Faculty

Full-Time Faculty Members

Ajinkya Shishir Borle

Lecturer

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

aborle1@umbc.edu

Ergun Simsek

Graduate Program Director

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Information Technology & Engineering 325-K

simsek@umbc.edu

+1 410 455 3540

Click here to visit Dr. Simsek’s webpage.

Masoud Soroush

Associate GPD & Lecturer

masoud.soroush@umbc.edu

Office

374 Information Technology and Engineering (ITE) Building

Education

Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, Stanford University, 2009
M.Sc., Theoretical Physics, Sharif University of Technology, 2004

Research Areas

Machine learning, deep learning, topological data analysis, low dimensional topology and knot theory, mathematical physics, string theory.

Muhammad Ali Yousuf

Assistant GPD & Lecturer

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

maliyou1@umbc.edu

+1 240 665 6457

Zeynep Kacar

Lecturer

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

zkacar@umbc.edu

Part-Time Faculty Members

Mesfin Abate

Adjunct Instructor

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Division of Information Technology
Information Systems

Information Technology & Engineering

Mesfin.Abate@umbc.edu

Sandeep Bansal

Adjunct Instructor

Division of Professional Studies

sbansal1@umbc.edu

Charles S. Givre

Adjunct Instructor

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

cgivre1@umbc.edu

Felix Gonzalez

Adjunct Instructor

Division of Professional Studies
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

fgonzale@umbc.edu

Najam Hassan

Adjunct Instructor

Information Systems

nhassan@umbc.edu

Oylum Akkus Ispir

Adjunct Instructor

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

oispir@umbc.edu

Abdullah Karasan was born in Berlin, Germany. After studying economics and business administration, he obtained his master’s degree in applied economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his PhD in financial mathematics from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara. He is a former Treasury employee and currently works as a senior data science consultant at TFI TAB Food Investments and head of academics at Magnimind Academy. He has several published papers and a book in the field of financial data science.