People

Director

Dr. Cecilia (Cissi) Alm's research interests focus on human-sensing AI and ML for text, speech, ASL, and multimodal human dialogue and other interactions, including interactive and continuous resource-efficient machine learning. She is committed to enabling student research training experiences. Cissi is the joint program director for the MS in Artificial Intelligence, an associate director of the Center for Human-aware AI, and PI and director for NSF award NRT-AI: AWARE-AI: AWAREness for Sensing Humans Responsibly with AI, PI for the NSF-funded IRES AI-PROWIL program, and the PI at RIT for a collaborative NSF EAGER award. She previously was PI for the NSF-funded REU Site: Computational Sensing for Human-centered AI, REU Site: Computational Sensing, and subaward PI for NIH-funded Automated Analysis of Pragmatic Development in ASD. Besides her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign centered on computational linguistics, she also holds a Certificate of Advanced Study in Language and Speech Processing and a Certificate of Graduate Specialization in Computational Science and Engineering from UIUC.

Current Students

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Rajesh Titung

Ph.D. Candidate
Computing and Information Sciences

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Michael Peechatt

Ph.D. Candidate
Computing and Information Sciences

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Cedric Bone

Ph.D. Candidate
Computing and Information Sciences

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Sophia Caruana

Ph.D. Candidate
Cognitive Science

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Jordan De Pina

BS Candidate
Neuroscience

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Isabelle Arthur

BS Candidate
Computer Science

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Jordan Quinn

BS Candidate
Computer Science

Hayden Orr

BS Candidate
Computing Security/RIT U-RISE

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Shriya Chepur

MS Candidate
Artificial Intelligence

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Pavan Bellam

MS Candidate
Artificial Intelligence

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Hreem Mahadeshwar

MS Candidate
Experimental Psychology

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Prateek Mehta

MS Candidate
Artificial Intelligence

Alumni

  • Aniket Patil
    MS 2024
    Computer Science
    SAP
  • Kaustubh Gaikwad
    MS 2024
    Computer Science
    SAP
  • Shrinivas (Sam) Muthupalaniyappan
    MS 2023
    Data Science
    LexisNexis
  • Dade Wood
    MS 2023
    Computer Science
    Sweetener Supply Corporation 
  • Naveen Kudli Balaji
    MS 2023
    Computer Science
  • Matt Altobelli
    MS 2023
    Experimental Psychology
    CogBias AI
  • Rigved Rakshit
    MS 2022
    Data Science
    SLB
  • Keiki Takagi
    BS 2023
    3D Architect, Alt
  • Adhiraj Sood
    MS 2022
    Computer Science
    Microsoft
  • Alpheus Dmonte
    Ph.D. Student
    George Mason University
  • Emmanuel Okafor
    MS 2022
    Computer Science
    Hubspot
  • Karen Chen
    BS 2022
    Computer Engineering
    AMD
  • Ekta Akadkar
    MS 2021/2022
    Computer Science
    ServiceNow
  • Adya Shrivastava
    MS 2021
    Computer Science
    Amazon
  • Aditya Avinash Landge
    MS 2021
    Computer Science
    Kodak Alaris
  • Aditi Munjekar
    MS 2021
    Computer Science
    Nordstrom Technologies
  • Nikhil Kaushik
    MS 2021
    Computer Science
    Interactive Brokers
  • Matthew Peeks
    BS
    Computational Mathematics
  • Rishab Lalwani
    MS 2020
    Computer Science
    Commonwealth Care Alliance
  • Mitali Unde
    MS 2020
    Computer Science
    Trillion Technology Solutions
  • Kunjan Mhaske
    MS 2020
    Computer Science
    AthenaHealth
  • Alexander P. Hedges
    BS/MS 2019
    Computer Science
    USC Information Sciences Institute
  • Benjamin S. Meyers
    Ph.D. 2023
    Computing and Information Sciences
    Research Computing at RIT
  • Kate MacLaren
    BS 2019
    Museum Studies
    Gunn Historical Museum
  • Kruthika P. Simha
    MS 2019
    Computer Engineering
    Apple
  • Elizabeth Lucas
    BS/MS 2019
    Computer Science
    Liberty Mutual
  • Jordan Shea
    BS 2019
    Computer Science
    DigitalOcean
  • Lucas Kessler
    BS 2019
    Computer Science
    Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky
  • Tong Liu
    Ph.D. 2020
    Computing and Information Sciences
    Appen
  • Andy Terkik
    MS 2016
    Computer Science
    Knewton
  • Anil Behera
    MS 2016
    Computer Science
    Apple
  • Ben Cohen
    BS 2015
    Computer Science
    Kensho
  • Chandini Ramesh
    MS
    Computer Science
  • Dan Lavoie
    BS 2015
    Software Engineering
    AthenaHealth
  • Doug Dlutz
    BS 2016
    Computer Science
    Microsoft
  • Douglas Gliner
    BS 2018
    Game Design and Development
    A game development company
  • Ja'Nai Gray
    BS 2017
    Criminal Justice and Sociology
  • Joe Bullard
    MS 2015
    Computer Science
    Cogent Labs
  • Kathryn Womack
    BS 2013
    ASL-English Interpreting
    Freelance Interpreting
  • Limor Hochberg
    MS 2014
    Experimental and Engineering Psychology
    UL, LLC
  • Michael Berezny
    BS/MS
    Mechanical Engineering
  • Miguel Dominguez
    Ph.D. 2020
    Engineering
    VisualDx
  • Nic Schrading
    BS/MS 2015
    Computer Engineering
    Space X
  • Preethi Vaidyanathan
    Ph.D. 2018
    Imaging Science
    EyeGaze, Inc. (LC Technologies)
  • Ravdeep Johar
    MS 2014
    Computer Science
    Facebook
  • Robbie Jimerson
    Ph.D. Candidate
    Computing and Information Sciences
  • Suhas Pillai
    MS 2017
    Computer Science
    TeraDeep
  • Sanket Sheth
    MS 2018
    Computer Science
  • Victor Trejo
    MS 2016
    Computer Science
    Ksquire Group
  • Will Paul
    BS 2016
    New Media Interactive Development
    Constant Contact
  • Wilson McCoy
    BS 2012
    Game Design and Development
    Pronology