People

Below are faculty, students and lab groups active in the Ph.D. program in Computation, Organizations and Society (COS).

Core COS Faculty

Kathleen Carley
  • computational social and organization theory, dynamic social networks, multi-agent network models, information diffusion, social and organizational policy
  • Lorrie Cranor
  • privacy enhancing software, policy specification languages, electronic voting, secure systems
  • David Farber (bio)
  • distributed computing, telecommunications and networks, software systems and programming languages, technology policy
  • Bill Hefley
  • intelligent user interfaces, IT services qualification, software industry research
  • Jim Herbsleb
  • collaboration in software engineering, open source, computer-supported cooperative work, organization design
  • Raj Reddy
  • human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence
  • Norman Sadeh
  • pervasive computing, agent technologies, internet-enabled supply chains, mobile commerce, web security and privacy
  • Michael Shamos
  • digital libraries, language identification, electronic voting, electronic negotiation, Internet law and policy
  • Latanya Sweeney
  • data privacy, privacy technology, bioterrorism surveillance, video surveillance, biomedical informatics, intelligent tutoring systems, computer learning
  • Rahul Tongia
  • Technology Leapfrogging; Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Sustainable Development; Digital Divide; Telecommunications Policy; Smart Metering and Digital Power Grids; Infrastructure (IT, Telecom, Energy, and Power) analysis, options, and regulation
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    COS Students

    The Ph.D. Program in Computation, Organizations and Society (COS) is the newest Ph.D. Program in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. The following students, who were previously working on COS projects with COS faculty, have already been admitted to the inaugural class through an early admissions process.

    Bedford, Virginia (On Leave)
  • dynamic network analysis, high performance computing, BioWar
  • Benisch, Michael J.
  • expressive commerce, computational game theory, automated trading, mechanism design, machine learning
  • Chan, Christopher (On Leave)
  • open source software, mathematical modeling
  • Chang, Yi
  • Dynamic Network Analysis, Machine Learning, Language Technologies
  •   Cranshaw, Justin
  • Daimler, Eric
  • Social Networking Analysis applied to Innovation Diffusion.
  • Davis, George
  • computational models of sustainability
  • Diesner, Jana
  • dynamic network analysis, text mining, AutoMap, co-evolution of social and knowledge networks
  • Frantz, Terrill L.
  • dynamic network analysis, organizational dynamics, mergers, ORA
  • Hirshman, Brian
  • dynamic network analysis, agent based modeling, cognitive processes, Construct
  • Jiang, Xiaoqian
  • data privacy, data mining
  • Jones, Laurie
  • data privacy
  • Kelley, Patrick G.
  • Information Visualization, Explanation, Conversation, HCI, Suggestion
  • Komanduri, Saranga
  • Usable security, learning science, HCI, judgment and decision making
  • Landwehr, Peter
  • dynamic network analysis, massive multi-player on line games
  • Lanham, Michael
  • Organizational dynamics, dynamic network analysis, computer network defense
  •   Morgan, Geoffrey
  • Olson, Jamie
  • dynamic network analysis, geo-spatially enabled network analysis
  • Schneider, Mike (On Leave)
  • network science, social-interfaces
  • Shay, Richard
  • Computer Security, Usability, and Policy
  • St. Charles, Jesse
  • Dynamic Network Analysis, Agent Based modeling, Emergent Behavior, Complex Systems
  • Towne, William
  • Decision support tools, organizational and decision dynamics, dynamic network analysis
  • Xu, Wanhong
  • data privacy, data mining
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    COS Alumni

    Edoardo Airoldi
  • fingerprint identification, probabilistic models for mining text, data privacy, geometry of learning algorithms, inverse problems over time
  • Thesis: Bayesian Mixed-Membership Models of Complex and Evolving Networks
  • [Abstract] [pdf]
    Michael Ashworth
  • computational organization theory, management and entrepreneurial influence, measures of organizational performance
  • Thesis: Computational and Empirical Explorations of Work Group Performance
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    Marcelo Cataldo
  • computational organization science
  • Thesis: Dependencies in Geographically Distributed Software Development: Overcoming The Limits of Modularity
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    Serge Egelman
  • Usable privacy and security, helping users make informed trust decisions, and increasing the dissemination of web site privacy policies
  • Thesis: Trust Me: Design Patterns for Constructing Trustworthy Trust Indicators
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    John Graham
  • military command, control, communications & information, social network analysis, organizational design, situation awareness, shared mental model
  • Thesis: Dynamic Network Analysis of the Network-Centric Organization: Towards an Understanding of Cognition & Peformance
  • [Abstract] [pdf]
    Ralph Gross
  • human identification at a distance, face and gait recognition, computer vision, data privacy
  • Thesis: Face De-Identification using Multi-Factor Active Appearance Models
  • [Abstract] [pdf]
    Ponnurangam Kumaraguru
  • security education, trust modeling, learning science, human computer interaction, and privacy policy languages
  • Thesis: PhishGuru: A System for Educating Users about Semantic Attacks
  • [Abstract] [pdf]
    Bradley Malin
  • data linkage and re-identification, data privacy, data mining, biomedical informatics, internet fraud, applied multiparty computation
  • Thesis: Trail Re-Identification and Unlinkability in Distributed Databases
  • [Abstract] [pdf]
    Ian McCulloh
  • dynamic network analysis, change detection, statistics on networks
  • Thesis: Detecting Changes in a Dynamic Social Network
  • [Abstract] [pdf]
    Il-Chul Moon
  • Social Network Analysis, Multi-Agent Modeling and Simulation, Game Theory, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism, Military Command and Control Structure, and Disaster Modeling and Simulation
  • Thesis: Destabilization of Adversarial Organizations with Strategic Interventions
  • [Abstract] [pdf]
    Craig Schreiber
  • social network analysis, multi-agent systems, diffusion of knowledge
  • Thesis: Human and Organizational Risk Modeling, Critical Personnel and Leadership in Network Organizations
  • [Abstract] [pdf]
    Maksim Tsvetovat
  • intelligent agents, ecommerce, contracts and negotiations
  • Thesis: Social Structure Simulation and Inference using Artificial Intelligence Techniques
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    Patrick Wagstrom
  • dynamic network analysis, software development teams
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    Alex Yahja
  • intelligent adaptive agents, networks, multi-agent systems, bioterrorism surveillance
  • Thesis: WIZER: A Tool for Validation of Social Simulations
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    Administrative People

    Corina Bardasuc
  • Executive Assistant to Jim Herbsleb
  • Rochelle Economou
  • COS Web Manager
  • Linda Francona
  • Mobile Commerce Lab, Lab Manager
  • Executive Assistant to Dr.Norman Sadeh
  • Connie Herold
  • COS Program Manager
  • Helen Higgins
  • ISR Business Office Manager
  • Dwayne Lehman
  • CASOS Center Manager
  • Sherice Livingston
  • Data Privacy Lab, Lab Administrator
  • Executive Assistant to Dr. Latanya Sweeney
  • Jennifer Lucas
  • Executive Assistant to Dr. Lorrie Cranor
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    Ph.D. Program in Computation, Organizations and Society
    School of Computer Science
    Carnegie Mellon University
    5000 Forbes Avenue
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213
    (412)268-3163
    cos-phd@cs.cmu.edu

       

    Ph.D. Program in Computation, Organizations and Society
    School of Computer Science
    Carnegie Mellon University
    5000 Forbes Avenue
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213
    (412)268-3163
    cos-phd@cs.cmu.edu