW 2-4pm | Monday in person or Zoom, Wednesday zoom only | |
| Hsu, Silas | 14-206 | sihsu@calpoly.edu | Mon 10:10-11AM, R 3:10-4:50 PM | In Person | |
| Jones, Brian | 14-236 | btjones@calpoly.edu | TR 10:10 am–1 pm, F 11:10 am–12 noon | In person | |
| Kalathas, Paris | 14-213 | pkalatha@calpoly.edu | MW 10am-11am | In person | |
| Kazerouni, Ayaan | 14-229 | ayaank@calpoly.edu | TW 9:30am–11am | In Person (Zoom if requested) | Available by email request |
| Keen, Aaron | 14-254 | akeen@calpoly.edu | M: 2:10-3pm, W: 2:10-3pm, R: 2:10-3pm | In Person | |
| Khan, Fahim | 14-216 | fkhan19@calpoly.edu | W 12:30pm to 1:30pm, F 11am to 1pm | In Person (email me for Zoom) | |
| Klingenberg, BJ | 14-228 | bklingen@calpoly.edu | T 3pm-4pm, W 10am-11am | In person, zoom | |
| Kubiak, Ken | 14-228 | kubiak@calpoly.edu | MF 2-3pm, Tu 9-11am | in person | |
| Kurfess, Franz | 14-203 | fkurfess@calpoly.edu | W 2pm-4pm and by appointment | In person or via Zoom | Coordinate via email. |
| Lara Nichols-Brown | 14-240 | nichols@calpoly.edu | MWF 1pm – 2pm, MWF 8a -9am by appointment only | email, In Person, Zoom if required | |
| Lindqvist, Ulf | 14-240 | ulindqvi@calpoly.edu | TR 5pm-6pm in 192-333; TR 2pm-3pm in 14-240 only by email appointment | ||
| Maria Pantoja | 14-115C | mpanto01@calpoly.edu | T/TH 1-2pm Wed 11am-1pm and by appointment | in person | |
| Migler, Andrew | – | amigler@calpoly.edu | MTW 8-9am | Zoom | See Canvas |
| Mukherjee, Joydeep | 14-219 | jmukherj@calpoly.edu | MW, 10-12 | In Person | |
| Mukhopadhyay, Sumona | 14-217 | mukhopad@calpoly.edu | M 10am – 12pm (zoom: https://calpoly.zoom.us/j/8361192953); W 10 – 12 pm (in-person) | email + zoom | |
| Nico, Phillip | 14-205 | pnico@calpoly.edu | MWF 2:10-3:00, T 12:10-1 | in person | |
| Parkinson, Dave | 14-240 | dsparkin@calpoly.edu | TW4:30-5:30 | Zoom | |
| Peterson, Zachary | 14-235B | znjp@calpoly.edu | M 930A-12P | In Person | |
| Philbrick, Greg | 21-240 | gphilbri@calpoly.edu | MWF 3pm-4pm, T 12:10pm-1:10pm | In Person | |
| Pierce, Lucas | Virtual | lupierce@calpoly.edu | T 1pm-2:30pm W 9am-10am | ||
| Rathi, Anita | 092-M-C104 | anrathi@calpoly.edu | Tuesdays and Thursdays (In Person in Office) : 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm , Mondays and Wednesdays (Online on Zoom) : 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm – Zoom | In Person, Zoom | |
| Schmitt, Paul | 14-204 | prs@calpoly.edu | W 12pm-2:30pm | In person | |
| Sisodia, Dev | 14-221 | dsisodia@calpoly.edu | T 12:10pm-1pm, W 12:10pm-1:30pm, R 11:40am-1pm | In Person (TR), Zoom (W) | |
| Siu, Christopher | 14-236 | cesiu@calpoly.edu | MW 8:10am-10:00am, MW 2:10pm-3:00pm, F 10:10am-12:00pm | MWF mornings in-person, MW afternoons on Zoom | |
| Stanchev, Lubomir | 14-230 | lstanche@calpoly.edu | TR 9-11am | In Person | |
| Teo, Ka Yaw | 14-215 | kteo@calpoly.edu | TR 10am-11am, W 11am-1pm | In Person | |
| Vanessa, Rivera | 14-202 | vcrivera@calpoly.edu | MW 7am-8am and 12pm – 1pm | In Person | |
| Ventura, Jonathan | 14-235C | jventu09@calpoly.edu | T 9-11 and 12-1 (in-person), R 10-11 (online) | in-person (T) and online (R) | |
| Wright, Austin | 14-222 | awrigh20@calpoly.edu | M1pm-2pm, T 10am-11am, R 10am-12-pm | Email, In-Person | |
| Wright, Ava | N/A | avwright@calpoly.edu | T/R 12pm-2pm | Zoom | |
| Yocam, Eric | 14-240 | eyocam@calpoly.edu | MWF 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Email, Zoom, In Person | |
| Zielke, Chris | 21-240 | czielke@calpoly.edu | M: 11:00 am-noon, T: noon-1:00pm, R: 11:00 am-1:00 pm | email, zoom |