Faculty

Tyler Derr

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
email: tyler.derr@vanderbilt.edu

  • Teaching and Affiliate Faculty Member, Data Science Institute
  • Faculty Fellow, Frist Center for Autism and Innovation


PhDs

Yuying Zhao

Computer Science PhD
email: yuying.zhao@vanderbilt.edu

  • Vanderbilt IBM Fellowship Award
  • 2023 - VU C.F. Chen Best Paper Runner-up Award in CS

Yunchao (Lance) Liu

Computer Science PhD
email: yunchao.liu@vanderbilt.edu

  • Co-advised with Meiler Lab @ VU
  • 2024 - 1st Place VU's AI Showcase
  • 2023 - Vanderbilt's 3MT Finalist
  • 2022 - Awarded Nvidia Academic Hardware Grant

Anne Tumlin

Computer Science PhD
email: anne.m.tumlin@vanderbilt.edu

  • Co-advised with VeriVITAL Lab @ VU
  • DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
  • Vanderbilt Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Scholars Award
  • Vanderbilt Provost Graduate Fellowship

Bo Ni

Computer Science PhD
email: bo.ni@vanderbilt.edu



Masters

Xueqi Cheng

Computer Science MS
email: xueqi.cheng@vanderbilt.edu

  • Vanderbilt IBM Fellowship Award
  • Vanderbilt Engineering Graduate Fellowship Award

Xin (Allen) Wang

Computer Science MS
email: xin.wang.1@vanderbilt.edu

  • Vanderbilt Engineering Graduate Fellowship Award

Qinwen Ge

Computer Science MS
email: qinwen.ge@vanderbilt.edu

  • Vanderbilt Engineering Graduate Fellowship Award

Xuhui (Daniel) Zhan

Data Science MS
email: xuhui.zhan@vanderbilt.edu

Fanhao Zhou

Computer Science MS
email: fanhao.zhou@vanderbilt.edu



Undergraduates

Leyao (Laura) Wang

Computer Science + Math BS

  • Nominated for CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award

Haowei Fu

Computer Science + Math BS

Xutao Mao

Computer Science + Math BS



Interns

Catherine Yang

CS BS+MS, ‘24

  • Thesis: An Analysis of Local Neighborhood-based Paradoxes in Signed Social Networks
  • Current position: Microsoft



High School



Former PhDs

Yu Wang

CS PhD, ‘24
email: yuwang@uoregon.edu

  • Vanderbilt Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Scholars Award
  • 2024 - VU Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
  • 2023 - VU Graduate Leadership Anchor Award in Research
  • 2022 - VU C.F. Chen Best Paper Award in CS
  • Next position: Assistant professor at University of Oregon



Former intern, high school, BS and MS

Macharia Kanyatte

Electrical Engineering BS

  • Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance Program

Ben Van Sleen

Computer Science MS

  • DSI-SRP Fellow (Summer 2021)
  • Computer Engineering & Economics BS
  • Summer 2021 - 2023

Emily Doehring

Computer Science BS

  • 2022

Norman Jetmundsen

Computer Science BS

  • Frist Center Intern (Summer 2021)

Kaleb Briggs

Computer Information Systems BS

  • Frist Center Intern (Summer 2021)

Aaron Brookhouse

Electrical Engineering BS

  • Remote from Michigan State University

Xinran (Nancy) Pan

High School Student

  • Summer 2021
  • Next position - BS at CMU

Trevor Pillow

Computer Science BS

  • VUSRP Fellow (Summer 2021)

Chet Weissberg

Computer Science BS

  • DSI-SRP Fellow (Summer 2021)

Sam Libaire

Computer Science BS

  • Clark Scholarship Program (Summer 2021)

Ao Qu

Computer Science, Econ & Math BS

  • Fall 2021

Cole Sawyer

Computer Science MS

  • Fall 2020 - Summer 2021

Kayla Johnson

Data Science MS

  • Awarded the NISE Graduate Trainee Fellowship
  • Spring 2021 - Spring 2022

Shivam Agarwal

Electronics and Communications Engineering B.Tech

  • Remote from Manipal Institute of Technology
  • Next Position - MS/PhD at UIUC