CIS Faculty and Administration
Department Chair | Program Directors | Staff | Faculty | CIS Adjunct Instructors
Department Chair
Dr. Daniel Leeds
340A John Mulcahy Hall
Email: [email protected]
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies (Rose Hill)
Dr. Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan | JMH 334 | [email protected]
Assistant to the Chair for Undergrad Studies (Lincoln Center)
Dr. Mohamed Rahouti | LL610C (LC) [email protected]
Graduate Program Directors
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Dr. Ying Mao | JMH 336 | [email protected]
M.S. in Computer Science
Dr. Gary Weiss | LL 610D | [email protected]
M.S. in Data Science
Dr. Yijun Zhao | LL 610E | [email protected]
M.S. in Cybersecurity
Dr. Thaier Hayajneh | LL 616A | [email protected]
Department Staff
Department Administrator
Palma A. Salerno | JMH 340 | [email protected]
System Administrator
Luis Torres | JMH 329| [email protected]
Rose Hill Department Assistant
Anthony Califano | JMH 340 | 718-817-4480 | [email protected]
Lincoln Center Department Associate
Eliane A. Victoria | LL 813 | 212-636-6310 | [email protected]
Tenure-Line Faculty
Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan
Associate Professor
Director, Fordham Dependable and Secure System Research and Education Lab
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 334 (RH)
Phone: 718-817-0582
Research Areas: Dependability, Cyber Security, Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Internet of Things
Juntao Chen
Associate Professor
Degree: PhD, New York University
Email: jchen504 (at) fordham.edu
Office: LL 610H (LC)
Phone: 646-868-4173
Research Area(s): Game and Decision Theory for Cybersecurity, Secure and Resilient Socio-Cyber-Physical Systems, Optimization and Machine Learning for Complex Networked Systems
Adam K. Hastings
Assistant Professor
Degree: Ph.D, Columbia University
Email: [email protected]
Office: LL 808B (LC)
Phone: 646-293-3961
Research Area(s): Computer Security, Security Economics, Computer Architecture and Hardware Security.
Thaier Hayajneh
University Professor
Founder Director, Fordham Center of Cybersecurity
Program Director, MS in Cybersecurity
Director of Cybersecurity Research and Education lab
Degree: PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Email: [email protected]
Office: LL 616A (LC)
Phone: 212-636-7785
Research Area(s): Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity, Cyber Defense and Internet of Things (IoT) Security.
Frank Hsu
Clavius Distinguished Professor of Science and Professor of Computer and Information Science
Degree: PhD, University of Michigan
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 402A (RH)
Phone: 718-817-4483
Research Area(s): Network interconnection and communication, Computational learning and modeling, Combinatorial fusion, Informatics and Intelligent systems and Trustworthy ML/AI.
Daniel Leeds
Associate Professor
Chair of the Computer and Information Sciences Department
Degree: PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 308A (RH)
Phone: 718-817-5196
Research Area(s): Artificial Intelligence, Informatics, Computer Vision, Neuroinformatics, and Models of Cognition.
Yanjun Li
Associate Professor
Degree: PhD, Wright State University
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 402B (RH)
Phone: 718-817-0505
Research Area(s): Text Mining, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Ontology, Information Retrieval, Bioinformatics Analysis, Parallel and Distributed Computing
Damian Lyons
Professor Emeritus
Director of the Computer Science PhD program
Degree: PhD, University of Massachusetts
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 320 (RH)
Phone: 718-817-4485
Research Area(s): Wide area visual navigation for robot teams. Formal analysis of software for robotic systems operating in unstructured environments. Integration of planning and reaction in robotic systems. Bioinspired robotics.
Ying Mao
Associate Professor
Degree: Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Boston
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 336
Phone: 718-817-5149
Research Area(s): Computing Systems, Quantum-Classical Computing, and System Optimization.
Robert K. Moniot
Associate Professor
Degree: PhD (Physics), University of California, Berkeley; MS (Computer Science), New York University
Email: [email protected]
Office: Rose Hill
Phone: 718-817-4480
Research Area(s): Computer Ethics, Numerical Methods, and Number Theory.
Mohamed Rahouti
Associate Professor
Degree: Ph.D., University of South Florida
Email: [email protected]
LL610C (LC)
Research Area(s): Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Networks, and Blockchain Technology.
Tadeusz Strzemecki
Associate Professor Degree: PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology
Email: [email protected]
Office: LL 610-B (LC)
Research Area(s): Algorithms, Complexity and Minimization of Boolean Functions.
Associate Professor
Degree: PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 328 (RH)
Phone: 718-817-4497
Research Area(s): Parallel and Distributed Computing, Mobile Computing, and Networking.
Wenqi Wei
Assistant Professor
Degree: PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Email: [email protected]
Office: LL 610H
Research Areas: Trustworthy AI, Data Privacy, and Applied AI.
Professor in Computer Science
Degree: PhD, Rutgers University
Email: [email protected]
Office: LL 610D
Phone: 212-636-6337
Research Area(s): Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Bias in AI/LLMs and Educational Data Mining.
Arthur G. Werschulz
Professor Emeritus
Degree: PhD, Carnegie-Mellon University
Email: [email protected]
Research Area(s): Information-based complexity (the complexity of partial differential equations and integral equations).
Xiaolan Zhang
Associate Professor
Degree: PhD, University of Massachusetts, 2007
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 340A (RH)
Phone: 718-817-4484
Research Area(s): Networks, Quantum Networks and Reinforcement Learning.
Yijun Zhao
Associate Professor and Program Director of M.S. in Data Science (MSDS)
Degree: PhD, Tufts University
Email: [email protected]
Office: LL 610E
Phone: 212-636-7816
Research Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Foundation Models, Trustworthy AI, and Healthcare, Education, and Computational Finance.
Yiyin Zhou
Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 340A (RH)
Phone: 718-817-4484
Research Area(s): Computational Neuroscience, Neuroinformatics, Brain-inspired Intelligent Computing and Drosophila.
Lecturers
Eugenio Grippo
Lecturer
Degree: PhD, University of Southern California (USC)
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 340 (RH)
Research Area(s): Analysis of Networks, Internet of Things (IoT), Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML), Power Grid / Smart Grid, Control Systems
Dakota Hernandez
Lecturer
Email: [email protected]
Office: Fordham Lincoln Center Campus
Nikitas Kounavelis
Lecturer
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 333 (RH)
Zigeng Liu
Lecturer
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 328D (RH)
Phone: 718-817-4482
Research Areas: Expert on design of robust supply chain networks, pricing in supply chains and supply chain competition.
Marlon Seaton
Lecturer
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 340 (RH)
Karen Trovato
Lecturer
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 308A (RH)
Phone: 718-817-0785
Affiliated Part-Time Faculty
Alim Buksh
Email: abuksh (at) fordham.edu
CSIRT Manager/Lead Incident Responder at Verizon. CISSP, GREM, Cloud + certified security specialist providing managed security service. Specialty includes security incident response; assessing, containing and eradicating threats and vulnerabilities. Experience in all realms of IT and industries, including Telecommunication, Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Aviation and Chemical.
Anthony Duhaime Candeias
Email: aduhaimecandeias (at) fordham.edu
Anthony is a Bronx native who has a passion for technology and information security. His specialty is in the attack life cycle of advanced persistent threats. He currently holds the position of Information Security Manager at the Ford Foundation. The Ford Foundation is an international non-profit which operates in 11 different countries and manages an endowment of 12 billion dollars. Anthony has held a number of positions in the Ford Foundation since joining in 2010. During this time, he has worked closely with the FBI and DHS investigating advanced persistent threats. Now he is responsible for the day to day Security Operations, Incident response and penetration testing of the organization.
He has worked across a various number of industries providing information technology and security services. Anthony has previously worked for Goldman Sachs, Fordham University and New York City Department of Education.
During his time as an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University he has taught the following courses: Cyber Security and Applications, Network Essentials and is currently developing the course material for Penetration testing.
Anthony received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Management and a Master’s of Science in Cyber Security from Fordham University. He is certified in a number of different technologies and vendors. Holding over 14 certifications most notability the prestigious certifications of: CISSP, CISSP-ISSMP, CCNP Security, MCSE, CEH and GMON. He received his first certification as a CompTIA A+ certified IT technician at 16-years-old.
James Doyle
Email: jdoyle26 (at) fordham.edu
James Doyle is a highly successful, well respected cyber-security, investigations, and risk management executive leader. He has been a member of Deloitte’s Cyber Risk practice and has been involved in assisting clients with their assessment and solutions for their cybersecurity posture. At Prudential Financial as its VP and Global Head of the Corporate Investigations Division, Jim led a number of the company’s worldwide programs including insurance fraud investigations, internal fraud and misconduct, broker dealer and sales practice compliance, cybercrime, privacy and data breaches, intellectual property theft, and litigation eDiscovery. Prior to Prudential, he served as Senior Director of Guidance Software’s Professional Services Division in New York where he developed, implemented the company's critical response, cybercrime and litigation support services for clients domestically and internationally. Prior to Guidance, James served 21 years with the Police Department of the City of New York and retired from as a Detective Supervisor (Sergeant) of the NYPD Computer Investigations and Technology Unit, one of the most innovative and successful computer crime units in the nation, and he was one of the founding members of that unit. James currently teaches in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Fordham University in the Master’s program for Cybersecurity. James received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Fordham University.
Stephen Flatley
Email: sflatley1 (at) fordham.edu
Stephen R. Flatley is a Senior FBI Forensic examiner with over 11 years of experience in Computer Forensics and over 25 years of general computer experience. He is currently the CART Coordinator for the New York Division of the FBI. He is FBI certified in Wintel, Mac, and cell phone forensics, has testified multiple times in support of cases in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He has been on foreign deployments to The Caribbean, Europe, Scandinavia, Africa, and the Middle East. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University in the Computer Science Department.