Tan selected as a Purdue University Faculty Scholar
04-16-2025
Lin Tan, Mary J. Elmore New Frontiers Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University, has been selected as a University Faculty Scholar by the Office of the Provost.
The University Faculty Scholars Program recognizes outstanding faculty members who are on an accelerated path for academic distinction. Recipients of this honor have the rank of tenured associate or full professor and have been in that rank for no more than five years. Faculty scholars are nominated by their academic areas, reviewed by a committee in the College of Science, and approved by the provost. Faculty Scholars are appointed for a five-year term and receive an annual $10,000 discretionary allocation to support their research. The program was created in 1998. Tan will begin her five-year term on July 1, 2025.
Tan joined the Department of Computer Science in the Spring of 2019. Her research interests include software dependability, software-AI synergy, and software text analytics. Some of her research focuses are leveraging machine learning and natural language processing techniques to improve software dependability, and using software approaches to improve the dependability of machine learning systems. Prior to joining Purdue, she was a Canada Research Chair and an associate professor at the University of Waterloo.
Current Faculty Scholars
- David Gleich: 2022-2027
- Jennifer Neville: 2020-2025
- Petros Drineas: 2023-2028
- Aniket Kate: 2023-2028
Past Faculty Scholars
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Scholars |
Years |
|---|---|
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Ananth Grama |
2002-2007 |
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Walid Aref |
2004-2009 |
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Ninghui Li |
2016-2021 |
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Zhiyuan Li |
2005-2010 |
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Suresh Jagannathan |
2007-2012 |
|
Sunil Prabhakar |
2009-2014 |
|
Dongyan Xu |
2012-2017 |
|
Daisuke Kihara |
2013-2018 |
|
Xiangyu Zhang |
2014-2019 |
|
Sonia Fahmy |
2015-2020 |
About the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University
Founded in 1962, the Department of Computer Science was created to be an innovative base of knowledge in the emerging field of computing as the first degree-awarding program in the United States. The department continues to advance the computer science industry through research. US News & World Report ranks the department No. 8 in computer engineering and No. 18 and 19 overall in undergraduate and graduate computer science. Additionally, the program is ranked No. 6 in cybersecurity, No. 8 in software engineering, No. 13 in systems, No. 15 in programming languages and data analytics, and No. 18 in theory. Graduates of the program are able to solve complex and challenging problems in many fields. Our consistent success in an ever-changing landscape is reflected in the record undergraduate enrollment, increased faculty hiring, innovative research projects, and the creation of new academic programs. The increasing centrality of computer science in society, academic disciplines and new research activities—centered around foundations and applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning, such as natural language processing, human computer interaction, vision, and robotics, as well as systems and security—are the future focus of the department. Learn more at cs.purdue.edu.