Full-Time Faculty
A brief timeline, extracted from other parts of this history:
- 1969 - Department of Philosophy, Statistics, and Computer Science is
formed, separated from Math.
- 1970 - Department of Philosophy separates from Computer Science and
Statistics.
- 1984 - Department of Computer Science separates and joins “SENG”
(School of Engineering), Statistics remains as a “SOSAM” (School
of Science and Math) department.
Faculty timelines, below, have been trimmed to these dates. So, for
instance, James Culpertson joined Cal Poly in 1953, but his tenure
in the computer science department is listed here as being 1969-1970.
- James T. Culbertson, (1969-1970), TT, Philosophy, Ph.D., Yale
- William O. Buschman, (1969-1980), TT, Csc, Ed.D., Oregon State University
- Robert H. Dourson, (1969-1987), TT, Csc, M.S., Cal Tech
- Kenneth F. Fuller, (1969-1971?), TT, Statistics, Ph.D., Columbia University
- Curtis F. Gerald, (1964-1980), TT, Csc, Ph.D., MIT
- Reino Hannula, (1962-1981), TT, Csc, M.S., UCLA
- Elmo A. Keller, (1963-2000), TT, Csc, Ph.D., Iowa State University
- Y. Leon Maksoudian, (1963-1984), TT, Statistics, Ph.D., U. of Minnesota
- John Groves, (1968-1984), TT, Statistics, Ph.D., Kansas State University
- Daniel F. Stubbs, (1963-1997), TT, Csc, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic
- Arthur Bethel, (1968-1970), TT, Philosophy, M.A., UCSB
- Ray E. Boche, (1969-1999), TT, Csc, Ph.D., Texas Tech University (former Director of Computer Center)
- Mary Dolores Sweet, (1969-1970), TT, Csc, Ph.D., University of Missouri (switched to Philosophy Department)
- Neil W. Webre, (1969-1993), TT, Csc, A.M., Harvard University
- Sing-Chow Wu, (1969-1984), TT, Statistics, Ph.D., Colorado State University
- Patrick O. Wheatley, (1970-1998), TT, Csc, Ph.D., University of Houston (transfer from Mathematics)
- Emile E. Attala, (1970-1997), TT, Csc, Ph.D., UCSB
- Bernard Evans, (1970-1978+), TT, Csc, Ph.D., Purdue University
- John Y. S. Hsu, (1970-2002), TT, Csc, Ph.D., UC Berkeley
- John M. Rogers, (1970-1984), TT, Statistics, Ph.D., Virginia Tech
- John B. Connely, (1970-2008), TT, Csc, Ph.D., USC (Transfer from Education)
- Thomas V. Cahill, (1970?-?)
- Joseph B. Stefanac, (1970?-?)
- James P. Bohle, (1971-1973), TT, Csc, M.S., University of Oregon
- Charles J. Welty, (1971-1973), TT, Csc, M.S., UC Berkeley
- Corine A. Bickley, (1972-1974), TT, Csc, M.S., Washington State University
- James C. Daly, (1972-1984), TT, Statistics, Ph.D., Oregon State University
- Sham S. Luthra, (1972-1999), TT, Csc, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
- Jay S. Bayne, (1973-1979?), TT, Csc, Ph.D., UCSB
- James Beug, (1973-2004), TT, Csc, Ph.D., Ohio State University
- Joseph Grimes, (1973-2013,2020-2020), TT, Csc, Ph.D., Iowa State University
- Roy B. Hollstien, (1973-1987), TT, Csc, Ph.D., University of Michigan
- Robert G. Babb, (1974-?), TT, Csc, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
- Jay L. Devore, (1978-1984), TT, Statistics, Ph.D., Stanford University
- Robert K. Smidt, (1978-1984), TT, Statistics, Ph.D., University of Wyoming
- Pasha Rostov, (1978-1992), Csc, M.S., UC Berkeley
- Michael Van De Vanter, (1979-1983,2018-2021), Ph.D., UC Berkeley
- Thomas Foley, (1979-1983), TT, Csc, Ph.D., Arizona State University
- Roxy Peck, (1979-1984), TT, Statistics, Ph.D., UC Riverside
- John Dalbey, (1980-2017), Ph.D., UC Berkeley
- Joseph Sharp, (1980-?), TT, Csc, Ph.D., UC Berkeley
- Kent Smith, (1981-1984), TT, Statistics, Ph.D., UC Riverside
- Charles H. Dana, (1982-2016), TT, Csc, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
- Zane C. Motteler, (1982-1993), TT, Csc, Ph.D., Stanford University
- Cornel K. Pokorny, (1983-2008), TT, Csc, Ph.D., Texas Tech. University
- Linda Stanbery, (1983-1984), TT, Statistics, M.S., California State University Northridge
- Leonard D. Myers, (1984-2006), TT, Csc, Ph.D., University of Kansas
- Laurian M. Chirica, (1984-2007), TT, Csc, Ph.D., UCLA
- Timothy J. Kearns, (1985-1987, 1999-2005, 2011-2024), TT, Csc, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
- Maureen C. Mellon, (1985-?), TT, Csc, M.S., Drexel University
- Daniel Stearns, (1986-2006), TT, Csc, M.S., California Polytechnic State University
- Clinton A. Staley, (1988-2021), TT, Csc, Ph.D., UCSB
- Lois Brady, (1988-2004), TT, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
- James Etheredge, (1988-1991), TT, Ph.D., Southwestern Louisiana
- S. Ron Oliver, (1988-1997), TT, Ph.D., Colorado State University
- Roger Camp, (1984-1993), TT, Csc, Ph.D., Iowa State University (Transfer from Electrical Engineering)
- W. Chris Buckalew, (1990-2018), TT, Ph.D., University of Texas
- Gene Fisher, (1991-2015), TT, Csc, Ph.D., UC Irvine
- Lewis Hitchner, (1991-2007), TT, Csc, Ph.D., University of Utah
- Nancy J. Parham, (1992-2009), M.S., CSU San Bernardino
- Mei-ling Liu, (1994-2010,2012-2012), TT, Csc, Ph.D., UCSB
- Chris Scheiman, (1994-2000), TT, Csc, Ph.D., UCSB
- Emilia E. “Millie” Buckalew (Villarreal), (1994-2000?,2009-2009,2017-2018), TT, Csc, Ph.D., University of Texas
- Kevin O’Gorman, (?-2011), Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
- Mark Hutchenreuther, (1997-2012), M.S., CSU Northridge
- Sigurd Meldal, (1997-2001), TT, Dr. Scient., University of Oslo, Norway
- Erika Rogers, (1998-2004), TT, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
- Franz J. Kurfess, (2000-), TT, Dr. Rer. Nat. Informatik, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Phil Nico, (2000-), TT, Ph.D., UC Davis
- Hasmik Gharibyan, (2000-), TT, Ph.D., Yerevan State University, Armenia, USSR
- Hugh Smith, (2000-), TT, Ph.D., Michigan State University
- Clark Turner, (2000-2022), TT, J.D., University of Maine School of Law; Ph.D., UC Irvine
- Diana Franklin, (2002-2007), TT, Ph.D., UC Davis
- Aaron Keen, (2002-), TT, Ph.D., UC Davis
- Kurt Mammen, (2002-2021), M.S., Cal Poly
- Michael Haungs, (2003-), TT, Ph.D., UC Davis
- John Seng, (2003-), TT, Ph.D., UC San Diego
- Zoe Wood, (2003-), TT, Ph.D., Caltech
- Julie Workman, (2004-2025), M.S., Cal Poly
- John Clements, (2005-), TT, Ph.D., Northeastern University
- David Janzen, (2006-2021), TT, Ph.D., University of Kansas
- Ignatios Vakalis, (2006-2021), TT, Ph.D., Western Michigan University
- Kurt Voelker, (2006-), M.S., Cal Poly
- Alex Dekhtyar, (2007-), TT, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
- Paul Hatalsky, (2007-2024), M.S., Cal Poly
- Chris Clark, (2007-2012), TT, Ph.D., Stanford University
- John Bellardo, (2007-), TT, Ph.D., UC San Diego
- Chris Lupo, (2008-), TT, Ph.D., UC Davis
- Foaad Khosmood, (2011-), TT, Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz
- Zachary N. J. Peterson, (2013-), TT, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
- Shinjiro Sueda, (2014-2016), TT, Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Canada
- Davide Falessi, (2015-2020), TT, Ph.D., University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
- Timothy Hawkins, (2014-2015)
- Allan Fowler, (2015-2015), Ph.D., University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Sussan Einakian, (2015-), Ph.D., University of Alabama at Huntsville
- Theresa Migler, (2015-), TT starting 2018, Ph.D., Oregon State
- John Planck, (2015-), B.S., California Polytechnic State University
- Lubomir Stanchev, (2015-), TT, Ph.D., University of Waterloo, Canada
- Bruce DeBruhl, (2015-), TT, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
- Maria Pantoja, (2016-), TT, Ph.D., Santa Clara University
- Brad Hollister, (2016-2018), Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz
- Muhammad Ghanbari, (2016-2017), Ph.D., University of Alabama Huntsville
- Motahareh “Sara” Bahrami Zanjani, (2017-2019), TT, Ph.D., Wichita State University
- Christian Eckhardt, (2017-), TT, Ph.D., Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Bruno Carreiro da Silva, (2017-2022), TT, Ph.D., Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
- George Taylor, (2017-2019), Ph.D., UC Berkeley
- Christopher Siu, (2017-), M.S. Cal Poły
- Andrew Migler, (2017-),
- Daniel Kauffman, (2017-2021), M.S., Cal Poly
- Jonathan Ventura, (2018-), TT, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
- Nicholas Sakellariou, (2018-2020), Ph.D., UC Berkeley
- Irene Humer, (2018-), TT starting 2024, Ph.D., University of Vienna, Austria
- Bill Foote, (2018-2019), M.S., UC Berkeley
- Dongfeng “Phoenix” Fang, (2019-), TT, Ph.D., University of Nebraska Lincoln
- Paul Anderson, (2019-), TT, Ph.D., Wright State University
- Toshihiro Kuboi, (2019-2021), M.S., Cal Poly
- Sara Ford, (2019-2020), Human Factors, M.S., San Jose State University
- Kirsten Mork, (2019-2024), M.S., Cal Poly
- Ayaan Kazerouni, (2020-), TT, Ph.D., Virginia Tech
- Nasir Eisty, (2020-2021), TT, Ph.D., University of Alabama
- Stephen Beard, (2020-), TT, Ph.D., Princeton University
- BJ Klingenberg, (2021-), M.S., University of Arizona
- Joydeep Mukherjee, (2021-), TT, Ph.D., University of Calgary, Canada
- April Grow, (2021-), TT, Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz
- Mugizi Rwebangira, (2021-), TT, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
- Rodrigo Canaan, (2021-), TT, Ph.D., New York University
- Brian Jones, (2016-2017,2020-), M.S., Cal Poly
- Sumona Mukhopadhyay, (2021-), TT starting 2022, Ph.D., University of Calgary
- Javier Gonzalez Sanchez, (2022-), TT, Ph.D., Arizona State University
- Devkishen Sisodia, (2022-), TT, Ph.D., University of Oregon
- Vanessa Rivera, (2022-), Astrophysics, M.S., University of Arizona
- Ashlee Pieris, (2022-2023), M.S., Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Adnan Anwar Awan, (2023-2024), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ph.D., Isra University, Pakistan
- Daniel Frishberg, (2023-), TT, Ph.D. UC Irvine
- Ka Yaw Teo, (2023-), TT, Ph.D., University of Texas Dallas
- Ken Kubiak, (2023-), Computer Engineering, Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Kirk Duran, (2023-), M.S., Sonoma State University
- Borislav Hristov, (2024-), TT, Ph.D., Princeton University
- Paris Kalathas, (2024-), TT, Ph.D., Oregon State University
- Fahim Khan, (2024-), TT, Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz
- Paul Schmitt, (2024-), TT, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
- Silas Hsu, (2024-), TT, PhD., U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Chris Zielke, (2024-), B.S., Cal Poly
- Anita Rathi, (2024-), Ed.D., University of San Francisco
- Laila Abdelhafeez, (2024-), TT starting 2025, Ph.D., University of California Irvine
- Alex Bisberg, (2025-), TT, Ph.D., University of Southern California
- Austin Wright, (2025-), TT, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
- Greg Philbrick, (2025-), Ph.D., University of Waterloo
Part-time Faculty & Visitors
(This list may contain a bunch of full-time lecturers that should be moved to the prior category)
- Fred Abler, (2015-2019)
- Bushra Anjum, (2016-2017)
- Hisham Assal, (2012-), Ph.D., UCLA
- Brett Armstrong (2013-2015), M.S., Cal Poly
- Eric Augustine (2013-2016), M.S., Cal Poly
- Hoang Bao
- George Bekey
- Jeff Bergamini (2004-2007), M.S., Cal Poly
- Eric Buchholz (2003-2004), M.S., Cal Poly
- Dennis Butler
- John Campbell (2013-2015)
- Fred Clegg
- Ian Dunn (2016-2018), M.S., Cal Poly
- Donald E. Erickson
- Bryan Estrada
- Sandrine Fischer-White (2014-2015)
- Lori Fisher
- Christina Forney (2011)
- Richard Fryer
- J. Kris Fox (2004, 2018-), M.S., Cal Poly
- Paul Goldberg
- Nick Gonella (2018-2019)
- Adam Gray
- ? Gridley
- Andy Guyader
- Greg Hamerly (Summer 2002), Ph.D., UC San Diego
- Kari Haworth (2011-2014), M.S., Stanford
- Stephanie Hunting
- Nush Huvannisian
- ? Jaffar
- Carol Le
- Al Lipper
- ? Lovelace
- Tony Lenz (2015-2018, 2019-)
- Charles Lytle
- Shivakumar Mathapathi (2015)
- David A. Maluf (2016), Ph.D., McGill University
- Michele McAustin
- John Mellor
- Beth Meyer
- Kimberly Nico (2003-2004), M.S., UC Davis
- Graham O’Daniel
- Devon Parham (2005-2007)
- David Parkinson (2015-), M.S., Stanford University
- Ngan Phan (2006-2007)
- Mel Phillips (1998-2007), Ph.D., Oklahoma
- John Pietch (2004-2005)
- Lucas Pierce (2022-)
- ? Pond (2004)
- Greg Porter (2009)
- Jakob Reichl (2017-2018, 2022-2023)
- Lorraine Rellick (2003)
- Robert Ross (2003-2009), Ph.D., UC Berkeley
- Lonny Rollins (2003-2007)
- Ken Rothmuller (2006-2007)
- Arthur Rowland (?-2003)
- Nicholas Sakellariou (2016-2018), Ph.D., UC Berkeley
- Carol Scheftic
- Bob Schuermann
- Uwe Schultz (2015)
- Randy Scovil (2006-2019), M.S. Cal Poly
- Lauri Silvestri (2003-2005)
- Raghuram Sudhaakar (2016), Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo
- Judy Tantivongsathaporn (2003-2004)
- John Tucker (2005-2006)
- Michael Wagner (2006)
- ? Wang
- Robert Webb (2007-2009)
- Walter Whipple (2014), Ph.D., University of Michigan
- Winnie Yick
- Linda Zhou
CSC Department Staff
- Lynda A. Alamo, office staff
- Cindy Bitto (2007-2012), Administrative Analyst
- Susanne Brownlee (2013-2014), Administrative Analyst
- Jana Favalova, office staff.
- Leanne Fiorentino (2013-), Department Coordinator
- Diane H. (Nott) Goldman (~1990-2010), office staff
- Haley Landis, office staff
- Ryan Lau (2014-2017), Financial Analyst
- Teresa Medrano (2017-), Financial Analyst
- Ellen M. Stier (-2007), Administrative Analyst
- Janice Zoradi, office staff
- Christy Zolla (2010?-2013), Department Coordinator
CSL Staff
- Tedd Akdag, (2016-2021), Operating Systems Analyst
- Ralph Nicovich, (1978-1983), CSL Manager.
- Donald E. Erickson, (1987-2000), CSL Manager.
- Alan Bell
- Gilbert Keas
- Haley Landis
- Neal Pollack
- Gerhard Vanderloop
- Byron Smith, (2000-2012), Systems Administrator.
- Jerry Derby
- Tom Cubanski
- Brian Hagen, (-2015), Operating Systems Analyst.
- Alan Pence, (2011-2015), Operating Systems Analyst.
- Greg Porter, (2007-2010), Operating Systems Analyst / Systems Administrator.
- Diana Wilson, (2016-2021), Operating Systems Analyst