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Computing PhD Graduates

Computational Math Science and Engineering

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    Dr. James Beck

    Graduated Fall 2022
    Post-graduation employment: Investigator, Bioinformatics at Scribe Therapeutics in Alameda, CA

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    Graduated Fall 2022
    Post-graduation employment: Investigator, Bioinformatics at Scribe Therapeutics in Alameda, CA

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    Dr. Kathryn Drake

    Graduated Fall 2020
    Post-graduation employment: Senior Software Engineer at Apple in San Diego, CA

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    Graduated Fall 2020
    Post-graduation employment: Senior Software Engineer at Apple in San Diego, CA

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    Dr. Andrew Jones

    Graduated Fall 2022
    Post-graduation employment: Plasma Physics Group at Sandia National Lab, Postdoc Position

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    Graduated Fall 2022
    Post-graduation employment: Plasma Physics Group at Sandia National Lab, Postdoc Position

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    Dr. Miu Lun Lau

    Graduated in Fall 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Senior Scientist at BAE Systems Inc. in Arlington, Virginia

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    Graduated in Fall 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Senior Scientist at BAE Systems Inc. in Arlington, Virginia

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    Dr. Tyler Phillips

    Graduated Fall 2021
    Post-graduation employment: Computational Scientist at Idaho National Laboratory in Boise, ID

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    Graduated Fall 2021
    Post-graduation employment: Computational Scientist at Idaho National Laboratory in Boise, ID

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    Dr. Damyn Chipman

    Graduated Fall 2024
    Post-graduation employment: Postdoctoral position at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sante Fe, NM

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    Graduated Fall 2024
    Post-graduation employment: Postdoctoral position at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sante Fe, NM

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    Dr. Yao Gahounzo

    Graduated Summer 2024
    Post-graduation employment: Postdoctoral position at the Center for Ocean Atmospheric Predictions Studies at Florida State University, Tallahassee

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    Graduated Summer 2024
    Post-graduation employment: Postdoctoral position at the Center for Ocean Atmospheric Predictions Studies at Florida State University, Tallahassee

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    Dr. Brian Kyanjo

    Graduated Summer 2024
    Post-graduation employment: Postdoctoral position at Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

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    Graduated Summer 2024
    Post-graduation employment: Postdoctoral position at Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

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Cybersecurity

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    Dr. Chidi Agbo

    Graduated Fall 2023
    Post-graduation employment:
    Assistant Professor of Cyber Systems at University of Nebraska, Kearney (UNK)

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    Graduated Fall 2023
    Post-graduation employment:
    Assistant Professor of Cyber Systems at University of Nebraska, Kearney (UNK)

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  • Golam Dastoger Bashar

    Dr. Golam Dastoger Bashar

    Graduated in Fall 2021
    Post-graduation employment: Software Engineer at KLA, Portland, OR

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    Graduated in Fall 2021
    Post-graduation employment: Software Engineer at KLA, Portland, OR

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  • Samer Khamaiseh

    Dr. Samer Khamaiseh

    Graduated Fall 2019
    Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor at Miami University and Director of the NSSR Cybersecurity Lab

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    Graduated Fall 2019
    Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor at Miami University and Director of the NSSR Cybersecurity Lab

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    Dr. A K M Nuhil Mehdy

    Graduated Summer 2021
    Post-graduation employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Micron in Boise, ID

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    Graduated Summer 2021
    Post-graduation employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Micron in Boise, ID

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    Dr. Ning Shen

    Graduated in Fall 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Software Engineer at Amazon in San Francisco, CA, building an infrastructure for benchmarking and deploying Alexa’s Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models

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    Graduated in Fall 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Software Engineer at Amazon in San Francisco, CA, building an infrastructure for benchmarking and deploying Alexa’s Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models

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    Dr. Will Unger

    Graduated Spring 2022
    Post-graduate employment: Raytheon

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    Graduated Spring 2022
    Post-graduate employment: Raytheon

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  • Dr. Chibuzo Ukegbu

    Graduated Summer 2024
    Post-graduation employment: Tenure track Assistant Professor at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), a private university in Wisconsin

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    Graduated Summer 2024
    Post-graduation employment: Tenure track Assistant Professor at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), a private university in Wisconsin

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Computer Science

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    Dr. Kenny Ballou

    Graduated Summer 2024
    Post-Graduation employment: Faculty position with California State University – San Marcos, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems

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    Graduated Summer 2024
    Post-Graduation employment: Faculty position with California State University – San Marcos, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems

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  • Eddie Davis

    Dr. Eddie Davis

    Graduated Spring 2019
    Post-graduation employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Micron Technology in Boise, ID

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    Graduated Spring 2019
    Post-graduation employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Micron Technology in Boise, ID

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    Dr. Mikel Joaristi

    Graduated Fall 2020
    Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Climate Corp in Seattle, WA

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    Graduated Fall 2020
    Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Climate Corp in Seattle, WA

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  • Ion Madrazo

    Dr. Ion Madrazo

    Graduated Fall 2019
    Post-graduation employment:
    Senior Data Scientist at Lowe’s Companies, Inc. in Mooresville, NC

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    Graduated Fall 2019
    Post-graduation employment:
    Senior Data Scientist at Lowe’s Companies, Inc. in Mooresville, NC

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  • Golam Md Mortuza

    Dr. Golam Md Mortuza

    Graduated Summer 2023
    Post-Graduation employment: Senior Scientific Programmer for Moody’s in Newark, CA

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    Graduated Summer 2023
    Post-Graduation employment: Senior Scientific Programmer for Moody’s in Newark, CA

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  • Tobi Popoola

    Dr. Tobi Popoola

    Graduated Spring 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Senior GPU Compiler Engineer at Qualcomm in San Diego, CA

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    Graduated Spring 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Senior GPU Compiler Engineer at Qualcomm in San Diego, CA

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  • Amifa Raj

    Dr. Amifa Raj

    Graduated Fall 2023
    Post-Graduation employment: Applied Scientist II at Microsoft

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    Graduated Fall 2023
    Post-Graduation employment: Applied Scientist II at Microsoft

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  • Dhanush Kumar Ratakonda

    Dr. Dhanush Kumar Ratakonda

    Graduated Spring 2022
    Post-graduation employment: Mixed Methods User Experience Researcher at Ivanti in Boise, ID

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    Graduated Spring 2022
    Post-graduation employment: Mixed Methods User Experience Researcher at Ivanti in Boise, ID

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  • Qudrat E Alahy Ratul

    Dr. Qudrat E Alahy Ratul

    Graduated Summer 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT

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    Graduated Summer 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT

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  • Anu Shrestha

    Dr. Anu Shrestha

    Graduated Spring 2022
    Post-graduate employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Intel Corporation in Portland, OR

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    Graduated Spring 2022
    Post-graduate employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Intel Corporation in Portland, OR

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  • Iker Vazquez Lopez

    Dr. Iker Vazquez Lopez

    Graduated Spring 2022
    Post-graduate employment: Software Engineer II, Contractor at Meta in Redmond, WA

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    Graduated Spring 2022
    Post-graduate employment: Software Engineer II, Contractor at Meta in Redmond, WA

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    Dr. Janet Layne

    Graduated Fall 2024
    Post-graduate employment: Pending

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    Graduated Fall 2024
    Post-graduate employment: Pending

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    Graham Annett

    Graduated Fall 2024
    Post-graduate employment: Pending

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    Graduated Fall 2024
    Post-graduate employment: Pending

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Data Science

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    Dr. Amrina Ferdous

    Graduated Fall 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist III, Micron Technology, Boise ID

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    Graduated Fall 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist III, Micron Technology, Boise ID

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  • Amir Abbas Kazemzadeh Farizhandi

    Dr. Amir Abbas Kazemzadeh Farizhandi

    Graduated Fall 2022
    Post-graduation employment: Advanced Modeling Engineer/Data Scientist at Micron Technology

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    Graduated Fall 2022
    Post-graduation employment: Advanced Modeling Engineer/Data Scientist at Micron Technology

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  • Ahmad Hojatimalekshah

    Dr. Ahmad Hojatimalekshah

    Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship Award, 2023 recipient

    Graduated Spring 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Post-Doc at Boise State University with Dr. Nancy Glenn developing new machine-learning algorithms to address challenges in snow density estimation

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    Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship Award, 2023 recipient

    Graduated Spring 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Post-Doc at Boise State University with Dr. Nancy Glenn developing new machine-learning algorithms to address challenges in snow density estimation

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    Dr. Ngozi Ihemelandu

    Graduated Spring 2024
    Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Task Impetus Inc., New Orleans, LA

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    Graduated Spring 2024
    Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Task Impetus Inc., New Orleans, LA

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  • Mintaek Lee

    Dr. Mintaek Lee

    Graduated Summer 2022
    Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Novant Health in Winston-Salem, NC

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    Graduated Summer 2022
    Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Novant Health in Winston-Salem, NC

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  • Arash Modaresi Rad

    Dr. Arash Modaresi Rad

    Graduated Fall 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Water resources Data Scientist with Lynker’s Hydrofabrics Team developing tools, ETL data pipelines and software to support the next generation of national water models and to advance flood forecasting capabilities

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    Graduated Fall 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Water resources Data Scientist with Lynker’s Hydrofabrics Team developing tools, ETL data pipelines and software to support the next generation of national water models and to advance flood forecasting capabilities

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  • Md Asif Rahman

    Dr. Md Asif Rahman

    Graduated Fall 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Data Analytics Specialist/Program Admin Spec II, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in Richmond, Virginia

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    Graduated Fall 2023
    Post-graduation employment: Data Analytics Specialist/Program Admin Spec II, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in Richmond, Virginia

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    Dr. Tianjie Zhang

    Graduated Spring 2024
    Post-graduation employment: Summer Internship at Idaho National Laboratories followed by a postdoc at Rutgers University, New Jersey

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    Graduated Spring 2024
    Post-graduation employment: Summer Internship at Idaho National Laboratories followed by a postdoc at Rutgers University, New Jersey

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