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Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Applied Mathematics
Raised in NYC, Spencer's affinity for Charlottesville grew when she moved to study math at UVA in 2014. Her thesis focused on he linearized Navier-Stokes equations. Soon after she graduated, she started teaching at Mary Baldwin College and then moved back to teach math at UVA's Applied Math program. Outside work, she enjoys yoga and puzzles.
Virginia Microelectronics Consortium (VMEC) Professor
Currently Recruiting
Mircea R. Stan is teaching and doing research in the areas of AI hardware, Processing in Memory, Cyber-Physical Systems, Computational RFID, Low Power, Spintronics, and Nanoelectronics.
Leyf Starling is a founding faculty member of the First-Year Engineering Center, joining in July 2023. She is currently developing curriculum and teaching the Foundations of Engineering 1 and 2 courses as well as advising first-year engineering students.
Distinguished Institute Professor, Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative, Computer Science (by Courtesy)
Research Interests: Computational complexity, Automata theory, Analysis of algorithms, Discrete dynamical systems, Game theory Dr. Richard Stearns is a Distinguished Institute Professor with the Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative at the University of Virginia. He has made…
Senior Lecturer, Computer ScienceAcademic General Faculty
With love for the art of programming and three decades of industry experience in software engineering, I am interested in helping students understand theory and implementation.
Kevin Sullivan obtained his background in computer science from Tufts University (1987), working most closely with David Krumme, and in graduate school at the University of Washington, working with David Notkin (MS, 1994, PhD, 1994).
Anita Jones Career Enhancement Assistant Professor, Computer ScienceAssistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Currently Recruiting
I am an Assistant Professor in Computer Science, with joint appointment in Electrical Engineering. My research involves measuring and analyzing Internet protocols, with a focus on security and privacy. We collect Internet data, analyze protocol specifications, and test protocol…
Adjunct Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Tao Sun’s research interests include advanced manufacturing, x-ray science and techniques, materials characterization, in situ/operando experiments, machine design and instrumentation, and simulation and machine learning.
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAssociate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, joint appointment
Sun joined UVA as an associate professor in 2021. Prior to her position at UVA, Sun was an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.
