Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science

New Faculty 2025

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Check out the 2025 Lightning Research Talk videos to learn more about what our new faculty are working on!

 

Joseph Calandrino

Joseph Calandrino

Assistant Professor

Software and Societal Systems/Department of Engineering & Public Policy

Education

  • B.S. (Computer Science / Mathematics), University of Virginia
  • M.C.S. (Master of Computer Science), University of Virginia
  • M.A. (Computer Science), Princeton University
  • Ph.D. (Computer Science), Princeton University

Research Interests

  • Security
  • Privacy
  • Technology policy
  • Human factors
  • Algorithmic auditing
  • Online crime
Tim Dettmers

Tim Dettmers

Assistant Professor

Machine Learning Department/Computer Science Department

Education

  • The Open University, B.Sc. (Hon) Mathematics and Statistics
  • Universita della Svizzera Italiana, M.Sc. Informatics
  • University of Washington, Ph.D. Computer Science

Research Interests

  • Open-source agents
  • On-device mixture of experts
  • Hierarchical LLM architectures and deployments
  • Scientific automation (including healthcare)
  • Automation with AI
Hao Liu

Hao Liu

Assistant Professor

Machine Learning Department

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science at Berkeley

Research Interests

  • Solving intelligence
  • Deep learning
  • Neural networks
Meg Neumann

Meg Neumann

Assistant Teaching Professor

Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Education

  • B.A. Studio Art, Williams College
  • MHCI, Carnegie Mellon University

Research Interests

  • Design for Marketplaces
  • Design for Social Impact
  • HCI Entrepreneurship
  • Accessibility & Inclusive Design
  • Design Leadership & Organization Building
Babu Pillai

Babu Pillai

Associate Teaching Professor

Computer Science Department

Education

  • B.S., CMU
  • M.SE., University of Michigan
  • Ph.D., University of Michigan

Research Interests

  • Software Systems
  • Real-time systems
  • Architecture
Julie Saunders

Julie Saunders

Assistant Teaching Professor

Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Education

  • B.A. Media Arts, Chatham University
  • M.Des. Interaction Design, Carnegie Mellon University

Research Interests

  • Interaction & Experience Design
Benjamin Titzer

Benjamin Titzer

Assistant Research Professor

Software and Societal Systems Department/Electrical & Computer Engineering