Directory
Bruce Desmarais
- William and Monica DeGrandis-McCourtney Early Career Professor in Political Science
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of the Liberal Arts
Email: bdesmarais@psu.edu
Research Interests: Bruce's research is focused on methodological development and applications that further our understanding of the complex interdependence that underlies politics, policymaking, and public administration. Methodologically, Bruce focuses on methods for modeling networks, analyzing dynamics on networks, and experiments on networks. Primary application areas of interest to Bruce include public policy diffusion, campaign finance, legislative networks, and internal government communication networks.
Satadru Dey
- Assistant Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Mechanical Engineering
Email: skd5685@psu.edu
Research Interests: As the human civilization becomes more and more urban-centric with time, the vision of Smart Cities has been gaining increasing attention worldwide. The high-level goal of such Smart Cities is to provide better quality of services by optimally using the available resources and minimizing the operational cost. Some desirable key features of such Smart Cities are sustainability, safety and security, and efficiency. Motivated by this scenario, our research goal is to utilize control, learning theory, and modeling techniques in order to improve energy efficiency, tighten safety and security, and maintain sustainability of these Smart Cities.
Min Ding
- Bard Professor in Marketing
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Smeal College of Business
Email: minding@psu.edu
Research Interests: Min Ding is Bard Professor of Marketing at Smeal College of Business and Affiliate Professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University, and has held past visiting positions at Australian National University, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Fudan University, and MIT. Min received his Ph.D. in Marketing (with a 2nd concentration in Health Care System) from Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the Ohio State University, and B.S. in Genetics and Genetic Engineering from Fudan University.His current scholarly interest are in three domains: Artificial Intelligence and its Application in Commerce (Deep Learning Methods; Artificial Empathy; Intraperson Game Theory; Artificial Decision; Prescriptive Recommenders; Matching Systems), Innovation (Logical Creative Thinking [LCT]; Incentive Alignment [IA]; Innovation in Medicine; Adoption of Near-Term Disruptive Technologies), and Human and Societal Development (The Bubble Theory [Fair Development, Fair Wealth, Enlightened Needs]; Hualish Culture [originated from the greater China region]).
J. Dumas
- Associate Teaching Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Bellisario College of Communications
Email: jad21@psu.edu
Research Interests: ICT4D and local and international efforts to bridge the digital divide and link ICT to peoples empowerment to build better lives.
David Fusco
- Associate Teaching Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of Information Sciences and Technology
Email: djf3@psu.edu
Research Interests: My research focuses on the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and responsible automation. I am particularly interested in building privacy-preserving, explainable AI systems that support ethical decision-making, business-based assistants, and generative agent design. Keywords: responsible AI, cybersecurity, RAG, LLMs, LangChain, multimodal interaction, automation ethics, educational technology.
Chris Gamrat
- Associate Teaching Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of Information Sciences and Technology
Email: cwg118@psu.edu
Research Interests: I am currently teaching IST 130, Artificial Intelligence and Art, and I will be teaching the introductory course for the new Information Technology Ethics and Compliance major, IEC 100, Introduction to Social Implications of Information Technology. Both of these courses require a critical eye on artificial intelligence and it's capabilities.
Brian Gardner
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Penn State Schuylkill
Email: bkg113@psu.edu
Research Interests: I am actively engaged in cybersecurity and AI research, co-authoring several papers with top academic scholars that have been published in respected academic journals. My current research focus is on immersive education where we are looking for opportunities to help students leverage AI and VR/AR technologies to improve vital interpersonal communications skills that will benefit them as they grow in their professional careers.
Raghu Garud
- Professor, Resident Director of Farrell Center
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Smeal College of Business
Email: rgarud@psu.edu
Research Interests: Socially responsible innovation.
Vikash Gayah
- Director of the Larson Transportation Institute and Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of Engineering
Email: vvg104@psu.edu
Research Interests: Dr. Gayah’s research focuses on urban mobility, traffic operations, traffic flow theory, traffic safety and public transportation. His research approach includes a combination of analytical models, micro-simulations and empirical analysis of transportation data.
John Gershenson
- Director, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of Engineering
Email: jzg322@psu.edu
Research Interests: Product, process, and venture creation in developing communities. Particularly East Africa.