Faculty

Full-Time Faculty Members

Ajinkya Borle

Visiting Assistant Professor

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 Graduate Program Director

masoud.soroush@umbc.edu

Muhammad Ali Yousuf

Assistant Program Director

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

maliyou1@umbc.edu

Part-Time Faculty Members

Patty Delafuente

Adjunct Instructor

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Engineering

pstanton@umbc.edu

+1 443 851 7153

Charles 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

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.