Advisors
Meet the scientific and technical advisors who help to shape ICSI’s operational and research priorities for maximum impact.
Director’s Circle
Mike Gupta
View BioMike Gupta is a Member of the ICSI Director’s Circle and Chief Financial Officer at Calm.
Scott Shenker
View BioScott Shenker, PhD, is Principal Scientist and Co-Group Lead for Networked Systems at ICSI and a Professor at UC Berkeley.
Wolfgang Wahlster
View BioWolfgang Wahlster, PhD, is a Distinguished Fellow at ICSI, Professor Emeritus at Saarland University, and Chief Advisor at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).
Technical Advisory Committee
Brian Balderston
View BioBrian Balderston is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee at ICSI and Director of Infrastructure for the Division of Research Data Services at San Diego Supercomputer Center.
Joshua Beeman
View BioJoshua Beeman is a founding member and co-chair of the Technical Advisory Committee at ICSI and Chief Information Officer and Vice President for IT at the University of Pennsylvania.
Christine Kirkpatrick
View BioChristine Kirkpatrick is a member of ICSI’s Technical Advisory Committee and Division Director for Research Data Services at the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
Michael Mahoney
View BioMichael W. Mahoney, PhD, is Vice President, Principal Scientist, and Group Lead for the AI and Big Data group at ICSI.
Vani Mandava
View BioVani Mandava is a member of ICSI’s Technical Advisory Committee and Head of Engineering for the Scientific Software Engineering Center, eScience Institute at the University of Washington.
Jesus Mendoza
View BioJesus Mendoza is the Head of IT and Research Computing at ICSI.
Lea Shanley
View BioLea Shanley, PhD, serves as President and CEO for ICSI.
Faculty & Affiliates
Meet the esteemed faculty, scholars, and leaders who mentor and collaborate with ICSI’s research teams, postdocs, and students.
Research Faculty
Nitin Agarwal
View BioNitin Agarwal, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI and the Jerry L. Maulden-Entergy Endowed Chair and Donaghey Distinguished Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Mark Allman
View BioMark Allman is a Research Affiliate at ICSI and Adjunct Faculty in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Case Western Reserve University.
Sebastian Benthall
View BioSebastian Benthall, PhD, is a Research Scientist at ICSI and the Research Director of the Information Law Institute at New York University School of Law.
Julia Bernd
View BioJulia Bernd is a Research Scientist at ICSI, where her research focuses on digital privacy, user expectations, and social impacts of technology.
Steve Dennis
View BioSteve Dennis is a Research Affiliate and Research Mentor at ICSI and Professor of Practice at the University of Miami.
Serge Egelman
View BioSerge Egelman, PhD, is Senior Research Scientist and Group Lead for Usable Privacy and Security at ICSI, Research Scientist at UC Berkeley, and Co-founder and Chief Scientist of AppCensus, Inc.
Ben Erichson
View BioBen Erichson, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist and Group Lead for Deep Learning at ICSI and Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Kimon Fountoulakis
View BioKimon Fountoulakis, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI and an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo.
Alisa Frik
View BioAlisa Frik, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI and Co-founder of PrivacyRescue, a user experience research consulting collective.
Amir Gholaminejad
View BioAmir Gholaminejad (Gholami), PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI and an Associate Research Scientist at the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research and Sky Computing Labs at UC Berkeley.
Mike Luby
View BioMike Luby, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist at ICSI and Co-founder and CEO of BitRipple.
Michael Mahoney
View BioMichael W. Mahoney, PhD, is Vice President, Principal Scientist, and Group Lead for the AI and Big Data group at ICSI.
Héctor García Martín
View BioHéctor García Martín, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI, Director of Data Science and Modeling at the Biofuels and Bioproducts Division at the Joint BioEnergy Institute, and Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Dmitriy Morozov
View BioDmitriy Morozov, PhD, is a Research Affiliate and Research Mentor at ICSI and Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Nori Nakata
View BioNori Nakata, PhD, is a Research Affiliate and Research Mentor at ICSI, Principal Research Scientist at MIT, and Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Rie Nakata
View BioRie Nakata (Kamei), PhD, is a Research Scientist at ICSI and Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Sylvia Ratnasamy
View BioSylvia Ratnasamy, PhD, is a Research Affiliate and Co-Group Lead for Networked Systems at ICSI and a Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley.
Andrew Reddie
View BioAndrew W. Reddie, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI and an Associate Research Professor at the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy.
Fred Roosta
View BioFred Roosta, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist at ICSI and Professor at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Oliver Rübel
View BioOliver Rübel, PhD, is a Research Affiliate and Research Mentor at ICSI and Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Paul Schmitt
View BioPaul Schmitt, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI, Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Software Engineering Department at Cal Poly, and Co-Founder and CEO at INVISV.
Scott Shenker
View BioScott Shenker, PhD, is Principal Scientist and Co-Group Lead for Networked Systems at ICSI and a Professor at UC Berkeley.
Malcolm Slaney
View BioMalcolm Slaney, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI, Adjunct Professor at Stanford University, and an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington.
Mohammad Tahaei
View BioMohammad Tahaei, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI and an R&D Manager at eBay.
David Trebotich
View BioDavid Trebotich, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI and Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Charuleka Varadharajan
View BioCharuleka Varadharajan, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI, Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Research Affiliate at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science at UC Berkeley.
Nick Weaver
View BioNicholas Weaver, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist at ICSI and CEO of Skerry Technologies.
Pamela Wisniewski
View BioPamela Wisniewski, PhD, is a Principal Research Scientist at ICSI and Founder and Director of the Socio-Technical Interaction Research (STIR) Lab and Teenovate.
John Wu
View BioKesheng (John) Wu, PhD, is a Research Affiliate and Research Mentor at ICSI and Senior Computer Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Yaoqing Yang
View BioYaoqing Yang, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI and an Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College.
Senior Fellows
Nadine Alameh
View BioNadine Alameh, PhD, is a Senior Fellow at ICSI and an industry-recognized leader in geospatial technologies.
Collin F. Baker
View BioCollin F. Baker, PhD, is a Senior Fellow at ICSI focusing on artificial intelligence, computational lexical semantics, frame semantics, and construction grammar. He is manager of the FrameNet project.
Marjory S. Blumenthal
View BioMarjory Blumenthal is a Senior Fellow at ICSI, Senior Policy Researcher at RAND, Senior Policy Fellow at the American Library Association, and Senior Fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum.
Massimo Maresca
View BioMassimo Maresca, PhD, is Senior Fellow at ICSI and a Professor in the University of Genoa School of Engineering.
Vern Paxson
View BioVern Paxson, PhD, is a Distinguished Fellow at ICSI, Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Corelight Inc., and a Professor of the Graduate School at UC Berkeley.
Vadim Shapiro
View BioVadim Shapiro, PhD, is a Senior Fellow and Research Mentor at ICSI and Founder and CTO at Intact Solutions, Inc.
Andreas Stolcke
View BioAndreas Stolcke, PhD, is a Non-Resident Fellow at ICSI and a Distinguished AI Scientist and Vice President at Uniphore Technologies.
Timothy Stryker
View BioTimothy Stryker is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at ICSI and Principal of Hudson Passage, LLC.
Wolfgang Wahlster
View BioWolfgang Wahlster, PhD, is a Distinguished Fellow at ICSI, Professor Emeritus at Saarland University, and Chief Advisor at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).
John Wilbanks
View BioJohn Wilbanks is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at ICSI.
Research Mentors
Collin F. Baker
View BioCollin F. Baker, PhD, is a Senior Fellow at ICSI focusing on artificial intelligence, computational lexical semantics, frame semantics, and construction grammar. He is manager of the FrameNet project.
Sebastian Benthall
View BioSebastian Benthall, PhD, is a Research Scientist at ICSI and the Research Director of the Information Law Institute at New York University School of Law.
Steve Dennis
View BioSteve Dennis is a Research Affiliate and Research Mentor at ICSI and Professor of Practice at the University of Miami.
Alexei (Alyosha) Efros
View BioAlexei (Alyosha) Efros, PhD, is a Research Mentor at ICSI and Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley.
Serge Egelman
View BioSerge Egelman, PhD, is Senior Research Scientist and Group Lead for Usable Privacy and Security at ICSI, Research Scientist at UC Berkeley, and Co-founder and Chief Scientist of AppCensus, Inc.
Ben Erichson
View BioBen Erichson, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist and Group Lead for Deep Learning at ICSI and Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Alisa Frik
View BioAlisa Frik, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI and Co-founder of PrivacyRescue, a user experience research consulting collective.
Jack Gallant
View BioJack Gallant, PhD, is a Research Mentor at ICSI and Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at UC Berkeley.
Ken Goldberg
View BioKen Goldberg, PhD, is a Research Mentor at ICSI, William S. Floyd Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley, and Chief Scientist at Ambi Robotics.
Bjoern Hartmann
View BioBjoern Hartmann, PhD, is a Research Mentor at ICSI and Associate Professor in the Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley.
Kurt Keutzer
View BioKurt Keutzer, PhD, is a Research Mentor at ICSI, Professor in the BAIR Lab in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science UC Berkeley, and co-founder of Narada, Nexusflow, and SigIQ.ai.
Katherine Kim
View BioKatherine Kim, PhD, is a Research Mentor at ICSI, Adjunct Professor at UC Davis, Senior Scientist at CITRIS/UC Berkeley, and Founder and CEO of Health Tequity.
Daniel Klein
View BioDaniel Klein, PhD, is a Research Mentor at ICSI, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley, and Co-Founder and CTO at Scaled Cognition.
George Lakoff
View BioGeorge Lakoff, PhD, is a Research Mentor at ICSI, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at UC Berkeley, and Co-Founder and President of FrameLab Communications.
Chunlei Liu
View BioChunlei Liu, PhD, is a Research Mentor at ICSI and a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley.
Mike Luby
View BioMike Luby, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist at ICSI and Co-founder and CEO of BitRipple.
Michael Mahoney
View BioMichael W. Mahoney, PhD, is Vice President, Principal Scientist, and Group Lead for the AI and Big Data group at ICSI.
Nick Merrill
View BioNick Merrill, PhD, is a Research Mentor at ICSI, Director of the Daylight Lab at the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, and Lecturer at the UC Berkeley School of Information.
Dmitriy Morozov
View BioDmitriy Morozov, PhD, is a Research Affiliate and Research Mentor at ICSI and Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Nori Nakata
View BioNori Nakata, PhD, is a Research Affiliate and Research Mentor at ICSI, Principal Research Scientist at MIT, and Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Rie Nakata
View BioRie Nakata (Kamei), PhD, is a Research Scientist at ICSI and Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Jessica Newman
View BioJessica Newman is a Research Mentor at ICSI and Research Fellow at the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity at UC Berkeley.
Sylvia Ratnasamy
View BioSylvia Ratnasamy, PhD, is a Research Affiliate and Co-Group Lead for Networked Systems at ICSI and a Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley.
Oliver Rübel
View BioOliver Rübel, PhD, is a Research Affiliate and Research Mentor at ICSI and Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Vadim Shapiro
View BioVadim Shapiro, PhD, is a Senior Fellow and Research Mentor at ICSI and Founder and CTO at Intact Solutions, Inc.
Scott Shenker
View BioScott Shenker, PhD, is Principal Scientist and Co-Group Lead for Networked Systems at ICSI and a Professor at UC Berkeley.
Charuleka Varadharajan
View BioCharuleka Varadharajan, PhD, is a Research Affiliate at ICSI, Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Research Affiliate at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science at UC Berkeley.
Maryam Vareth
View BioMaryam Vareth, PhD, is a Research Mentor at ICSI and Chief Health Technology Officer at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) at UC Berkeley.
Nick Weaver
View BioNicholas Weaver, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist at ICSI and CEO of Skerry Technologies.
John Wu
View BioKesheng (John) Wu, PhD, is a Research Affiliate and Research Mentor at ICSI and Senior Computer Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Alumni
Following their time at ICSI, our researchers and visitors join a vibrant global community of over 1,000 alumni. Thanks to our unique transdisciplinary and collaborative culture, professional friendships that start at ICSI often last a lifetime.
Our alumni work at the forefront of their fields in universities, private industry, and government labs. Many have founded start-ups or become team leaders at major technology companies such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Bosch, and Siemens. Many others go on to advance research while cultivating the next generation as renowned professors, deans, and university presidents.
Wherever you go in the world, you’ll always feel at home in the ICSI community.
