Meet the Faculty

Kamran Eftekhari

Title: Professor
Subjects Taught: Artificial Intelligence, C++, Computer Systems and Organization, Data Structures, Deep Learning, Discrete Mathematics for Computer Scientists, Java, Machine Learning, Probability and Statistics for Computer Scientists, Python
Degrees: Ph.D. Case Western Reserve / Carnegie Mellon University, Post-Doctorate at M.I.T.
Career Highlights: Bell Lab, Cisco Systems, VMware, Google, Texas A&M University (College Station), UC San Diego
Specialized Professional Competence: Machine Learning, Knowledge-Based Discovery; Sensor Fusion, Robotics, and High-Level Computer Vision; Approximate Reasoning (Probabilistic, Evidential, and Fuzzy Logic based)

Stan Isaacs

Title: Adjunct Faculty
Subjects Taught: Unix, PERL
Degrees: B.A., Antioch College
Hobbies: Mechanical puzzles, folk and vintage dancing, and collecting books and items by and about Lewis Carroll

Geri Lamble

Title: Adjunct Faculty
Subjects Taught: Python Programming, Data Structures, Java
Degrees: B.S., San Jose State University; M.S., Santa Clara University; Engineer's Degree, Santa Clara University
Career Highlights: Sun Microsystems, Sun 3 Architecture, Project Leader; Santa Clara University, Packard Endowed Research Assistant
Hobbies: Sports, Fitness, Reading
Quote: "Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen."

Bryce Martens

Title: Adjunct Faculty
Subjects Taught: Introduction to Computer and Information Science
Degrees: B.S., San Francisco State University; MBA; San Francisco State University
Career Highlights: More than 25 years in the computer industry in software development and various management roles

Jessica Masters

Title: Adjunct Faculty
Subjects Taught: Java
Degrees: B.A., Mathematics and Computer Science, Colgate University; Ph.D., Computer Science, University of California at Santa Cruz

Mounjed Moussalem

Title: Adjunct Faculty
Subjects Taught: Database Systems, Data Warehousing, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Data Structures and Algorithms
Degrees: MS and Ph.D. (ABD), Computer Science, The Unversity of Texas at Austin
Career Highlights: Schlumberger (Austin-Texas and Paris-France), Lebanese American University (Byblos-Lebanon), United Nations (Vienna-Austria)
Quote: "In their capacity as a tool, computers will be but a ripple on the surface of our culture. In their capacity as intellectual challenge, they are without precedent in the cultural history of mankind." - Edsger W. Dijkstra

Hellen Pacheco

Title: Associate Professor
Subjects Taught: Object-Oriented Program Design, Python Programming, Foundations of Data Science, Mobile Development
Degrees: B.S., M.S., Computer Science, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil); M.A., Education, Stanford University
Career Highlights: Natural Language Processing and Machine Translation
Quote: "Be the change you wish to see in the world."