About

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)
August 2011 - May 2015
Dissertation: "Visual Saliency Estimation: A Pre-attentive Cognitive and Context-Aware Approach"
Advisor: Dr. Siwei Lyu

M.S. in Computer Science

University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)
August 2009 - May 2011
Thesis: "CBIR: Texture Analysis & Synthesis for Content-Based Image Retrieval"

B.S. in Computer Science

Siena College
August 2004 - May 2007

Work Experience

Associate Professor

University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Department of Computer Science
September 2025 - present

Assistant Professor

University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Department of Computer Science
August 2019 - August 2025

Assistant Professor of Practice

University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Department of Computer Science
August 2017 - May 2019

Senior Research Engineer

USAA
November 2015 - August 2017

Research Engineer

USAA
May 2012 - November 2015

Graduate Research Assistant

University at Albany SUNY Research Foundation
Machine Learning & Vision Lab
January 2012 - May 2014

Instructor of Computer Science

University at Albany SUNY
August 2010 - July 2011

Java Developer

Auto/Mate Dealership Systems
April 2008 - January 2011

Information Technology Specialist II - Programmer

New York State Department of Taxation & Finance
January 2007 - April 2008

Software Engineer

Captira Analytical
April 2006 - August 2006