Congratulations to these students who have earned the PhD in Computer Science!

Mohsin Yusuf Ahmed

"To Jack and everyone (faculty, fellow students, staff), thank you for everything!"

Mohsin Ahmed, 2020 CS PhD Graduate
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Jack Stankovic Hoods Mohsin Ahmed

View the virtual hooding of doctoral graduate Mohsin Ahmed by advisor John A. Stankovic, BP America Professor of computer science and director of the Link Lab.

Chunkun Bo

"Thanks Kevin for all the help during my journey at UVA. That is priceless. I'd also like to give a big shout to all staff in CS department."

Chunkun Bo, 2020 CS PhD Graduate
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Kevin Skadron Hoods Chunkun Bo

View the virtual hooding of doctoral graduate Chunkun Bo by advisor Kevin Skadron, Harry Douglas Forsyth Professor and chair of computer science.

Ifat Afrin Emi

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Jack Stankovic Hoods Ifat Emi

View the virtual hooding of doctoral graduate Ifat Emi by advisor John A. Stankovic, BP America Professor of computer science and director of the Link Lab.

Lin Gong

"Dear Prof. Hongning Wang, Thanks for all your support and guidance always, which made an impressive and amazing chapter in my life. I thank you from the bottom of my heart! Wish you and your family health and happy forever!"

Lin Gong, 2020 CS PhD Graduate

"Dear Prof. Mary Lou Soffa, At every difficult moment, you have always been inspiring and motivating, encouraged me to overcome obstacles and move forward, which made me more capable and confident. I hope to be like you to support and help others in need, thus to convey strength and confidence. I am sincerely grateful and wish you health and happy forever! "

Lin Gong, 2020 CS PhD Graduate
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View the virtual hooding of doctoral graduate Lin Gong by advisor Hongning Wang, assistant professor of computer science.

Erin Rebecca Griffiths

  • PhD, Computer Science

    PhD, Computer Science

    Advisor: Kamin Whitehouse, Commonwealth Associate Professor

    Current Position: Google

    Solving Human Centric Challenges in Ambient Intelligent Environments to Meet Societal Needs

  • Erin Rebecca Griffiths

    PhD, Computer Science 2020 Graduate

    Erin Griffiths receives her doctoral degree in computer science from the UVA Engineering Department of Computer Science on May 16, 2020. Her dissertation explored some of the practical uses and challenges of sensing and reasoning in ambient intelligence environments. Ms. Griffiths co-authored numerous papers while at UVA Engineering and also served as a teaching assistant for several computer science courses.

    Ms. Griffiths was additionally a research intern at Microsoft, where she is now a software engineer. Prior to this she completed a research internship at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute. There she created a new data placement service for a grid computing system.

Avinash Kalyanaraman

  • PhD, Computer Science

    PhD, Computer Science

    Advisor: Kamin Whitehouse, Commonwealth Associate Professor

    Current Position: Cisco Innovation Labs

    Radar Sensing Systems for Smarter Indoor Human Environments

  • Avinash Kalyanaraman

    PhD, Computer Science 2020 Graduate

    Avinash Kalyanaraman receives his doctoral degree in computer science from the UVA Engineering Department of Computer Science on May 16, 2020. His dissertation explored the usage of wireless radar signals to sense context in indoor human environments. Kalyanaraman co-authored numerous papers while at UVA Engineering and also served as a teaching assistant for several computer science courses.

    Mr. Kalyanaraman, with fellow Ph.D. student Elaheh Soltanaghaei and Commonwealth Associate Professor Kamin Whitehouse, won the best poster award in MobiSys Women's Workshop for their poster: Occupancy State Detection using WiFi Signals. Kalyanaraman has also completed research internships with NEC Laboratories in the Mobile Communications and Networking Group and with Robert Bosch GmbH where he worked in the usage of UWB wireless sensors for first responder applications.

Md Abu Sayeed Mondol

"Many, many thanks to Prof. Stankovic, my PhD advisor, for his consistent support throughout my PhD studies"

Md Abu Sayeed Mondol, 2020 CS PhD Graduate
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Jack Stankovic Hoods Abu Mondol

View the virtual hooding of doctoral graduate Abu Mondol by advisor John A. Stankovic, BP America Professor of computer science and director of the Link Lab.

Asif Salekin

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Jack Stankovic Hoods Asif Salekin

View the virtual hooding of doctoral graduate Asif Salekin by advisor John A. Stankovic, BP America Professor of computer science and director of the Link Lab.

Elaheh Soltanaghaei Koupaei

  • PhD, Computer Science

    PhD, Computer Science

    Advisor: Kamin Whitehouse, Commonwealth Associate Professor

    Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University

    Sensing the Physical World Using Pervasive Wireless Infrastructure

  • Elaheh Soltanaghaei Koupaei

    PhD, Computer Science 2020 Graduate

    Elaheh Soltanaghaei receives her doctoral degree in computer science from the UVA Engineering Department of Computer Science on May 16, 2020. Ms. Soltanaghaei’s dissertation explored the possibility of a WiFi-enabled device being transformed into an individual sensor that learns about the environment, leading to a scalable sensing platform. She has received multiple accolades:

    • ACM SIGMOBILE Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition 2nd place winner, 2020
    • Rising Stars in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2019
    • ACM Student Research Competition, 2nd place winner, MobiCom, 2017
    • Best poster award in MobiSys Women's Workshop, 2017
    • UVA Department of Computer Science Graduate Student Awards for Outstanding Service, 2017
    • UVA Three Minute Thesis competition, 2nd place winner, 2017
    • Best presentation award in BuildSys, 2016
    • N2-Women Young Researcher Fellowship at MobiCom, 2016

    Ms. Soltanaghaei is conducting her post-doctoral research at Carnegie Mellon University in cyber-physical systems, wireless sensing, “internet of things,” and computer networking.

Li Yan

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View the virtual hooding of doctoral graduate Li Yan by advisor Haiying Shen, associate professor of computer science.