Amanda Fernandez, Ph.D.

Awards & Honors

Fellowships:

Kay and Steve Robbins Faculty Teaching Fellowship in Computer Science, UT San Antonio - 2025-2026

Awards:

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Mathematical, Computing, and Statistical Sciences (MCS) Mid-Career Faculty Mentor Award - 2026
Richard S. Howe Excellence in Service to Undergraduate Students Award, UT San Antonio - 2026
Outstanding Acheivement Award - Research Excellence, UT San Antonio - 2019
Distinguished Dissertation Award - University at Albany - 2015

Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - 2026

Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - 2023

Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) - 2022

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"
[Distinguished Dissertation Award]
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

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

Thrust Co-Lead for Machine Learning & Deployment

MATRIX AI Consortium for Human Well-being
University of Texas at San Antonio
September 2024 - present

Assistant Professor

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

Assistant Professor of Practice

Department of Computer Science
University of Texas at San Antonio
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

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