{"id":31,"date":"2015-04-08T04:29:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T08:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avid.cs.umass.edu\/wordpress\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-11-03T11:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:24:43","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Faculty<\/h3>\n<table class=\"people-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cics.umass.edu\/about\/directory\/laura-haas\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Laura-Haas-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Laura Haas\"> <\/a> <a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cics.umass.edu\/about\/directory\/laura-haas\">Laura Haas<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.umass.edu\/~phaas\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/peter_haas.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Peter Haas\"> <\/a> <a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.umass.edu\/~phaas\">Peter Haas<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.umass.edu\/~ameli\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/alexandra_meliou.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Alexandra Meliou\"> <\/a> <a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.umass.edu\/~ameli\">Alexandra Meliou<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.umass.edu\/~miklau\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Gerome.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Gerome Miklau\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.umass.edu\/~miklau\">Gerome Miklau<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marcoserafini.github.io\/\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/marco.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Marco Serafini\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/marcoserafini.github.io\/\">Marco Serafini<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~nehamakhija\/\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nehamakhija.png\" alt=\"Photo of Neha Makhija\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~nehamakhija\/\">Neha Makhija<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yicong-huang.github.io\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/YicongHuang-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Yicong Huang\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/yicong-huang.github.io\">Yicong Huang<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Students<\/h3>\n<table class=\"people-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prachetaba.github.io\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pracheta.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Pracheta Amaranath\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/prachetaba.github.io\">Pracheta Amaranath<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riddhohaque.github.io\/riddho\/\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WebsitePhoto-246x300.png\" alt=\"Photo of Riddho Ridwanul Haque\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/riddhohaque.github.io\/riddho\/\">Riddho Ridwanul Haque<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cseduashraful.github.io\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mdAshrafulIslam.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Md. Ashraful Islam\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/cseduashraful.github.io\">Md. Ashraful Islam<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juelinliu\/\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/yuelin.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Juelin Liu\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juelinliu\/\">Juelin Liu<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vvittis.github.io\/\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vasilis-Vittis-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Vasilis Vittis\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/vvittis.github.io\/\">Vasilis Vittis<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/amanmalali\/\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amanmalali.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Aman Malali\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/amanmalali\/\">Aman Malali<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hojaeson\/\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230903_135919-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Hojae Son\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hojaeson\/\">Hojae Son<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iidyc.github.io\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/yanqi_chen.jpg\" alt=\"Icon for Yanqi Chen\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/iidyc.github.io\">Yanqi Chen<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rizveeredwan.github.io\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/rizveeredwan.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Redwan Ahmed Rizvee\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/rizveeredwan.github.io\">Redwan Ahmed Rizvee<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~atajima\/\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/arisa_photo.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Arisa Tajima\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~atajima\/\">Arisa Tajima<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bcmullins.github.io\/\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bmullins.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Brett Mullins\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"https:\/\/bcmullins.github.io\/\">Brett Mullins<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"dbgroup_headshot\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sandeep06011991.github.io\/\"> <img class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image\" src=\"https:\/\/dream.cs.umass.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sandeep.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Sandeep Polisetty\"> <\/a><a class=\"dbgroup_headshot_image_font\" href=\"http:\/\/sandeep06011991.github.io\/\">Sandeep Polisetty<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Alumni<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chenghao.pages.dev\">Chenghao Lyu<\/a> (PhD 2025: Amazon; Learned Systems Group<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imoumoulidou.github.io\/\">Zafeiria (Iro) Moumoulidou<\/a> (PhD 2025)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~cenwang\/\">Cen Wang<\/a> (PhD 2025)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/keyang0923.github.io\">Ke Yang<\/a> (PostDoc 2022-2023; University of Texas at San Antonio)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maliha93.github.io\/MalihaIslam\/\">Maliha Tashfia Islam<\/a> (MS 2022; Microsoft)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~rmckenna\/\">Ryan McKenna<\/a> (PhD 2022; Google, Seattle, WA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~yeahuaywu\">Joie Yeahuay Wu<\/a> (MS 2022; Enovant, Boston, MA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~matteo\/\">Matteo Brucato<\/a> (PhD 2021; Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~afariha\/\">Anna Fariha<\/a> (PhD 2021; University of Utah)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~shivam\/\">Shivam Srivastava<\/a> (MS 2021)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/megagon.ai\/team\/dan-zhang\/\">Dan Zhang<\/a> (PhD 2021; Megagon Labs, CA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/megagon.ai\/team\/xiaolan-wang\/\">Xiaolan Wang<\/a> (PhD 2018; Megagon Labs, CA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.umass.edu\/~lppeng\/\">Liping Peng<\/a> (PhD 2018; Wealthfront Inc, CA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~wenzhao\/\">Wenzhao Liu<\/a> (MS 2017; Microsoft)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~yuewang\/\">Yue Wang<\/a> (PhD 2017; Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/virtuabhi\/\">Abhishek Roy<\/a> (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\n<li>Jagrati Agrawal<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~yban\/\">Yunmeng Ban<\/a>&nbsp;(Facebook)<\/li>\n<li>Zhao Cao (IBM &#8211; China Research Laboratory)<\/li>\n<li>Richard Cocci (Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kevin-conor-36608430\/\">Kevin Conor<\/a> (Facebook)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~lelagina\/\">Liudmila Elagina<\/a> (MS 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Vani Gupta<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cs.colgate.edu\/~mhay\/\">Michael Hay<\/a> (PhD 2010; Colgate University, NY)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~boduo\/\">Boduo Li<\/a> (NEC Labs America, CA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.umass.edu\/~chaoli\">Chao Li<\/a> (PhD 2013; Google, CA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~wen\/\">Wentian Lu<\/a> (PhD 2014; Google, CA)<\/li>\n<li>Edward Mazur (Google, NY)<\/li>\n<li>Yanming Nie<\/li>\n<li>Abhinav Parate (MS 2011; PhD with Ganesan 2014; HP Labs)<\/li>\n<li>Ravali Pochampally (Google, NY)<\/li>\n<li>Ravishankar Guruswamy Rajamony (now at Goldman Sachs)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~rahulram\/\">Rahul Ramakrishna<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Patrick Stahlberg (MS 2007; Google, NY)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thanhtran11\">Thanh Tran<\/a> (LinkedIn, CA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.umass.edu\/~haopeng\/\">Haopeng Zhang<\/a> (Google, CA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Undergraduates<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Merritt Kowaleski (REU summer 2018)<\/li>\n<li>Beryl Larson (REU summer 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Mary Feng (REU summer 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Linda Yeboah (Summer 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Fernandes (Spring 2014, now M.D Candidate at Albert Einstein College of Medicine)<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Scherr (REU summer 2013)<\/li>\n<li>Hridya Turlapati (Spring 2013)<\/li>\n<li>Jeffrey Pezzone (Spring 2013, now at CISCO Systems)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Affiliated Faculty<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/afariha.github.io\">Anna Fariha<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lix.polytechnique.fr\/~yanlei.diao\/\">Yanlei Diao<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~sheldon\/\">Dan Sheldon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~allan\">James Allan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ciir.cs.umass.edu\/personnel\/croft.html\">Bruce Croft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~dganesan\/\">Deepak Ganesan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~immerman\/\">Neil Immerman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~jensen\/\">David Jensen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~brian\/\">Brian Levine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~mccallum\/\">Andrew McCallum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~mcgregor\/\">Andrew McGregor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.cs.umass.edu\/~shenoy\/home\">Prashant Shenoy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Laura Haas Peter Haas Alexandra Meliou Gerome Miklau Marco Serafini Neha Makhija Yicong Huang Students Pracheta Amaranath Riddho Ridwanul Haque Md. 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