2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Dr. Bing Wang University of Connecticut [biography]

   Dr. Bing Wang is a Professor in the School of Computing at the University of Connecticut (UConn). She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2005 and has been a faculty member at UConn since. Her primary research areas are computer networking, distributed systems, cyberinfrastructure, and cyber-physical systems.

2. Prof. Suining He University of Connecticut [biography]

   Suining He is an assistant professor in School of Computing at University of Connecticut. Suining He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2023, Google Research Scholar Program Award and NVIDIA Applied Research Accelerator Program Award in 2021, and two UConn Research Excellence Program (REP) Awards in 2022 and 2020, and held the Google PhD Fellowship in Mobile Computing in 2015, HKUST School of Engineering (SENG) PhD Research Fellowship Award in 2015--2016, and Hong Kong Telecom Institute of Information Technology (HKTIIT) Post-Graduate Excellence Scholarship in 2016. His scholarly works appear in WWW, SenSys, UbiComp, INFOCOM, TKDE, and TMC, and received the IEEE MASS Best Paper Runner-up Award in 2020 and IEEE RTSS Outstanding Paper Award in 2021. He was ranked among the Stanford's World's Top 2% Scientists in 2020-2024. He serves as the editor for the IEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation (J-ISPIN) since 2023.

3. Prof. Chuanrong Zhang University of Connecticut [biography]

   Chuanrong (Cindy) Zhang is a Professor in the Department of Geography and the Center for Environmental Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut (UConn). With over 20 years of experience, her research interests and expertise lie in GIS, remote sensing, and spatial analysis. She has focused extensively on the spatial analysis of environmental and socioeconomic data, utilizing spatial statistics and GIS methodologies.

4. Abdul-Wassay Queeshi University of Connecticut [biography]

   Abdul-Wassay Qureshi is a graduate from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. from the School of Computing and a B.A. from the Department of Mathematics. His research interests include machine learning optimization, robotics, and the development of explainable machine learning models.

5. Dr. Weidong Li University of Connecticut [biography]

   Weidong Li is an adjunct faculty member and research professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Connecticut (UConn). With over 30 years of research experience, his research interests and expertise focus on spatial statistics, GIS, natural resource and environmental evaluation. He has published extensively in environmental informatics, geostatistics and GIScience.

6. Dr. Sanguthevar Rajasekaran University of Connecticut [biography]

   Sanguthevar Rajasekaran received his M.E. degree in Automation from the Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore) in 1983, and his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Harvard University in 1988. Currently he is the Director of the School of Computing, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, and Pratt & Whitney Chair Professor of CSE at the University of Connecticut. His research interests include Big Data, AI and Machine Learning, Quantum Computing, Bioinformatics, Algorithms, Data Mining, Randomized Computing, and HPC. He has published over 350 research articles in journals and conferences. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AIAA). He is also an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering and has been recognized among the world’s top 2% of scientists in 2024, according to Stanford/Elsevier’s Top 2% Scientist Rankings.

7. Dr. Wei Wei University of Connecticut [biography]

   Dr. Wei Wei is an Associate Professor in Residence in School of Computing at the University of Connecticut. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2006. His research interests are computer networking, statistical analysis, performance evaluation, and machine learning.

8. Dr. Elizabeth Howard University of Connecticut [biography]

   Liz Howard is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Connecticut. Her research focuses on dual language education, and she has served as the PI or Co-Investigator of several large-scale projects exploring language and literacy outcomes, the development of sociocultural competence, effective program features, and teacher preparation in this context. She has also served as a senior advisor or external evaluator on a number of federally funded grants.

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