Directory
Saeed Abdullah
- Associate Professor, Human-Centered Computing and Social Informatics
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of Information Sciences and Technology
Email: saeed@psu.edu
Research Interests: mHealth; sensing health behaviors and contexts; data-driven intervention; pervasive health technologies
Sydney Axson
- Assistant Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Nese College of Nursing
Email: saaxson@psu.edu
Research Interests: Bioethics, informed consent, decision-making, nursing, substance use, pain
Youakim Badr
- Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: School of Graduate Professional Studies, Penn State Great Valley
Email: yzb61@psu.edu
Research Interests: Dr. Badr is developing a new chain of data analytical models, tools, and platforms for designing and deploying “Trustworthy AI Service Systems” by investigating a multidisciplinary and systematic approach, integrating AI, IoT, and Blockchains.
Amit Banerjee
- Associate Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Mechanical Engineering, Penn State Harrisburg
Email: aub25@psu.edu
Research Interests: Researcher in Machine Learning applications in manufacturing, machine health monitoring, predictive diagnostics, cognition and creativity, and engineering education. Research interests also include nonlinear optimization using evolutionary algorithms, data classification and clustering, pattern recognition, data modeling and visualization.
Gregory Banyay
- Assistant Research Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Applied Research Laboratory, Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics Office
Email: gab5631@psu.edu
Research Interests: development of enhanced methods for modeling and simulation, flow-induced vibration, and uncertainty quantification, with structural acoustics objectives
Roger Beaty
- Associate Professor of Psychology
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of the Liberal Arts
Email: rub736@psu.edu
Research Interests: I study human and AI creativity, developing large language model–based assessments and psychometric tools for education, and investigating cognitive and brain mechanisms with neuroimaging (fMRI, fNIRS).
Matthew Beckman
- Associate Research Professor of Statistics
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Eberly College of Science
Email: mdb268@psu.edu
Research Interests: Assessment and learning in post-secondary Statistics and Data Science Education. I'm currently PI for NSF:IUSE Project CLASSIFIES--which seeks to develop and investigate tools that leverage LLMs and NLP to assist STEM instructors in large-enrollment classes with providing student feedback on short-answer tasks.
Liza Behrens
- Assistant Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Nese College of Nursing
Email: llb237@psu.edu
Research Interests: My research interest is in improving the quality of care and quality of life for older adults living in long-term care settings. I do this by developing and testing theory based interventions to improve decision-making for aging individuals with dementia.
Brian Belland
- Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education
Email: brb288@psu.edu
Research Interests: Machine learning to inform scaffolding customization; Scaffolding argumentation during problem-based learning in middle and high school science; Synthesis of scaffolding research across STEM education and education levels; Scaffolding in preservice teacher education
Kevin Bennett
- Teaching Professor of Psychology
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Penn State Beaver
Email: klb48@psu.edu
Research Interests: My research explores individual differences in personality and human activity in the built environment.
Sree Bhattacharyya
- CSRAI Student Affiliate
Department/Unit:
Email: sfb6038@psu.edu
Research Interests: Multimodal deep learning, specifically focusing on enhancing models' subjective reasoning capabilities; creating accessible AI systems, alleviating biases against different demographic minorities.