Data Science and Business Analytics

Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, UK Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Falaggis earned his Ph.D. in the area of Multi-Wavelength Interferometry and High Dynamic-Range Sensors at the University of Leeds, UK within the group of Catherine and David Towers (2006-2011). Dr. Falaggis was also a post-doctoral research associate at the Warsaw University […]

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Emory University Courses Taught: Databases for Data Scientists DSBA 6160 / HCIP 6160; Special Topics in DSBA: Data Privacy DSBA 6010 Biography: Dr. Liyue Fan’s research is at the intersection of data privacy and spatiotemporal databases. She was named one of the “Rising Stars in EECS” by MIT in 2015. […]

Education: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering – Transportation, The University of Texas at Austin Courses Taught: CEGR 5161 – Advanced Traffic Engineering CEGR 6262 – Connected and Autonomous Vehicles CEGR 6167 – Discrete Choice Modeling Econometrics and Data Analysis CEGR 6161/8161 – Traffic Control and Operation CEGR 5262 – Traffic Engineering CEGR 6164/8164 – Traffic Safety CEGR 6166/8166 – Urban […]

Biography: Tom is a strategic, mission-driven, collaborative leader spearheading business and engineering-centric Product and IT roadmaps for global enterprise growth strategies. Delivered sustained multi-million dollar operational results. He is best known for implementing state-of-the-art technology-based solutions in the Cloud, across the Internet, eCommerce, Software as a Service (SaaS), and other High Technology sectors. Tom possesses […]

Education: Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of North Carolina at CharlotteM.S. in Data Science and Business Analytics, University of North Carolina at CharlotteB.A. in Applied Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Courses Taught: Cloud Computing for Data Analysis DSBA 6190 Biography: Dr. Colby Ford is the founder of , a Microsoft and […]

Education: M.S. Advanced Data and Knowledge Discovery, UNC Charlotte Courses Taught: Biography: Robert Fox started his career at IBM in Charlotte in 1999, and over the next 20+ years grew into a seasoned data science practitioner and leader (working primarily in the financial services sector—most recently as SVP & Head of Data Science & Analytics […]

Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2017  Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Marianna B. Ganapini is an Associate Professor at UNC Charlotte (School of Data Science & Philosophy Department). She has collaborated with leading universities and companies, including IBM and the University of Notre Dame, and is widely published in AI ethics and philosophy of AI. She is also Co-Founder […]

Education: Ph.D. in Statistics, Virginia TechM.A. in Statistics, Columbia University Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Wenyu Gao is a skilled statistician and a collaborative interdisciplinary researcher, with expertise in a diverse range of statistical and machine-learning techniques. Before joining UNC Charlotte, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, where she developed an advanced model […]

Dr. Yaorong Ge’s research focuses on imaging informatics, health informatics, and intelligent informatics systems development. He has participated in many research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, has co-founded and managed a health informatics software startup until its acquisition, and has successfully commercialized a number of novel technologies via patent licensing.

Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of KentuckyM.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, IranB.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran Courses Taught: Control Engineering, Dynamic Systems, Optimal Control, Numerical Methods, Dynamics and Control of Autonomous Vehicles, and Reinforcement Learning (will be shared with SDS for Fall 2026) Biography: Dr. Amirhossein Ghasemi is […]